Could we have custom companions, please?

[Xrystus]

Honestly I thought that's what the hirelings were. That's not the case though. There was a way to do it with some multiplayer / multi-instance trickery before, but to do all of that in order to have just one custom companion is a bit much. I fully understand it wont have all of the dialogue from the core characters, I still want the option for a custom companion!

[女王 [Queen]]

Originally posted by Xrystus:

Honestly I thought that's what the hirelings were. That's not the case though. There was a way to do it with some multiplayer / multi-instance trickery before, but to do all of that in order to have just one custom companion is a bit much. I fully understand it wont have all of the dialogue from the core characters, I still want the option for a custom companion!

Hirelings ARE custom companions
You just cant change their appearance

[Xrystus]

Originally posted by .chr:

Originally posted by Xrystus:

Honestly I thought that's what the hirelings were. That's not the case though. There was a way to do it with some multiplayer / multi-instance trickery before, but to do all of that in order to have just one custom companion is a bit much. I fully understand it wont have all of the dialogue from the core characters, I still want the option for a custom companion!

Hirelings ARE custom companions
You just cant change their appearance

Then I guess since you can't customize their appearance, they aren't exactly custom companions, are they? Kind of part of the whole point?

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

Originally posted by Xrystus:

Originally posted by .chr:

Hirelings ARE custom companions
You just cant change their appearance

Then I guess since you can't customize their appearance, they aren't exactly custom companions, are they? Kind of part of the whole point?

i heard a rumor that larian will let you change what your character looks like.
and if they dont, i'm positive a modder will figure something out. theres already a way to open the character creation menu by force but it still doesnt let you change appearance, a mod should be able to fix that unless theres some reason hair color is tied to the plot somehow.

in either case. this could mean hirelings will be able to have their appearance customized too. heres hoping.

[女王 [Queen]]

Originally posted by Xrystus:

Originally posted by .chr:

Hirelings ARE custom companions
You just cant change their appearance

Then I guess since you can't customize their appearance, they aren't exactly custom companions, are they? Kind of part of the whole point?

They're not apart of the story, you can change their class and attire
Thats a custom companion lol

[tonechild]

You can have a custom lobby and make 4 characters on the same pc and play as them. I've seen some vids on youtube about it at least, speed runners use them.

[PickONer]

When I found out that you can hire mercenaries here, the first thought in my head was "oh, they can be completely created in the editor." Unfortunately, I was wrong. I agree with OP.

[Fredrik]

Originally posted by .chr:

Hirelings ARE custom companions
You just cant change their appearance

Hireling are not custom. Their race, sub race, gender, appearance, and BACKGROUND (=Proficiency) can not be customized. Hireling are basically origin characters without any interactive story.

[Xrystus]

Originally posted by .chr:

Originally posted by Xrystus:

Then I guess since you can't customize their appearance, they aren't exactly custom companions, are they? Kind of part of the whole point?

They're not apart of the story, you can change their class and attire
Thats a custom companion lol

Alright then, I want a dragonborn custom companion. Which hireling is that?

[JustSmile]

Originally posted by .chr:

Originally posted by Xrystus:

Then I guess since you can't customize their appearance, they aren't exactly custom companions, are they? Kind of part of the whole point?

They're not apart of the story, you can change their class and attire
Thats a custom companion lol

You can change the class and attire of all companions. Hirelings are literally the exact same as origin companions, the only difference being they don't have any story or interaction to go with them. They are not custom companions.

[Elite665]

yeah its bs they have the editor available all they need to do is allow it on hirelings

[女王 [Queen]]

Originally posted by JustSmile:

Originally posted by .chr:

They're not apart of the story, you can change their class and attire
Thats a custom companion lol

You can change the class and attire of all companions. Hirelings are literally the exact same as origin companions, the only difference being they don't have any story or interaction to go with them. They are not custom companions.

You: Describes customization
Also you: Its not customization

?????

[JustSmile]

Originally posted by .chr:

Originally posted by JustSmile:

You can change the class and attire of all companions. Hirelings are literally the exact same as origin companions, the only difference being they don't have any story or interaction to go with them. They are not custom companions.

You: Describes customization
Also you: Its not customization

?????

Are you really just slow or are you pretending to be a dum dum for some reason? It's pretty clear people want to customize appearance, race, gender, and origin of their so-called "custom" companions.

[女王 [Queen]]

Originally posted by JustSmile:

Originally posted by .chr:

You: Describes customization
Also you: Its not customization

?????

Are you really just slow or are you pretending to be a dum dum for some reason? It's pretty clear people want to customize appearance, race, gender, and origin of their so-called "custom" companions.

L .

[Xrystus]

Originally posted by JustSmile:

Originally posted by .chr:

You: Describes customization
Also you: Its not customization

?????

Are you really just slow or are you pretending to be a dum dum for some reason? It's pretty clear people want to customize appearance, race, gender, and origin of their so-called "custom" companions.

I think he is. By his definition, since you can change a couple of things, this means the core characters are "custom companions" too, which they clearly are not. He still hasn't told me which hireling the dragonborn one is.

[女王 [Queen]]

Be toxic all you want, doesn't change the fact that when you can:
CUSTOMISE Gear
CUSTOMISE Clothes
CUSTOMISE Class

It is a CUSTOM character by definition. Just cuz it doesn't suit YOUR definition, doesn't make it not customisation. Especially given you can choose what hireling you get, which again- Makes it a CUSTOM choice