Quote Originally Posted by MageBlack View Post
Didn't they already comment something along the lines of having squad we can manage and level for the purpose of doing older content without the need for a whole party of PC's? I thought this was coming for heavensward, if not at launch then through a 3.X patch later on. I'll see if I can find a quote.
Derp. You beat me too it while I was editing my post. I was literally about bring up that quote.

*Ahem* Anyway:

It's still up in the air though if they'll go through with it or not. Personally, I'd love to see mercenary NPC allies to that can be recruited to tag with you in older dungeon content, especially the Main Scenario dungeons. NPC allies, as many problems as they might possibly bring, would also solve quite a few problems as well.

"But! But! This is an MMO!"

*Looks over at Guild Wars*

NPC allies. Quite a bit of focus on it in that game. It even went as far as to allowing you recruit alternate characters on your own account as NPC allies to tag along with you in later patch updates, giving players extra incentive to work on and make alt characters.