not sure if this is the right area but are there any plans to add companions from FFXI or FFXIV that can be summoned via Signal Pearl for example?. I know we have Chocobo companions but I wouldn't mind having a NPC instead of an animal. I remember having a companion from FFXIV 1.0 but it was a let down compared to what FFXI offered. One of the things I liked about it though is the characters dialogue and the story involved in it.

I hope retainers from 1.0 don't just completely replace the the NPC Companions and are instead shifted to Animal Companions. Preferred to have my Retainer fighting and not being my personal Alfred from Batman.

TBH...I'm not fond of retainers...I just find selling stuff through them to be a chore imo and I'd rather have the ffxi auction house instead of that...but perhaps i'm just not welcoming change and im just to used to FFXI...