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Bastian is a weenie
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YstradClud✭✭✭✭YstradClud wrote: »I went with Mirri. She seems like a feisty Dark Elf.
A feisty Dark Elf who dislikes bug collecting
I didn't look up what their likes and dislikes were I just went with her because she is a female.|Pascweten| Breton Templar PC NA
|Ceaulin| Bosmer Templar Xbox NA0 -
SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I wanted a male companion, but Bastian is so goody two shoes I don't know now.PCNA9 -
Red_Feather✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭It's all about the net gain at the end of the day, not about what is fastest at maxing of it. Use him when you are doing delves, put him away when you are stealing. If you *** him off now and again, who cares it's not meant to be perfect. That's life.2 -
GreenHere✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭grizzledcroc wrote: »The whole concept of em is basically for rpg fans really . Its def not a part of the super hardcore crowds taste. Honestly good padding for future expacs since the systems here .
Wdym?? It's so much more than that. I can solo dungeons now, or have my roommate login and together we can have a full party and do veteran dungeons. So much better than random queues and dealing with pugs.
I'm not asking this to doubt or challenge you @Elusiin , I genuinely am interested to know:
How, though?!
I tried taking them through NORMAL dungeons on the PTS with maxed out purple gear, and they died A LOT. Right when I kinda needed them, too. They were fine in fights that's weren't difficult to begin with, but when the going got tough they invariably took a dirt nap in the middle of the action. Or when they were alive, they'd often just roll away from the action which just scatters our foes all over the room -- and that's far from ideal.
Most notably, though, is that they can't obey mechanics at all; they're totally oblivious to them, even if all they need to do to live is follow me. (For example, fully tanked out max purple gear Bastian dopily waded through all the super obvious "DO NOT WALK HERE" fire mechanics during the last boss fight in Black Drake Villa, even though I had jumped down into the pit well in advance to try to prevent it. Mirri with the most heals I could stack her with fared slightly better, but ultimately was toasted by mechanics as well.)
So how did you make them work for Veteran content? Are we talking like vFungal Grotto here, or am I just doing something really wrong with my Companions?9 -
RaddlemanNumber7✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭It's fun to direct Bastion to attack innocents on his own. He mercilessly beats to death this poor little person and then turns around and says "you'll regret you did that", or some such, totally absolving himself of all blame.
He'll attack guards in cold blood as well, but again totally refuses to take responsibility for his actions.
He's such a sanctimonious hypocrite. I'm wondering if I could do the DB questline and have him do all the murders.
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Yuffie91✭✭✭✭✭I don't think Bastian likes me anymore..I looted a thieves throve which he dissapproved off which then upset an Argonian that was near which made us accidently kill it which made him dissapprove off me even more and when I used an edict he was all like "well it seems YOU got away with it this time" like he did nothing at all!10 -
Hallothiel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭So one of the new Companions is a goody-two shoes in a game that *specifically* has content around stealing & assassination.
Excellent. Well done.
Can we not ‘harden’ him?!6 -
kargen27✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I have a Khajiit that other than a tiny bit of fishing only steals and stabs for fun and profit. I'm thinking of letting Bastion hang with him after reading this thread.and then the parrot said, "must be the water mines green too."2 -
Lugaldu✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭I like Bastian, he provides a positive mood, which makes him a good counterpart to my main.6 -
Yuffie91✭✭✭✭✭Hallothiel wrote: »So one of the new Companions is a goody-two shoes in a game that *specifically* has content around stealing & assassination.
Excellent. Well done.
Can we not ‘harden’ him?!
Perhaps we can take him to meet his sister who will chew him out after which we can tell him to "deal with it"6 -
ADarklore✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I don't think Bastian likes me anymore..I looted a thieves throve which he dissapproved off which then upset an Argonian that was near which made us accidently kill it which made him dissapprove off me even more and when I used an edict he was all like "well it seems YOU got away with it this time" like he did nothing at all!
Or perhaps it's because YOU had an edict and he didn't... so yes, YOU got away with it but HE technically should still have a bounty.CP: 2078 ** ESO+ 2025 Content Pass ** ~~ ***** Strictly a solo PvE quester *****
~~Started Playing: May 2015 | Stopped Playing: July 2025~~1 -
ADarklore✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭RaddlemanNumber7 wrote: »It's fun to direct Bastion to attack innocents on his own. He mercilessly beats to death this poor little person and then turns around and says "you'll regret you did that", or some such, totally absolving himself of all blame.
He'll attack guards in cold blood as well, but again totally refuses to take responsibility for his actions.
He's such a sanctimonious hypocrite. I'm wondering if I could do the DB questline and have him do all the murders.
Speaking of hypocrites... it was YOU who 'ordered' him to attack... so I think it's YOU who isn't taking responsibility for his actions. HE doesn't have free will, YOU do... and you made the choice for him.CP: 2078 ** ESO+ 2025 Content Pass ** ~~ ***** Strictly a solo PvE quester *****
~~Started Playing: May 2015 | Stopped Playing: July 2025~~4 -
Alurria✭✭✭✭✭
✭Wait a minute Bastian said to me he couldn't wait to stop by the inn for a ale. So are people confused about what he likes I think someone stole wine and that's what he got upset over.6 -
Hallothiel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Hallothiel wrote: »So one of the new Companions is a goody-two shoes in a game that *specifically* has content around stealing & assassination.
Excellent. Well done.
Can we not ‘harden’ him?!
Perhaps we can take him to meet his sister who will chew him out after which we can tell him to "deal with it"
Exactly!!!! 🤣🤣0 -
Sheezabeast✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I haven't unlocked either yet. Do you mean that my Nord will make Bastian frown if she has Mead?? Do I have to go with the token TnA Dark Elf? I didn't want to have to...I wanted the Imperial....sigh....Grand Master Crafter, Beta baby who grew with the game. PC/NA. @Sheezabeast if you have crafting needs!0 -
SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭If Bastion is against drinking why does he suggest we find a tavern to spend my gold at every time I loot a chest?PCNA9 -
cyclonus11✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭SilverBride wrote: »If Bastion is against drinking why does he suggest we find a tavern to spend my gold at every time I loot a chest?
He wants a salad and a Diet Coke.22 -
SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭cyclonus11 wrote: »SilverBride wrote: »If Bastion is against drinking why does he suggest we find a tavern to spend my gold at every time I loot a chest?
He wants a salad and a Diet Coke.
It figures that he'd opt for a salad and not a burger and fries.PCNA3 -
Mythreindeer✭✭✭✭✭SammyKhajit wrote: »Hmm. A teetotaller. This one wonders how he feels about moon sugar
Just keep slipping it into his nonalcoholic beverage and pretty soon he’ll love it.
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Hippie4927✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭So I haven't picked up any companions yet...........How do they feel about running around with a vampire? Am I going to get flack for that?PC/NA/EP ✌️2 -
SammyKhajit✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭cyclonus11 wrote: »SilverBride wrote: »If Bastion is against drinking why does he suggest we find a tavern to spend my gold at every time I loot a chest?
He wants a salad and a Diet Coke.
With his muscles and tats, Bastions seems to this one as a more of a paleo guy
Mythreindeer wrote: »SammyKhajit wrote: »Hmm. A teetotaller. This one wonders how he feels about moon sugar
Just keep slipping it into his nonalcoholic beverage and pretty soon he’ll love it.
“Hey Bastion! Thanks for closing the dolmen and only die once! Here’s a moon - er, bone broth to slake your thirst!”5 -
grizzledcroc✭✭✭✭grizzledcroc wrote: »The whole concept of em is basically for rpg fans really . Its def not a part of the super hardcore crowds taste. Honestly good padding for future expacs since the systems here .
Wdym?? It's so much more than that. I can solo dungeons now, or have my roommate login and together we can have a full party and do veteran dungeons. So much better than random queues and dealing with pugs.
Im not really wrong still , and thats cool you can do that, just saying the lowest reasoning for them to exist is def to make the game more rpg like than it already is for me.0 -
Vevvev✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Mirri is the only companion I don't mind since she has no qualms with me taking everything not bolted down, likes it when I brew wine, and when I set her to a ranged only fighter she isn't in my way. Wish she was a little more useful, but I get a little sad running by a bunch of torch bugs knowing I can't pick them up without unsummoning her.PC NA - Ceyanna Ashton - Breton Vampire MagDK3 -
shadyjane62✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭I did the quest for the Mirri companion. I find I have no desire to ever take her out of her box.0 -
Fennwitty✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Hippie4927 wrote: »So I haven't picked up any companions yet...........How do they feel about running around with a vampire? Am I going to get flack for that?
Mirri so far doesn't seem to care about the vampire transformation ultimate at any rate.PC NA1 -
SeaGtGruff✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I haven't even acquired either one yet, nor tested them out on the PTS-- but when I do, I intend to keep them unsummoned except when I'm planning to actually use them, just as I do with my combat pets. I mean, why would I want them hanging about at my elbows, getting in the way of everything like my combat pets do?I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!1 -
Mythreindeer✭✭✭✭✭SeaGtGruff wrote: »I haven't even acquired either one yet, nor tested them out on the PTS-- but when I do, I intend to keep them unsummoned except when I'm planning to actually use them, just as I do with my combat pets. I mean, why would I want them hanging about at my elbows, getting in the way of everything like my combat pets do?
Yeah but it’s cool to have Bastien exclaim, “Let’s ride!” every time you mount up like a bad Western movie.
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FrancisCrawford✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I personally find Bastian way easier to live with than Mirri, who loses rapport if you pick a torchbug or kill a rat, or take her to any dock area.
I also personally like Bastian as a character more.
Is there a rapport problem with Mirri if you kill a critter via AoE damage in a general fight?0