New companions should be able to do our crafting surveys

Chief_Wiggums

I'm not sure if this is already going to be a feature of our new companions but I feel it is needed.

This weekend I was considering if I should purchase the new expansion and I couldn't figure out exactly why I would need to. With no new skill line or class, and no need for a "companion" to help me with solo content, it seems as if this upcoming expansion is not necessary for the amount of money they are asking.

Letting our companions do menial tasks, such as crafting surveys, would give people, who otherwise have no reason to purchase this expansion, a reason to.

-Chief_Wiggums

Alurria

Huh?

hands0medevil

Yeah I wish my companion will be able to do all dailies for me xd. I just hope it won't turn him into a slave.

Chief_Wiggums

Alurria wrote: »

Huh?

The survey's you get from doing crafting writs. I would imagine it could work like the "hireling" passive we currently have in our skill trees where when we log off a "worker" will send us a small amount of mats when we log back on after 12 hours. Except in this case the companion would be doing your crafting surveys while you are offline.

colossalvoids

Or they could simply make survey gathering in bulk, instead of running away and back if having a lot of them in the same spot.

Chief_Wiggums

colossalvoids wrote: »

Or they could simply make survey gathering in bulk, instead of running away and back if having a lot of them in the same spot.

This is also a great idea.

magicsprout

oh gawd yessssss, have so many surveys backed up i just cant..........

Alurria

Oh I see, I don't think your companion will be playing your content for you but that is a guess.

JustACasualTemplar

Oh, that would be great, but i am sure it is not going to happen. Either the companions, or even more so the hirelings should be able to receive at least one survey from us to pick up every day.

Chief_Wiggums

Alurria wrote: »

Oh I see, I don't think your companion will be playing your content for you but that is a guess.

I don't want to sound smug, but isn't the point of the companions to be able to "do content for you" that you would otherwise not be able to complete?

Maybe I have been misled on them but it appears as though this expansion is being sold as a way for companions to help you complete content, such as vet MA, and world bosses that you might not otherwise be skilled enough to complete as a solo player.

Lady_Galadhiel

Chief_Wiggums wrote: »

Alurria wrote: »

Oh I see, I don't think your companion will be playing your content for you but that is a guess.

Maybe I have been misled on them but it appears as though this expansion is being sold as a way for companions to help you complete content, such as vet MA, and world bosses that you might not otherwise be skilled enough to complete as a solo player.

As far as I remember,devs told on the stream that you can take the companions everyhwere apart form PvP zones obviously and solo arenas.

Grandchamp1989

lolol people already flirting with the idea of making companions into servants and errand boys.

"Sir Sewell, we've had many great adventures together.. It's time for you to make me some spare armor I can sell, pick my flowers, mine my survey's, fetch my dailies and do my laundry"

"What do I get for doing that?"

"The pleasure of being in my company"

rpa

It's very much a matter of taste but I'd personally hate playing a companion manager subgame or managing anything else which plays itself while I'm logged off. It was not the reason I gave up on that other MMO but certainly did not help.
Crafting research waitgame is annoying enough.

JKorr

Doubt it will happen. But I'd be fine with paying an npc hireling gold to go pick up my surveys. I do writs on more than one character, and running around [mostly] non-combat areas to pick up survey mats can take up a lot of time I'd rather be playing. NPC hireling brings back mats; my crafter refines, I sell the tempers/mats for gold and pay the hireling.

Katahdin

Its pretty simple, just dont let suverys pile up. I run mine once a week or once every two weeks.
It doesnt take that much time and I dont have them clogging my inventory.
If you cant/wont do that they just sell or destroy the things


Also, companions wont be allowed in solo arenas (VMA) so they arent being sold as a way to help you complete that.

Scardan

Grandchamp1989 wrote: »

lolol people already flirting with the idea of making companions into servants and errand boys.

"Sir Sewell, we've had many great adventures together.. It's time for you to make me some spare armor I can sell, pick my flowers, mine my survey's, fetch my dailies and do my laundry"

"What do I get for doing that?"

"The pleasure of being in my company"

Literally every relationship between player and companion in Skyrim. xD

ValueDrift

I'd guess the companions will be a Warden Bear with some customization options, don't know what else they could do with them.

AlnilamE

Chief_Wiggums wrote: »

Alurria wrote: »

Oh I see, I don't think your companion will be playing your content for you but that is a guess.

I don't want to sound smug, but isn't the point of the companions to be able to "do content for you" that you would otherwise not be able to complete?

Maybe I have been misled on them but it appears as though this expansion is being sold as a way for companions to help you complete content, such as vet MA, and world bosses that you might not otherwise be skilled enough to complete as a solo player.

No, the point of the companions is to be able to do content WITH you. You still have to be there doing your part.

Alurria

Chief_Wiggums wrote: »

Alurria wrote: »

Oh I see, I don't think your companion will be playing your content for you but that is a guess.

I don't want to sound smug, but isn't the point of the companions to be able to "do content for you" that you would otherwise not be able to complete?

Maybe I have been misled on them but it appears as though this expansion is being sold as a way for companions to help you complete content, such as vet MA, and world bosses that you might not otherwise be skilled enough to complete as a solo player.

There is a difference between helping you complete content and just sending them out to complete content for you. Obvious is obvious. Are you somehow trying to make a correlation between having a companion help you complete it as opposed to another player? Because who wants the drama of another player honestly, not everyone wants to be in a group and further just to be a bit cheeky I can get drama on these forums by reading all of the posts here.

JKorr

ValueDrift wrote: »

I'd guess the companions will be a Warden Bear with some customization options, don't know what else they could do with them.

You missed the explanation thread. I think possible romance with a bear would be a bit much. https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/559462/companions-a-breakdown-of-the-new-feature-by-rich-lambert/p1

trackdemon5512

If they do then they can’t have CP passives like Plentiful Harvest to balance them out.

Kurat

Lmao
Why just surveys, companions should play the entire game for us while we watch Netflix.

Mojmir

smfh

nwilliams2107b16_ESO

As they seem to have copy and pasted SWTOR's companion system, they can do things like this there, so I'm sure they will here.

Linaleah

nwilliams2107b16_ESO wrote: »

As they seem to have copy and pasted SWTOR's companion system, they can do things like this there, so I'm sure they will here.

not... entirely.

you see, there are two different kinds of gathering in swtor. one is where you send them out which is a manual equivalent of a hireling. and the other is when you can direct them to gather a node while you are gathering another node at the same time. but you both have to be there, you just get to gather in half the time

so... if our companions WILL be able to help us gather, its going to be that second one, NOT the send them out for passive errands. as we already have hirelings for that.

kargen27

Chief_Wiggums wrote: »

Alurria wrote: »

Oh I see, I don't think your companion will be playing your content for you but that is a guess.

I don't want to sound smug, but isn't the point of the companions to be able to "do content for you" that you would otherwise not be able to complete?

Maybe I have been misled on them but it appears as though this expansion is being sold as a way for companions to help you complete content, such as vet MA, and world bosses that you might not otherwise be skilled enough to complete as a solo player.

The idea is for companions to "do content with you". I'm fine with the companions doing your surveys but you have to accompany them to supervise.

deleted221106-002999

Will there be a range of collars and leashes available to buy from the crown store for these companions?

Asking for a friend.

deleted221106-002999

Lady_Galadhiel wrote: »

As far as I remember,devs told on the stream that you can take the companions everyhwere apart form PvP zones obviously and solo arenas.

Wait...not in pvp? Who's going to carry those unstackable siege engines for others to steal?

Maybe we need a wagon instead of a companion....

Chips_Ahoy

My girlfriend used to play TERA and she says there were some pets that as soon as you approached a node the pet ran to pick it up.

They weren't free of course.

Scardan

Souterain wrote: »

Will there be a range of collars and leashes available to buy from the crown store for these companions?

Asking for a friend.

Waifus gonna be everywhere.