Who knows, we could always pick up a companion down the road and it be somewhat similar to SW:TOR? I actually enjoyed their companion setup. Probably the easiest one I have seen. Have them engage only when we were engaged or when I engaged or to remain passive in her slave girl outfit for looks lmao.
Do we need pets in every game these days? They're annoying enough in the MMO's, just picture a big fight with tons of people and 800 pets running around. And what's the point of having pets with over the shoulder view? ;)
But if they die from bullets and it's perma death, sure, then add them. :p
I would love pets ... kinda like (fallout) the vault dweller and his dog... but what i would really like is turrets like an (TF2) Engineer like class that can drop a turret or two
Maybe there will be Drones, Turrets, Automatons with mounted turrets that you either can place or that follow you around slowly.
Hovering Drone that adds either better ranged accuracy (spotting/targetting), damage and good support in general (maybe even being able to be refitted with healing and/or crowdcontrol, smokescreens etc), and can help with some energy-blasts every now and then, or maybe a wheeled robot with a turret that adds more heavier firepower but less added boni and less support.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....05/ukdrone.jpg
http://preview.turbosquid.com/Previe...d635bLarge.jpg
http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/images/663148/remora6.jpg
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Non-hovering version with caterpillartracks :D (just adds morale and advice and is quite the blabbermouth!)
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Turret-based Walker (more mobile than caterpillartracked but very fragile)
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/n...e-turret-4.jpg
Was there any pets in the Beta?
Dont think we are allowed to say with the whole NDA and what not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc
I think having a few missions where you need to set up turrets or defenses in a PvE only setting would be great. Just don't allow a person to set turrets and like the up permanently or as a given skill, things like that in an FPS unbalance things and cause a lot of problems down the road.
As for other pets, it would be cool to "summon" like a pack mule or a yak for storage, like a roaming bank. Having something that has to follow you though would be cumbersome.
At best maybe adding little hovering drone pets to asthetics only would be neat, the pathing on other pets and the distraction might be too much in Defiance where bugs are crawling all over the place.
What about having bag space on an ATV or Buggy like in Fallen EarthQuote:
Originally Posted by Mantiss
Well when you say get a pet - do you mean like a combat pet to help you in combat? (Similar to a ranger class in some mmo's)
or do you want a pet for vanity reasons?
If its the former then I don't think It'll be good since this is a space-shooter mmo game and not fantasy. However if its the latter then I suppose having vanity pets is fine and is actually quite common in many mmo's.
A pack of some sort would be really cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viciouz
I figured with the post-apocalypse theme it would be funnier/cooler to have something like:
A. Wally's pack-mule and yak service. Where it brings a pack-mule or Yak to pick up gear you want to store and some basic items to help you adventure.
B. Bob's Big Icecream truck delivery service. Have an ice cream truck pull up and open its doors to work as bank space and/or basic selling/buynig.
Things like that would be fun and allow a cooldown. Otherwise having just bags means forever bank space and might not work as well with the theme of this particular MMO.