I found a purple resto staff when I trained Bastian in nFG1. So I guess dungeons?

Found purple bracers first time killing the giant troll in the public dungeon, the Abbey one.

Edit: I forgot his name. (Work has got me very tired lately.) He had a boss health bar, though, like a world boss might. It went across the whole top of the screen.

Edit to the edit: Gloom-Tooth.

Dropped from the first boss. Ran through it again later, Kra'gh dropped a blue piece.

Nope. Spent a whole day on the PTS, got a blue resto staff, green sabatons and shield. If half decent armour is going to be this hard to get, perhaps I'll skip Blackwood. I don't need another trial I'll never do (still waiting for Kyne's Aegis, nobody in guild wants to do it) and if they're going to ruin companions like they ruined housing and jewellery with impossible to get materials... sigh.

Casdha wrote: »

I've not played around with this yet, but do you have the CP active for finding better equipment?

If so does it seem to affect gear for companions?

I have Treasure Hunter, but I haven’t found any companion gear in a chest. It’s all come off of mobs, and their loot isn’t affected by TH.

Gear really being a bit of concern early on. For example, Bastion is level 4, cannot use a sword and board build as I would like due to the fact that there is no gear dropping. Also, mobs are targeting both Bastion and Mirri first. Since their power is tied to gear and gear is a tough commodity to come by for Companions in the early stages, they die a lot.

Also, I don't feel like the Companion system can be properly tested when
(a) you do not have the option to change their starting spec
(b) their power is tied to gear they get
(c) their responses when asked personal questions is non-existent or very low

I feel like you need to get a few of these things fixed so we can REALLY test them. I've taken both Mirri and Bastion on some doleman/delve runs and at this time, I could not tell you if they are going to be any good. No gear and frequent deaths makes it very hard to recommend or not to reccomend

Sionz13 wrote: »

Gear really being a bit of concern early on. For example, Bastion is level 4, cannot use a sword and board build as I would like due to the fact that there is no gear dropping. Also, mobs are targeting both Bastion and Mirri first. Since their power is tied to gear and gear is a tough commodity to come by for Companions in the early stages, they die a lot.

Also, I don't feel like the Companion system can be properly tested when
(a) you do not have the option to change their starting spec
(b) their power is tied to gear they get
(c) their responses when asked personal questions is non-existent or very low

I feel like you need to get a few of these things fixed so we can REALLY test them. I've taken both Mirri and Bastion on some doleman/delve runs and at this time, I could not tell you if they are going to be any good. No gear and frequent deaths makes it very hard to recommend or not to reccomend

You can purchase items for all the roles in white from vendors. (Not sure about jewelry.) That way you can have Bastian as a tank immediately.

redspecter23 wrote: »

Is there no box on pts that just gives players a pile of purple companion gear? I assumed this was a thing. If not, then every single test so far has been with sub optimal gear? That's a horrible way to test companions and won't give a good representation of their maximum potential.

It's exactly the testing that needs to be done, because on live, no one's going to be starting out with a maxed companion. Every single person will be going through the leveling and gear-finding process.

virtus753 wrote: »

Just got a purple girdle off a trash Bog Dog in Vunalk. (Update: also a blue ring and blue greaves.)

ETA: I am getting a Blackwood set piece off every single trash mob in this delve, including multiple purples. I think something's wrong with the drop rate here.

was about to post something similar. doing that delve was the first AND last time I saw any companion gear drops. got one purple companion piece, mace. 2 blues and a green.

though I'm not sure if the droprate in Vunalk is wrong as much as drop rates everywhere else are off. IMO.

redspecter23 wrote: »

Saucy_Jack wrote: »

redspecter23 wrote: »

Is there no box on pts that just gives players a pile of purple companion gear? I assumed this was a thing. If not, then every single test so far has been with sub optimal gear? That's a horrible way to test companions and won't give a good representation of their maximum potential.

It's exactly the testing that needs to be done, because on live, no one's going to be starting out with a maxed companion. Every single person will be going through the leveling and gear-finding process.

That testing is great, but at some point, players will be decked out in purple gear with ideal traits. That sort of testing is also important to see what the maximum potential is at. All aspects need to be tested. If the gear is available for testing as mentioned above then that's fine. I had assumed from the first few posts that the only way to currently acquire purple gear is to grind it out.

On the topic of the grind, I'm not against it being difficult to acquire purple gear in game as long as it's not bound on acquire. Being able to buy it and also sell it to make a good bit of coin are interesting options, especially if they are exceptionally rare.

I tested my companions with them max level AND with perfect purple gear.

They still sucked in FG1 normal

virtus753 wrote: »

Sionz13 wrote: »

Gear really being a bit of concern early on. For example, Bastion is level 4, cannot use a sword and board build as I would like due to the fact that there is no gear dropping. Also, mobs are targeting both Bastion and Mirri first. Since their power is tied to gear and gear is a tough commodity to come by for Companions in the early stages, they die a lot.

Also, I don't feel like the Companion system can be properly tested when
(a) you do not have the option to change their starting spec
(b) their power is tied to gear they get
(c) their responses when asked personal questions is non-existent or very low

I feel like you need to get a few of these things fixed so we can REALLY test them. I've taken both Mirri and Bastion on some doleman/delve runs and at this time, I could not tell you if they are going to be any good. No gear and frequent deaths makes it very hard to recommend or not to reccomend

You can purchase items for all the roles in white from vendors. (Not sure about jewelry.) That way you can have Bastian as a tank immediately.

what vendor?
where is the vendor located?

virtus753 wrote: »

Gilvoth wrote: »

virtus753 wrote: »

Sionz13 wrote: »

Gear really being a bit of concern early on. For example, Bastion is level 4, cannot use a sword and board build as I would like due to the fact that there is no gear dropping. Also, mobs are targeting both Bastion and Mirri first. Since their power is tied to gear and gear is a tough commodity to come by for Companions in the early stages, they die a lot.

Also, I don't feel like the Companion system can be properly tested when
(a) you do not have the option to change their starting spec
(b) their power is tied to gear they get
(c) their responses when asked personal questions is non-existent or very low

I feel like you need to get a few of these things fixed so we can REALLY test them. I've taken both Mirri and Bastion on some doleman/delve runs and at this time, I could not tell you if they are going to be any good. No gear and frequent deaths makes it very hard to recommend or not to reccomend

You can purchase items for all the roles in white from vendors. (Not sure about jewelry.) That way you can have Bastian as a tank immediately.

what vendor?
where is the vendor located?

Basic NPC vendors labeled Woodworkers, Tailors, Armorers, etc.

For example, I bought my gear from Fredevieve the Tailor, Marnub the Leatherworker, Thorianon the Woodworker, and I think also Semoa the Armorer in Elden Root.

ETA: As per the patch notes: “White companion equipment can be purchased from Weaponsmith, Woodworker, Armorer, Leatherworker, and Tailor merchants throughout the world, allowing you to customize your companion role accordingly.”

very helpfull information, thank you.

BalticBlues wrote: »

virtus753 wrote: »

As per the patch notes: “White companion equipment can be purchased from Weaponsmith, Woodworker, Armorer, Leatherworker, and Tailor merchants throughout the world, allowing you to customize your companion role accordingly.”

So every average NPC crafter can craft companion gear,
but we as MASTER CRAFTERS with years of experience CANNOT?
Not to speak of violet or gold gear - but not even blue, green or at least white gear??
Where is the SENSE in this chapter??? Can we at least LEARN TO CRAFT this gear????

that is an Awesome idea.
we should also be able to create our companions in the creation menu exactly like we make our characters.
i hope some day they will let us craft gear and make them but ..

Greetings,

redspecter23 wrote: »

Is there no box on pts that just gives players a pile of purple companion gear?

If you start a template character, yes, you get a box of companion gear from white to purple for each play style.

Also, if you create as template character before you have gained the companions, then your companions will start at max level as well.