Pets & Horses Hired Allies

Idea: Have NPC that you can hire to accompany you around the world and aid in PvE

Specifics:
Types: Either Swordsmen or Archer

How to acquire: Talk to a barracks NPC and hire a ally for a set fee.

What they would do: They would follow you around and target mobs that have hurt you/you attacked.

Leveling up: For each mob they kill you would gain xp and 25% of the total xp would also go to leveling up your ally. The higher the level the more attack/defense/base health they get.

Healing:
Idea 1: For healing potions that are in your hotbar, you could left click to heal yourself or right click to use it on a ally
Idea 2(My favourite): Your ally will have a small inventory space we potions can be held and they will use them themselves when needed. The inventory will need to be restocked/replaced with strong potions as your adventure continues

Death: If your ally dies it will retain its level. However any potions in held (if that version of healing is used) will be deleted and you would have to locate a barracks NPC to respawn your ally for a fee depending on your allies level.

Sending Home: If you wish to send your ally away you can, to respawn him you would need to locate a barracks NPC however since your ally never died there would be no fee.

 

There was something like this, but it got removed (I think).
In Almuj there was a cage. Trow some emeralds in a hopper, cage opens and a ”mercenary” mob comes out and starts to follow you.
It was nowhere near as conplex as this, but was a thing.
And I think it got removed for a reason.
Nice detail though, also, you could use the ”thread tools button” and use it to add a poll.

 

Added a pole

 

They existed but wynn ai is bad so it never worked out

They would get stuck, get lost, etc.

 

the above reason plus people always be like oohoho afk farming so yea thats a thing

 

i like this idea, but i have a few concerns
First, I think if the npc killed a mob, all the exp goes to the ally, and none to the player
Think of it like another player
if another player did all the damage to a mob, why should i get xp for watching the battle
Also, any kills the ally gets shouldn't drop loot
you see, people can just get on a safe spot while their ally grinds kills

Next, the ally should be based around the 4 classes, and you can give them a weapon for them to use depending on what class they are, and they can cast spells
Swordsman and Archer are boring and generic

other than that, i like this suggestion

 

I feel like maybe more than one could be utilized? But, in order to balance it, you could set a cap, as well as make each one exponentially higher than the last, like in identification.

I had always thought that, when I first joined, right-clicking mercenaries would allow me to hire them in exchange for emeralds, and I feel that this is a small yet really good addition to the game.

 

nice idea except for the part where it gives you xp because that could be easy afk farming