[REQUEST] New Fight Able companions

[Mature]

Like the title says. At the moment we have a chocobo that can join us into battle. Just for doing fates or kill random mobs around the world or even against Hunts. I would love to see other companions doing the same thing like maybe Griffin? Or Odin's Horse or maybe behemot?

Just an idea and a bit variety

[Lambdafish]

We are getting GC companions in 3.4, not many details have come out, but tune into the next live letter and we will very likely get more info.

[HakuroDK]

Still waiting on that Magitek Armor companion that Yoshi-P has been teasing subtly for almost three years now. XD

[Nalien]

I'd like;

1) XIIs Gambit System adapted for Companions, because my Chocobo is very very dumb...

2) XIs Trusts system, that lets you summon various NPCs as compansions...

The Trusts style companions could give some love to things like the old Class/Job quest NPCs who've kinda been forgotten. They'd be fairly static in their appearance/skill set, while the current Chocobo Companion would be more customizable. I think that strikes a fairly nice balance...

[HakuroDK]

The Trusts style companions could give some love to things like the old Class/Job quest NPCs who've kinda been forgotten.

Who could possibly forget HAMON HOLYFIST!!!!

[Lambdafish]

2) XIs Trusts system, that lets you summon various NPCs as compansions...

Only if we can have a skeleton named Haurchefant

[Nalien]

Who could possibly forget HAMON HOLYFIST!!!!

Exactly why I want to lug him around as a Companion, could even adapt Biggs/Wedge/Cid into a Companion version of the Magitek Armor.

As for the OPs suggestion, I'd prefer if they save the more beast-themed companions/mounts for a fully fleshed out Beast Master Job, though one wonders how possible that would be in XIV...

[Alaltus]

Companions shouldn't be unique characters. I don't want to see two cids running around for example. Breaks immersion, cheapens the game and completely unnecessary. Just give us nobody recruits to train like adventuring fellows, can even use the guilds to facilitate this.

[Enkidoh]

I've said it before and I'll continue to say it every time this thread idea pops up... and that is, I want FFXIV 1.0's Path Companions to come back! I miss my flirtatious, sophisticated, sultry bisexual Moonkeeper kittygirl GLA:






Chocobo companions are all well and good in ARR, but I loved how the Path Companions in 1.0 actually had personality and more so, actually showed up in story cutscenes and basically served as the player's 'voice' in cutscenes (as shown). Hence, the Path Companions are one of the few things from 1.0 that was scrapped that I miss and want back. Please Yoshi! Bring them back!

[Nici]

Chocobo companions are all well and good in ARR, but I loved how the Path Companions in 1.0 actually had personality and more so, actually showed up in story cutscenes and basically served as the player's 'voice' in cutscenes (as shown). Hence, the Path Companions are one of the few things from 1.0 that was scrapped that I miss and want back. Please Yoshi! Bring them back!

^This....I was really looking forward to this in ARR...and then my sad face materialized when I heard they would replace it with a chocobo companion, yes chocobos are well and good but...i want something more from my companion.

Enkidoh pretty much said it...I loved the way they had their own "personality and story", I don't doubt alot of people would love a feature like this added...the dev team could easily adapt the retainer character creator to a path companion character creator and they could even expand on it , I do hope Yoshi and the FFXIV dev team gives it a second consideration of adding Path Companions back into the game in a future update or expansion.