(Art!) A "Mini Minstrel" Companion?!

[Kavaskous]

^ This is made of win.

With a cig, of course.

The little cig completes the image...

And as he follows you around, he keeps pointing out game facts only a dev would know.

"That tree over there took 3 months to finalize."

"This funguar you're fighting is #38527 spawned on your server."

And in the shower

"Your hair was crafted and finely tuned by a team of 6 artists who got 3 hours of sleep a day."


It's like having director commentary! PINT SIZE

Yes!

I just think it would be awesome if when you come back for being afk he would either tell you how long you've been away or he would say something cool about how many monsters walked past. Also it's just neat to have a little Yoshi-P.

I'm liking this idea more and more, lulz

I might have slipped and accidentally copied the url for this thread, accidentally pasted it into a mail that was accidentally addressed to Yoshi-P, and then accidentally pressed the SEND button.

Accidentally, of course.

You sir, are awesome.

Fund it.
Implement it.
Add it.
Incorporate it.

I need this.

I'm sold.

I think it would be neat to get this actually: "The Mini Minstrel" Description would be something to the degree of "A small, mysterious, and unusually knowledgeable minion that appears to be a very complex magitek person. The name "Vergil Renata" appears to have been stamped into the bottom of his right shoe. Includes 1 Cigarette. Warning, smoking may lead to Zu attacks."

Beta Testers, Collector's Edition Buyer's, Legacy Members, and of course the creator of the idea could be given one of these as a way for Yoshida and the team to give players a "Look behind the scenes" whilst within the game. He could be loaded up with a bunch of different facts that trigger based on where you are or things nearby, he could sit down after we've sat for 5 minutes, sometimes pulling out a coffee. It'd indeed be cool if he told us how long we were AFK, after 5 minutes of standing up doing nothing, he pulls his Cigarette out and puts it into his barely visible mouth and lets it burn.

Lol, there could be patches that include updates for the little guy to, to both his AI and database.

I would say "Everyone should get one" but then again, they might be less inclined to do so - if it was a rare item, they might think about it if it's a way to give their supporters a way to letting them know how hard they worked on the game and how much detail went into even some of the most mundane of things. Iunno, seems legit to me.

[Vergil_Renata]

I think it would be neat to get this actually: "The Mini Minstrel" Description would be something to the degree of "A small, mysterious, and unusually knowledgeable minion that appears to be a very complex magitek person. The name "Vergil Renata" appears to have been stamped into the bottom of his right shoe. Includes 1 Cigarette. Warning, smoking may lead to Zu attacks."

Beta Testers, Collector's Edition Buyer's, Legacy Members, and of course the creator of the idea could be given one of these as a way for Yoshida and the team to give players a "Look behind the scenes" whilst within the game. He could be loaded up with a bunch of different facts that trigger based on where you are or things nearby, he could sit down after we've sat for 5 minutes, sometimes pulling out a coffee. It'd indeed be cool if he told us how long we were AFK, after 5 minutes of standing up doing nothing, he pulls his Cigarette out and puts it into his barely visible mouth and lets it burn.

Lol, there could be patches that include updates for the little guy to, to both his AI and database.

I would say "Everyone should get one" but then again, they might be less inclined to do so - if it was a rare item, they might think about it if it's a way to give their supporters a way to letting them know how hard they worked on the game and how much detail went into even some of the most mundane of things. Iunno, seems legit to me.

I wish I could triple like this post. But maybe the name stamp could be something a bit more cryptic, and it'd be great if the achievement was challenging to achieve.

Yep. 3:30 AM. Obviously can't go back to bed.