some new features/tweaks/expansions i'd like to see added to companions

Browiseth

- i think it's really great that companions can show up or have comments on certain quests (at least i think they can? needs verification, i know Mirri can show up at the end of the blackwood storyline) but i would love it if this was greatly expanded upon. as is most of their dialogue is pretty generic, and it'd be great if they could talk about specific quests more often, specific zones, or even dungeons if you brought them along for them

- i think it'd be great if companions could recognize more things specific to your character. as is i know Mirri has one or two unique lines of dialogue for an argonian, but it'd be awesome if they could also acknowledge you being a vampire/werewolf, have them talk about recent accomplishments you've both made or have them comment on specific decisions you've made on quests. in general, it'd be great if the dialogue trees available when speaking to companions would be greatly expanded upon beyond "give me a vague hint about how to gain rapport with you" and the "we're friends right?" options we currently have

- give them some more skills/ultimates to play around with

- maybe tweak the AI a bit or implement some more failsafes so they don't die to boss mechanics so often

- more companion side quests!!!

- companion romance/marriage system. come on guys, skyrim has a half-baked marriage mechanic for the player so its only fair eso gets it too

- maybe make purple companion gear a little bit less ridiculously rare

- to coincide with purple companion gear being more feasible to obtain, add legendary companion gear

- specific item set bonuses for companions like the player can have?

- i was serious about that romance/marriage system btw

- actually, i'm gonna talk about gear again. craftable companion gear?

- for real though, it's weird there's no companion romance system. haven't maxed out bastian's rapport yet but mirri is making a borderline love confession once she's maxed out

- the ability to turn your companion into a vampire/werewolf and give them the relevant skills/ultimates/passives? would definitely require maxed out rapport

- if it wasn't obvious, npc companions are the closest thing to a friend i can play eso with

- what about if you've got multiple companions, they can somehow interact with eachother? being able to summon multiple companions at the same time might be unreasonable(?) so i'm not sure how to implement this

- actually, being able to have multiple companions active at the same time sounds cool as heck

let me know if you've got any ideas too!!!

addendum: here's a bonus pic of my squad so you can check out my Mirri's fashion!!

Parasaurolophus

Can they just be made at least a little more strong, tenacious and useful?

Holycannoli

Let us give them our personalities as well as our costumes.

TheNuminous1

I want way more options. 2 new companions per zone, both genders plus some non binary they/them type companions would be dope. All the races, plus extras maormer goblin daedra there are lots of types of people to interact with in Tamriel so why wouldn't we be able to adventure with a wider array. Heck lamia dreugh sload spriggans nerieds.

OPTIONS OPTIONS OPTIONS !!!!!!!!

DMuehlhausen

Removed them. The server 0 purpose other than for people to feel like they are playing Skyrim. You can go play Skyrim it's still a game.

AzuraFan

Remove the rapport system. Anything that penalizes the player for just playing the game needs to go. I'm guessing they were trying to go with what BioWare does in its games, where the companions react to what you say. They failed miserably at creating anything remotely similar. I don't recall ever being upset when playing Dragon Age or Mass Effect because I lost brownie points, probably because the system made sense. In ESO, it's just random crap they made up regarding rapport, and it's poorly implemented to boot.

Accidentally open a bug, do NOT harvest, and Mirri still gets ticked off. See a thieves trove? Now I have to dismiss Bastion, loot it, then do the too-long process of summoning him again. Want to use the Blade of Woe? I need to ditch Mirri first. Then there's Bastion's constant scolding about stuff you do. Who thought it would be a good idea to scold players for playing the game? Just an extremely poor feature that needed to be thrown in the trash before it went live.

Mr_Stach

Open a Bug......

That just sounds really off

BretonMage

Yep, I'd definitely pay for an expanded companion experience. (Though we shouldn't have to.)

Totally agree that companions need their survivability boosted - especially for tanks. I've noticed hardly anyone uses Bastian as tank, and tbh neither do I anymore, because up against bosses who really matter, he's dead in seconds. Seriously, having a role that's unviable is a complete waste of their design. At least let companions auto-resurrect with a soul gem after 5-10 seconds.

Also, companions need to stop dodge rolling so far that they reset bosses.

cmetzger93

I just want them to not all look the same as everyone else's like some ai to change the appearance of other companions