Not always, but they can go up in rank if you let them go. And they will get stronger because of it. I think my main problem early on was that i thought it a good idea if they befriend eachother. Thinking i'd go up faster. Doesn't seem to help for that. But it does seem they come to aid eachother more often during battles which means i'm often nog battling one of them, but two and i think in one or two cases even three. So that can make a battle take a turn for the worst pretty quickly.
I did craft something at the beast master once. Now i have an animal to craft a staff, which i have no use for. And another item which i didn't have on me at the time. At least i'm pretty sure you need to bring a base yourself. Other than that i'm not sure what you can craft and how useful or useless these are in general. I guess i'll have to look it up somewhere over the weekend to get a better grip on it.
And yeah, he is pretty nice to have around. Don't know how he does later on, but right now he's doing well.
Oh and @T72on1 i think i read that two of those new skills did pretty good early on as well. Brand and winter orb or something. Don't think anyone knows yet how they hold on later in the game, but i read good things about them so far.
I did craft something at the beast master once. Now i have an animal to craft a staff, which i have no use for. And another item which i didn't have on me at the time. At least i'm pretty sure you need to bring a base yourself. Other than that i'm not sure what you can craft and how useful or useless these are in general. I guess i'll have to look it up somewhere over the weekend to get a better grip on it.
And yeah, he is pretty nice to have around. Don't know how he does later on, but right now he's doing well.
Oh and @T72on1 i think i read that two of those new skills did pretty good early on as well. Brand and winter orb or something. Don't think anyone knows yet how they hold on later in the game, but i read good things about them so far.
