More player companions!

[NoahArks]

I think I'm the only one with the false hope of getting new companions ingame. You can already ride different mounts while you have the chocobo summoned, so why not? It would be fun to have a humanoid companion or a moogle.

[Eul]

I want my Retainer as companion!

[MihaelB]

I want my Retainer as companion!

Oh my god, imagine retainers (s) as your party! Retainer ventures 4.0?

[Xanikk999]

I want my Retainer as companion!

Agreed! Chocobos were a cool idea when they were added as a companion but let's have something else for a change.

[Kosmos992k]

I want my Retainer as companion!

1000 times yes. I would *love* to take one (or more) of my retainers out into the field with me, as I do my Chocobo, but I would also like to take them to dungeons (premade or undersized party only).

Please SE, let's expand the retainers a bit more, they always complain that ventures are not real adventuring, so let us open their eyes a bit and take them on real adventures.

[PawsTheKitti123]

I want my Retainer as companion!

Me too

Yeyeyeyeyey

[Enkidoh]

1.0 had the Path Companions which is actually closer to what you're after - their only problem was they were horribly underused (you could only use them in certain story battles, as they were designed specifically to allow non-combat classes to proceed through the storyline. In other words, the Path Companion did all the fighting for you.).

Of course, they also had actual personality and dialogue in cutscenes, dialogue which could... get rather steamy:

[Marxam]

1.0 had the Path Companions which is actually closer to what you're after - their only problem was they were horribly underused (you could only use them in certain story battles, as they were designed specifically to allow non-combat classes to proceed through the storyline. In other words, the Path Companion did all the fighting for you.).

Of course, they also had actual personality and dialogue in cutscenes, dialogue which could... get rather steamy:

That Miqote lies. Taking our clothes off solves everything!



Edit: I heard talk a couple of LL's ago that such a system would be implemented later down the line. Where you can level up nps through your GC to help in quests. Atm I would love to have the Fat chocobo as my companion but they need to fix the AI. I'd say implement the "gambit" system in FFXII but maybe not so broken that you can level yourself up over night like many of us have done.

[Kallera]

1.0 had the Path Companions which is actually closer to what you're after - their only problem was they were horribly underused (you could only use them in certain story battles, as they were designed specifically to allow non-combat classes to proceed through the storyline. In other words, the Path Companion did all the fighting for you.).

Of course, they also had actual personality and dialogue in cutscenes, dialogue which could... get rather steamy

I want this back so bad. My roe conjurer was perfect.

[_slowpoke_]

I would love more companions, as well as more control over them, either in the form of micromanagement, or configurable AI options. One of the best things about Guild Wars 1 was the hero system, and it would be cool to see something like it - with an original spin - in FFXIV.