User blog comment:Kilo6Fox/Friend's pawn on my PSN Friend list not showing as free?/@comment-26204779-20150416160441

Does your friend play Dragon's Dogma (DD) or Dark Arisen (DA)? If you play DA and your friend plays DD, you can hire your friend, but your friend cannot hire you. It works the same way if he plays DA and you play DD. That is because DA is an add on to DD that is not on the orignal game. Upgrading to DA is worth it. The armor and weapons are a lot better also.