NPC Following Quests - Overly complex don't we think?

[LaylaTsarra]

Sure. But so is the Devs wasteing time on the eye candy. The whole NPC follow thing is a Gimmmick. So cool Let's have the gimmick without the eyecandy.

It's fun. It's less boring that talking to an npc they run off and you go meet them somewhere else. It's a lot more immersive you feel like they are part of your game.

[Hazama999]

I don't think they're really complex.

The sort of... gamey aspects of it are kinda funny, though, like the fact that you have to go to these really obviously demarcated circles to stand on and have the character comment on something.Another one that cracks me up is the fact that when a character follows you, you get this notification with a feel that goes "Y'SHTOLA IS NOW FOLLOWING YOU. IF YOU DO [X] OR [Y] ACTION SHE WILL DISAPPEAR. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITHIN 10 SECONDS WILL RESULT IN SPONTANEOUS SERVER EXFILTRATION."

Y'know, things that make you go "wow this sure is a video game" lol.

[Rannie]

I enjoyed them especially on a first play through where you couldn't use a Crystal to hop from place to place. I also like the visual markers on the screen and on the map. Some of those areas give out nice little lore tidbits on certain areas, things and ideas.

[BingleNingle]

I like them a lot. It's nice to engage the stuff I'm doing. It's why I like this game tbh. Feels nice.

[Cach]

Complex is not quite the word. More like... needlessly laborious padding.

At first I thought your party was going to walk around in a single file during certain moments, like a old school RPG, but the final implementation was more awkward than anticipated.

Main questing is already devoid of meaningful gameplay, save the dungeon runs and solo instances, so I would prefer them to just drop the pretense and cinematic me to wherever you need me to go.