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My current theory is that the NPC stays out for a certain # of fights and that # is based on your lvl.
As you can see by my testing its been 15 fights every single time, and I'm guessing that once my THF hits 10 the # of fights will increase.
I'll be updating this as I found out more

Here's what's going on with my Npc so far:

Day 1 - Brought Npc out to Sauromague Champaign. Killed a few things (about 15 mins) then dismissed her to go to Jeuno. She started in the Scale Mail suit and when I checked the RP she was wearing the Scale part but lv1 mithran Rse body ~.~; She was on Shield Mode.

Day 2 - Went out to Western Altepa Desert. Started fighting an EP (to me) Antican Mage and she got 1 shotted by Aeroga II -.-; She was wearing the same equip when we started that day when I checked the RP except she had Lizard Gloves on. She was on Shield Mode. She didn't even last 1 fight. =(

Day 3 - Took Sufhi out to Yuhtunga Jungle so we could kill Liz for the Teleport-Yhoat Marble. She stayed about 20 minutes then said "Well, we filled today's quota" and left. Check the RP and she was wearing all the same gear but had the level 40 Plate Leggings(boots) on. Also gained access to Healer and Attacker mode when I checked the RP.

Day 4 - Went Marble farming again, she lasted about 25 minutes and she dinged to 31 just as she left. So your Npc can get xp even if you fight TW mobs. Checked the RP and she was wearing the same gear but changed the Lv1 Rse body for a Lizard jerkin. I also had her in Attacker mode this time around, and she Double Attacked, but did not provoke. I forgot to set her to tell me when she had TP, but I was able to Skillchain with her.

More tomorrow :3

Edited, Sat Jul 23 18:17:07 2005 by Rellinger

From what I can tell, levelling the NPC with a job below level 30 causes it to get equipment that suits the level cap, so if you plan on keeping your NPC well-equipped, please try and level it with a job above 30.

Recent Discovery, <ft> is one way of typing out your NPC's name. Why would SE put this in here unless you could control some of it's actions...
Thoughts?

Waaay later reply. This list is not complete; my hume Female char model isn't in the list. ^^;

If you go to here, http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/citizen/index.html and go to Character Creation Trial, mine is hume female 5A.

From what I can see, I've noticed a trend regarding the amount of time your NPC stays with you. I will test tomorrow to confirm.

It seems that the length of time your NPC stays with you is based on the number of battles, not a variable amount of time, and this number seems to be 15 fights. I'll try several times to confirm. The first time I summoned my NPC, she stayed for 45 minutes as a temporary replacement for a person who had to leave for an hour. The second and third times I used my NPC, she stayed for a considerably shorter length of time. I did not count the number of battles as this did not seem important. Each time, she switched gear (though I loved what she was wearing the second time I summoned her. ^^).

I've heard that also, as long as your NPC's level would make an enemy con as being easy prey or higher, they will gain experience whether you get experience or not. I'll continue testing to confirm this as well, as well as ask around.

Personality types appear to be governed by the NPC's name and hair type (hair color does not seem to affect anything, and as for race, the personalities seem to be spread amongst them, but can be the same personality from once race to another). I will do more testing to confirm, as a friend of mine has picked the same name for their NPC as I have.

The base "job" seems to be Warrior (Confirmed: Provoke, Double Attack, Red Lotus Blade WS), and the different combat styles may determine what your NPC uses as a subjob. Naturally, for the "Healer" combat style, it appears to be White Mage. I will do more testing on this. Attacker may have Samurai subbed, as the NPC seems more Weapon Skill oriented and uses Weapon Skills more frequently than in the regular "Shield" combat style.

More updates as I find more information.

Good observation, now read 12 posts above yours ^^.

-lol sorry just messing with ya

Edited, Sun Jul 24 03:39:39 2005 by Rockmonix

I've got some new info.

I was leveling my NPC on Evil Weapons today as a level 51 smn. They were Easy Prey to me. Anywhoo, all of a sudden, my NPC gained a level! It looked exactly like when us players level up. So, with my new lvl 31 NPC, I continued to kill monsters till he said he had to go. On my way into Jeuno I talked to Luto again, and to my surprise, I got a CutScene!! She told me that she could now accept weapons I gave her and she would then give them to my NPC! Tomorrow I'm going to try this to see if my NPC will really use them.

Other Info:
-You can skillchain with your NPC
-Your NPC can skillchain with Avatars (I did a NPC>Avatar>Me skillchain today!)
-So far my NPC has used Fast Blade, Burning Blade, Red Lotus Blade, and Flat Blade.
-When set on attacker he will sometimes Hit twice
-If you click on your NPC it will ask if it's time to go. If you click on it again, it will decide to stay longer, but if you dont, it will teleport out.
-I noticed even with the Weapon Skill warning on, my NPC didnt say anything >_>;
-I think the NPCs should gain exp no matter what level you are. It just depends on how tough the monster is compaired to your NPC
-You can cast Cures,poisona,paralyna and others of that type.... but not regen, or AoE buffs on your NPC(such as bard songs, or barfirea for example) ... havent tried avatar buffs yet...

O well, that's what I've came up with. Hope it helps you

I believe it was previously mentioned, but those are your only choices. They based the selection on the three most popular character models from the last census.

i dont know if anyone else got this from luto, but a few days after i got my npc she gave me a cutscene about changing his weapons and she told me to give her weapons that i want him to use or something along those line and she would see that he gets them, i have yet to trade something to her succesfully. i tried a kiaser sword, a spear and a onion sword but she wont take them. any one else got this besides me?

Same here and no luck either. I went from Onion sword and paranna shield up to fire sword and frost shield but nothing...

Probably because your NPC allready has a sword. I dont think its meant to upgrade the current weapon, more to give more weapon types.

Try trading a Butterfly Axe (great axe), that works for sure. ^^ My npc also used counter btw, so WAR/MNK I guess. ;o

I still have to try other things thou but from what I've heard so far it's pretty much the lowest lvl weapons that can be traded. The npc probably upgrades them on its own like with the armor. ;)

/Phycho