An idea for how to control companions & make them feel like they are playing with us

Rugby_hook

We already have the (mostly unused) quick chat emotes built into the game. How great would it be if you could use these to talk to your companions mid battle in a chat that is just for you and your companion. You are suddenly running low on health, you can quick chat "heal me" and if it is not on a cool down and it is on their skill bar, your companion will throw you a heal. "Taunt and Tank the Boss" could send companion after highest health add. "Handle the adds" could increase priority for AOE skills, etc. I know this is probably a lot for their first implementation, but this could be some cool functionality down the road.

oddbasket

Most games with bots uses the command wheel, much like how you choose a quickslot item, hold a key and choose the command. That would work.