Companion's equipment after death

[simpLey]

Hello, I want to share my experience and ask to pay attention to this issue:
I have hired companion with a high medicine skill, I gave her one of the best equipment - full cost was around 1 million dennars. She has died in the first battle (we all know, that chance of death is increased in the last patches), so I lost companion and the equipment what I gave her. I think it is not fair, there should be possibility to loot dead companion when he/she dies in your party, in the battle where you won. I think this is much more logical than not having possibility to loot them. Fyi companions die very often, they can't even survive 10 big battles and can you imagine how much equipment you are losing during the game for nothing? (Also, if you don't give them equipment, they will die in their first battle).

 

[Aeddes]

After battle, on loot screen, select companion and remove the equipment.

 

[Alcedo]

After battle, on loot screen, select companion and remove the equipment.

Hope it won't get fixed. But this doesn't help when your companion has his own party, does it

 

[Phwoar]

Hope it won't get fixed. But this doesn't help when your companion has his own party, does it

No, it's not recoverable if that's the case.

 

[Rybn47]

doesn't help when your companion has his own party, does it

Its fine it doesn't, as they would be looted by the enemy party

 

[Dabos37]

The problem is not getting back the equipment after companions death, the problem is having to invest 1 million in equipment for them, this is absolutely silly. Seriously, when will the equipment have a more reasonable cost?

 

[Alcedo]

Its fine it doesn't, as they would be looted by the enemy party

If they fight and die in your army and you win this still does not make sense

 

[Althix]

Fyi companions die very often

well i tend to not use companions except for few roles. 1) i have one running caravan. 2) they lead parties in the sandbox mode.
i just don't give them equipment value of which exceeds ~20k denars, it is simply not worth it. In the current state of the game companions as captains or party leaders and even as combat units are not worth time and investment. I lost a party leader this night in the siege battle, not a big deal, i just absorbed his army and hired the next one to fill the gap.
Companions are only good for a single caravan and as an emissary. They also provide body count for the kingdom, but this is where their use ends. They kinda ok as governors if companion is of the same culture as a town.
So i would not dump 1kk denars on some character unless you just have no use for money. Companions are just bad as it now.

I would give Raganvand's right hand for Alayen or Ymira type of characters in the BL.

 

[BulletTrain]

I just started a thread on this and then found this one.

I don't mind the roleplaying value of losing equipment from a companion that you lose but if it is possible to save it by just paying attention in the after battle loot menu then why not just make it so that equipment automatically goes into your inventory? At least some of it. I think either that or this ability should be entirely removed.

Either way for the time being Don't Forget To Strip The Dead