No new companions in 2025?

Lugaldu · April 10

Title says it all... Will they be announced later in the year or its over with new companions (what would be sad)?

JemadarofCaerSalis · April 10

I had just wondered about this, as I hadn't heard anything about them.

Is the livestream over now? (can't watch it, so not sure if it is or not)

ZOS_Kevin · April 10

Lugaldu wrote: »

Title says it all... Will they be announced later in the year or its over with new companions (what would be sad)?

No new companions to announce that this time. Companions are not done forever. Just not on the roadmap at this time as we have other goals we would like to accomplish with content this year.

randconfig · April 10

WHERE WAS THE POPPY COMPANION ANNOUNCEMENT, SUCH INJUSTICE!!

Erickson9610 · April 11

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Lugaldu wrote: »

Title says it all... Will they be announced later in the year or its over with new companions (what would be sad)?

No new companions to announce that this time. Companions are not done forever. Just not on the roadmap at this time as we have other goals we would like to accomplish with content this year.

I'm looking forward to when we do get new Companions! Maybe we'll finally get Vampire/Werewolf Companions, or new Companions may mix and match Class skill lines in light of Subclassing, kind of like what Tanlorin does. Maybe they'll even get to use the new player response system in their quests, so we can determine the tone in which we speak to our new Companions?

Lugaldu · April 11

Thanks for the reply, Kevin! I'm looking forward to getting more companions. And I'd also be happy if we got new quests for our current companions.

tsaescishoeshiner · April 11

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Lugaldu wrote: »

Title says it all... Will they be announced later in the year or its over with new companions (what would be sad)?

No new companions to announce that this time. Companions are not done forever. Just not on the roadmap at this time as we have other goals we would like to accomplish with content this year.

I've been loving the Companion quests and hope that there are more soon! Maybe even a Companion where part of the Season Pass added more quests for them as the year went along.

NotaDaedraWorshipper · April 11

Sad to hear that people who want a bosmer, orc, or nord companion still have to wait. Since Zerith-var was actually quite well written I was hoping for more like him.

Grizzbeorn · April 11

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Sad to hear that people who want a bosmer, orc, or nord companion still have to wait. Since Zerith-var was actually quite well written I was hoping for more like him.

With Subclassing being added, I would love if ZOS would at some point allow us to create our own Companion characters from scratch, through the Character Creation Screen, and allow us to customize them in the same manner (appearance, skills, equipment, etc.) as our primary characters.
That way, we wouldn't have to wait for them to MAYBE add a Companion that we'd really like to run with (such as a female Nord werewolf, in my case.)

AScarlato · April 11

Erickson9610 wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Lugaldu wrote: »

Title says it all... Will they be announced later in the year or its over with new companions (what would be sad)?

No new companions to announce that this time. Companions are not done forever. Just not on the roadmap at this time as we have other goals we would like to accomplish with content this year.

I'm looking forward to when we do get new Companions! Maybe we'll finally get Vampire/Werewolf Companions, or new Companions may mix and match Class skill lines in light of Subclassing, kind of like what Tanlorin does. Maybe they'll even get to use the new player response system in their quests, so we can determine the tone in which we speak to our new Companions?

I am hoping we get a WW/Vamp companion also.

Orbital78 · April 11

They probably learned their lesson from gold road and aren't mentioning them together again. Companions are most likely going to just be crown store additions now. I would rather they take extra time to make companions with good personalities and passives, as that is what will end up making them useful. I already don't use over half of the companions I have.

The companion system also has bugs, some fairly breaking. I would like them to fix those issues first.

Lugaldu · April 11

Grizzbeorn wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Sad to hear that people who want a bosmer, orc, or nord companion still have to wait. Since Zerith-var was actually quite well written I was hoping for more like him.

With Subclassing being added, I would love if ZOS would at some point allow us to create our own Companion characters from scratch, through the Character Creation Screen, and allow us to customize them in the same manner (appearance, skills, equipment, etc.) as our primary characters.
That way, we wouldn't have to wait for them to MAYBE add a Companion that we'd really like to run with (such as a female Nord werewolf, in my case.)

But then we would not have any story - the companion would be just a follower. I like to discover the stories and characters of the companions.

I hope that they will at least announce new companions towards the end of the year, even when they have right now no news about them to share!

Grizzbeorn · April 11

Lugaldu wrote: »

But then we would not have any story - the companion would be just a follower. I like to discover the stories and characters of the companions.

My suggestion was meant as an option, for those that would like to create their own companions, with their own stories, not a replacement for the current system, which I should have clarified.

That said, I've enjoyed the stories that have been created for the companions I've unlocked so far (Mirri, Ember, Isobelle, Sharp, Azander).
But personally I would like more control, since ZOS can't possibly create companions to cater to every player's liking when they only create two (or fewer) in a year.

Enundr · July 2

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Lugaldu wrote: »

Title says it all... Will they be announced later in the year or its over with new companions (what would be sad)?

No new companions to announce that this time. Companions are not done forever. Just not on the roadmap at this time as we have other goals we would like to accomplish with content this year.

Would be nice if we stuck to releasing companions with expansions (or I guess now seasons?) instead of releasing them later as seperate content....massive turnoff that I didn't even bother finishing that expansion after seeing the companions getting released as a seperate content unlike all the ones before. Very disappointing to see going forward , I mean TOR as greed driven as that game is , companions were getting popped out for free for eternal throne (and beyond) content , alot of all class specific ones being useable by all and alot of new ones all together (and some who only got a temporary appearance just to get offed 5 minutes later XD). I'd recommend passing it along to avoid making them a separate dlc/paid dlc , there's already alot of monetization in the game as is , this just leaves a bad taste and drives players who were interested in the companions system away. Just some food for thought on the matter for companions.