:: summon your Path Companion in regional levequests (solo mode)

[Xatsh]

Guildleves was made to encourage soloing and casuals that doesnt have alot time in their hands.
There are more contents coming for party plays, alliance play, big party play, whatever you call it.

Why do people treat as if Guildleves is the only content we are going to have?

The issue is party vs solo play act against each other, making one better hurts the other. This is why no true game that is solo and party friendly works. While they might be adding endgame/midgame where 99.999999999% requires groups. If you are required to solo to that point, because there is too much focus on soloing and no one groups, that is where the problem comes into play.

Grouping should not be an endgame and raid only activity, it should be the primary focus throughout the entire game. They can add solo based stuff because it is obvious people need it especially the NAs where over 90% of the mmo population here is use to solo mmos, but in the end there has to be a advantage to grouping from rank 1 all the way to endgame.

The issue with the Npc is the possibility of it making soloing more effective on leves, thus diminishing the need to group. Why get a duo besides the chance of a link (which is not that great with only 2 ppl anyways), when you can run in pop a npc and solo all the leves on harder difficulties and get pretty good sp. The Guildleves and Party system are designed to be able to group up extremely quickly for leves, from what I see Guildleves are not a solo activity they are a casual activity... big difference.

[Lusavari]

Grouping should not be an endgame and raid only activity, it should be the primary focus throughout the entire game. They can add solo based stuff because it is obvious people need it especially the NAs where over 90% of the mmo population here is use to solo mmos, but in the end there has to be a advantage to grouping from rank 1 all the way to endgame.

To set the record straight, the #1 group requesting solo content is the Japanese. They like to solo just as much if not more.

[Nephera]

To set the record straight, the #1 group requesting solo content is the Japanese. They like to solo just as much if not more.

North America hilariously also voted higher for "the final fantasy name" on the question "what is your favorite thing about xiv"

[VeranRamaden]

I was wondering the same thing about the companion when I got mine. I think later on when more content is implemented it'd be cool if you could summon your companion on levequests. because by then, im sure ppl will have moved on to more content besides leve quests. and its already annoying to put one star when you cant find anyone to leve with.

[Nephera]

I think the reason path companions are called path companions is that they're each exclusive to a storyline.

[VeranRamaden]

I think the reason path companions are called path companions is that they're each exclusive to a storyline.

But what about when the current threat is thwarted and a new one arises? Will you still use the Path Companion? Or will you all just go separate ways? If it was the later, that is when I feel you could use him/her in leve-quests. Because you earned it by completing the mission.