I understand and agree with the lore reasons we can't change their face, but I don't really see why they can't wear a helmet.

ZOS: We want immersion! here's constant, average and borderline boring RP features added as main expansion features.
Also ZOS: enjoy 30 of the same companions running around the city.

Completely asinine that we can't use helmets on companions.

I'd vote for the missing option - I'm really not bothered either way.

Helmets would be fine but what I'd really like is to be able to assign them circlets and hats.

I don't mind the idea that we aren't going to hide their faces but I don't see a reason why we couldn't give them an open face helmet or hood or something.

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Yes, and their reasoning behind is absolutely ludicrous in my opinion. It was something about how the character was important and shouldn't be hidden. Like what? My characters are still very much themselves even if they wear a helmet to protect their head, or put on a hood to protect themselves against the rain and whatnot. The aren't transformed into a different character with different personality, voice etc if they put on a hat.

Like Isobel is all about being a knight, but what, she can't and/or won't wear a helmet with her knight armour to protect her noggin?

I personally dislike some of the companions and would be stuffing them in full body armor so I wouldn't need to see them again so I could pretend they were someone else more easily.

Needless to say, that potentially runs against developer intent because they may like their character that they made and not want me to stuff them in armor and pretend they are someone/something else. Plus, it might put a damper on companions selling future content as if I'm putting them in a full suit of armor I'll be less interested in changing them for visual purposes. It also might shift the content design as you'd need to make them attractive enough that I wouldn't want to be shoving them in a suit of armor.

I personally don't like helmets, but it never made sense that companions can't wear helmets. No one's altering their looks after all. Things that don't make sense in ESO:

1. We can't hide shoulders/tassets.
2. Companions can't wear helmets.

I feel these are things that the community really want, that should be fairly trivial and inconsequential for ZOS to give us, no?

Yes please, I love Helmet designs and have several hats that I would love to share with my companions.

I don't mind that we can't edit their faces (except the scrawny eyebrows of isobel.....those ....those haunt me....and i would love if I could give her some strong ones, but allas I geuss its part of her personality that she likes 90's/beginning 2000 make up styles, which are comming back up so look at her following trends, didnt know she was that trendy (also no hard feelings to those who have thin eyebrows irl)) but let me atleast give them a full armor look.

As much as I like Ember...she is about the ugliest cat they could make and could benefit from a hood!

I gave Isobel some beautiful Breton heavy knight's armor, dyed and polished and truly a sight for a newly dubbed knight.

But she can't wear a knight's helmet because reasons.

Of course! More options are always better!

spartaxoxo wrote: »

I understand and agree with the lore reasons we can't change their face, but I don't really see why they can't wear a helmet.

I agree, we might not be able to change their faces but allowing them to wear helmets would help with immersion and roleplay a lot

These clone wars are immersion breaking from the beginning on.

SilverBride wrote: »

No because I want to quickly and easily recognize a companion from another player.

Turn on nameplates. Then you can see the word "companion" quickly and easily.