Why do companions have their own gear?

Aertew · May 2021

I can get that it can be a coding issue with proc sets and the like. But just tell the playerbase that they wont work on companions. If this is because you would have to update every piece of gear to be compatible with companions isn't that still easier than making brand new sets? Like I know this isn't a good comparison but in skyrim you can hand your follower whatever gear. I'm just curious why its not possible and I dont remember them really talking about in patch notes or on stream.

phaneub17_ESO · May 2021

Because they don't use the same kind of stats that we do, they don't have Stamina or Magicka resources to consume, they don't use Weapon or Spell Damage when calculating the damage of their abilities and heals. Furthermore they have traits that specifically target how their abilities function such as affecting cooldown which players don't have any sort of thing.

Varana · May 2021

Because they want you to stay in the game, playing and farming for drops.

Every proposed alternative needs first and foremost be equally good at this goal: to keep players grinding.

redlink1979 · May 2021

What bothers me is: why do players have to carry their gear?

Varana · May 2021

For the memes.

[insert picture of Lydia]

[insert picture of Bastian]

They basically write themselves.

NinjaApacHe · May 2021

So you can spend more crowns.

Tyrobag · May 2021

To add more grind. Plain and simple. Otherwise the gear would have been at least craftable.

tenryuta · May 2021

now about flame atronach and golden saints as companions.

on topic, if they had their own inventory, theyd become pack mules.
special stats exclusive to them as mentioned above, and probably to prevent people from spawning 2 daedroth at once;)