How many companions do you genuinely want?

phaneub17_ESO

phaneub17_ESO

As long as it fits the story, keep them coming

I would like a minimum of one of each race fitting all 7 classes and any new ones that come around, a werewolf companion, a vampire companion, and even races like a Maormer companion even if they never become a playable race. Maybe make tie-ins to previous Elder Scroll titles like Skyrim introduces a companion who (not the Dragonborn) knows the way of the voice. How about an "Adventurer" type who is essentially classless with skill trees on Warrior, Thief, and Mage archetypes. Repeating classes, but with different aspects such as the next Dragon Knight is more poison focused.

karthrag_inak

At least one of each race (10 current)

At least one of each race, except make them all differentt furstocks of Khajiit.

TaSheen

Obligatory Other Option, or OOO Shiny!

Personally, none.

Taggund

Obligatory Other Option, or OOO Shiny!

I'd like more, but I'm done with the leveling grind for them and with having to do the quests for each alt I may want to use the companions with. So for me, I'm currently have Isobel up to 17, and then when she hits 20 I will go back to using Ember. I don't plan on doing this again for any unless they improve how they work

wilykcat

For the love of the Divines, make them stop!

TaSheen wrote: »

Personally, none.

Same. 0 companions, I have fun playing solo.

AvalonRanger

For the love of the Divines, make them stop!

Companion grinding should be 20 times more first.

I hate let them grind for leveling, because they're just "pet".
Not for real combat.

If I consider real combat, I want my alt character as my companion.

Carlos93

A snow elf.

bmnoble

As long as it fits the story, keep them coming

Got no issue with a new pair every year, so long as they each bring something that makes them different from those we already have, if it reaches the point where we just get reskinned ones with identical class skills at some point, like for example a new DK companion with the exact same skills as Bastian aside from racial passives then I would be annoyed.

Would like to be able to use more than one at a time, at the very least in dungeons and arena's, let us make use of 3.

DMuehlhausen

Obligatory Other Option, or OOO Shiny!

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After the card game worst system introduced to the game.

Elsonso

Obligatory Other Option, or OOO Shiny!

ZOS should have a lot of them to choose from. Double what they have now.

But... I use Mirri on PC NA and Isobel on XBox NA. No plans to change that.

AzuraFan

For the love of the Divines, make them stop!

I haven't even levelled the last two to 20 yet, so I'm not looking forward to the two new ones and may just ignore them. I can see people wanting one of each class and I'm not suggesting they stop adding companions (though I wish they would lol). I'm saying I don't need more.

I fear a lot of development work will be put into companions that will end up collecting dust, just like the oodles of non-combat pets that I pull out once to see what they look like and then never use again.

I'd much rather they spent the time fleshing out existing companions, to live up to the hype around them when Bastian and Mirri came on the scene. For example, I'd love them to respond to what the player is doing (dance when I play an instrument, drink with me, whatever). Right now, they're not much more than shells that repeat the same lines over and over again, and the way they stand in AoE attacks makes them less than useful in combat too.

BretonMage

As long as it fits the story, keep them coming

Imo we need more choices to suit the different play styles and needs. There are so many possible combinations of personalities, classes and races (and sexualities, if romance is added), it would almost be infinite. I would have picked an "as many as possible " option.

Hapexamendios

At least one of each class (7 current)

They can stop this year really.

DreamyLu

Obligatory Other Option, or OOO Shiny!

I have Bastian, and for the content I touch, he is perfect. I have no need for more.

So my answer would be 1 only (side note: I have collected the others but don't use them).

Dr_Con

I don't give a flying daedroth about their personalities or backstories. Give me the ability to hide their butt-ugly faces and i'll be happy.

Snamyap

As long as it fits the story, keep them coming

I don't mind the grind.

Anumaril

Obligatory Other Option, or OOO Shiny!

As many as it takes to get a male high elf companion

amig186

At least one of each race (10 current)

I think that once all the races are checked, they should take it slow and not release any more unless they have a very good idea for one. And I mean very. A character that is interesting for who they are and not just there to represent a race.

Khenarthi

At least one of each race (10 current)

I want at least one of each race, but after that I'll be happy with whatever comes. Having more options to chose from is always good.

Sarannah

As long as it fits the story, keep them coming

Infinite. Love companions, and I'm hoping one day ZOS will create one which totally fits my playing style. Also, we can never have enough different ones.

Keep in mind, companions get many players to actively play in the world just to level them. So for ZOS companions are a win-win.

Ishtarknows

For the love of the Divines, make them stop!

There wasn't an option for none so I chose this.

Grizzbeorn

It would depend on what they decide to give us to work with.
Their current process isn't good enough; it's far too restrictive.

If we could create and customize Companions just like we can our characters (gender, race, class, skills [including Werewolf and Vampire]), I would create maybe a handful of Companions; enough so that I'd have a good match for any of my characters, and also content.

As it stands right now, I use three of the current four (I don't use Bastian).
But only a small number of my characters have even unlocked a Companion.

And what I use of the future Companions will depend on who and what they are.
I'm undecided on the two upcoming ones.
I like that they've given us a Warden, but I'm not a fan of Argonians. But still, Warden, so I will probably unlock him.
And maybe the Redguard, as well.
But, I'd rather have a female choice, in general. (I imagine that they gave us two males with this chapter to balance the two females from High Isle.)

I hope ZOS does better at giving us more choices/flexibility, *overall* within this system, in the future.

Amottica

I only want the one I am using. Which one I am using will and has changed over time. In other words, Zenimax should continue adding companions for awhile.

LikiLoki

Obligatory Other Option, or OOO Shiny!

it doesn't matter how many there are. what matters is how much you can take with you on an adventure. I want to summon three companions at once at the same time to go to the dungeons

RaddlemanNumber7

Obligatory Other Option, or OOO Shiny!

Until they get them right.

Fix combat AI so, e.g. they can fight up stairways and don't run off around blind corners. Be silent when told. Wear helmets and polymorphs. Be one person, not a tragic mish-mash of several different characters like Bastian and Ember.

Xoelarasizerer

At least one of each class (7 current)

Since I've paired them off with my DD toons (1 of each class I mainly use for different story content), I wouldn't mind a Necromancer 7th in future to complete the set.

Beyond that, whilst I'd welcome more, I'd prefer to see general improvements on the companion system itself.

robwolf666

At least one of each race (10 current)

At least one of each race. However, they should count towards AWA, so when the companions story is done, and it's skill line maxed, it counts for all of a players characters. Having to do that stuff every time with each of my characters is becoming tedious. I get it, new person new friendship - but yawn!

emilyhyoyeon

At least one of each race (10 current)

I feel like several options fit for me. I definitely want all the classes covered, and at minimum I'd like one of each race. I don't want them to necessarily stop at that though.

I love them. They're cute for roleplaying purposes and each one is basically a ''free'' houseguest. As someone who loves housing, that's a big plus for me. One of my main house builds is a Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary that felt pretty sad before I was able to start filling it out with appropriate houseguests, two of which will be companions once Necrom comes out. It's a lot easier to headcanon Mirri, for example, as a generic dunmer person for my builds instead of Irnskar as a generic nord person, or some other notable NPC that we seem to only get as options for non-companion houseguests.

LanteanPegasus

As long as it fits the story, keep them coming

To clarify: I don't want to play with a gazillion different companions. But ESO has a strong RPG aspect to it, and the more companions are offered, the better the chances that everyone gets one that fits their given character in terms of personality, principles, race, class, and so on. That's why I say as long as the individual companions are well written, keep more coming.
Options are a good thing in this case.

With Bastian they gave me a perfect companion for my main character, and one that I like a LOT, so personally I don't have a pressing need for more. But others aren't so well off. And there would be other options that would be fun to explore as well, working just as well with my character, just with a different dynamic between them.

Carcamongus

As long as it fits the story, keep them coming

I find the companion system interesting, so I look forward to seeing new people added. However, I'd also like it if current companions were improved, for example by avoiding AoEs, having more dialogue options and being able to wear adornments (and helmets). Yes, the grind to level can get tiresome, which is why it's good we only get two new folks per year. That being said, I've yet to find a companion to replace Mirri (torchbugs notwithstanding) and I like her so much I leveled her in everything but light armor. I doubt I'd go through all that again with another follower, but let's see what ZoS will give us in the coming years. In sum, let them come; a lot of people enjoy them and those who don't can just skip them.