POLL: Combat Hirelings

drakhan2002_ESO · December 2016

Would you like to see combat hirelings who follow you around? We have non-combat hirelings (Bank, Merchant, Fence). There would need to be certain areas these hirelings could not be used for purposes of balance/fairness (i.e., PvP and Trails come to mind).

Milvan · December 2016

No

Combat hireling? No. Dude this is a mmorpg, get out there and get yourself some comrades that worth dying for.

Taylor_MB · December 2016

No

Sorc Pets.

idk · December 2016

No

There is no need for this in ESO. Zero.

Arundo · December 2016

Yes

Made a poll kind of like this a few weeks ago and then the outcome was in favor of companions.

54 or 42% votes in favor
51 or 40% votes against it
17 or 13% dont care
5 or 3% Other (yes but...)
2% missing...

So yes but then I want to be able to gear them myself and customize them aswell.

LordGavus · December 2016

No

No, it's a mmo.
I get some people prefer playing solo but that's not really the point of a mmo.

VampiricByNature · December 2016

No

I would like to be able to change the appearance on my banker, merchant and fence. But I personally have no interest in a combat assistant.

Vrienda · December 2016

Yes

Yes please

Abeille · December 2016

No

I am not opposed to companions, but I am opposed to combat companions.

You see, the biggest problem I see is that they end up being mandatory. Yes, mandatory. You can say "oh you don't have to use them if you don't want to", but the truth is that if they add a little more DPS then everybody will need to have one to be competitive. And if they have different stats, then everybody will have to run the same "optimal" ones. It's like using food.

But add dungeons to the forbidden areas and then maybe. You know, just so people won't have another reason to kick from dungeons. Example with names from Skyrim (one is from a mod): "Wow, you are using Rumarin instead of J'zargo? Lame"

Mercutio · December 2016

Depends

Honestly I'd rather see NPC companions of some kind. Perhaps a squire to hold stuff. I'm thinking mainly a cosmetic companion, but if their dialog was updated on a regular basis it would add some flavor to the game.

SLaytanic · December 2016

No

This game gets easier and easier a combat companion would fall in line with that. Increase your own skills at playing.

Enslaved · December 2016

Depends

In PvP/any type of group PvE ( when you are actually in group) I say no.

In single player PvE ( restricted to zones that are instanced) I would say there might be some point of implementing them.
So some ppl that absolutely detest grouping might try doing group dungeons with a single, generic hireling. Like healer or sorc or melee tank hireling. These could be provided in undaunted enclaves after a quest or something. Each enclave could have one type of these. Like, Saxleel healer in Mournhold, Orsimer tank in dc area, and Alther sorc in AD area. Also, these should die when you die, and res when u do, to prevent exploits in boss fights.

Abeille · December 2016

No

Mercutio wrote: »

Honestly I'd rather see NPC companions of some kind. Perhaps a squire to hold stuff. I'm thinking mainly a cosmetic companion, but if their dialog was updated on a regular basis it would add some flavor to the game.

I would absolutely love this. A companion with a flashed-out personality and good dialogue would be more than enough for me.

menedhyn · December 2016

No

Followers worked (kind of) in Skyrim, but I really can't see the same benefit here. As @Abeille says, they could be seen as default or necessary. Cue calls to make them more powerful, less powerful, etc. etc.

idk · December 2016

No

Arundo wrote: »

Made a poll kind of like this a few weeks ago and then the outcome was in favor of companions.

54 or 42% votes in favor
51 or 40% votes against it
17 or 13% dont care
5 or 3% Other (yes but...)
2% missing...

So yes but then I want to be able to gear them myself and customize them aswell.

@Arundo

The poll and this one are nice discussions be Zos will never add combat companions.

They aren't needed. It's merely something else for people to complain about and it's more work Zos for which they have zero incentive to do.

Dracindo · December 2016

No

I believe hirelings have already been implemented at the point that this game became a MMO (which is since forever), and they're called Friends.

Look for a guild, meet up with new people or see if you can persuade (or intimidate

) some friends you know from elsewhere to play ESO, and then play together.

Pros:

Will deal more damage than any hireling probably would.
More interesting gameplay to behold, rather than a hireling who's just using light/heavy attacks.
More social fun: celebrate over a few player kills, or have fun with Guards. Especially over Skype/TeamSpeak.
You can have more than 1.
You don't have to pay for them. And if you do, you're being scammed.
You can learn alot from eachother and become a better ESO player.

Cons:

They could be offline. Though that makes it a great opportunity to check up on your solo skills.

Long story short: Play with friends. It's way better than a hireling.

Wifeaggro13 · December 2016

No

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Would you like to see combat hirelings who follow you around? We have non-combat hirelings (Bank, Merchant, Fence). There would need to be certain areas these hirelings could not be used for purposes of balance/fairness (i.e., PvP and Trails come to mind).

Why the heck do you need them most of the content is solo? and most of the group content is done with just people zerging DPS?

Doctordarkspawn · December 2016

Yes

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

There is no need for this in ESO. Zero.

I disagree vehemently.

idk · December 2016

No

Doctordarkspawn wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

There is no need for this in ESO. Zero.

I disagree vehemently.

Disagreeing doesn't make it so and the point you choose not to include is still very much the case.

Zos will not add combat companions. For the reasons that he omitted when quoting me.

Browiseth · December 2016

Yes

no because it's an mmo

and that alone is apparently enough reason

yeah i don't get it either

rotaugen454 · December 2016

Depends

Most of the time I say no, until I am stuck in a long que for a group dungeon.

jedtb16_ESO · December 2016

No

like most combat isn't easy enough as it is?

NewBlacksmurf · December 2016

No

Sorry
If this....then why play on a MMO server

There always has to be a need for other players to exist on the server

I'm moreso pushing the opposite.....no more solo only environments.

Dracindo · December 2016

No

Browiseth wrote: »

no because it's an mmo

and that alone is apparently enough reason

yeah i don't get it either

How's finding a decent pricing line for a reason?
How much do you think players should pay for it? And Crowns are not a valid currency to respond IMO, or it would be Pay2Win. A bank hireling is only a timesaver, a combat hireling can step up your gameplay alot. I mean, if these are intended to help out in group dungeons, imagine players using them to grind for faster levelling and farming raw mats for medium armor.

Abeille · December 2016

No

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

Sorry
If this....then why play on a MMO server

There always has to be a need for other players to exist on the server

I'm moreso pushing the opposite.....no more solo only environments.

I understand wanting to solo everything. People might like this game on its own, but not the MMO aspect of it. A lot of solo players here.
And before you say "go play Skyrim", it is not like ESO is Skyrim: The MMO. They are different games and it is understandable that someone would like to play ESO, but solo. The game is very solo friendly in general, after all.

I would prefer if we could take whatever number of players we want anywhere and the instance would scale to it, but that's wishful thinking.

AnviOfVai · December 2016

Yes

Pretty sure I voted on one of these before. YES though PVP could be slightly awkward, but then again if they were able to be brought into PVP they would need to be scaled down like the sorc pets are, (not that low though god they need looking at)

BigBragg · December 2016

Just another DoT/HoT with a slightly different visual and often a bad AI. With the way the UI is set up have any detailed controlled over one would either be not possible or end up taking up precious slots.

starlizard70ub17_ESO · December 2016

No

There is no need for combat hirelings. I was in Craglorn of all places last night, and there no time at any world boss site or in any dungeon, was I ever alone. In the delves there were always 3 to 4 other people, and we cleared the place together. At the world boss site there were even more people. Mind you this is in Craglorn, the most under used place in all of Tamrial, every where else there are a dozen or more people running dungeons, world bosses, dolmens, etc. All combat hirelings would do is add more lag to places already lagged by pets, non-combat hirelings, etc.

lolo_01b16_ESO · December 2016

No

There are combat hirelings in the game, no need to add another machanic that includes them. Just type the following into zone / trade guild chat:
"wtb mercenary to fight xx, paying xxx gold per hour / per completion"
If the amount of gold you're offering is high enough, I'm sure you'll find an excellent companion.

WhitePawPrints · December 2016

No

Dangerously close to That IS crossing the border of P2W territory. Even if they were free, no. It'd just be another meta to have in the game, and we don't need more of those.

Even so, they did have mercenaries in Cyrodil but those didn't last long.

Preyfar · December 2016

Depends

I'm for them so long as I can completely customize them (appearance, race, armor) and they work like regular pets. But they should be treated as pets, and work as part of a build that uses them. I'd also love to see pets be customizable, too. Instead of summoning an imp, let me summon a clannfear - let me choose what is summon and not have it be morph-specific.

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