Companions: Are they Dead?

[Loki]

O ya i remember my companion at 1.0 omg so long time ago ; ;

And the npc companon in ff11 was awsome i loved to lv up her and give her some nice stuff!

SE plz do it here too!!!!

[Settiesama]

I always just took it as they were part of the Scion lot that Livia killed off, as we only seen a portion of the bodies around.

[Enkidoh]

Sadly the Path Companions I think are considered by SE as just a legacy of 1.0 now that Yoshi has moved away from. Save for some brief mention of them in the Minion Guide, they've been abandoned gameplay wise completely unfortunately, replaced by the Chocobo Companion and the new Grand Company Squadron. Story wise, the last we knew of their whereabouts was at the end of the last added Path of the Twelve quest in 1.0, 'Future's Perfect' (the one where Gaius was first introduced), where during the ill-fated mission to Mor Dhona the Path Companion ended up being shot by Gaius and was stated by Minfilia at the end of the quest as being sent to the ALC's Guild in Ul'dah for medical treatment... and that is the last we ever heard or saw of them.

It was originally intended to continue the Path of the Twelve storyline (evidence in 1.0's game files suggested that the player was intended to reunite with their Path Companion and be dispatched to Mount O'ghomoro to investigate the kobolds, and ending up encountering the Company of Heroes fighting Titan)... but a combination of the changeover in development team members (namely, Yoshi taking up position as producer and director) and the terrible 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami saw to it that the Path of the Twelve storyline was pretty much abandoned at that point, the story instead changing to an emphasis on the approaching Seventh Umbral Era as part of the events leading up to the shutdown of 1.0 and the changeover to ARR.

Because of this, the Path Companions were also abandoned sadly, and, I think at this point now, it's safe to say they're not coming back (the story kind of handwaves it away anyway that most of the Path's members were killed in the Battle of Carteneau so it's highly likely that is where the Path Companion met their fate too - it's what I believe happened to my one in any event).

[Kaldaka]

'Future's Perfect' (the one where Gaius was first introduced)

Are you sure? I vaguely remember having a conversation with him in coerthas, he was plotting against Van Darnus... or did this happen afterwards?

Hmm I understand fully now, that it from a gameplay/implimentation point of view that they are void. But being able to say for certain they are dead, give them a little grave marker out in Coerthas (Another one) or Mor D'hona would be nice. Perhaps over at the Crystal Shrines remains that for some odd reason (that I never understood, due to never reading damn sidequests) got teleported from Mord' to coert'... or how the base of it disappeared and they dumped the Thaliak symbol up by the plasmoid tree in Mord' instead :S

Hmmm would be nice to find which npcs they used the models on. They're pretty generic anyway, but maybe my grouch is amongst them

[Urthdigger]

Are you sure? I vaguely remember having a conversation with him in coerthas, he was plotting against Van Darnus... or did this happen afterwards?

That was part of the 7th Umbral Era storyline leading up to the Calamity which were added after Yoshi P joined the team. Actually one of the last ones (I believe you're referring to Living on a Prayer, one of the LAST quests). The quest Enkidoh is referring to is actually one of the old quests for the original storyline which was in from the start of 1.0.

[Vanitas]

Long answer, yes. Short answer, No.

[hynaku]

They should really bring them back again miss not having one and chocobo's just stare at you. Be nice if they gave you a option where could marry them and not always be stuck marrying another player. Also miss my companion from ffxi he was the tank and I was the healer a perfect combo.

[Cabalabob]

Unfortunately your path companion forgot about you a long time ago. When the calamity hit, everyone forgot everything about the warrior of light except that they existed. Anything could have happened to your companion in those 5 years after that, died, retired, they could have left eorzea entirely. But even if they saw you, they wouldn’t know who you are, they’re just another face in the crowd now.

If you really can’t accept that they’re gone, make them your retainer, they retired from adventuring and that’s how they chose to spend the rest of their days.

[Canadane]

I think almost everyone wants them back.
Sadly I doubt it'll ever happen.

But boy I miss my sultry catgirl companion. I'm still waiting for the dose of gratitude she promised me.

[Kaldaka]

The quest Enkidoh is referring to is actually one of the old quests for the original storyline which was in from the start of 1.0.

I was there too, I just couldn't remember which order it went in - Thank you
Living on a prayer! Urrgh the memories! ; ; *sob* Still wear my horn with pride.

boy I miss my sultry catgirl companion. I'm still waiting for the dose of gratitude she promised me.

Mine was a blonde Elezen with a very bad attitude. He always treated my WoL like she was in the way, during the start of the story. But by the end, they were equals and walked together.
He really was an a-hole :/ I miss him though.
Might see if I can find him anywhere in the npc crowd. Not the same as having a conversation with them though.
Always imagined in their downtime (probably when I was offline), that they'd go find a few pints together and have intense arguments to the point they became friends.