Patch notes clarification - Increased the number of companions to 4 in some instances???

Jim_Pipp · March 2022

Welcome to patch 33, the patch notes say this, but what does it actually mean?

Increased the threshold for summoning Companions in some instanced gameplay spaces from 2 up to a maximum limit of 4 total player characters and Companions.

I hoped this meant I could summon more companions if I solo a dungeon, but it doesn't, so I wonder which instances can we summon both companions in?

Also, the update has changed the visual effects of Bastion's already great searing weapons ability, and now his whole body glows, it looks amazing! I was really happy with my current build on Bastion, but now I need to regear him in just augmented and quickened to get 100% uptime on this fire - reminds me of this.

rauyran · March 2022

It means that there are some instances that only allow 2 characters which would be 2 players or one player and a companion. These instances have now been changed to allow 2 players and 2 companions.

One example is one of the quests in the Northern Elsweyr story (Two Queens I think) where if you enter the sewers with a friend then your companions get dismissed.

It doesn't mean you can have more than one companion. I don't think they will ever allow that.

Hygiliack · March 2022

rauyran wrote: »

It means that there are some instances that only allow 2 characters which would be 2 players or one player and a companion. These instances have now been changed to allow 2 players and 2 companions.

One example is one of the quests in the Northern Elsweyr story (Two Queens I think) where if you enter the sewers with a friend then your companions get dismissed.

It doesn't mean you can have more than one companion. I don't think they will ever allow that.

I honestly hope they do, because some of us hate socializing in a game and love the companions idea, and having one in Dungeons makes them super easy, having more than one would enable us to do other dungeons that are a bit harder, but TBF Skyrim only allows 1 companion sans mods so I doubt that will be the case

EmEm_Oh · March 2022

rauyran wrote: »

It means that there are some instances that only allow 2 characters which would be 2 players or one player and a companion. These instances have now been changed to allow 2 players and 2 companions.

One example is one of the quests in the Northern Elsweyr story (Two Queens I think) where if you enter the sewers with a friend then your companions get dismissed.

It doesn't mean you can have more than one companion. I don't think they will ever allow that.

Well, they should because dungeon groups will never work for everyone and only work for a small majority of players. The other, I'd say 40% of users just avoid dungeon content due to the issues with not getting what is promised in the cue.

I would think one character and 3 companions is way less taxing on a server than 4 separate players spamming their favorite attack. Because the 3 companions are using much more predictable actions and cannot spam attacks.

colossusx · March 2022

Haven't logged in but I am curious about this change. If 4 of us are queuing for a dungeon, do we all get to have our companions out?

Thanks!

AzuraFan · March 2022

I would love it if they would let us summon more than one companion at a time when doing group content solo. I loved playing with henchmen in Guild Wars and would be thrilled if I could do the same with companions here.

Necrotech_Master · March 2022

colossusx wrote: »

Haven't logged in but I am curious about this change. If 4 of us are queuing for a dungeon, do we all get to have our companions out?

Thanks!

"4 total players and companions", so dungeons will still be limited to 2 player/2 companion, 3 player/1 companion, etc

colossusx · March 2022

Lame. So what is the change because we could do that before.