Commissioned Follower

[hoiho4044]

1) Seems that mission that have a loading screen let you spawn 1 follower per loading screen, does this mean in epic tort for cannons of heaven and earth i could jump in and out of the careening camps spawning these guys?
2) also the FT group buffs that your follower uses should effect you as well and they don't.
3) my FT follower has extra rations(group) ? shouldn't it be (self)

[@rmadillo]

Originally Posted by hoiho4044 1) Seems that mission that have a loading screen let you spawn 1 follower per loading screen, does this mean in epic tort for cannons of heaven and earth i could jump in and out of the careening camps spawning these guys? 2) also the FT group buffs that your follower uses should effect you as well and they don't. 3) my FT follower has extra rations(group) ? shouldn't it be (self)

The first issue is known, and we have a fix for it in the making. The second and third have been bugged - thanks for the report!

[Mitchell]

The patch notes say that these will not be allowed in the epic missions.

The group buffs do not work because you are not grouped with your ally. This seems odd. There is no way to group them either.

I was using one that had a group buff and the self buff which I think is correct. Since we are not in their group we don't get any benefit.

From my support ticket I got the feeling that not being grouped was intended....101029-000016

For reference.

[Misha]

I made a mistake in the Release Notes about the Lt. Comms. Sorry! Thanks for pointing it out. Fixed.

[ozziefudd]

Originally Posted by Mitchell The group buffs do not work because you are not grouped with your ally. This seems odd. There is no way to group them either. I was using one that had a group buff and the self buff which I think is correct. Since we are not in their group we don't get any benefit. From my support ticket I got the feeling that not being grouped was intended....101029-000016 For reference.

This seems very odd as in port battles, we are able to add group buffs to NPC groups that aren't grouped with us -- merely be within 12y or so. Since each fighting style seems to have one group buff, this is a good mechanic to encourage a mix of fighting styles in port battles so that NPCs can be buffed as much as possible.

[Lamork]

Its really disappointing not being able to use these in epic missions. I was hoping for something like this to help alleviate the problem of being chronically short of a full group.

For what reason are they being disallowed in the epic missions?

I think in the long run you may be able to sell more followers AND more epic missions if they could be used together. Otherwise, I think you will run into a situation where people are disappointed that they paid for mission content that they cant run.

[Misha]

Lamork, as I said Friday, I just had incorrect info in the Release Notes. You can't use Brian Hodgeson or Jonathon Stroh in Tortuga, but you can use the others.