Skills to level myself vs level on companion?

[IronSquid501]

I see a lot of tier lists on how powerful each skill is, but nobody really talks about which skills are best TAKEN on your character, and which ones are best given to companions.
A good example would be: Medicine for yourself for the personal bonuses, but steward for a companion/wife as it mostly has Quartermaster bonuses.

Which non-combat skills do you take for yourself, and which ones do you get a dedicated companion for?

[Liro Raériyo]

Roguery really only works on the owner

Tactics works extremely well on companions, if they are leading a party themselves as well it bolsters their army strength

Scouting is probably best left to a companion

All social skills should be dedicated to yourself as many of them are party/clan leader perks.

Intelligence skills have a good mix of things that only work for companions(lots of government skills) and only yourself (party leader/personal skills) but most should be getting medicine up to 50 for the 30% and flat 10 HP recovery effects after a battle, really helps keep them as contributors

[Forblaze]

Originally posted by Liro Raériyo:

Scouting is probably best left to a companion

I've seen this sentiment before and don't really understand it. Isn't the keen sight/mounted patrols combo insanely powerful for wars?

[IronSquid501]

I've also heard a lot that Scouting is amazing for the player to take, with Steward and (obviously) Engineer being better left to companions

[djo1313]

Originally posted by IronSquid501:

I've also heard a lot that Scouting is amazing for the player to take, with Steward and (obviously) Engineer being better left to companions

Yes, I consider scouting to be the best skill in the game. if you're playing for the conquest and battles. Especially now with the added pointless grind. It really improves the pace of the game when you can quickly catch almost every party in the game. Nothing else cuts down on the grind near as much as speed and sight.

For purpose of clarity what you are talking about are called party roles and really it's just a matter of preference. Personally, I usually keep all 4 because it's the simplest option of the relatively equal options. I always take scouting and build it up fast.

edit - I was just playing and counted the number of party leader perks I take in the scout skill tree and there were 8, including the excellent Keen Sight, another good reason to keep scouting.