Rolling need for your companion

Given the role that companions play in solo play, it makes perfect sense to roll need for their upgrades. Sorry this bugs you, but that's the way it is. Only way to fix it is to marginalize companions.

This is not "bad behavior". This isn't rolling for an alt, or for an offspec, or trying to ninja gear for reverse engineering or to be a jerk. This is rolling for a definative improvement of your overall character. You can't compare this to the "other game" because I can't even think of one mainstream mmo that has companion characters like they do in this game. It's a completely new paradigm. And you wanna talk about "ettiquette"? For goodnesses sake think outside the darn box.

Sry I nearly choked when I read this. Companions are marginalized... If you and your companion used the exact same gear would you give the highest level gear to yourself or your companion? Do you spend your money to buy the best upgrades for yourself first or your comapanion? Do you use your comendations to buy gear for yourself first or your companion first? Would you sacrifce your own character's progression so that your companion can be decked out in higher level gear then you are?

I think in all cases the answer is that you prioritise yourself over your companion and rightly so. Companions are A.I. and have no place in a flashpoints or operations. Priority goes to player characters not some A.I. pet. If you believe otherwise you should be the one announcing it at the start of every group and see how many people let you stay.

If you like solo play then by all means play solo, but don't come into my flashpoints to steal items to make your solo experience better without advising me first.

Sry I nearly choked when I read this. Companions are marginalized... If you and your companion used the exact same gear would you give the highest level gear to yourself or your companion? Do you spend your money to buy the best upgrades for yourself first or your comapanion? Do you use your comendations to buy gear for yourself first or your companion first? Would you sacrifce your own character's progression so that your companion can be decked out in higher level gear then you are?

I think in all cases the answer is that you prioritise yourself over your companion and rightly so. Companions are A.I. and have no place in a flashpoints or operations. Priority goes to player characters not some A.I. pet. If you believe otherwise you should be the one announcing it at the start of every group and see how many people let you stay.

If you like solo play then by all means play solo, but don't come into my flashpoints to steal items to make your solo experience better without advising me first.

Sry I nearly choked when I read this. Companions are marginalized... If you and your companion used the exact same gear would you give the highest level gear to yourself or your companion? Do you spend your money to buy the best upgrades for yourself first or your comapanion? Do you use your comendations to buy gear for yourself first or your companion first? Would you sacrifce your own character's progression so that your companion can be decked out in higher level gear then you are?

I think in all cases the answer is that you prioritise yourself over your companion and rightly so. Companions are A.I. and have no place in a flashpoints or operations. Priority goes to player characters not some A.I. pet. If you believe otherwise you should be the one announcing it at the start of every group and see how many people let you stay.

If you like solo play then by all means play solo, but don't come into my flashpoints to steal items to make your solo experience better without advising me first.

I make no delineation between my char an my pets. Just like with any pet class in other MMO's I take care to make sure they are as strong as can be, because they are part of my class. With this game, BW has gone the extra step and made every class a pet class and allowed them to be geared just like your primary character. But in essence they are as much a part of your character as your blaster or light saber.

Good luck trying to find a group after you're announced to be a ninja on General 24/7 after you try to pull something like that.

Then go run the flashpoints with just you and your companion alright?

This is not "bad behavior". This isn't rolling for an alt, or for an offspec, or trying to ninja gear for reverse engineering or to be a jerk. This is rolling for a definative improvement of your overall character. You can't compare this to the "other game" because I can't even think of one mainstream mmo that has companion characters like they do in this game. It's a completely new paradigm. And you wanna talk about "ettiquette"? For goodnesses sake think outside the darn box.