Your ideas how to improve the companions

Red_Feather · June 2021

I got a change... Holding the Pet Command Key and then pressing interact will call the companion to you and open the interact menu. That way just pressing the interact key on its own will not talk to them by accident.

Lerozain · June 2021

Stop. Running. In FRONT of me. When I'm trying to loot things.

Cireous · June 2021

Speed up rapport gains and decreases
Any time our companion is standing next to an interactable item or NPC, show the item or NPC prompt first
Add future quest content for previously released companions
Let us access the companion menu on our 'houseguest' version
Allow the 'houseguest' version to wear costumes and/or outfits
Give the 'houseguest' version the ability to sit in chairs and sleep in beds (while holding completely still)
Add romance to the companion system with dialogue options available to our 'houseguest' version

rpa · June 2021

Point and command to make companion stand on pressure plate, pull lever and do any other interactions.
Setting to not aggro things.
Improve AI to not stand in red.
Improve AI to avoid pulling foes from AOE.
Each companion should have inventory to carry their own junk at least.

Also in my opinion, no companion should be larger than a banekin and preferably smaller.

BazOfWar · June 2021

Improved AI
Don't waste dodge rolls needlessly
Don't stand in the red circles until they die.
Improved customization.

Tommy_The_Gun · June 2021

Mythreindeer wrote: »

Their own equipment backpack.

Or at least a presets.

So if I level up a companion, they get 3 presets (tank, healer dps) and they can carry 3x the gear that way with skill configuration.

ApoAlaia · June 2021

Improved AI. Allow them to 'learn'.

If they stand on/in the way of stupid and die after 'x' amount of deaths they have 'learned' to recognise stupid and walk/roll out of it.

If they have attacked a boss during a phase of stupid and died to stupid they learn and they stop attacking a boss during the phase of stupid.

If they reset a boss by dragging it outside its 'leash' radius they learn the radius and no longer cause a reset.

So on and so forth.

FantasticFreddie · June 2021

1) allow them to act like a banker and carry their own gear. Say 30 slots, but ONLY companion gear. That way, at least you can adjust them as needed for multiple toons without lugging the gear to and from your banker
2) for the love of God LET US MAKE THEIR GEAR. I'm a master crafter but I can't make Mirri a pair of shoes?? Are you KIDDING me? Similarly, let us upgrade, learn the traits and transmute, etc.
3) Option to hide everyone else's companion. I don't need to see 50 Bastions running around Alinor
4) The entire rapport system needs an overhaul. Bad idea poorly implemented. Get rid of it if you can't make it sensible.
5) Their dialog needs an overhaul too.
Those are the biggest pain points, imho.

Dropstitch · June 2021

1) More cosmetic options and preferably the ability to build them from scratch in character creation. The clone issue needs to be resolved- not because it is immersion breaking, my immersion was broken long ago- but because it is just uninteresting, it turns companions into a visual tinnitus you desperately try to tune out, rather than something that would add creativity and variety to the world.

2) Stop the companion standing on everything I am trying to interact with. In fact just provide a companion menu on the UI rather than the current interact function.

3) I think this has been mentioned but companions need stance options; aggressive (as now)/ protective (only attacks mobs engaged with player)/ passive (no attacks) at least.

That's about it. I am prepared to accept companions as a bit of fluff with limited utility- but they haven't even reached that low bar yet.

ScaniX · June 2021

I agree with others in this: The most annoying thing for me is the interaction with them and with any other quest companion in the game. Please add an option to turn it off.
And please add a way to change the controls for making them attack or calling them back. Because digipad left is a ridiculous key for weapon switch, I have swapped buttons in the PS5 settings. So L3+R3 is really awkward to press now. Xd

BrokenChef · September 2021

Lady_Galadhiel wrote: »

The thing what irritates me the most about them is that they are standing in the way whenever I want to loot something,go out of a door or even use a wayshrine.
This is something I would want to see changed in the future so they are walking a bit more far away from the player itself.

What would you like to see changed about the companions in the future?

THIS!!! Why are they always standing on my [snip]?!?!?!?!?! SO damn annoying, just like everyone's pets that stand in the way!

[edited for profanity bypass]

HyekAr · September 2021

Bite them as a vamp /ww

Sheridan · September 2021

Romances

SilverBride · September 2021

Get rid of rapport. It's time consuming to raise and it reminds me of the reputation grinds in WoW, which is one of the main things that drove me away from that game.

blkjag · September 2021

Scrap em

Riddari · September 2021

Let them use normal gear sets. The "companion loot" sucks and bars companions from a ton of awesome build options. A lot of the other really good ideas already posted really need to happen.

meekmiko · September 2021

Make them able to stand on/activate pressure plates.
Let me just tell them to stand on the pressure plate, and then press a button to recall them back.

Slimebrow · September 2021

Since companions are basically pets, it would be nice if we can turn some of our pets into companions that would help us in combat too.
Like Deadric, Domestic and Exotics can be turned into companions and upgraded differently.

Lugaldu · September 2021

I want to send the companions out to do the surveys for me.

BomblePants · September 2021

I think they’ve been done rather well… and despite rapport moving slowly it does move and it was super satisfying when Bastion finally saw me as his close friend.

Also… he’s been in my way maybe twice…. I thought the distance he stood away from me was one of the things done really well!

Also, on PS at least you can limit his chatting if it gets on your thrupneys…

He does need to carry his own stuff tho… and have the option to wear a helmet/hat… maybe change hairstyles….

Love reading some of the suggestions ☺️

TelvanniWizard · September 2021

Alts as companions

mjharper · September 2021

Utility in general.

That means, first of all, that gear should be overhauled:

1) Upgrading, transmuting, reconstruction, the whole lot. Give us an entire crafting line to sink our skill points into.
2) Companions should automatically carry their own gear. It takes up way too much space.
3) Redesigning armour passives. At the moment the passive benefits are meagre compared to the sheer armour stats of heavy.

At the moment, gear is an unrewarding, inconsistent, chore.

Secondly, functionality specifically in dungeons. Companions only make it easier for me to do content I could already do, but don't allow me to do content I couldn't. For example:

4) Standing on pressure pads.
5) Pulling levers.
6) Being able to free me if I'm stun targetted by a boss.
7) Being targetted by bosses for stuns, requiring me to free them.
8) If I get pulled into a trap, the fight shouldn't automatically reset.

As an example of the last one, when fighting the Adjudicator in WGT, you can be put in a jail cell, and can escape if you have a lockpick. But not if you're trying to fight with just a companion, because of the automatic rest.

I'm all for a story mode. But I also want companions to contribute more than just (weak) dps in a dungeon. I'd rather have actual utility than dps, in fact.

heartburnkid · September 2021

They suck. They need to do much more damage.

Andyhunter21 · September 2021

delete them, They are a failure tbh,

Lady_Galadhiel · September 2021

Andyhunter21 wrote: »

delete them, They are a failure tbh,

Why? If you don't like them just dont use them,no?

Artim_X · September 2021

I literally only want one thing... If a dungeon boss locks me down via a group mechanic and I try to break free, my companion will stop whatever it is doing to interrupt the boss/mechanic.

I want this to work even in a dungeon like wayrest II where someone needs to activate two shrines to save you.

Thannazzar · September 2021

The main issue with companions is failed design. The Devs or Content leads failed to appreciate that RPGs even MMO RPGS where you create a character that can be a personal experience, as can the selection of companions.

So if your going to introduce companions to the game and have them succeed as desired content you either need to:

1. make a huge number of them available to cater to all desired aesthetic choices or
2. make them automatons with lots of configuration options in terms of aesthetics, personality, backstory etc

The current companion either gives us Naryu's less attractive sister or Darien's ugly less charismatic brother, neither are optimal for players.

I recognize the amount of work required in both options above, however if your going to do something, do it right.

Given we are stuck with the models implemented I believe ZOS need to:

1. Remove the egotistical restriction on companion helms (those who want to can still use hide helm to show their faces, and TBH Bastian could use a helm as he looks like he has taken a significant number of blows to the face already).

3. Give existing companions the ability to use personalities, skins, markings, hairstyles and polymorphs.

If this system is not going to wither on the vine.

Michaelkeir · September 2021

- Give them their own inventory. (For their Gear only)
- Let them have helmets.
- Allow me to put polymorphs on them. (Bastion would look much better as a skeleton on my necromancer.)
- More ways to build rapport outside of the guild dailies.
- Evil companions that like evil deeds. Rapport gain from stealing and killing.

MTibbs89 · September 2021

-Give them more story and quests to continue to flesh out their character and add interest
-Give them a wider variety of lines at various locations so they aren't repeating the same thing over and over every time you do something
-On that note, give an option to either silence their commentary outside specifically talking to them or greatly reduce how often they say things. Preferably both.
-Give them a companion inventory where they can carry their own gear (but only their gear, not any player gear or junk). I'm not sworn to carry their burdens (or shouldn't be) so they shouldn't be sworn to carry mine.
-Craftable companion gear. Basically either make new companion-specific gear sets or tweak existing craftable sets and give us a tab to create stuff for the companions. Even if it means having to research companion gear traits.
-Romance! But only if they're well written romances. IDK I'm a sucker for BioWare-esque romance options.
-One companion of each race would be nice. At the very least, have multiple with different morality. Having one that my murderous thief could run around with and actually approve of her dastardly deeds would be nice.

AinSoph · September 2021

Make an expedition mechanic where you give them all your surveys and they collect it for you but isn't affected by the CP perks.