Suggestion: make houseguests summonable in the outside world

Bo0137 · June 4

Companions are cool. But sometimes all you want is a bard to play a few songs for you. Or some NPC to chat.

Locking these NPCs at homes feels limiting. There's no reason for that.

Sure, some NPCs could break the immersion of other players. But please make the "common" ones summonable in the outside world.

I specifically want a bard to play songs for me, on demand. How about that?

LunaFlora · June 4

this looks more like a bard follower request as there are no bard Houseguests yet.

both would be fun though

Kallykat · June 4

I don't know about having houseguests follow you around, but I would love a bard houseguest period.

I'd also love a bard companion or assistant. I just want to request some bard songs to enjoy while I'm adventuring.

Erickson9610 · June 4

We can't have Houseguests following us in the world because many of them are based on existing characters, and based off of the responses ZOS gave us during the Companions Q&A, ZOS absolutely does not want us bringing a copy of a character into close proximity of another copy of the same character.

For instance, we would be able to bring the "Mizzik Thunderboots" Houseguest right next to his character in the world. That can be avoided by keeping Houseguests in houses.

Necrotech_Master · June 4

Erickson9610 wrote: »

We can't have Houseguests following us in the world because many of them are based on existing characters, and based off of the responses ZOS gave us during the Companions Q&A, ZOS absolutely does not want us bringing a copy of a character into close proximity of another copy of the same character.

For instance, we would be able to bring the "Mizzik Thunderboots" Houseguest right next to his character in the world. That can be avoided by keeping Houseguests in houses.

this is likely the reason they would go with too lol

im still not happy with the decisions on companions for example, being in basically needing both an acct wide and character level unlock

SilverBride · June 5

They are HOUSEguests.

Necrotech_Master · June 5

SilverBride wrote: »

They are HOUSEguests.

that doesnt necessarily mean they couldnt spawn in and follow you around, like say the assisstants (which also follow you around, and are interactable and can be placed in a house)

so technically speaking, just because they are called house guests doesnt mean it wouldnt be able to work, as the other poster mentioned, zos has this horrid stance on not seeing multiple copies of a character in the game world which is more the reason why they wont do it

FlameDark · June 5

I mean I wouldn't be AGAINST having Stibbons following me around in the Deadlands lol But I totally see how having in game characters would be... problematic seeing everyone with those exact same characters running around.

SilverIce58 · June 5

Maybe we could get a bard companion instead? Someone whos idle is them playing music using different instruments and maybe commentating on each.

baratron · June 5

I haven't had enough sleep, and I thought this thread was about making housePLANTS summonable in the outside world. And I wondered why you wanted to take your plants in adventures.