NPC dungeoning GC Team Naming.

[Saseal]

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...

[EdwinLi]

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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.

[Saseal]

- 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.

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)

[Moonleg]

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

[Thandronen]

The Onion Knights!

[EdwinLi]

The Onion Knights!

Did someone say Onion Knights?!

[Thandronen]

Did someone say Onion Knights?!

YASSSSSSS!!!