Following last night’s Developer Dispatch centered on Companions, the Friday Update from BioWare also gives us more Companion information. The full update is here.
As part of today’s update, we get a glimpse at some of the customization options available for Mako:
While these show off the cosmetic options.. Mako (and the other companions) will have their appearance changed by the gear you equip on them as well. The update shows off the progression of one of the Smuggler companions as well (Corso). You can see through a few video clips, how Companions now level up and get new skills. We also find out that we pick him up around level 7..so I’d think the rest of the classes get their first companion around level 7 too.
We get quick blurbs about the type of skills each companion gets, like this one:
Healing/Support focused companions get a suite of medical abilities like Field Dress and Kolto Pack to keep their allies alive and fighting. They also unlock control abilities, such as Carbonized Stream, which requires the companion to focus entirely on keeping the enemy locked down and out of the fight. And, of course, they also get some attacks that can contribute to the fight when healing isn’t necessary.
And we’re left with a cliffhanger.. knowing that the next Developer Blog will give us some details about the new revised companion AI… so now we need to know when we get part 2!!