NPC dungeoning GC Team Naming.

So just for fun what will you be naming the rumored NPC GC party we may get in a future update if we are allowed to name our little band of NPCs?

If you ask the NPC GC party is basically a NPC party made to help players level in old outdate dungeons.

Though there are mentions that it may require a certain GC Rank due to these NPCs being tied into your Grand Company.

For me I'll just name my team...

"The Adventurers"

because it is generic enough as it is. :p

(PS I hope we could at least customize our NPCs in some way.)

I'm not positive enough to hope for naming options to be honest.......... :|

The Popoto Squad, if I can make them all lalas.

I think the NPC's should be minor story characters (let us get to know some named GC officers or soldiers!) or Crystal Braves members.

Would make the experience much more immersive than "HeMan StarLord" & "Yolo Swaggins."

Even if I love those names...

I'd prefer not to be able to design/name grown adult fighters.

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Originally Posted by Yuri_Hyuga

I think the NPC's should be minor story characters (let us get to know some named GC officers or soldiers!) or Crystal Braves members.

Would make the experience much more immersive than "HeMan StarLord" & "Yolo Swaggins."

Even if I love those names...

I'd prefer not to be able to design/name grown adult fighters.

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And While I can agree with you on that, I both A don't want my team of "specialist" picked for me, and B can grow far more attached to them if their more head cannon than real cannon. I'd be fine with either, but slightly leaning to pick our own.

And... Something involving Gerudo probably. Or harem just to agitate my fiancé XD

"The Floorlickers"

@Rhaja. I definitely think we should be able to pick from a roster of worthy candidates to compliment my thoughts.

I would hate too if they were wholly preselected with no choice or options of soldiers to choose from!

Also, Entourage Name would suffice for me.

Like, The Popoto Squad is awesome.

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And While I can agree with you on that, I both A don't want my team of "specialist" picked for me, and B can grow far more attached to them if their more head cannon than real cannon. I'd be fine with either, but slightly leaning to pick our own.

And... Something involving Gerudo probably. Or harem just to agitate my fiancé XD

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Considering this NPC group we are meant to command is, rumored, to be tied into our GC, I think they may go more towards random generated NPCs with some options like in 1.0 NPC companion or give us full customization choice like Retainers consideing each GC is a large military organization.

I would enjoy the 1.0 companion style of generating the GC NPC members since it would fit more into the group being a GC squad consist of GC members and with how large each GC is it would fit more into showing how big each GC are rather than limiting us into chooing only already existing characters which are only a small amount of the larger GC members.

Having to choose over already existing members that is already out in the world may cause some issue with player choose only characters they already like without giving the other characters a chance.

where's this from?

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where's this from?

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Live letter notice a while back when they were discussing the change for Old Dungeons in 3.0 and 3.X era.

The NPC group system is meant to help new players progress through old content dungeons while helping Veteran Players return to old Dungeons for collecting stuff and leveling class/jobs without needing to find other players.

They have yet to explain how this system may affect the new "No Level Sync" system for Old Dungeons yet since the NPC Group system is still a work in progress.

Though SE did mention that the NPCs may only be leveled through using them in dungeons so dungeon grinding with them may be required if players want to level them.

I would -LOVE- to be able to create the looks of and name our GC teammates - then gear them just like retainers.
I'd make them all my alt characters o_o
I'm not sure what I'd name my team...
Possibly a group name based off old RPs with friends. Steel Tribe, Leoscetarius, etc

Though, hopefully they have a sort of gear set armory thing with pre-saved job levels like players do. I wouldn't want to keep having to level them from start every time I want to level two jobs that require some of the group to change in makeup (such as, if I played Healer, and the rest being tank, DPS, DPS.... then I want to level Tank class, the tank NPC and a DPS would have to switch to healer and DPS and start from scratch.... then I want to play healer again... the NPCs switchign back to Tank and DPS start from 1 again?)

I just wonder how they're going to deal with dungeons that require mechanics - even something as simple as Qarn where the heads need to be placed - unless they program the NPCs to react accordingly via scripted reactions to particular enemies upon proximinity.... mainly tank bots. Or maybe they'd do a pet bar of some sort like the summons (place, heel, stay, sic, obey).

I never played 1.0 to know how the NPC companion worked x.x but I'm assuming it's similar to chocobos/summons?


More than likely, they'll just have you go to your GC as what ever class you want to go into the dungeon as, select that you want a team and what dungeons, then they just give you random NPCs to fill in the team class requirements and toss you into the dungeon.... and possibly a simplified version of those dungeons because of the NPC AI...

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Never played 1.0 as well but 1.0 Companions worked similar to Chocobo companions in function but just like retainers in FF14ARR, 1.0 Companions had to be one of the DoM/DoW Classes.

1.0 Companion customization was....

- Choose Class from DoM and DoW.
- Choose Race (determine their race and dialogue)
- Choose Personality (determine their peronality and dialogue)
- Appearance is randomly generated once all three options are finished.

I do find this concept enjoyable because it feels more natural in the FF14ARR world since we are requesting for a person under the specific criteria to be our companion or companions in a organization that is limited in what kind of people they have.

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Originally Posted by EdwinLi

- Choose Class from DoM and DoW.
- Choose Race (determine their race and dialogue)
- Choose Personality (determine their peronality and dialogue)
- Appearance is randomly generated once all three options are finished.

I do find this concept enjoyable because it feels more natural in the FF14ARR world since we are requesting for a person under the specific criteria to be our companion or companions in a organization that is limited in what kind of people they have.

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Ah, so like the housing NPCs (tool seller, mender, etc) and the retainer personalty selection. I can understand the reasoning, being you're just borrowing 'people' from the Grand Company to go with you, just still wish for customization to make the team my own xD; (...and less generic-like)

The Sleeping Knights because I just finished watching season 2 of SAO.

The Onion Knights!

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The Onion Knights!

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Did someone say Onion Knights?! :p

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Originally Posted by EdwinLi

Did someone say Onion Knights?! :p

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YASSSSSSS!!!