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asset when used properly. I solo ALOT with my NPC, and so I get accused of lvling my npc on top of parties, nevermind the fact I had been there for over an hour prior to that and this party just showed up at my camp while I was out pulling a mob back. When my NPC was down in the lvl 30 range, I'd be soloing Robber Crabs in Kuftal Tunnel, or the big tri bats down in the basement of Garliage Citadel, she wouldn't be doing anything to them, but I'd still be making darn good exp solo, and leveling her up at the same time on IT+++++++++ mobs to her, win win situation for me. Now that my NPC is lvl 45+ she hits almost as hard as my wyvern, and uses alot of the Gaxe Break WS, she has become a huge asset to me now. If I set her to Soothing Healer I get Haste and backup cures, and she'll STILL use the Break WS.

I consider them worthless due to their application not being much more going beyond that of solo play (which is really just EXP for them, not you) and skill up PTs. In skill up, they're more of an MP sink than an asset seeing as a wyvern, automation or avatar could really offer more to that situation.

If they were able to take on real jobs, then I'd likely feel otherwise as they could perform those functions better, as of now they can only perform three generic functions and even Automations can do better than that, but then maybe that's why they're so weak to start with, as to not take away from the current pet jobs. They also lack the commands you could use with pet, they currently act only on your own actions. which makes them seem very robotic. Can't call em in ToA zones, even though their plotline is directly tied to that region, that's really dumb.

The fact they do reduce EXP for a soloist or PT doesn't help matters. The means of upgrading weapons and armor are farcical at best. Fellowship NPCs could just be so much more than they are. As I said its a consolation prize for people who picked jobs that can't solo and, really, they don't improve your ability to solo by that much.