What's the best companion in the game?

[P🌌RTALX③]

Who's the best person to walk around the Wasteland with so you don't get annoyed? Or is it better to go alone? I've played over 120 hours, but I'm still undecided. And the end of the game is still a long way off.

[PeaceMaker]

There is no best. There is no worse. There's either nothing or something you like. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Go Starfield for all bad Followers.

[Fahrenheit]

Obviously Nick. Nobody, and I mean nobody, has such elegant insults like Nick. Be like Nick

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by fmalfeas:

Originally posted by Lucus:

he's a melee attacker. also you know you can order him to move to specific points and stay in place right?

Every single time I need to loot things?

Also, you try to talk to him, and he dances just outside of range to do so at least half the time. 'Cute dog' doesn't make up for being a PITA. He stays home.

I think they were trying to have him favour being at a distance that was just out of your way, but there's always a slight lag because a companion has to react to your movement and you don't move together as fluidly as in real life where partners can anticipate each other and move together.

[Splattergutz]

Nick Valantine gives the most when it comes to companions. Especially if you have him with you for the Far Harbour DLC. Followed by McCready and Kait. They have worthwhile side quests.

But the best companion by a long way is the mod Heather Castlin. She leaves all of them for dead and the author keeps her updated. She can fight, she can barter with you,(she's a trader), she has unlimited ammo, her power armour never needs repair, she hates synths and she's good on the eye. She is miles ahead of the rest.

Dogmeats greatest attribute is his ability to get in the way. Once I'm finished with some mole rats, Dogmeat is retired to Sanctuary, where he can live out his life in peace...maybe. I get rid of him as fast as I can.

[Langkard]

Hands down, it's Dogmeat.

Pros: He doesn't complain. He doesn't chatter too much. You can jump over him when he blocks you. You can use him with the Lone Wanderer perk.

Cons: He will almost always fall from a high place and make that disturbing yelp.

Edit: I forgot to point out that when you dismiss Dogmeat to a settlment and you have only one doghouse at that settlement, then he will always be waiting for you in the doghouse. In larger settlements, you have to wander around looking for other companions or use the bell.

[Xenon The Noble]

Some of the companions you get from Mods are for BOS fans.

[Lucus]

Originally posted by fmalfeas:

Every single time I need to loot things?

Also, you try to talk to him, and he dances just outside of range to do so at least half the time. 'Cute dog' doesn't make up for being a PITA. He stays home.

you can command companions to walk to specific positions, in dogmeat's case you can order him to walk up to you so you can talk to him.

as for him getting in the way of looting i have rarely had that issue. if it is happening almost every time i can't help but wonder if you have a mod causing the issue.

[fmalfeas]

Originally posted by Lucus:

Originally posted by fmalfeas:

Every single time I need to loot things?

Also, you try to talk to him, and he dances just outside of range to do so at least half the time. 'Cute dog' doesn't make up for being a PITA. He stays home.

you can command companions to walk to specific positions, in dogmeat's case you can order him to walk up to you so you can talk to him.

as for him getting in the way of looting i have rarely had that issue. if it is happening almost every time i can't help but wonder if you have a mod causing the issue.

Nope. It's because he periodically runs around where your crosshair is. He also has fair odds of darting off again the moment he arrives where you tell him to go, so you have to be very quick about locking him into dialog to tell him to stop it.

I don't run companion mods.

[milo29]

As companion mod I use Liga of companions. This mod is just the most stable one on nexus for companions. With the other mod called Companion Command also. To have a little manager shortcut keys for the first companion.

I have 12000 hours from 2016 in fo4 and I have already tested all companions mods in nexus. All others are less good or buggy. Liga work perfectly with Combat Style mods for companions.