Let Me Play as an NPC?

[Welsper59]

Hmmm...I wouldn't quite get the joy out of playing as an NPC because whatever class/job they master, their skills won't be any different from ours.
For example, Alisaie is a RDM and that's my main class; if I were to play as her, I would use her the same way I use my WoL during battle.

I'd imagine the idea is more akin to how vehicle controls are or how WoW does it. You take control of an NPC, regardless of their class/job/whatever, and they have some form of special skills or spells that players don't have to do their thing with. Like if you took control of Raubahn, he'd have a primary single target attack, a cleave, a single target or aoe charge/jump attack, and maybe a heal mechanic of sorts.