You also don't need to glitch the Merc for that difficulty either.
/thread for me
No you don't. But it makes things a heck of a lot more enjoyable for Sinful (especially on this certain herb). And he plays for fun.
And almost forgot to answer you something else about why have consumables if you can't use them? Ask that to all the folks on BSN complaining about always getting cryo and explosive ammo and not their fave consumables they are always out of. As is for Sinful, he can binge up to 255 of every good consumable if the need arises instead of complaining of not being able to binge his fave consumables. That's the difference.
And as to why Sinful doesn't use AR amps on Harrier X Merc. Well, that's because it's not needed for Gold and the pugs need some kills too. It's all about balacing things out yourself. Once you can do this, you can throw all 6 glitch kits in too and still make things fair enough and interesting. And besides, Sinful prefers & mostly plays the kits that aren't glitchable anyway.
EDIT - /thread for me too.