Hirelings?

[goro3d]

For those who wanna play solo and such do you think you will make a npc that lets you hire up to say 5 npcs?
This would be great or at least A minimum of 1 hireling this way you can be greedy and get all the items and all the npc's would want is a little bit of the gold you pick up for their helping you.
I know I should have thrown this into my other thread but its a different idea that's why I made a new one!
I think this is a great idea and hope for it to be considered!

[KondaImmortal]

No, no hirelings. There is no need for them.

[matthewfarmery]

it would make the game too easy, besides, some classes like the occulitist have pets, hellhound and a raven, so a NPC would totally be overkill, and you will have a nice selection of classes anyway, so again a NPC would ruin the balance

[eisprinzessin]

As a matter of fact medierra is in favour of hirelings - so, they might be added in an expansion: #1 #2 #3

[matthewfarmery]

I think I must have missed that, as long as it doesn't damage the game blance, then fine

[goro3d]

ok guys lets not get excited but I just threw it out there as an idea.
In guildwars you an have a pet and 4 npc's so not sure what the problem would be if the game rebalances it!

[medea fleecestealer]

Originally Posted by eisprinzessin

As a matter of fact medierra is in favour of hirelings - so, they might be added in an expansion: #1 #2 #3

Oh no, please don't make them a mandatory part of the game! I can never get on with "group" RPG games like Balder's Gate, etc. I much prefer to have only the one toon to keep track of, I even struggle if I have more than two pets. Make it an option for those who would like to add members to make up a party by all means, but please don't make it compulsory to have them.

[goro3d]

Again I'm sorry but having hirelings should be optional I wish I made this clear but wasn't thinking how much this idea would throw people into a little panic lol.
Don't get excited it should be optional lol!

[eisprinzessin]

Don't be sorry - it's good to post and discuss such stuff to get people's feedback and hear their suggestions and/or opinion. Given the current game system this would fit in best as "summoned pets" of a mastery. Alternatively a hireling could be equivalent to a hero monster or even a normal player character and the difficulty would be adjusted to a multiplayer game for 2 players. The former would give you the option to enable this through your build, the latter would require you to activate this during character creation or when you continue to play a character.

[Keyrock]

As long as the game scales accordingly I have no problem with having the option to have hirelings.