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Hmm maybe the number of mobs depends on the con to them, for me the mobs are always 50+ so lower mobs = more kills maybe.

45 mins is correct though I didn't kill any mobs to see how long she would stay with me.

^^update^^ finished day 12 and talked to Luto. She tells me "Cupapa was telling me she wanted to upgrade her weapon." Gonna try out some weapons and update on what I find.

that is lizard legs. Just the knee part is always covered by the lizard shoos.

Those are lizard legs though. :)

Actually your NPC caps at your level if your current job is under level 30. So there is no way your NPC could get level 31 when you were using a level 27 Ninja. It could not even earn any Exp that entire time seeing it was capped at 27, the same level as your Ninja.

I haven't played much with my NPC, just one session a day out in Sauromugue Champain killing Evil Weapons and Tabar Beaks (as they are the only mobs that still con EP to my lvl 50 BST).

I don't know if this has been mentioned before (if so I do apologize, but I didn't feel up to reading 300+ posts to check).

Two observations:

1) As BST you can summon your NPC and a pet at the same time, effectively making you a three man party. You will get a double penalty though... The lowest XP I got was 9, which would have been a normal 18 point EP mob. I got 30% off for killing the mob with my pet still around (18 * 0.7 = 12.6). Then I took another 30% penalty for playing with my NPC (12.6 * 0.7 = 8.82 rounded to 9).

2) I noticed that, allthough my NPC is only level 31, she does not ever gain aggro from mobs that would normally aggro any level 31 player. For example: today I was fighting (as BST50/WHM25) an EP Tabar Beak with my NPC and CrabFamiliar while being surrounded by at least 3 Goblins. None of the Gobs aggroed. As they were all TW to me, it is normal they didn't aggro me... but for the NPC they should have been T, VT or even IT, therefor she should have drawn aggro. But she didn't. This probably means your NPC will never be aggroed, no matter what level mobs she encounters.

Nothing more to report, except that I believe the statement your NPC disappears after 15 fights. I know mine did say she was 'too exhausted from fighting and had to return home' twice now (yesterday and today) after exactly 15 fights. BTW, my NPC is a Female Hume called Nanako, playing in Attacker mode using a sword.

This is just a thought, but what if your NPC's attitude and personality affect it's starting job? People were saying that they think their NPC is a PLD because it intimidated a skeleton. Maybe because of it's personality it is a PLD. Can anyone prove or disprove this theory by what their NPC does and says? If someone already thought of this, sorry, I didn't read through all the posts.

Today i finally was able to give my Char a weapon. Went out with another lS member and noticed something. The NPC's might not wear what their job class allows. EX: Freind had NPC as Sheild Went out lv'd NPC. Got new pearl was able to change to healer class. She was still wearing Bronze armor. Now maybe I think that they are not Classes like what we have to use but more of a guideline/combination of classes. Please share if you noticed same thing

I couldn't believe what happened when my NPC left half way through the FIRST fight in the Sanctuary of Zi'Tah against a Goobue.

unsure if its been posted or not, but i thought you'dlike to knwo that in ATTACKER MODE the npc gets access to counter :)

leads me to belive attacker mode is war/mnk as i've also seen then double attack

Oh, heres another little bit of information for you!

It may be old news to many of you, but your NPC's equipment can progress across one trend while you seem to play another. For instance...

I swiched my Mithra NPC to Healer mode as soon as I had braught her out 3 times. After 3 sessions with healer she had lost some scale gear and gained trader's gear, which seems normal for healer type. Next, I took her out as Attacker type and gave her a GKT to try out. I didnt like the results though, so I went back to Rendezvous point to change her job... and what do you know, she had gone from trader's gear to seer's gear. Joy, just what I wanted! The odd thing, of course, is that she *got* that gear while leveling as Attacker type while it is much more fitting of her more usual style, Healer. This suggests to me that perhaps equipment is gained via an overall trend, rather than isolated instances of gain.

Just thought you might like to know!

The more I read the more I think that the actual armor they wear is little more than window dressing.

Maybe someone else has tested it out... I'd like to know if anyone's noticed a change in the amount of damage the NPC takes in different gear. I didnt notice any difference... and my NPC has gone from scale to lv 1 rse to lizard with no obvious difference in it's defense.

I think it'd be cool if the gear tended to improve based on how well/efficiently you use your NPC from day to day (exactly what that means, I dont know yet). But I'd settle for just having it show up in matching sets. :D

Your NPC's leveling is based on EXP, not some other condition like some others said. Mine finished after a normal fight, didn't even use a WS, and leveled. What seems to be confusing people is the lag between the end of the fight and seeing the message for the level.

After the fight, I was going to cure mine as it ended up tanking, but its HP bar refilled, and about 10 seconds later I got the level message (yes, it is a very big gap).

I am hoping either an option becomes available, or SE changes it so you can select through weapons you have dotated to the NPC. Having to buy a new weapon to switch over kinda stinks...