"If you ignore them long enough.."

[Azper]

I would also like to know where the following concepts are:

-The ability to enter dungeons with NPCs
-The possibility of using retainers as companions inside and/or outside of dungeons

Having NPC partners was mentioned by the devs as a possibility some time ago, but it has gotten little to no coverage since.

Doesn't that kinda, I don't know, defeat the purpose of playing an MMO to begin with if you just want to play with NPCs?