How many of you use companions?

[Befuddled Honey Badger]

Just curious. Apart from when the game forces one on you (ED-E in Lonesome Road, for example), I don't think I've ever used a companion in 3, NV or 4. They just get in my way in small areas, block my shots (or worse explosives) and generally annoy the hell out of me.

[CackleD0g]

I always use companions in fallout games. I like the character of all of the NV and 4 companions, and that overrides the annoying factor for me. I do wish it was like in The Outer Worlds where you can walk through your companions, though...

[coffeemm8]

Just Boone

[tbloyzz]

FO3 does not have any companions, as far as I remember. You have to do some missions that involve people that follow you, but they are not companions.
In FONV, you want to have ED-E, if you are on lasers and have finished the Lonesome Road due to the damage increase this provides. Other than that, they are only useful as carriers and for repairs.
In FO4, you keep them until you get the afinity based perks or the quests they have to offer and you can dump them. And you definitely should if you are the sneaky type. I never travel with Strong or Curie though.
Companions matter much more in FO1 and FO2. To me, that is...

[svffr]

>FO3 does not have any companions
Butch, Fawkes, Paladin Cross, Jericho, Dogmeat & RL-3: am I a joke to you?

[Asmodan]

I never use Companions. They are annoying, don't do what you want (attack when you want to sneak) and make the Game way too Easy.

[Vex Hilarius]

I use them for their quests and afterwards I send them to the lucky 38 to hang out with eachother. I only keep ed-e with me while I'm the mojave and then Rex when I make it to the city.

[Vex Hilarius]

Originally posted by svffr:

>FO3 does not have any companions
Butch, Fawkes, Paladin Cross, Jericho, Dogmeat & RL-3: am I a joke to you?

I think what he was saying was that companions in 3 act more like pack brahmin for the player character rather than actual characters like in NV or 4. Which I can totally understand since other than maybe Fawkes none of the companions have any sort of character depth.

[Vlad von Carstein]

Boone and rex are the best cause they highlight stuff

[Maximy]

Always use companions, majority of time is to carry stuff for me.

[Lasac]

i just lost boone to some baby cazadors xd outside helios 1 , it do be like that

[✡DCTF✞]

I generally don't use companions outside of when I'm doing their quests. The exception is Ed-E though I generally prefer using E-DE after Lonesome road due to his substantial upgrades.

[Poppi !!]

Just for the their lines and the extra space. Otherwise...

[drunken.dx]

FNV is only FO/TES game in which I use companions.

[Hank]

I like New Vegas for the companion quest not their story I'm more of a Game Play over Story kind of person, but I appreciate that in New Vegas if you choose to forgo companions you aren't specifically punished.

Fallout 4 has the issue where REGARDLESS of if you hate the companion you should get max affinity just to get their perk you're essentially missing out if you choose not to.

In New Vegas if you don't care the perk the companion gets at the end of the quest doesn't affect you it's a buff for them so you aren't punished really for missing out.

[Facetable]

Raul with his quest complete as the repair option and ED-E after completing both his own quest and finding all the LR upgrades gives a crazy amount of sustainability to pretty much any playstyle/build.

Lily, Gannon, & Veronica are wonderful additions to have early on and/or for non combat focused characters. Boone is great for sniper characters, Cass is good if your character drinks tons of booze

Rex is a good boy

I don’t always use companions, but more often then not it’s great to have them (only exceptions really being cazadors and deathclaws, but even then you could just have them wait a safe distance away)