will we eer get a "Trust system" like what 11 has?

[DarkStaoneDragon]

I would like to see a trust system like what 11 has, I'd like to be able to bring my retainers into the battle field, or maybe even NPC's from the story, has anyone else noticed when hiring a retainer you can chose a voice? I think it wouldn't take much to make it so your retainers or NPC's could join you in battles or dungeons.

[bass9020]

In 1.0 we had companions that were part of the path of the twelve with us. They even were in main story quests with us it was pretty cool! I would love to get them back in some form again.

+1 from me!

[KitingGenbu]

Well I definitely wouldn't say no to a different companion than my chocobo. Would prefer to fight with my retainers though. I wouldn't say no to a story arc that involved guiding another adventure that travels with you for the future either. I do love the story content in this game.

[Cakekizyy]

Hopefully we could do duties with them.

[Musashidon]

eh why not just have a new choice like mounts and minions except have it companions if we do it that way, so we can more than just retainers maybe let us pick a few select mounts like the Ahriman or beast tribes.

[Skivvy]

I don't see this working in the game as most everything is a well-scripted dance. Trust AI is fine for XI as battles are completely different, but I don't see them being able to program them for XIV to dodge and jump around the non-stop ground AoEs.

I mean, if they could somehow get it to work, i would LOVE to have the option, but i just dont think they could make it happen :X

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I don't see this working in the game as most everything is a well-scripted dance. Trust AI is fine for XI as battles are completely different, but I don't see them being able to program them for XIV to dodge and jump around the non-stop ground AoEs.

I mean, if they could somehow get it to work, i would LOVE to have the option, but i just dont think they could make it happen :X

I can see that being a problem. It seems like all NPCs, whether allied or enemies, all use the same AI system and will not bother to move out of the stupid. Only way they could work around this is if they made your NPCs be extremely tanky with high defense or tons of HP to compensate, though we don't want to have them basically carry players either...

[DarkStaoneDragon]

In 1.0 we had companions that were part of the path of the twelve with us. They even were in main story quests with us it was pretty cool! I would love to get them back in some form again.

+1 from me!

didn't know there was something like that in 1.0, but I just thought it'd be great to see, here's to hoping they bring it back

I don't see this working in the game as most everything is a well-scripted dance. Trust AI is fine for XI as battles are completely different, but I don't see them being able to program them for XIV to dodge and jump around the non-stop ground AoEs.

I mean, if they could somehow get it to work, i would LOVE to have the option, but i just dont think they could make it happen :X

well I have seen plenty of DPS's that refuse to move out of AoE due to keeping their DPS up so whats the difference?

Hopefully we could do duties with them.

I'd like to see that as well

whats the point of a COMPANIONS tab if we only have 1? Maybe its different in the jp version though...

good point never thought of that myself.

[Skivvy]

well I have seen plenty of DPS's that refuse to move out of AoE due to keeping their DPS up so whats the difference?

While I'm sure this is a bit tongue-in-cheek, things wouldn't go so well when your healer trust just stands there eating everything.

[Cakekizyy]

While I'm sure this is a bit tongue-in-cheek, things wouldn't go so well when your healer trust just stands there eating everything.

What about having AOEs ignore non-players?