I'd personally kinda like to see the old "Squadrons" system revamped a bit

I think the easiest way to incorporate the Squadron into the Trust system would be to make the unlock happen earlier and then use a level scaled version of your squadron members in the Duty Support rather than literally nameless NPCs.



Edit: Also, the Chocobo Companion got mentioned, I would like to note just how outdated that thing is since one of the skills in all 3 of it's trees is 5% Accuracy, a stat that hasn't existed since Stormblood launched.

I'd have loved updates to Squadron & our Chocobo
Maybe make our Chocobo apart of the trust system :D

Hah, I'd honestly completely forgotten about Chocobo's being companions! I mean, I pretty much always have mine out, but they *are* fairly useless in general, it feels like. But yeah, I would LOVE being able to bring them along the Trust system, or even for running old non-synced dungeons (particularly for BLU's, since Choco Meteor is super important).

It's a real shame they went with current Duty Support system of using Trusts instead of having a more tweakable and expanded version of Squadrons.

A properly leveled up and micromanaged Squadron could demolish dungeons faster than majority of the random parties you get in Duty Finder, but I guess from new player perspective it's better to have slower pace and more enemy ability respecting group of AI.

It's also a huge missed opportunity in testing out customization systems for other (side)content, they could have tried skill trees or pick X ability spellbooks for Squadrons on top of the fancy stuff like glamming and maybe alternate stat gearing etc.

Imagine if they had tried duties where multiple players bring some of their Squadron for big battles, being able to play as proper commander for them.

I might be using them wrong but my Squadron is so weak they barely can clear dungeons. I’m stuck at Brayflox dungeon since many years ago and never came back to it since.

I personally think they should increase it from 8 to 12 members and add more characters from the missing races, Hrothgars & Vieras. I really did enjoy using them. It was a lot of fun. Only certain dungeons were a pain, but for the most part, I like using them to practice roles I was leveling.

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Originally Posted by Hycinthus

I might be using them wrong but my Squadron is so weak they barely can clear dungeons. I’m stuck at Brayflox dungeon since many years ago and never came back to it since.

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Yeah thats entirely on you. Properly leveled and maintained and utilized they clear dungeons extremely fast and with very little trouble. The only issue I ever have with them is the healer occasionally having a massive brain fart and just NOT healing but thats pretty rare. Also I bring a arcanist along as a secondary healer just in case. Also to be able to look at what Summoner used to be and weep.

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Originally Posted by Palladiamors

Yeah thats entirely on you. Properly leveled and maintained and utilized they clear dungeons extremely fast and with very little trouble. The only issue I ever have with them is the healer occasionally having a massive brain fart and just NOT healing but thats pretty rare. Also I bring a arcanist along as a secondary healer just in case. Also to be able to look at what Summoner used to be and weep.

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It's probably cuz these are ARR/HW level dungeons, but I daresay squadrons are actually faster and more effective than trusts (not sure about duty support tho)

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Originally Posted by Allegor

It's probably cuz these are ARR/HW level dungeons, but I daresay squadrons are actually faster and more effective than trusts (not sure about duty support tho)

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Unlike the Trusts who have like 1 AoE attack in their standard rotation, I do believe the Squadrons actually use AoE attacks regularly when there are multiple enemies... So they have better AI for fighting trash. Also, I do believe they don't stop attacking during mechanics which is something the Trust NPCs do.

I love Squadron. I have a full miqote squad on my main, and a full lala One on a lala character.