I'd even include a possible version for pets and mounts...I mean think Fadeel...

As long as they don't blow my position to enemies when I am trying to be stealthy, then yes.

Turelus wrote: »

Not sure. I enjoyed it in SWTOR but that was also built around it.

I feel if it was added to ESO it would feel like a very tacked on and clunky system, also the AI for followers in this (seen in quests) isn't the best.

Not against it if it was handled well though.

not sure, i mean since we have temporary followers, the basics are already there, and i hugely enjoyed the system in SWTOR...we also have pets that aren't that different either

Not really my thing.

Companions in bethseda games are little more than glorified pack horses.

I am not a huge fan of the pokemon training version of companions used in other games either because you just min/max your companions.

Fallout NV did it really well (obsidian not bethseda) though. Minor bonuses so no need to min max them. People you actually cared about . Would leave if you pissed them off.

I mean perhaps for a quest chain but i don't think i could take it constantly all the time.

Yes to any new content, coz game lucks it so hard esp between DLC time, that can days-week to complete

At time of posting there have been 28 votes, and it is 50/50...

ESO has a very weak version of a companion system. There are specific quests where you have a companion follow you for the duration, talking to you throughout. And there are zones and multi-zone story arcs where you keep meeting the same NPC who advances your journey and may sometimes accompany you. Arguably the original main quest is the best example [Spoilers ahead] you rescue Lyris by giving her gear that improves her combat and morale, she helps you rescue Abnar and Sai making both of them possible companions, and ultimately you will decide the fate of one.

There are many ways that ZOS could improve on this system to develop a reasonable and rewarding companion system, and I believe there is one thing above all that needs to change; player choices have to have an on-going impact on companions. If you make a choice they don't like it will affect their dialogue with you, or if they like it then it may open up other quests. Gear and their role in combat should be flexible rather than fixed.

I don't think companions should have any significant role in combat, certainly adding less than 1kdps and having some associated weakness to stop certain companions being meta. Instead they should offer utility, a tank will taunt, a healer will offer a heal over time, a rogue will incapacitate a distant enemy. I hope some companions could be non-combat, offering no combat advantage but instead offering utility like 100% chance to lockpick, or pickpocket or that they will automatically harvest nearby resources.

Companions are generally used for two main reasons by players. They taunt enemies and soak damage so that the character does not die. They act as mobile warehouses to hold all the stuff the player does not want to drop. Aside from a few players, I think that the game currently has both of these well in hand. We don't need combat companions. They simply are not necessary. We don't need mobile warehouses, either.

We already have non-combat companions, both pets and retainers.

The only thing that I think companions could add is the RPG element. They could provide an AI "friend" that follows you around, asking for assistance in some side quest and making mundane comments about what is happening in the world. The problem with an AI friend is that they are time consuming to develop, which makes them expensive. They need to have quests and dialog written and recorded, not to mention all the mundane comments that they would say about us, about themselves, about our current quest, and about our current location.

This is where I beat on ZOS a little, but we know from watching them for the last four years (or more) that ZOS is nothing if not restrained in how they spend their money. An MMO is never done, and that would apply to companions, too. Since the RPG element is really where a companion in ESO would stand out, it would be terribly obvious if they didn't finish them. They would need to keep developing these NPCs with each DLC and Chapter to update dialog and situational awareness. ZOS is not going to do this.

I don't think that we need combat companions, or mobile warehouses, and what I really don't want to see is a "release it and forget it" Crown Store RPG Companion that becomes outdated because they never touch it again. They would have to commit to updating that companion to bring it up to current with every DLC and Chapter.

I like companions in skyrim, but wouldn't want them in eso. Maybe a pet similar to what you can get with the sorcerer (clannfear) for other builds.

I've said yes but it would really depend on the way they a re implemented as in a lot of mmo's companions can get very annoying within cities and trading or quest hubs

How I think they could be implemented and would be nice is in the Assistants section of you're collectable and are used in the same way i.e you call them out they replace you're vanity pet and you can speak to them to send away again, be also cool if in you're houses u could have them like with mounts

as for how'd they work i'd go with a simple trinity set up:
tanky 1s with lil to no dps but can hold aggro and be healed
healer bot that casts intermittent aoe heal or single target with priority on lowest hp% in party
dps choice of 1 that AoE's or hits ur target with single focuse damage maybe 1 with debuffs

The important part would be 1 per player and when called they take up a party slot so in a 4 man instance 3 players could have 1 companion any others that they tried to call have to sit outside

edit: forgot to say that I wouldn't want a companion to count as a pet or in pvp zones

Liofa wrote: »

I want Hirelings to be real NPCs that we can put in our house . Instead of logging in every other character every single day , I rather place them in my house , upgrade/level/gear them and send to missions . Current Hireling system is just boring .

This !

We have to put up with sorc pets getting in the way of interacting with things in non-combat settings all the time so why not add to that mess.