Thread: 1.0 Path Companion! Please give us answers!

They did answer to this actually, and pretty early in the live letters too (at least regarding the reasons to not bring the Path Companion back, not the lore reasons).

The main reason was that they felt that with the chocobo companion, the path companion was no longer necessary, plus, they said they had preferred to substitute the path companion's participation in instanced fights with the presence of other NPCs specific for each instance (like Thancred/Papalymo&Yda/Y'shtola in the lv5 MSQ battle instance, so to speak). Because of chocobo companions and other NPCs who heal and aid you in battle, the path companion is no longer a necessity.

Originally Posted by Shioban

From the Third Live Letter;



They removed it temporarily only to realise chocobo companions were more suitable due to the lack of open world content, and made the removal permanent.
ARR changed direction with a HEAVY focus on instanced content vs. open world content, making it so that the NPCs in the story-line would support you instead of a path companion (healing/tanking/damage).

Sorry, could you reference the link please? The closest 3rd letter I find were actually dated from February 17, 2011:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...bbc24abc29469f

At a glimpse, there's no mentioning about the path companion there. Not to mention that the live letter are 3 years old.

They're dead. A piece of dalamud smashed into them while recovering from wounds.
While on fire and bleeding, they stumbled out of the ALC's guild only to get trampled by chocobos fleeing the city.
Then, they were eaten by goobbues.

Originally Posted by Shioban

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lol If you had provided the original citation, I wouldn't wondering about this myself... ^^;

BTW, I already found the original text saying this rather than the long youtube you provided:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ry-(09-27-2012)

He did say though about the revival of path companion, although no specific yet. But hey, at least parley are indeed making returns in form of mini-games found inside inns.

These "companions" were replaced by the Grand Company Chocobo companion, Grand Company solo content, and Retainers.

I'd rather have retainers, chocobos, and a tiny party to lead on my own rather than a single companion. It won't be missed.

If not Path Companions, I would love to have Milfilia follow me around...

I really miss mine please bring them back.

It may seem silly, but I refuse to use my chocobo companion. I never really liked chocobos.