followers (poll)

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Tricky15_66b16_ESO wrote: »

Not a 100% time follower, a la Skyrim. Hate that, specially when it makes things harder instead of making your life easy. But something like we had in Guild Wars (The first one, not GW2), the possibility of hiring a merc for a instance, for example. It will be very usefull when your group is 3 people, or two people. Of course a bot will never be as powerfull or helpfull as another player, but it may happen, a DPS goes before the last boss, or you and your guildies are 7 and can't make 2 dungeon groups... So you can hire a secondary DPS or an Offtank, or a support healer...

And it could be handy to complete difficult solo areas, specially for new players that can get stuck in certain missions, some dolmens or zone bosses. When you can't find nobody in your zone, or it's late, or...

Don't know. Something like that, it may be nice. It would not allow to make instances alone (hire just one merc at once, and only one per group, for example) but it would be better that have that creepy silent person following you around and... You know... Carrying yur burdens.

i dont wannt them to help in pvp

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Psychobunni wrote: »

Lydia was good at carrying my burdens for the bit of Skyrim I did play, would these followers come with inventory space you could lump stuff on them? If so, then great for mat farming runs. Idk about actual game play I can't stand the npcs usually...she might see all colors but all I see is her standing in my way

they wouldnt carry your stuff but theres you could make them be taliors and they would get tailors mat

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Micallef wrote: »

Seriously, punctuation. Reading that made my eyes hurt.

if you were really interested in punctuation you would not have punctuated after 2 words which isn't a sentience

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Gidorick wrote: »

I want followers but not ones that level and not persistent ones. I want them to be temporarily hirable mercs that are leveled to us. I explain it all here : http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/146133/hirable-npc-companion-concept/p1

i still like my idea the only bad thing i could see with yours is when people log off that there followers would leave midquest or when they are carrying items

Thymos

no i would never use it

dafox187 wrote: »

i dont reallys see how it would be unbalancing but im asking for opions not for stuff to hate on

With a follower you are actually more powerful than without a follower. A lot of the overworld questing content is tailored to you alone, not with a buff of an AI controlled follower. This puts power scales in your favor. All of these overworld quests are already easy enough to do solo, so adding a follower would just make it a steamroll. This even goes for Cadwell's Silver and Gold zones. The follower system would unbalance the game in favor of the player right now.

I don't want to play with a follower, but if they were to implement this then raise the difficulty of everything, I would be forced to play with a follower to even the scales so I can actually do the quests. SWTOR was fun with the way they had it, but they also already had it from the beginning. The followers were an integral part of the story as well. The difficulty was balanced with the fact that you would have a follower out.

This suggestion would require lots of work and effort and practically a revamp of the whole PvE zones as they currently stand. I vote against this, because there are much better options out there that they should work on.

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

ruze84b14_ESO wrote: »

I'd love if followers could be hired, or earned. If you could summon them after reaching a certain point in each guild's questline.

I don't *need* followers with a story, but a simple merc to keep me company is a fun addition.

Not that I *need* them, either. Especially in this game, since it obviously doesn't scale itself with the number of group members or companions you have. Which is obviously the solution, too.

i dont need them either i like your idea but summon should be like the assasinate shout in skyrimbut follow you for a while

Thymos

no i would never use it

This would also conflict with some of the quest mechanics where you do get a helper for the quest. Now quit multiposting, because it is possible to actually quote multiple posts into your reply window. Just click the quote button for each post you want to quote and respond to.

Robbmrp

yes BUT i want it to be different (explain in commets)

I vote Yes ONLY if they replace all Pets with a Follower you can get in the Crown Store.... I don't want to see a Sorc running around with 2 damage pets, another willy nilly pet and then a follower on top of that.....

Heromofo

I love this idea zos please make this

Seems the best way to get a question answered is to send them a ticket and then relay the info for all of us here sigh...

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Heromofo wrote: »

Seems the best way to get a question answered is to send them a ticket and then relay the info for all of us here sigh...

should i truthly im scared to

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Robbmrp wrote: »

I vote Yes ONLY if they replace all Pets with a Follower you can get in the Crown Store.... I don't want to see a Sorc running around with 2 damage pets, another willy nilly pet and then a follower on top of that.....

i dont think thats a good idea people have paid lots for them but mabye make the pets take up a compaion space or a

Heromofo

I love this idea zos please make this

dafox187 wrote: »

Heromofo wrote: »

Seems the best way to get a question answered is to send them a ticket and then relay the info for all of us here sigh...

should i truthly im scared to

Only way to get an answer
Just got this little tidbit from the Customer Support email:
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Hi ,

I'm really sorry for the delay of answer, we have been quite busy lately.

We are well aware of the feedback regarding the chat on console and even though it will probably not be available at the release, but this is something we are considering thanks to the feedback from the players as you just did.
Regarding your second question, there is no plan to remove the text chat from the PC version so you don't have to worry about it

I hope I answered to your questions and concerns and I wish you a great day.

Warmest regards,
Yoann
The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited Team

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Thymos wrote: »

This would also conflict with some of the quest mechanics where you do get a helper for the quest. Now quit multiposting, because it is possible to actually quote multiple posts into your reply window. Just click the quote button for each post you want to quote and respond to.

good idea i hadnt thought about that [bad thing this is the last post i saw] but i understand the conflict couldnt they make them all like those quest helpers but with forever lasting loyalty

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Thymos wrote: »

dafox187 wrote: »

i dont reallys see how it would be unbalancing but im asking for opions not for stuff to hate on

With a follower you are actually more powerful than without a follower. A lot of the overworld questing content is tailored to you alone, not with a buff of an AI controlled follower. This puts power scales in your favor. All of these overworld quests are already easy enough to do solo, so adding a follower would just make it a steamroll. This even goes for Cadwell's Silver and Gold zones. The follower system would unbalance the game in favor of the player right now.

I don't want to play with a follower, but if they were to implement this then raise the difficulty of everything, I would be forced to play with a follower to even the scales so I can actually do the quests. SWTOR was fun with the way they had it, but they also already had it from the beginning. The followers were an integral part of the story as well. The difficulty was balanced with the fact that you would have a follower out.

This suggestion would require lots of work and effort and practically a revamp of the whole PvE zones as they currently stand. I vote against this, because there are much better options out there that they should work on.

well i look at it like this there are 4 players if each player has a follwer lvl cap of two and each player is lvl 15 then each players combin lvl would be about 25 20 24 23

Athas24

no it makes no sense and i hate it

Thymos wrote: »

This would create a balance issue with the current state of PvE. If it was implemented at the start, much like SWTOR did with their companion system, then I would say it would be alright, but as it stands right now, the difficulty is really not that hard to do PvE content aside from that which you do need a group.

I completely agree with this. Most content is crazy easy in and of itself until you need groups where you are also relying on the skill of others, which makes the grouping fun. Adding a companion would just promote more people to Not Group for things and in this game above many other MMO's I've played this is already too common. That likely stems from the amount of people who are used to the single player TES games though.

Athas24

no it makes no sense and i hate it

Morvul wrote: »

no offense, but if I want to play in a group in an MMO... well... I play in a group with players.
If you prefere NPCs over other players, I highly recommend to play offline RPGs instead: they tend to offer better storys AND better NPCs then MMOs.

I will never understand the Trend towards "Massive Singleplayer Online" Games...

Nail = hammered with this point. I completely agree

fluffycannibalb16_ESO

no it makes no sense and i hate it

No, just....no. It's an MMO; we don't need followers because we have each other to play with (heehee)! That's pretty much the whole point of an MMO. Join a guild. Make some friends. Pimp yourself out in zone chat if you have to, but why - why - in all of Nirn would you think you need an NPC to help you on a game that's designed to be used as a multiplayer?

dafox187 wrote: »

if you were really interested in punctuation you would not have punctuated after 2 words which isn't a sentience

That's possibly the funniest thing I've read all day.

Thymos

no i would never use it

dafox187 wrote: »

Thymos wrote: »

dafox187 wrote: »

i dont reallys see how it would be unbalancing but im asking for opions not for stuff to hate on

With a follower you are actually more powerful than without a follower. A lot of the overworld questing content is tailored to you alone, not with a buff of an AI controlled follower. This puts power scales in your favor. All of these overworld quests are already easy enough to do solo, so adding a follower would just make it a steamroll. This even goes for Cadwell's Silver and Gold zones. The follower system would unbalance the game in favor of the player right now.

I don't want to play with a follower, but if they were to implement this then raise the difficulty of everything, I would be forced to play with a follower to even the scales so I can actually do the quests. SWTOR was fun with the way they had it, but they also already had it from the beginning. The followers were an integral part of the story as well. The difficulty was balanced with the fact that you would have a follower out.

This suggestion would require lots of work and effort and practically a revamp of the whole PvE zones as they currently stand. I vote against this, because there are much better options out there that they should work on.

well i look at it like this there are 4 players if each player has a follwer lvl cap of two and each player is lvl 15 then each players combin lvl would be about 25 20 24 23

Taking on level 15 content, right? So these 25, 20, 24, and 23 would be vastly overpowering the level 15 content. You still need to be able to level up in this game. With your suggestion, we'll be level 25 by the time we should reach Molag Bal. Then what? Grind out the levels to reach 50?

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Thymos wrote: »

dafox187 wrote: »

Thymos wrote: »

dafox187 wrote: »

i dont reallys see how it would be unbalancing but im asking for opions not for stuff to hate on

With a follower you are actually more powerful than without a follower. A lot of the overworld questing content is tailored to you alone, not with a buff of an AI controlled follower. This puts power scales in your favor. All of these overworld quests are already easy enough to do solo, so adding a follower would just make it a steamroll. This even goes for Cadwell's Silver and Gold zones. The follower system would unbalance the game in favor of the player right now.

I don't want to play with a follower, but if they were to implement this then raise the difficulty of everything, I would be forced to play with a follower to even the scales so I can actually do the quests. SWTOR was fun with the way they had it, but they also already had it from the beginning. The followers were an integral part of the story as well. The difficulty was balanced with the fact that you would have a follower out.

This suggestion would require lots of work and effort and practically a revamp of the whole PvE zones as they currently stand. I vote against this, because there are much better options out there that they should work on.

well i look at it like this there are 4 players if each player has a follwer lvl cap of two and each player is lvl 15 then each players combin lvl would be about 25 20 24 23

Taking on level 15 content, right? So these 25, 20, 24, and 23 would be vastly overpowering the level 15 content. You still need to be able to level up in this game. With your suggestion, we'll be level 25 by the time we should reach Molag Bal. Then what? Grind out the levels to reach 50?

i see your point but it did work out in elder scrolls skyrim

fluffycannibalb16_ESO wrote: »

No, just....no. It's an MMO; we don't need followers because we have each other to play with (heehee)! That's pretty much the whole point of an MMO. Join a guild. Make some friends. Pimp yourself out in zone chat if you have to, but why - why - in all of Nirn would you think you need an NPC to help you on a game that's designed to be used as a multiplayer?

dafox187 wrote: »

if you were really interested in punctuation you would not have punctuated after 2 words which isn't a sentience

That's possibly the funniest thing I've read all day.

thanks for the feedback lol but i see how u (and others ) see this as a bad idea i will try to think about a way to make it work

Athas24 wrote: »

Morvul wrote: »

no offense, but if I want to play in a group in an MMO... well... I play in a group with players.
If you prefere NPCs over other players, I highly recommend to play offline RPGs instead: they tend to offer better storys AND better NPCs then MMOs.

I will never understand the Trend towards "Massive Singleplayer Online" Games...

Nail = hammered with this point. I completely agree

as explained to others theres problems with the group finder and no one responds to lfg it would be bad if it did

Athas24 wrote: »

Thymos wrote: »

This would create a balance issue with the current state of PvE. If it was implemented at the start, much like SWTOR did with their companion system, then I would say it would be alright, but as it stands right now, the difficulty is really not that hard to do PvE content aside from that which you do need a group.

I completely agree with this. Most content is crazy easy in and of itself until you need groups where you are also relying on the skill of others, which makes the grouping fun. Adding a companion would just promote more people to Not Group for things and in this game above many other MMO's I've played this is already too common. That likely stems from the amount of people who are used to the single player TES games though.

like i said lfg dosent work

thanks for all the feed back guys so far there 54% people who dont want it and 46% people who do want it preatty close at next eso live im gonna ask them if that dosent work i will use a ticket

Drazhar14

no i would never use it

There is already a follower system in the game, where they level up and can tag along and help you out and everything. It's called other players lol. Also, some quests give npc followers.

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Drazhar14 wrote: »

There is already a follower system in the game, where they level up and can tag along and help you out and everything. It's called other players lol. Also, some quests give npc followers.

as already explain no one responds to lfg and group finder sucks i know some quests do sjat u said bu t they should ALWAYS be with u

Argoniawind

I love this idea zos please make this

I am all for this totally and an Argonian follower would be perfect for me!!

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Argoniawind wrote: »

I am all for this totally and an Argonian follower would be perfect for me!!

i think it eould be cool to have custom ones

Nyghthowler

I don't remember if I voted or if I did what I voted, but after redoing the main story missions with Lyris Trollborn dogging my heels and constantly in the way I have to say 'HELL NO' to this idea. Dealing with her is shear torture.

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Nyghthowler wrote: »

I don't remember if I voted or if I did what I voted, but after redoing the main story missions with Lyris Trollborn dogging my heels and constantly in the way I have to say 'HELL NO' to this idea. Dealing with her is shear torture.

i agree she is weird she also is NOT generic like i said that way we all dont have 39 tiatin borns

Nyghthowler

dafox187 wrote: »

Nyghthowler wrote: »

I don't remember if I voted or if I did what I voted, but after redoing the main story missions with Lyris Trollborn dogging my heels and constantly in the way I have to say 'HELL NO' to this idea. Dealing with her is shear torture.

i agree she is weird she also is NOT generic like i said that way we all dont have 39 tiatin borns

I was referring to the quality of AI that controls her. Not to having an army of her appearance running around. She is worthless. None of the other main story line companions are much better. If that is what the game play would be like with Hirelings, Henchmen, Mercenaries, what ever you want to call them then I feel ZoS' time would be better spent in other areas.

dafox187

I love this idea zos please make this

Nyghthowler wrote: »

dafox187 wrote: »

Nyghthowler wrote: »

I don't remember if I voted or if I did what I voted, but after redoing the main story missions with Lyris Trollborn dogging my heels and constantly in the way I have to say 'HELL NO' to this idea. Dealing with her is shear torture.

i agree she is weird she also is NOT generic like i said that way we all dont have 39 tiatin borns

I was referring to the quality of AI that controls her. Not to having an army of her appearance running around. She is worthless. None of the other main story line companions are much better. If that is what the game play would be like with Hirelings, Henchmen, Mercenaries, what ever you want to call them then I feel ZoS' time would be better spent in other areas.

well this isnt about zos crap ai its about followers

Heromofo

I love this idea zos please make this

dafox187 wrote: »

Nyghthowler wrote: »

dafox187 wrote: »

Nyghthowler wrote: »

I don't remember if I voted or if I did what I voted, but after redoing the main story missions with Lyris Trollborn dogging my heels and constantly in the way I have to say 'HELL NO' to this idea. Dealing with her is shear torture.

i agree she is weird she also is NOT generic like i said that way we all dont have 39 tiatin borns

I was referring to the quality of AI that controls her. Not to having an army of her appearance running around. She is worthless. None of the other main story line companions are much better. If that is what the game play would be like with Hirelings, Henchmen, Mercenaries, what ever you want to call them then I feel ZoS' time would be better spent in other areas.

well this isnt about zos crap ai its about followers

People forget that if this is brought in then they will probably redo all ai companions and honestly this is a elder scrolls game so it should be in there.