NPC romance

[Enkidoh]

I would like to have this option but with NPC's similar to the Adventuring Fellows we had in FF11. Each personality type would have their own story line. we would be able to level them up by taking them out to fight with us. and if a player wanted to romance them they would have that option appear depending on how the player interacts with the companion. i think this is an an area that has so much potential. there are a lot of players that don't want to marry another player in game for many reason. but this gives the rest of us that option.

Ironically enough, the original version of FFXIV (1.0) had something vaguely similar to both FFXI's Adventuring Fellows and what the OP would like with the Path Companions, who were a npc fighter that Minfilia assigned to the player when they joined the Path of the Twelve (the predecessor organization to the Scions of the Seventh Dawn). I'm not sure about other race and gender combinations but the miqo'te female Path Companion most definitely was in love with the player's character based on her constant flirting and innuendos (the Path Companion had dialogue in certain story cutscenes) - alas the player couldn't reciprocate those feelings, mostly the player's character just smiled back at them and said nothing.




Sadly the Path Companions were abandoned when Yoshi took over development of the game and were completely replaced in ARR with the chocobo companion, and as the new Grand Company squadrons are going to be able to be called upon in battle by the player in Stormblood, I think SE have all but scrapped any possibility of the Path Companions returning.

[Cian]

yeah i remember those. coming from 11 that was a disappointment for me

[Terkhev]

As much as I'd like some romance options in game, I don't think it'd work with major story characters. Far too many little details and limitations. Just think about it: they'd need to add some alternative scenes for every single character and would be much more limited if they ever wanted to develop some romantic relationship between NPCs.
Tho I'd totally go for Yotsuyu.

On the other hand, the idea of separate pool of romancable characters, like retainers or GC squadron members, sounds much more realistic. I already have my "waifu" retainer - I just wish she could at least sit or move inside house instead of standing in rain all day and night.

Sadly the Path Companions were abandoned when Yoshi took over development of the game and were completely replaced in ARR with the chocobo companion

I might be jumping to conclusions here, but does that mean WoL x Chocobo ship is canon?