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This is a suggestion that would make me love the game more.

I generally play solo and while the chocobo is a good companion I can't help but feel we are missing out on another great companion. This has probably been suggested before, but please let me have a retainer as a companion I would love to fight along side my main retainer and would make my solo play more enjoyable.

Michael Windluck

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Originally Posted by Maikul

This is a suggestion that would make me love the game more.

I generally play solo and while the chocobo is a good companion I can't help but feel we are missing out on another great companion. This has probably been suggested before, but please let me have a retainer as a companion I would love to fight along side my main retainer and would make my solo play more enjoyable.

Michael Windluck

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I for one would like to bring my retainer as my companion

I'd like to be able to swap the chocobo out for other mounts of similar size. Things like the cavalry drake or the dire wolf or the black chocobo.

Lemme put a barding on my retainer yo!
In all seriousness though your suggestion is great, though I can't imagine they'd let the retainer just act like whatever it's job is, and not just because of FF14's shitty shitty AI.
Like, they couldn't even take the squadron AI and let it waltz into the field with you. It'd just break QQ

As much as I'd appreciate nearly anything else other than an ostrichicken for a battle companion, this got asked once or twice some time ago and the excus-response was more or less "it's too hard to create another leveling system for more companions. Not planning on it."

Sounds good to me. They don't even really need to tweak the AI at all, just have the squadron member use the Chocobo AI of it's associated role. Sure they might not act exactly like they do in the dungeons but it's not like they really do much in the dungeons to begin with. Using the chocobo companion AI might actually be a step for them.

The 1.0 version of the game did have a companion you choose and would then follow your path (adventures).
You could choose this companion NPC from almost any Job (Gladiator, Lancer, Archer, Conjurer, and Thaumaturge) and either sex (some limitations) of the races.
That system was not carried over in its original form from 1.0 into ARR.
The Chocobo was the replacement, which was mainly done to eliminate one of the primary issues with 1.0 Path Companions, their limited functionality.
Your companion was only useful with the job you had chosen for them, as in Lancer/Archer/Thaumaturge = DPS only, Gladiator = Tank only, Conjurer = Healer only....
A fully ranked up Chocobo is all three.

That said, it was kinda fun with the different personalities and such.
https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Path_Companions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpvHE6asMP0

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Originally Posted by Cidel

this got asked once or twice some time ago and the excus-response was more or less "it's too hard to create another leveling system for more companions. Not planning on it."

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Can you throw me some sauce for that?

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Originally Posted by Kirika-

The 1.0 version of the game did have a companion you choose and would then follow your path (adventures).
You could choose this companion NPC from almost any Job (Gladiator, Lancer, Archer, Conjurer, and Thaumaturge) and either sex (some limitations) of the races.
That system was not carried over in its original form form 1.0 into ARR.
The Chocobo was the replacement, which was mainly done to eliminate one of the primary issues with 1.0 Path Companions, their limited functionality.
Your companion was only useful with the job you had chosen for them, as in Lancer/Archer/Thaumaturge = DPS only, Gladiator = Tank only, Conjurer = Healer only....
A fully ranked up Chocobo is all three.

That said, it was kinda fun with the different personalities and such.
https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Path_Companions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpvHE6asMP0

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^This.

The main issue with the Path Companion though was that it was meant to be a means of playing through the main scenario solo, even as a Disciple of the Hand or Land (the Path Companion could technically do the fighting for you). Needless to say, that didn't work quite as well as they had hoped.

I still miss my Path Companion Imarah though and her thinly-veiled come-ons to my character and would love to have the Path Companions return in leiu of the Chocobo Companion, but alas, I think she is gone forever. :(

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Originally Posted by MsMisato

I for one would like to bring my retainer as my companion

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This would probably be an easy option to incorporate, given Trusts are already a thing.

I wouldn't mind being able to fight alongside the cat from Monster Hunter either. The Palico, I think?

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Originally Posted by Berteaux_Braumegain

This would probably be an easy option to incorporate, given Trusts are already a thing.

I wouldn't mind being able to fight alongside the cat from Monster Hunter either. The Palico, I think?

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Yeah that is literally what palico's do in MHW, if you're on the field with only 1 other player or solo, they join with you and can heal, or tank, or steal monster parts, while fighting the monster with you. Would really have loved to have customize it so it looked like my palico from MHW. In essence, theyre pretty much alot like the chocobo companions we have, you even level them up and gear them out in the other game.

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Originally Posted by ADVSS

Yeah that is literally what palico's do in MHW, if you're on the field with only 1 other player or solo, they join with you and can heal, or tank, or steal monster parts, while fighting the monster with you. Would really have loved to have customize it so it looked like my palico from MHW.

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I second the "I wish my Palico minion could've been my actual Palico" remark. I know why they couldn't—it would have been a ridiculous amount of work redoing the minion system—but still, it would've been awesome if I could've had Kaliko the calico Palico along with me.

I do think having additional companions would be fun... but bringing in people would probably be tricky. The Squadron AI, as has been noted, is... uh... not good. The Trust AI is actually pretty good, but it's also very purposeful; they have to have the mechanics for each dungeon specifically coded into them, and I doubt they'd deal well with—for instance—a special FATE or a hunt target or, really, anything in the open world.

Maybe at least allow the amaro to be a companion once you gain the mount? Either just using the existing chocobo's stats, or being stabled and trained up the same way a chocobo would.

(I shall one day have the amaro, and I shall name him Skip. For reasons.)

Thanks for all the responses guys! Honestly if they just made them have a few attack animations for each weapon and had them fight like the chocobo i would be happy. I just wanna bring them around with me honestly.

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Originally Posted by Maikul

This is a suggestion that would make me love the game more.

I generally play solo and while the chocobo is a good companion I can't help but feel we are missing out on another great companion. This has probably been suggested before, but please let me have a retainer as a companion I would love to fight along side my main retainer and would make my solo play more enjoyable.

Michael Windluck

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This ^^^^^^^ 100%!!! I would love to be able to have one or more of my custom retainers fight alongside me. They have been trained up to the max and are perfect for this role! Excellent suggestion!

I would love to have my retainers as my companions, too *0* And maybe some others... like Moomba.

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Originally Posted by Cidel

As much as I'd appreciate nearly anything else other than an ostrichicken for a battle companion, this got asked once or twice some time ago and the excus-response was more or less "it's too hard to create another leveling system for more companions. Not planning on it."

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I'd honestly be okay with my retainers using the exact same stats and attacks as a chocobo, as long as they still look the way I chose.

It would be pretty funny to see them kick things.

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Originally Posted by Packetdancer

I second the "I wish my Palico minion could've been my actual Palico" remark. I know why they couldn't—it would have been a ridiculous amount of work redoing the minion system—but still, it would've been awesome if I could've had Kaliko the calico Palico along with me.

I do think having additional companions would be fun... but bringing in people would probably be tricky. The Squadron AI, as has been noted, is... uh... not good. The Trust AI is actually pretty good, but it's also very purposeful; they have to have the mechanics for each dungeon specifically coded into them, and I doubt they'd deal well with—for instance—a special FATE or a hunt target or, really, anything in the open world.

Maybe at least allow the amaro to be a companion once you gain the mount? Either just using the existing chocobo's stats, or being stabled and trained up the same way a chocobo would.

(I shall one day have the amaro, and I shall name him Skip. For reasons.)

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Honestly would be cool to be able to use the chocobo stables or even have an amaro stables for them, as well as the coloring options etc. As it stands my chocobo been rank 20 since ARR, kinda sad to see the companion system be untouched since then

Don't think too hard about the fact that in the most recent dungeon we got Amaro battle animations, cause it'll make you sad that we can't have one as a companion.