We really need a "favorite companions" option. Please.

[JeffinhoOo]

The title says it all.

In short, the other day I posted on Reddit about the need to create a "favorite" mode for companions and it was highly approved (see in this link).

My original idea was to put something as simple as what is already done with mounts and pets, but others players made some good suggestions/alternatives that I will mention below:

• A "sort by" system with a "most recently active" option;
• Being able to put a companion on a quick bar;
• A major overhaul of the companion window, with sorting, favorites, different tabs for different opitons (like unavailable companions or story only companions placed on a separate tab).

Thank you for your attention and I would appreciate it if our request is somehow accepted.

[VilianSW]

I'll second that.
Specifically, please give us the option to sort  comps somehow, by most active or by "like" or "fav" - so that assigning them to crafting missions would be less painful. It slows things down considerably when I have to carefully assign crafts just to comps that do not spout annoying sounds when a task is given. Especially need to carefully omit Amity every single time - due to his name the guy is very high on the list and his rambling hurts my ears. 

[Spikanor]

if you use the forum search function you know there are a lot of threads about it.

this one is from 2015 so then you can understand how long people have been asking it all about this idea.

so then you know also the chance there going to do it also is almost notting.

https://forums.swtor.com/topic/776847-companion-favorites-tab/#comment-9606107

[AureliaWolf]

Excellent idea.

Sorting through the N Tab is annoying to say the least, especially since the "sorting" there is all over the place, not to mention original crew members who are now scattered to different categories. You tend to loose your current companion whenever you finish an instance, certain cut-scenes and whatnot, particularly once you hit the KotFE and forward missions/chapters. Then it's back to the N Tab again.

Why not have the option to pull a companion into your interface bars, like you place a toy, mount, consumable.

[Shayddow]

I concur. OR, being able to "Sort" them by Influence - I know THAT is possible because the CRAFT tab (B) does it.

[VilianSW]

On my main I have about 50 companions at influence level 50, so sorting by influence brings all that crowd alphabetically with Amity very high on the crafting tab list 😢

[Riyar]

I'd go so far as to say I want to be able to "hide" some companions & only see my favorites in the crafting list.

I accidentally put Altuur on the wrong character during the first galactic Seasons and I don't want to see him in my list anymore. Lol

[Jazulfi]

9 minutes ago, Riyar said:

I'd go so far as to say I want to be able to "hide" some companions & only see my favorites in the crafting list.

I accidentally put Altuur on the wrong character during the first galactic Seasons and I don't want to see him in my list anymore. Lol

I can't stand Altuur (his vocalisations drive me barmy) and I wish I'd never picked him up. There he sits at the top of my companion list, waiting for me to click on him by accident. I would LOVE a way of hiding companions or a favourting system. Whatever happens, I really REALLY want a sortable companion list. It's the main reason I'm not keen on more pointless companions in the GS reward track.

[SunlightCatcher]

Hard agree here. Plus I think they should remove the 'Unavailable Companions' tab, especially the one for your class story companions, which for some reason sticks around even after you get them all back. It is so weird to scroll past Pierce and then also see Pierce in the Unavailable Companions section. Plus it just adds clutter. 

[Spikanor]

39 minutes ago, SunlightCatcher said:

Plus I think they should remove the 'Unavailable Companions' tab

why remove also jace malcom,empress acina,darth marr, lord dramath, satele shan, rass ordo, darth rivix and tau idair also from the companion sheet since i not know in the first place why are there in the companion sheet at all since you never get then as companion to use out side the story.

[MortenJessen]

17 minutes ago, Spikanor said:

why remove also jace malcom,empress acina,darth marr, lord dramath, satele shan, rass ordo, darth rivix and tau idair also from the companion sheet since i not know in the first place why are there in the companion sheet at all since you never get then as companion to use out side the story.

So much this. Let me remove all the "dead" companions that are not reclaimable from the holo-something on Odessen (class companions). Marr has been dead, storywise, for nearly 2 years, and he is STILL in my companion tab. Why oh why?

[SoyElSenado]

9 hours ago, SunlightCatcher said:

Hard agree here. Plus I think they should remove the 'Unavailable Companions' tab, especially the one for your class story companions, which for some reason sticks around even after you get them all back. It is so weird to scroll past Pierce and then also see Pierce in the Unavailable Companions section. Plus it just adds clutter. 

Yeah for sure those should just be plain deleted once you've reunited with the companion. It's pretty inexcusable that they haven't fixed that. 

For the rest of the companion list, something as simple as "hide" would do the trick if having favorites and what not is too much of a heavy lift. The size of the list is really out of hand and irritating. The technology is already there at least for hiding them from the crew skills menu, given that we all have companions in our companions list that are not available for crew skills. 

 

Edited November 16, 2023 by SoyElSenado

[Kirashima]

Agree- but want not need 😛