"If you ignore them long enough.."

[Azper]

I would also like to know where the following concepts are:

-The ability to enter dungeons with NPCs
-The possibility of using retainers as companions inside and/or outside of dungeons

Having NPC partners was mentioned by the devs as a possibility some time ago, but it has gotten little to no coverage since.

Doesn't that kinda, I don't know, defeat the purpose of playing an MMO to begin with if you just want to play with NPCs?

[AlphaFox]

Doesn't that kinda, I don't know, defeat the purpose of playing an MMO to begin with if you just want to play with NPCs?

Or when the game starts to die out kinda like with 11 and the Trust magic to spawn NPCs to fight with you in a party. Which is kind of a sign that its on its last leg I would assume. I could be wrong but I also tried 11 about 2 years ago and trust magic was the most I could get to having a party being new.

[Skivvy]

Doesn't that kinda, I don't know, defeat the purpose of playing an MMO to begin with if you just want to play with NPCs?

Most parties you get in DF offer nothing more than an NPC would. Getting a simple hello from people is too difficult most days.