I was curious if at one point we could get companions besides chocobos. I forget the name of the FFXI system, believe it was fellows, where you could make an npc character to fight with you.

You can chose their appearance, and armor by fighting certain monsters. I found this very enjoyable along with the quests you had in FFXI. I know there were in 1.0 but you couldn't decide what they look like and we're only in Main scenario quests.