I would like Hirelings in any way shape or form. Like in Diablo 2. I can give them gear, select some talents, maybe some that complement my personal build. 
Many possible routes here.
I am not against the idea, but if they do add Hirelings, I want the choice of taking one or not to be an actual tradeoff, not an auto-include as long as I can keep reviving it like in D2 or D3.
This topic againā¦
If hirelings give bonuses that are meaningfull and force me to pick a hireling to be effective Iām against it. I play a pet class if I want some wonky AI companion and donāt want to be forced into that kind of crap.
If there is an option to disable said companion and get equaly good stats passivly for not having a companion Iām fine with it as long is it is equaly powerfull.
Baseline I hope weāll never get such a crapy mechanic inagme and the devs use their time to work on important things. Itās just a question of taste at the end of the day.
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watch the dev stream from yesterday.
there is no plan for this.
this is the best you will get Melvernās Writ
besides,
every time hirelings shoot, they will take away 1 gold and 1 exp 
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I would not like hirelings in any way, shape, or form. Theyāre not interesting or engaging, and offer no effect on gameplay beyond being walking power creep.
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thats why some enemies and monolith echoās have āfocus on attacking playersā modifiers
also, some people just feel lonely 
it would be interesting to see how many/long people sit and talk to their hireling if they gave it ai auto response
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Just here to say that Iām fully against this idea. I donāt want to be forced to play minion build or lose some power around which the game will be balanced.
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oooh ok, thanks for the clarification^^ well then its off the table i assume