hi, got few question about

[MRLW]

companions :)

* what do you miss if you dont play with them? (like quest rewords etc)
* can i recruit them at any time i wish doring the story?
* is there enagth XP in the game to lvl all of them?

ty :)

[DeadRabbit]

Without companions, you miss out on their companion quests, which give XP and some I believe give some items.

The game is separated into acts, and after one ends, I believe you cannot recruit the companion (most of them, anyway) anymore.

There is enough XP to level them all.

[Harukage]

Well, for one the game with both expansions have far more exp then you need to reach max level. And then companions that are not with you can do adventures to earn exp and rewards like crafting materials and different items.
So yeah, you can get all companions and max their levels without trouble even if you prefer to stick with particular party setup.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by Nea = Hag Confirmed:

The game is separated into acts, and after one ends, I believe you cannot recruit the companion (most of them, anyway) anymore.

Really? They wait forever as far as I have experienced it.

There is not enough XP to level up all removed companions. The will be waiting at the stronghold (and every inn), but receive reduced XP compared with your party, and only one companion at a time can be sent on a stronghold adventure to gain some extra XP. Effectively, those not within the party will get less XP than you - you would need to exchange them regularly, and if you wanted to do that with all NPC companions, that would create a lot of overhead.

[Harukage]

That is not true. In my current playthrough i have all companions at max level and i am not even in the last act, far from it. And i DO prefer to stick with a particular party setup. I only take other comps when doing their quests.

[DeadRabbit]

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

Originally posted by Nea = Hag Confirmed:

The game is separated into acts, and after one ends, I believe you cannot recruit the companion (most of them, anyway) anymore.

Really? They wait forever as far as I have experienced it.

There is not enough XP to level up all removed companions. The will be waiting at the stronghold (and every inn), but receive reduced XP compared with your party, and only one companion at a time can be sent on a stronghold adventure to gain some extra XP. Effectively, those not within the party will get less XP than you - you would need to exchange them regularly, and if you wanted to do that with all NPC companions, that would create a lot of overhead.

I wasn't 100% sure on that one, but I thought they left after awhile. Guess I was wrong.

[Crom]

Originally posted by MRLW:

* what do you miss if you dont play with them? (like quest rewords etc)

Sadly .. you ll miss absolutly nothing. Companions are autisticly designed. Do you remember those boring books in shelfs all around game? Well that what exaclty companions are. They are just another book.

Companios give you zero add to the gameplay. ZERO. They just another pile of text for the story. Nothing else.

Originally posted by MRLW:

companions :)
* can i recruit them at any time i wish doring the story?

yes, any time

Originally posted by MRLW:

companions :)
* is there enagth XP in the game to lvl all of them?

Man.. this game is horibly designed, you will reach top level in no time... :((( That includes ALL your companions. Dont worry.

[MRLW]

ty all,

so i can ease my game insted of rushing to get them all? (as i play on "Path of the Damned" diff and its a bit overhelming...)

[Armanz]

You can go easy without chasing companions for sure. The first two are in the very village you arrive to and the third one in the first wilderness area after that.
I heavily advise you to at least take Durance (the third companion) and Edér (the first one) into your party.

[MRLW]

so far i have 4 + one i created...then i will ease back, ty :)

[Crom]

Companions, they will add more informations and details to the game story.

I recommend to take Eder, Durance, because they very enrich the storytelling.

Then Sagani and Aloth, coz they are funny.

Mother got sometimes interesting coments.

Khana is boring autist.

Palegina is woman eqivalent to Eder, but without storytelling.

Hiravias is very boring and uninteresting.

[MRLW]

i dont really conect to Durance so far...my main is druid is 2 druids on party is enagth in turns of heal? (on "potd" diff)

[ColeTrain1034]

Originally posted by zangori:

Originally posted by MRLW:

* what do you miss if you dont play with them? (like quest rewords etc)

Sadly .. you ll miss absolutly nothing.

Again, not true. As stated already in this thread, you will miss the companion quests; which are, in fact, something.

[Armanz]

Originally posted by MRLW:

i dont really conect to Durance so far...my main is druid is 2 druids on party is enagth in turns of heal? (on "potd" diff)

There's a couple of people that don't or even (heavily) dislike him.
But it's the most detailled and rich character, love him or hate him. Chris Avellone wrote him and it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shows. His story is long and interesting.

[Crom]

Originally posted by ColeTrain1034:

Again, not true. As stated already in this thread, you will miss the companion quests; which are, in fact, something.

Orly? .... *sigh*

No, you will not miss those quest. They basicly like... run there, run there... read some text. Quest done. Hilarious.

No, you will miss nothing. Those quests got literaly zero effect on gameplay.

[ColeTrain1034]

Originally posted by zangori:

Orly? .... *sigh*

No, you will not miss those quest. They basicly like... run there, run there... read some text. Quest done. Hilarious.

No, you will miss nothing. Those quests got literaly zero effect on gameplay.

I didn't say whether or not they are good quests, but you will miss them. That's a fact. Something I know you're not too familiar with.