so that companions Q&A

phaneub17_ESO

Its the last day of June, did they post that somewhere?

Treselegant

Nothing yet as far as I can see. @ZOS_Kevin any news on this?

Kendaric

Waiting for it as well, I had hoped we would have it by now...

phaneub17_ESO

My guess they expected far more questions, but they restricted what you could ask so gotten way less enthusiastic set of questions. Obviously the bigger issues stands on being able to toggle on/off their mementos, fixing or change Bastian's memento is a big one. They know the major buffs from his potions don't work so they are essentially the same as mob dropped pots that take an extra 3 item slots. I would remove the major buffs, change them to tri-restore pots equivalent to crown restore pots, lower the drop rate, and reduce it down to 1 item slot.

For me its combat issues, being able to change their roll dodge parameters based on the weapons they have equipped. I would love to use Bows or other Staves than Ice, but their ai script making them roll dodge when their target comes into melee range is beyond frustrating. I was thinking they could add sliders in their menu similar to the creation kit options in Skyrim, I could set Normal based on the weapon, Foolhardy =< 25%, Brave =< 50%, Cautious =< 75%, or Cowardly = 100% regardless of the weapon they have equipped.

I also like similar sliders for abilities being able to set them at 100% / 75% / 50% / 25% of the target's health in order to cast, it would give player's more control over how and when companions use their abilities. Healing abilities that go off whenever are a big issue with many that cast immediately when off cooldown. Executes take up an action slot that does nothing for most of the fight, they have abilities with increased damage on lower health like Spinning Steel so I don't see why other Execute only abilities can't be the same way. If Executes could do normal damage above 25/50% health and be set usable at higher conditions like 75/100% health, they wouldn't feel like a wasted slot.

Weapon swapping would be a nice feature, so I can have them with two different skill line-ups and combat actions. You would have to go into their menu to make the switch and only out of combat. It beats having to go into their menu, swap weapons, then swap out their skills only to swap it back when the situation changes again.

Last thing I would like is being able to change their outfits while as houseguests, they can wear their default casual wear or swap them to their companion outfit or any costumes just as you would when traveling with them.

Treselegant

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

My guess they expected far more questions, but they restricted what you could ask so gotten way less enthusiastic set of questions. Obviously the bigger issues stands on being able to toggle on/off their mementos, fixing or change Bastian's memento is a big one.

I don't think there was a whole lot of interest in asking about the team or about their favourite companions which seemed what they were looking for. What was asked were questions the devs have repeatidly refused to acknowledge in any shape or form for years at this point. There had been a lot of discussion about things like companion romance, companion bugs and poor communication about these things leading up to the creation of the Q&A thread and an honest discussion was needed. We didn't get that - it looked like the precurser to a fluff piece.

I really don't get the communication philosophy at work with this company. It constantly just gets people's backs up. It makes it feel like we, the players, who pay money to support the game, are being treated as unreasonable for wanting to have a feature that works and expecting what was advertised.

Kaelalas

It'd be really cool if they'd let us put hats/helms on our companions, or at least change Mirri's ridiculously low res hair.

Necrotech_Master

the only request i have with companions is either remove the need to do the unlock quest on every toon or provide some way to fast track it like the tribute tutorial

i am actually getting to the point i might not even bother unlocking newer companions on all toons if we cant either just use them on all toons after doing it first time or having some fast track method

both of the new quests have significantly annoying quest steps (public dungeons, tons of unskippable dialog, making you travel all over the place)

i have azander and sharp max level, and earned keepsakes, but ive only bothered unlocking them on 3 of my 10 toons (my main because of it being my main, my templar so i could farm xp for them, and one other toon)

if they continue this trend of making companions as alt-unfriendly to unlock as possible i might not even bother unlocking other companions other than my main and templar

Ragnarok0130

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

Its the last day of June, did they post that somewhere?

I swear I've seen this before....oh yeah...the promised U35 Q&A that the devs went silent on for months and turned into an unrelated dev post that answered none of the community's U35 questions. I'm not sure we should get our hopes up based on recent Q&A history.

Treselegant

Ragnarok0130 wrote: »

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

Its the last day of June, did they post that somewhere?

I swear I've seen this before....oh yeah...the promised U35 Q&A that the devs went silent on for months and turned into an unrelated dev post that answered none of the community's U35 questions. I'm not sure we should get our hopes up based on recent Q&A history.

I really don't see why they keep doing this. Why continue to antagonise players this way? People aren't asking for the moon here. Even if they don't have concrete answers for some of the questions, what's wrong with acknowledging what's being said? We're not naughty children who wont behave and can't be expected to understand the complexities of whatever is going on - we're people passionate about a game a lot of us have supported for many years now and want the best for it.

Communication only seems to happen these days when things go seriously wrong with the game or there's a nasty PR situation threatening to erupt on social media. The rest is promotional fluff. Even then, 90% of the problems they end up addressing that way could have been forseen if they'd listened to player feedback in the first place before launching content. What on earth is going on with this game company?

KlauthWarthog

I am getting a distinct feeling of déjà vu for some reason.

Destai

Treselegant wrote: »

Ragnarok0130 wrote: »

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

Its the last day of June, did they post that somewhere?

I swear I've seen this before....oh yeah...the promised U35 Q&A that the devs went silent on for months and turned into an unrelated dev post that answered none of the community's U35 questions. I'm not sure we should get our hopes up based on recent Q&A history.

I really don't see why they keep doing this. Why continue to antagonise players this way? People aren't asking for the moon here. Even if they don't have concrete answers for some of the questions, what's wrong with acknowledging what's being said? We're not naughty children who wont behave and can't be expected to understand the complexities of whatever is going on - we're people passionate about a game a lot of us have supported for many years now and want the best for it.

Communication only seems to happen these days when things go seriously wrong with the game or there's a nasty PR situation threatening to erupt on social media. The rest is promotional fluff. Even then, 90% of the problems they end up addressing that way could have been forseen if they'd listened to player feedback in the first place before launching content. What on earth is going on with this game company?

Me either. There was a lot of fallout from the whole U35 update and its handling. It’s like they expect things to be rosy all the time, and rather than breaking the cycle, they just stop communicating with us. People tend to get less excited about promotions when their actual input isn’t even acknowledged. I hope they do this Q&A, they need some goodwill. I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t, or if they shape it around very high level, fair-weather questions. Not sure what the value in that would be though.

Phanex

I haven't visited the forums for a while and I totally missed the q&a about this, but I did read it today.

Most folks ask for ability to apply hats to the companions, but I'd rather have the ability to change their hair style. i'm not a fan of Ember's, looks odd on her.

Other than what I would have asked/suggested, it is rather annoying they ask us to ask questions and never respond. I mean at the end he/she could've just said "We need different questions, or keep the line of questioning in this direction ""insert what topics they want to discuss"" and then gave everyone an extra week to ask the questions.

Maybe they will release it soon enough.

ZOS_Kevin

Sorry for the delay on this. Hit a few snags in timing due to launch and the holiday. We are working on this and hoping to have this ready soon.

Kendaric

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Sorry for the delay on this. Hit a few snags in timing due to launch and the holiday. We are working on this and hoping to have this ready soon.

Thanks for the heads up

Treselegant

It's coming up on nearly a month since this post and two months since the original 'companion Q&A' questions post - any news @ZOS_Kevin?

KlauthWarthog

Oh boy, here we go again.

FayJolyn

I was just thinking about this. Hope to see the QA soon. I am looking forward to it. And am even more curious which question they actually choose to answer.

Hurbster

So, think we might get the U35 one first?

jad11mumbler

Treselegant wrote: »

It's coming up on nearly a month since this post and two months since the original 'companion Q&A' questions post - any news @ZOS_Kevin?

It's a lot of hard work and preparation to...Checks notes...Do a Q&A?

It's not as simple as...Just making a forum post and answering peoples questions?>

It's not like ZoS has a dedicated team to interact with the community...

ZOS_Kevin

Treselegant wrote: »

It's coming up on nearly a month since this post and two months since the original 'companion Q&A' questions post - any news @ZOS_Kevin?

Thanks for the ping. Doing this around everyone's vacation time has been... rough. This is still in the works. I'm actually reviewing a close to final draft of answers today.

jad11mumbler wrote: »

It's a lot of hard work and preparation to...Checks notes...Do a Q&A?

It's not as simple as...Just making a forum post and answering peoples questions?>

We wish it was that simple. Really wish it was. But, it isn't. There is a ton of work and process that goes into this.

Treselegant

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Treselegant wrote: »

It's coming up on nearly a month since this post and two months since the original 'companion Q&A' questions post - any news @ZOS_Kevin?

Thanks for the ping. Doing this around everyone's vacation time has been... rough. This is still in the works. I'm actually reviewing a close to final draft of answers today.

Thanks for the response Kevin, much appreciated, glad to hear something is in the works.

peacenote

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Treselegant wrote: »

It's coming up on nearly a month since this post and two months since the original 'companion Q&A' questions post - any news @ZOS_Kevin?

Thanks for the ping. Doing this around everyone's vacation time has been... rough. This is still in the works. I'm actually reviewing a close to final draft of answers today.

jad11mumbler wrote: »

It's a lot of hard work and preparation to...Checks notes...Do a Q&A?

It's not as simple as...Just making a forum post and answering peoples questions?>

We wish it was that simple. Really wish it was. But, it isn't. There is a ton of work and process that goes into this.

I have a massive amount of respect for these responses. They seem very real. And I absolutely know the feeling from my own job. 🤣