Hello everyone, I wanted to throw this out there about Grim Dawn having Followers / Companions, similar to how Diablo 2’s worked where you could equip some items on them. I figured it’s probably an engine limitation but would LOVE to see this in either GD or GD2. What do you all think?
For me, no thanks. Certainly won’t happen in GD1 given the age of the game though I think there might be a mod out there that does add them. Reign of Terror mod does have mercenaries iirc.
I think companions are just a bad idea for ARPGs, specifically because of how they were implemented in D2. They undermine core aspects of character design.
If you had a ranged Amazon and a Sorceress, one of the main distinctions would be how they handle their defense. An Amazon could spec into Valkyrie if she’s willing to sacrifice the skill points, she could maybe use Decoy as a distraction, handle ranged duels through Slow Missiles, or she could go at it alone and play to her mobility. A Sorceress was specifically designed to go at it alone and handle her defense by just blasting things dead or outplaying her opposition through CC (freeze) or mobility (Teleport). And then all of that neat design went out of the window cause you’d just get a Holy Freeze merc to tank for you regardless of who you are. A Sorceress that was designed to be vulnerable and exposed suddenly just had an extra thousand hitpoints of meat to shield herself with. Utility summons were devalued and felt less unique, solo classes were no longer solo classes. It was a bad design top to bottom.
I thought Mercs in D2 were a pretty neat feature. It was nice to have an AI companion to rely on when things got rough. I was still a complete novice at the game and had no idea what I was doing. I also didn’t play the game enough to delve deep into core mechanics and become a skilled player that could make those kinds of build decisions or properly use CC or movement skills. I think companions are a really cool acessibility feature that help casual players that just want to play a bit once in a while or a helpful tool for people learning about these types of games for the first time. Not everyone is going to want to delve deep enough in the game to learn about the more advanced tactics and giving them an option that makes their game more enjoyable is a positive thing in my opinion.
or in my case twitch factor is poor & need the meat shield to c whats going on before i die. I wind up using healers myself. There is a couple companion mods. Combo mod has helpers. Miracle archer is another. But u cant put equipment on them.
An idea I had is if a modder could. not sure its even possible. Is to make a mod that requires multiplayer & then u could hire companions & equip them. Probably a pipe dream.
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