Quote Originally Posted by Thangil View Post
Then why have them at all? If they cannot help with the quests, they're irrelevant, imo.
Because in order to increase our Grand Company rank, SE wanted to make it feel like we were actually a commander/captain of something. So they took a long time and developed an NPC system where we "recruit" and "command" a squadron and tackle dungeons with them, commanding to stand/follow/attack.

That's all it was ever intended to be. The reason Duty Support does not work the same way is because it has a different purpose and we don't "command" the NPCs, so they act independently.

Btw, I'm NOT talking about squadrons, I'm talking about NPC parties.
You mentioned squadrons, that's all.