Beast Tribe Companions

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Originally Posted by Reinha

Gameplay-wise it sounds good. But personally I would find it a bit odd to "command" a sentient creature like a slave. Their intelligence is a lot closer to human races than that of chocobos, which is why we can form alliances and friendships with all the beastmen.

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That's why the thread title is companion, not a slave. It's a mechanic used in many games, SWTOR and Bethesda games being prime examples, I believe it was also used in 1.0? We also have something more similar to "slaves", and those are retainers.

This would be kinda cool ^_^

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Originally Posted by Reinha

Gameplay-wise it sounds good. But personally I would find it a bit odd to "command" a sentient creature like a slave. Their intelligence is a lot closer to human races than that of chocobos, which is why we can form alliances and friendships with all the beastmen.

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I don't see it like that. Like they give you a horn or linkshell so you can call them and they run to your aid for a while like a chocobo.

It's just a companion to help you. I think it would be cool the more you lv them up the gear they wear upgrades in the beast tribes style but more detailed armor and weapons depending if you lv them as tank, dps or heals.

And maybe they could add a unlockable beast Tribe barding for your chocobo when you reach lv10 with that type of beast tribe like each tribe has their own barding themed around them.

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Originally Posted by Rahsch

I don't see it like that. Like they give you a horn or linkshell so you can call them and they run to your aid for a while like a chocobo.

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This is kind of what I meant. I don't imagine Thancred or Lucia running to my side at the blow of my whistle, seeing as they probably have their own business to take care of. Beastmen are the same in my mind. A chocobo on the other hand is a companion in the same sense as a dog is. It's an animal so it doesn't have anything else to do other than helping its human.

I like it and instead of leveling them from level 1, make them share the same level as the highst level companion. If your chocobo is level 13, all your new companions are level 13. All companions share the same level.

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Originally Posted by Reinha

This is kind of what I meant. I don't imagine Thancred or Lucia running to my side at the blow of my whistle, seeing as they probably have their own business to take care of. Beastmen are the same in my mind. A chocobo on the other hand is a companion in the same sense as a dog is. It's an animal so it doesn't have anything else to do other than helping its human.

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I just see it as helping, like maybe how we send our retainers on ventures the tokens can be used to pay the beast tribes or maybe a beast tribe form of income to summon them? Lol they would only last out on field for 30mins like chocobo unless you pay more.

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Originally Posted by Laerune

I like it and instead of leveling them from level 1, make them share the same level as the highst level companion. If your chocobo is level 13, all your new companions are level 13. All companions share the same level.

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This is a great idea. The companion leveling grind is long (which, I'm totally ok with. The game does need long term goals), but it would be so much more rewarding if it was applied to all of our (hopefully many) companions.

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Originally Posted by Colorful

That's why the thread title is companion, not a slave. It's a mechanic used in many games, SWTOR and Bethesda games being prime examples, I believe it was also used in 1.0? We also have something more similar to "slaves", and those are retainers.

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I really liked the way SWTOR did companions, the quests, romance and so on made the companions really interesting and gave the companions personality and backstory, it would be cool if FF14 had something like that.

Totally agree with this. Make it so that they can specialise into roles too depending on which beast it is. Could give them unique abilities too compared to the choco.

I was actually considering a thread like this on Beastmen companions, but I didn't want people telling me it would be a stupid idea...lol I already wanted this and was meaning to make a thread about it, I just didn't want people hating the idea.