Adventuring Fellow

[Anomie]

So today I figured, eh I'll break this thing out I haven't used in years, not sure why, but questions;

I remember they've done a few updates about the fellows, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

I know that my bond is capped @ 30 ( I NEVER used this thing at all lol) but for some reason I was still able to go WAY over the 30 bond kill cap... I killed 110 mobs before I got bored enough to just leave.

Is there a post/chart/something with updated info on it?

[20:34:18]Tsuim : I would say we've taken out around 112 enemies by now.
[20:34:18]Tsuim : Still more work to be done!

[Hitou]

There was an update a long time ago that upped the max mobs killed to 200. I haven't bothered to use my fellow in a while since they're still capped at 95 and are basically useless now. But I think it's still 200 mobs with max bond and like 3hrs, not including the extra time you can add via fellow points. I believe it starts at 2hrs now with min bond. When base exp was doubled a long time ago the exp fellows got was also doubled so they lvl twice as fast as they used to but I believe still gain bond at the same rate which means you have to waste a lot of time calling them with capped exp to make it go up once you hit the lvl limits, 50 etc.

[Priran]

I saw a line in one of the recent updates about increasing how long they stay out. I'd assume it's just untested because why bother when Trusts do practically everything better for less hassle.

[Foldypaws]

Trust's can't cast the haste spell yet, whereas a WHM fellow will!

[Priran]

Trust's can't cast the haste spell yet, whereas a WHM fellow will!

Once, eventually, after Hasting themselves first, and then run out of MP curebombing you because you're missing 100 HP and Fellows don't regain MP for being idle. Joachim can and will March you as soon as you melee an enemy, and reapply it every time it goes down.

[Hitou]

Don't forget spamming blink/stoneskin/aquaveil on themselves whenever it's off. It would be a lot better if soothing healer had auto-refresh like stalwart shield does, I know it only has that because pld does but w/e. I gave my fellow a club for the off chance he'll use star/moonlight and get some mp back. Can use staff too but they seem to use spirit taker far less often.

Don't get me wrong, I've always liked adventuring fellows and spent hours grinding it to cap long before my friends bothered to take theirs past 30. But they've always been plagued with a pointless 5 lvl gap below players (4 now, + item lvls) and were very limited in what areas you can call them. So basically the only point of adventuring fellows is to lvl them. Kinda like monstrosity atm.

[Foldypaws]

Once, eventually, after Hasting themselves first, and then run out of MP curebombing you because you're missing 100 HP and Fellows don't regain MP for being idle. Joachim can and will March you as soon as you melee an enemy, and reapply it every time it goes down.

Until he decides to Paeon you because you engaged an enemy while missing 50 HP >_>

[Priran]

Until he decides to Paeon you because you engaged an enemy while missing 50 HP >_>

He can have two songs up though?

[Teryu]

To be fair he does like to use 2x paeons a lot.

[dasva]

I've actually never seen him do more than 1 of any type of song. Also I've only seen him do paeon when he personally was also low on mp and our hp wasn't topped off

[Sechs]

I've seen double paeon from Joachim many times already. Well not "many" maybe but more than twice for sure.
I don't understand how he can apply more than 2 songs though. The guy who reported it said he was fighting in Kamihr Drifts, I've never seen over 2 songs when I was soloing personally :3

[Khajit]

He has a durba. Joachim is just lazy and stops at 2 normally until some other 2 songs take top priority to him.

[Foldypaws]

His Daurdabla can't be of a level to grant additional songs, because that's paired with "Increases Song Duration" and his songs do not have any bonus duration.

[Xantavia]

So basically the only point of adventuring fellows is to lvl them.

I will always be grateful for my fellow. Was a great sponge when I went to learn 1k needles years ago. Nice little SATA partner when soloing thf. Makes me sad when I realize I haven't touched her in maybe 6 months or so. (but not really).