ShieldProtection Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) make it happen! BEST way to make money for Bioware! Its a win win. for all of us. 8500+ CC price? Don't care, my wallet is yours. Just let me have Watcher Two as comp following me around and healing me all the time. Edited August 5, 2018 by ShieldProtection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishpeople Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 make it happen! BEST way to make money for Bioware! Its a win win. for all of us. 8500+ CC price? Don't care, my wallet is yours. Just let me have Watcher Two as comp following me around and healing me all the time. Yeah, I was somewhat disappointed for my LS Agent once I realized what they did to him on Nathema. They could probably make a fair bit of money selling various swtor characters as companions. There have been quite a few characters I would have liked as companions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhancelot Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I want that Ugnaught from Hutta, Peblik? Oink Oink Oink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goreshaga Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I'd love to have Cytharat or Jonas Balkar following me around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiesu Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Yes please. I think I've done this exact same thread in suggestion area years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephil Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) Well, yeah, that would be nice. There are several characters I'd like to see as companions even if they have been written out of the story, Watcher 2 as the "nemesis" (you know, after helping her with her brainwashing issue and all) only being the most recent. They let me build the character, they'll get my money. A couple of the ones I'd like have unique models, but I can fake them, too. Edited August 5, 2018 by gamephil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienEyeTX Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Having a story companion would be cool, but I would most like to design my own using the same character creation as when making a new PC. I don't see why this would be so hard to implement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephil Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Having a story companion would be cool, but I would most like to design my own using the same character creation as when making a new PC. I don't see why this would be so hard to implement. I don't know about "easy", but a lot of the groundwork is there, it's true, so maybe. The Nemesis builder in Champions Online is a good example of a similar idea, though there it's for building an enemy, not a companion, but it pretty much uses the same character creation as the player uses. It's a good plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goreshaga Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Having a story companion would be cool, but I would most like to design my own using the same character creation as when making a new PC. I don't see why this would be so hard to implement. This could be very nice too. They don't even need to talk, seeing for exemple my lady SW running around with my JK or just standing behind her in cutscenes would be really great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karameck Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I don't know about "easy", but a lot of the groundwork is there, it's true, so maybe. The Nemesis builder in Champions Online is a good example of a similar idea, though there it's for building an enemy, not a companion, but it pretty much uses the same character creation as the player uses. It's a good plan.FFXIV Has a similar system for "Retainers" which is their version of companions. They don't assist you in combat, but they can be sent on missions and used as decor in housing similar to ours here on SWTOR. They have the exact same character creation between retainers and players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishpeople Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 This could be very nice too. They don't even need to talk, seeing for exemple my lady SW running around with my JK or just standing behind her in cutscenes would be really great. Yeah it would be nice to have a companion from one of the other player species, the green people with the tattoos or a Female Togruta who isn't Ashara. It could also work with characters in game. I would love to have a Watcher II keeping my agent company as she starts her journey on Nal Hutta or Thana Vesh or Vaylin joining you slaughtering the population of the worlds you visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShieldProtection Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Yeah it would be nice to have a companion from one of the other player species, the green people with the tattoos or a Female Togruta who isn't Ashara. It could also work with characters in game. I would love to have a Watcher II keeping my agent company as she starts her journey on Nal Hutta or Thana Vesh or Vaylin joining you slaughtering the population of the worlds you visit. Ashara is a moron, she complains and whine all the time, I do not like nor appreciate when my companion **** talking with me in middle of the fight, "is this really necessary, sith?" WELL YES YOUR PEACEKEEPER JEDI ATTACKED ME, am I supposed to watch him/her and letting myself to die only because that person is jedi? Jedi code is the worst crap I ever read, same as the sith code, one directly focuses in to open murder and combat, the other focuses on brainwashing and blocking anything in terms of emotions. You can't even really marry with Kira because some old farts in Jedi Senate declares me as "rogue jedi" if I even hug her. I'm so glad I created agent and playing agents, because sith and jedi logic is a bad joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephil Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) I'd still like Vaylin, of course (though, if you're really talking about using the PC character builder as someone suggested, her unique model would rule her out, but if not, she's already made). Watcher 2 would be good, especially after the possible fate on Nathema. And I will always maintain the wish to be able to use Zhorrid in the fight against Jadus. Any member of Eclipse Squad. A couple of the former Havoc Squad, you don't even have to change Wraith much if they're silent since she barely talks, anyway. Jaxo. I think they could make a killing. I think wanting some favorite NPC's would sell well, at least well enough to set that up, and a companion builder in the more literal sense would just be awesome. Edited August 5, 2018 by gamephil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishpeople Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I'd still like Vaylin, of course (though, if you're really talking about using the PC character builder as someone suggested, her unique model would rule her out, but if not, she's already made). Watcher 2 would be good, especially after the possible fate on Nathema. And I will always maintain the wish to be able to use Zhorrid in the fight against Jadus. Any member of Eclipse Squad. A couple of the former Havoc Squad, you don't even have to change Wraith much if they're silent since she barely talks, anyway. Jaxo. I think they could make a killing. I think wanting some favorite NPC's would sell well, at least well enough to set that up, and a companion builder in the more literal sense would just be awesome. Why not do both? Characters people like and a generic male and female companion? If people can acquire their favorite characters as companions they could make a fair profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephil Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) Why not do both? Characters people like and a generic male and female companion? If people can acquire their favorite characters as companions they could make a fair profit. That's my preference. I don't know that there are that many NPC's with the unique models that would be separate, but I'd like to be able to make my own and have the unique ones, too. I like the idea of my Consular being protected by my Knight, for instance. Edited August 5, 2018 by gamephil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishpeople Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 That's my preference. I don't know that there are that many NPC's with the unique models that would be separate, but I'd like to be able to make my own and have the unique ones, too. I like the idea of my Consular being protected by my Knight, for instance. It would be cool to have my Inquisitors pairing up! There would be so much lightning! The only ones with unique models are Arcann, Vaylin and Valkorion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephil Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 It would be cool to have my Inquisitors pairing up! There would be so much lightning! The only ones with unique models are Arcann, Vaylin and Valkorion? And Senya. But Senya and Arcann can already be had as companions, and personally, I wouldn't want Valk following me around. So other than the Empress, being able to build your own might cover everyone I'd like to get, as long as I don't care about them being voiced. I do care about that, but also recognize that it would probably be impossible even with custom made companions. We might be forgetting some people, but it still would be pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightSaberAddiCt Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I know most people hate her, but I always wanted Thana from Taris as a comp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiesu Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I know most people hate her, but I always wanted Thana from Taris as a comp. I was thinking building some NPC look-a-likes would be cool too. I guess the only downside would be their voice lines not really matching the face. But if you can get over that this would be a good way indeed to get some RP value out of self-made companions. Or maybe they're just mutes. That could be kinda weird though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueWanderer Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 How would having players parading NPCs from the stories around on a leash do anything but degrade the stories? Look, there's someone in the NS cantina with Watcher 2, I have a mission right now that has me going to the DK citadel to meet with Watcher 2, maybe I should just talk to her now? Not to mention the people that would want to have Darth Malgus or Satele Shan as comps... Heck, why not Valkorian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephil Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 (edited) How would having players parading NPCs from the stories around on a leash do anything but degrade the stories? Look, there's someone in the NS cantina with Watcher 2, I have a mission right now that has me going to the DK citadel to meet with Watcher 2, maybe I should just talk to her now? Not to mention the people that would want to have Darth Malgus or Satele Shan as comps... Heck, why not Valkorian? As always, depends on how they're being used. Some people would like to tell their own stories with the characters. Some people just want them "on a leash". I'm in the former group, myself, and further find some of the stories worthy of getting revisions. It isn't as good as getting more official story, assuming the official story is good, but I'd find it very useful, myself. And that might include Darth Malgus or Satele Shan, I mean, we worked with Darth Marr briefly, why not them? As for Valkorion, well, I'm not interested, but he was hanging around in our heads and we were doing what he wanted, so why not? Personally, I'll just ignore a lot of these characters and let people have their fun, whatever form that takes. Honestly, I think that any companion that is dead or otherwise not reasonable for all players to appear should be invisible to others, ideally, but I don't object to Arcann walking around with someone if I've killed him, I also wouldn't worry about this. Edited August 6, 2018 by gamephil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephil Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Oh, that reminds me: Marr and Acina are also unique models, that's two more that people have wanted to add to the "we can't build them" list. I'm not counting characters that are just in cut scenes, though, pretty sure there are lots of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishpeople Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Oh, that reminds me: Marr and Acina are also unique models, that's two more that people have wanted to add to the "we can't build them" list. I'm not counting characters that are just in cut scenes, though, pretty sure there are lots of those. Really? I thought Acina was a type 2 female and Marr was whatever the tall male one is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamephil Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Really? I thought Acina was a type 2 female and Marr was whatever the tall male one is? Maybe I misused "model"? But I don't think you can re-create Acina's face. But, yeah, you can probably get Marr just by putting any companion of the appropriate body type in the armor with a dye, so take him back off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xordevoreaux Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 (edited) I like the idea. Buy a token, target an NPC, consume the token, boom, the NPC is a permanent companion. The only problem for me with it is that certain NPCs that I want only exist inside story instances. Private Farn on Ord Mantel and Kamus Orden on Tatooine for the Czerka mission. They're not selectable. Edited August 6, 2018 by xordevoreaux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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