Does anyone like Companions?

CaptainVenom

I do. In fact, I want a romance option in the future. Bastian is bae material.

AWinterWolf

I don't mind them, but I do think they could've been polished a bit better, but it's a companion, it helps me do some quests etc. when I'm being lazy and honestly, I don't really see what I have to complain bitterly about. I won't use them to replace a player in a dungeon, but I don't need them for that, they're a good distraction when I want to quest or farm world bosses/dolmens, I have few complaints.

coop500

ErMurazor wrote: »

See lots of soloers like them. I mean who even starts to play an MMO and intend to play solo? LoL

*I did/do*

Starlight_Knight

NO - Its harder to play with one, the AI is dreadfull. So much missed potential. the dammage is trash, they stand in stupid and melt, they cant hold block long enough to actually block a charged hit.
They are eveywhere all looking the same, its making the game look tacky.
You cant even control them to make them open the gate in Direfrost.

They could have done so much more than give us thease stupid things.

Just know, we had Companions, when we could have had any of the issues bellow that have been popular fourum topics.

Class overhauls.
Pet AI improvments and skins for wardens and sorcs.
More cyrodill enhancments / Auriels bow
mounted combat / flying mounts
account wide acheivments
class change ability
bosmer could have even had their stealth passive back!

We got companions.

aipex8_ESO

ErMurazor wrote: »

See lots of soloers like them. I mean who even starts to play an MMO and intend to play solo? LoL

Uh... Elder Scrolls fans?

Alurria

Starlight_Knight wrote: »

NO - Its harder to play with one, the AI is dreadfull. So much missed potential. the dammage is trash, they stand in stupid and melt, they cant hold block long enough to actually block a charged hit.
They are eveywhere all looking the same, its making the game look tacky.
You cant even control them to make them open the gate in Direfrost.

They could have done so much more than give us thease stupid things.

Just know, we had Companions, when we could have had any of the issues bellow that have been popular fourum topics.

Class overhauls.
Pet AI improvments and skins for wardens and sorcs.
More cyrodill enhancments / Auriels bow
mounted combat / flying mounts
account wide acheivments
class change ability
bosmer could have even had their stealth passive back!

We got companions.

That's your opinion. I find them enjoyable.

Starlight_Knight

AWinterWolf wrote: »

I don't mind them, but I do think they could've been polished a bit better

Pretty much eveything ESO do. Just enough to get the money in but little refinment.

Orion_89

While I like the idea (waited hard for feature release), it seems too raw for me so far. I already can solo some of the vet dungeons and don't expect companions will add me too much help, but I was expected them as an RP element and... It is weak right now. I mean unnatural dialogues, lack of customization, poor control options (no emotes despite it were in trailers).

It is half finished.

Starlight_Whisper

To me it kinda reminds me of owning pet. Got to take offend when others insult him.

In general, I surprised how attached I am. I wasn't interested till I had one.

Elo106

Think they were mainly intended for solo questers and casual players, not end game players. I dont mind the devs working on that probably couldnt have fixed any performance issues anyway

Shantu

Leveled Mirri to 20. Maxed out her healing and Restoration staff skills. Maxed out her Destruction staff and damage skills. My opinion? Meh. She doesn't really enable me to do any content I can't do without her. She's actually more nuisance than help (bosses chasing her so far away it resets the instance). The gear and rapport grind is dreadful (by the time I get my first purple gear I doubt I'll care much). The repetitive dialog gets old VERY fast. Feels like just another grindy system to keep you engaged so you might spend money in the CS. It won't be long before I expect she'll live out the rest of her life in the closet. Unless they change something dramatically, they'll evolve into a niche RP feature for a minority. For the majority I suspect these companions won't really be worth the effort.

danno8

Alurria wrote: »

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Starlight_Knight wrote: »

NO - Its harder to play with one, the AI is dreadfull. So much missed potential. the dammage is trash, they stand in stupid and melt, they cant hold block long enough to actually block a charged hit.
They are eveywhere all looking the same, its making the game look tacky.
You cant even control them to make them open the gate in Direfrost.

They could have done so much more than give us thease stupid things.

Just know, we had Companions, when we could have had any of the issues bellow that have been popular fourum topics.

Class overhauls.
Pet AI improvments and skins for wardens and sorcs.
More cyrodill enhancments / Auriels bow
mounted combat / flying mounts
account wide acheivments
class change ability
bosmer could have even had their stealth passive back!

We got companions.

That's your opinion. I find them enjoyable.

Alurria wrote: »

Seriously, my guild completed a trial using companions there were 5 of us and guess what we made it through. At one point we decided to die to go back to the wayshrine and our companions kept us alive for quite a while. We tried to purposely die to a trash mob. Everytime I would get to 3000 hit points I would get healed. We had fun and we're pleasantly surprised. My companion is level 10 and has a mix of blue, green and white gear. He's ranged DPS and they did really well the 5 of us had a good time. And you know that is all that matters, we had a good time. If people don't like companions it's simple don't use them. It's that simple.

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ErMurazor wrote: »

See lots of soloers like them. I mean who even starts to play an MMO and intend to play solo? LoL

This is not a typical MMO and yes I like companions. If you don't like them don't use them.

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The point of the thread is to give opinions. You really don't have to reply to people with a differing opinion than yours with a "That's just your opinion". Yes, we know, that's the point.

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Enemy-of-Coldharbour

I really enjoy having Mirri around as a healer, but it really aggravates me how much she pulls agro on bosses. Last night I was soloing a WB and she got agro and she kept falling back and falling back with the boss chasing her until they got out of bounds and reset the boss. Do I have to waste bar space and slot a taunt? I finally got her resto to level 20 so I think I'll convert her to a DD and see what happens.

Tinyfangs

ErMurazor wrote: »

See lots of soloers like them. I mean who even starts to play an MMO and intend to play solo? LoL

I hear this argument so often, and it always baffles me. When I go out shopping or so in the so called real world - do I interact with everyone alive? Certainly not, but still it feels reassuring to see people moving about their business. Walking into an empty city and empty shops, only filled with robots, I'd say would be for most people a rather frightening and unsettling experience.

I am not an overly social creature, yet still I'd not wish to live in an empty world. I have tried single player games and found them unpleasant/unsettling for that reason. I love to see characters haste by and know there is a human behind that, with thoughts and feelings. Do I need to know everything about them, befriend them, run alongside them every step of the way? No. I like to do my own thing, just as in the real world, but other people give a background noise, something inherently important for human mental health, ie why I like mmos without same time feeling a need to constantly interact with everyone I encounter.

Enjoying the companions, fun addition. They have a more personal feel to them than random npcs, so especially at night time, when I don't see many players about, they give me a less 'alone' feel (even though they can't fully replace player characters passing by) and I do find them useful in combat as well.

VaranisArano

Marcus Titus Alessian takes his bowl of Bewitched Sugar Skulls cereal over to the inn's table where Bastian sits, drinking milk and reading the day's edition of The Black Horse Courier.

Bastian nods in greeting, then asks, "How are your teeth not rotted through from eating that stuff every morning?"

"Must be magic." Marcus says. "Anything interesting in the paper?"

Bastian goes quiet. Then he turns to the opinion section. The headline reads, "Does anyone like Companions?"

Marcus considers the question seriously, then realizes that Bastian's mournful eyes make him look too much like a kicked puppy.

So he says, "After the days I made you spend doing the Alikr Dolmen run and then hunting for those stupid tide glass beads in Shadowfen, I feel like I should be asking if you still like me."

Immediately, Bastian brightens up. "Yeah! Though if you want to do me a favor..."

It can't be that bad, can it?

"Alvur Baren from the Mages Guild wants me to hunt down some of Sheogorath's relics."

Marcus nearly chokes on a sugar skull. As he coughs, Bastian continues quickly, clearly anxious, "I was scared to go after them in Sanguine's Demense on my own, but you can handle yourself. Will you help me?"

The very last thing Marcus wants to do is return to Shadowfen, run around collecting Sheogorath's lost buttons, or risk getting turned into Wabbajerky. But Bastian has been a very faithful companion, as well as being a complete lightweight around any type of hard liquor. He can't very well let Bastian walk into Sanguine's eternal frat house party alone.

"Uh, sure. What are we looking for?"

"The Eidar Scrolls. Like the Elder Scrolls, but made of cheese."

"I don't need to be a Moth Priest to see that this is going to be an interesting trip. Heh, "trip.""

Bastian glowers with disapproval. "The way you chug potions and eat questionable substances, maybe I shouldn't bring you along."

"Don't worry about it, Bastian. Whatever they say in the Courier, I appreciate someone keeping me on the straight and narrow."

Alurria

VaranisArano wrote: »

Marcus Titus Alessian takes his bowl of Bewitched Sugar Skulls cereal over to the inn's table where Bastian sits, drinking milk and reading the day's edition of The Black Horse Courier.

Bastian nods in greeting, then asks, "How are your teeth not rotted through from eating that stuff every morning?"

"Must be magic." Marcus says. "Anything interesting in the paper?"

Bastian goes quiet. Then he turns to the opinion section. The headline reads, "Does anyone like Companions?"

Marcus considers the question seriously, then realizes that Bastian's mournful eyes make him look too much like a kicked puppy.

So he says, "After the days I made you spend doing the Alikr Dolmen run and then hunting for those stupid tide glass beads in Shadowfen, I feel like I should be asking if you still like me."

Immediately, Bastian brightens up. "Yeah! Though if you want to do me a favor..."

It can't be that bad, can it?

"Alvur Baren from the Mages Guild wants me to hunt down some of Sheogorath's relics."

Marcus nearly chokes on a sugar skull. As he coughs, Bastian continues quickly, clearly anxious, "I was scared to go after them in Sanguine's Demense on my own, but you can handle yourself. Will you help me?"

The very last thing Marcus wants to do is return to Shadowfen, run around collecting Sheogorath's lost buttons, or risk getting turned into Wabbajerky. But Bastian has been a very faithful companion, as well as being a complete lightweight around any type of hard liquor. He can't very well let Bastian walk into Sanguine's eternal frat house party alone.

"Uh, sure. What are we looking for?"

"The Eidar Scrolls. Like the Elder Scrolls, but made of cheese."

"I don't need to be a Moth Priest to see that this is going to be an interesting trip. Heh, "trip.""

Bastian glowers with disapproval. "The way you chug potions and eat questionable substances, maybe I shouldn't bring you along."

"Don't worry about it, Bastian. Whatever they say in the Courier, I appreciate someone keeping me on the straight and narrow."

Such a gem you are!🌅

kojou

They are OK... I feel like they are mostly a paper doll to dress up and drag around. They do make comments which can make the world feel more lively, but once you hear all the comments a few times it starts becoming a little jarring.

I may have more to say if I could ever get out of Shadowfen and do actual content again...

Inaya

I like them a lot but I'm leveling them as I go. The rapport IS annoying in that most of the time you get + 1 and even that isn't very often but I try to not worry about it.

I'm working on Bastion first and the only thing he really dies to is Public dungeon bosses.

All in all a great addition to the game and I'm anxious where they go from here

deviousthevile

I have thoroughly enjoyed working on the companions. My Bastian is maxed in skill lines and level, just a little more Rapport to go. I had low expectations with all the negative feedback about their ability and have been pleasantly surprised with their performance.

RestingMurderFace

I've been playing using Bastian, and he's been helpful so yeah, I like them.

geonsocal

biminirwb17_ESO wrote: »

The first thing I did is swap armor, put light on Bastion and medium on Mirri.
Levelled Bastion as a healer got resto staff to 20, then swapped to destro staff now have healer or DD on tap.
Just unlocked Bastions Ult at lv20 before maintenance, will see how that works soon I hope.

As mainly a solo player they make things faster to clear especially for tanky builds. So far I like them.

i'm doing the 3 skill line dailies now to level 4 different toons' companions (2 mirri, 2 bastian)...

too funny, first thing I did was put them all in heavy armor...gave 2 a SnB, 1 a frost staff and 1 a resto staff...

first things first, keep them alive during combat so they can continue earning xp and I don't need to spend time rezzing them...

TequilaFire

I think that they have everybody doing the dailies is a good thing.
As long as I don't expect companions to win every fight for me they are just fine.

SydneyGrey

I like them. I think they're a fun addition, and I hope they release more of some different races. I'm quite enjoying them at the moment.

coop500

VaranisArano wrote: »

Marcus Titus Alessian takes his bowl of Bewitched Sugar Skulls cereal over to the inn's table where Bastian sits, drinking milk and reading the day's edition of The Black Horse Courier.

Bastian nods in greeting, then asks, "How are your teeth not rotted through from eating that stuff every morning?"

"Must be magic." Marcus says. "Anything interesting in the paper?"

Bastian goes quiet. Then he turns to the opinion section. The headline reads, "Does anyone like Companions?"

Marcus considers the question seriously, then realizes that Bastian's mournful eyes make him look too much like a kicked puppy.

So he says, "After the days I made you spend doing the Alikr Dolmen run and then hunting for those stupid tide glass beads in Shadowfen, I feel like I should be asking if you still like me."

Immediately, Bastian brightens up. "Yeah! Though if you want to do me a favor..."

It can't be that bad, can it?

"Alvur Baren from the Mages Guild wants me to hunt down some of Sheogorath's relics."

Marcus nearly chokes on a sugar skull. As he coughs, Bastian continues quickly, clearly anxious, "I was scared to go after them in Sanguine's Demense on my own, but you can handle yourself. Will you help me?"

The very last thing Marcus wants to do is return to Shadowfen, run around collecting Sheogorath's lost buttons, or risk getting turned into Wabbajerky. But Bastian has been a very faithful companion, as well as being a complete lightweight around any type of hard liquor. He can't very well let Bastian walk into Sanguine's eternal frat house party alone.

"Uh, sure. What are we looking for?"

"The Eidar Scrolls. Like the Elder Scrolls, but made of cheese."

"I don't need to be a Moth Priest to see that this is going to be an interesting trip. Heh, "trip.""

Bastian glowers with disapproval. "The way you chug potions and eat questionable substances, maybe I shouldn't bring you along."

"Don't worry about it, Bastian. Whatever they say in the Courier, I appreciate someone keeping me on the straight and narrow."

Very sweet little snippet!

whitecrow

I haven't even found mine yet but I can't stand seeing everyone else's all over the place.

Giraffon

I find them to be a nice addition to the game. There are a few minor features they could add, but all in all no real complaints with what they came up with.

- Would like to put helms/hats on them
- Would like to tell them to stand in a location (would move after you moved some set distance away from where you put them)
- Would like them to rear their mount and jump when I do
- Would like to issue emote commands to them (/lute /dance[race] /sit) It seems like they could just put a "c" in front of the command to signify a companion command. /c-lute /c-dancebreton /c-sit2

Nothing they couldn't do if you ask me. Just things that are already built into the game.

JadonSky

I like them so far from an RP perspective since I mainly play solo now. Got tired of all the performance issues with PVP and tired of keeping up with the meta for Trials since I have all the gear.

Really the only negative comment I have is I was hoping they would have more commentaries during actually quest where you have to make a positive or negative decision. Also that this would effect their rapport in a negative or positive way. I'm hoping this is going to be an addition later on but leave it to ZOS to put something unpolished

danno8

JadonSky wrote: »

I like them so far from an RP perspective since I mainly play solo now. Got tired of all the performance issues with PVP and tired of keeping up with the meta for Trials since I have all the gear.

Really the only negative comment I have is I was hoping they would have more commentaries during actually quest where you have to make a positive or negative decision. Also that this would effect their rapport in a negative or positive way. I'm hoping this is going to be an addition later on but leave it to ZOS to put something unpolished

That was cool feature with SWTOR. Your companions would chime in when they agreed or disagreed with your quest decisions.

Probably too late to go and add that to base game but going forward it would be nice to have them engage with regular quest dialogues, perhaps after you are done conversing with an NPC, (dialogues are handled quite differently in SWTOR) and say "I don't agree with you there..." or the like.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

Some good, some bad. Admittedly, I am having more fun with them than I thought I would.

Overall, they are not a bad start, but they have a ways to go. Gear needs rethought. Insane that there is not a crafting option for companion gear. One reason I am not going crazy farming/buying gear is that I think this will happen at some point. You could even open a whole new line of trait research for crafters. Tons of options here.

They need to be smarter. I wish I had more control over their rotation. Lots of games are great at letting you program your companions a little better. They could take a page or two from Dragon Age.

Aggro needs reworked. I have Miri spec'ed as a full healer. Only damage she does is with light attacks. Why is she drawing so much aggro when I am doing like 100 times her damage. I have honestly considered slotting inner fire when I play with her, which just seems silly. They also need to figure out how to keep them mounted unless the player dismounts. She hops off her horse for darn near anything.

My biggest complaint about companions is that I see the same one everywhere I look. Maybe this will get better as more companions are released, but I really wish I could disable seeing other players companions in less I am in group with them. This goes for pets as well. I say it all the time. If it's not trying to kill me, or heal the guy trying to kill me, I generally don't need to see it.

tc91101

I haven't done much with them but like them so far. Seems to give me extra damage regardless what I'm doing.