*maniacal laughing*
Time for tea.

Ring of the Pale Order is my favorite companion. He scales with how well I play so it creates a nice incentive for me to play better. He also hasn't let me down so far and always does his job. He's also immortal so that's nice. No need to waste time or soul gems resing him. Plus he doesn't engage in pointless small talk, nor does he talk unless spoken to. Gives him a nice air of reserved stoicism. Oh, and he also doesn't get mad at random things like the rest. 10/10 companion imo. ZOS should really make more like him.

The dry wit of Sharp is my favourite. He has by far the best comments.

I think you can notice that the writing of the companions is improving with each chapter. Not just the quests, but mainly the personality.

Mirri has conflicting personality traits. She doesn't seeem consistent to me. And her family is just terrible

Bastian is just standard mommy issues. You get that type at every soap opera.

I like Isobel, because she is a consistent white knight. And she actually grows in character during her quests, when she needs to deal with what happens when you put trust in the wrong person.

Ember is a quirky and likable character, but her backstory is terrible. She waited how many years to search for her so called "best friends"? And her magic affinity is ideosyncratic. Why is her name Ember when she uses Lightning? I don't get it. Shouldn't it be like Sparky or some such?

Now Azandar is a clever take on the classic "sorcerer's apprentice" theme, a la J.W.Goethe. Not only is he both the stundent and the master in one person, he is also the ghost that he called himself and cannot banish. What I especially like is how he has to humble himself, in order to overcome himself. It is also a strong image of the daily fight against ones own worst version of oneself.

His unique personality aside (I love his dry wit), Sharp is the first character ever, where I buy the amnesia plot.
Every half decent publisher knows that amnesia plots never work. But here the conclusion is not that the amnesia somehow goes away and suddenly everything is back to before and all is shiny and peachy. No. Here the hero is deliberatly giving up his memories, his past. Not undoing the amnesia. He simply says: We'll make "new memories". And he builds up his relationships to the people around him from scratch.
And the quests around Sharp are the only ones in ESO that take a view at a very heavy, but important topic. Here it is freedom of will and thought.
I took nine years for ZOS to let us experience and almost feel what submission means. And it is not from the Lord of Domination ...

I think the writers at ZOS have understood that they need to up their game with companions or our little tag alongs will just end up as glorified bipedal pets.

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"Ah. People. Great."

Also he doesn't mind a little bit of larceny here, a little bit of murdery there and likes mushrooms.

Every time Azandar turned his nose up Violet Coprinus harvesting made my blood boil; do you know how much these go for on traders and how many we consume to finance our lifestyle pardner?

Azandar also hates ToT and that is one of the few things my wife will actually play on ESO. So, that alone puts him on the bottom of my list.

Ember bc she has a great VA

Sharp is annoying and I don't like him at all.

dcam86b14_ESO wrote: »

Ember bc she has a great VA

Sharp is annoying and I don't like him at all.

For me, it's the opposite. I think Sharp has a great VA, and I think Ember's voice and personality are really annoying and I can't stand her, especially because she enjoys killing werewolves.

Thankfully ZOS has made a diverse cast of Companions to appeal to many different kinds of players.

Initially I didn't like Ember but her line about live frogs is now one of my favourites in the game.

@Zodiarkslayer I had Ember in Ghost Haven Bay farming runebox pieces and was near a fire, waiting for mobs to respawn. She walked up to the fire and made a comment about someone telling her that her eyes reminded them of the embers in a fire and that is how she got her name.

I’m not a fan of her but it was an interesting moment with her.

Mirrii have her set up as my healer like her sarcastic voice and demeanor its quite funny sometimes next is Ember just overall a cool cat great VA and a fellow mage for my main sorc and lastly as much as i dislike Argonians Sharp is pretty cool the rest i don't care about just bland and ugh Isobel can be pretty chill sometimes but idk

None of the companions stay alive in any of the content I actually need them for.

Only have Mirri and Ember so far, so no opinion about the others yet.

I find it depends on my frame of mind who I choose to play with, though often I don't use a companion at all unless I am doing dungeons, WBs, etc. (primarily solo player). Sometimes Ember's ebullience gets on my nerves so I generally prefer Mirri. I more often prefer her attitude, so I don't know what that says about my usual frame of mind, but there you have it.

He's the least annoying.

Bastian. He was my first.

"Yay us!"

Zodiarkslayer wrote: »

Why is her name Ember when she uses Lightning? I don't get it.

Well, stay still in one place with her summoned long enough and she will tell you why. It's one of her idle lines.