Should I bother getting high relationship with Preston ?

[M82]

So I went for a run without mods for achievements. Usually I don't need a partner because I find that I'm much better on my own, but without the mod that makes junk weightless, I kinda need one because I always carry tons of crap. Not knowing who to choose I pretty much decided to go with Preston because he was there and seemed like a good guy.

Well he's useless in combat but as I stated before I couldn't care less, I'm used to fighting on my own anyways, and he can carry quite a bit of my stuff so that's a good point, however...He's boring as hell.

Now I like my tranquility when roaming the commonwealth, so I secretly wish that all companions would just shut up and let me do my thing (Edit : I don't count Dogmeat because I'd like a humanoid character, but will definitely take him as follower at some point) , but unfortunately that's not the case. I don't mind that I can't steal anything with Preston as caps are fairly easy to make so I can just buy what I need but my problem lies with his personality...

I'm trying to get our relationship up hoping that I'd have some special quest with him or that would flesh out his character but I don't wanna waste my time with him if such quest doesn't exist. What rewards would I get from having high rep with this guy, keeping in mind that if it's a combat bonus I don't care ?

Otherwise I think I'm just gonna take Nick Valentine because it really feels like Bethesda has put much, much more effort into making Nick feel like someone whos really gone through some ♥♥♥♥, unlike Preston which still acts like an idolizing teenager even tho he's supposed to have been betrayed by the people he pledged his life to and most of his friends are dead.

[paladin777]

Preston's Companion Perk is named "United We Stand". It will give 20% bonus to damage and resistance when you will face three or more targets.

[Varanus]

I generally try to max my relationship with everyone who has a perk that I would find useful for my current build. Prestons makes you do more damage when you're fighting 3 or more enemies I think. I dont recall him getting any kind of quest. Honestly a quest to help him retake Quincy and kill the guy that betrayed the Minutemen would have been nice. But so such luck. : \

[ƎϽ∀ƎԀ]

Originally posted by Varanus:

I generally try to max my relationship with everyone who has a perk that I would find useful for my current build. Prestons makes you do more damage when you're fighting 3 or more enemies I think. I dont recall him getting any kind of quest. Honestly a quest to help him retake Quincy and kill the guy that betrayed the Minutemen would have been nice. But so such luck. : \

Yup, definite advantage with Prestons perk and about Preston. You wipe out every turn-coat Minuteman that ever gave Prestons group a problem. Take back Quincy. Kill everybody there. What do you get from Preston for it ....... silence, nothing.

[MacZulu II]

I built up Ada, better weapons and armor. She's cool. She encourages my junk scavenging instead of complaining.

I use the mod that keeps Dogmeat and allows another companion. With Dogmeat and Ada I can carry a fair amount .

[M82]

I honestly wish Sturges was a companion

[bacca400]

You can try the mod Companion accuracy boost v0.61 https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11674.

[bacca400]

I improved Ada also and I gave her Mr Handy thrusters so she's not so clunky and noisy. Now I can do stealth with Ada.

[Death Approaches]

They all suck. They all chat incessantly, even after reaching maximum affinity. Your best bet for maximum carry weight and silent well-aiming partner? A generic sentry robot with storage armor that you build. You can control their voice, make them just blips or silent.

[Stoned Henge]

Originally posted by Betagende skønhed:

Preston Garvey is the most boring person in the universe. Considering the character, if he had a personal quest it would be the most annoying in the game.
I don't need his friendhsip and his perk and I completely ignore him in his museum.

I usually don't take any companion, not even the dog because it is noisy and I am allergic to dog's hair.

This is the most boring answer in the universe.

Preston has more to say in his appearance as you will ever get in your head a life time. He is a fine character and teaches people to stay together. If you ever have been listening to him there is heart and soul in his words and his quests are very useful for beginners.

Make up your mind and don't repeat the same ol' ♥♥♥♥ of hundreds of other blockheads spread in the forum.

[M82]

Originally posted by Stoned Henge:

This is the most boring answer in the universe.

Preston has more to say in his appearance as you will ever get in your head a life time. He is a fine character and teaches people to stay together. If you ever have been listening to him there is heart and soul in his words and his quests are very useful for beginners.

Make up your mind and don't repeat the same ol' ♥♥♥♥ of hundreds of other blockheads spread in the forum. :dwarfbeer:

Wow, what a jerk to say that. Do you even know Betagende skønhed in rea llife ? You're being an ass to a stranger, without reason, that's litteraly what Preston dislikes. He's not a fine character, he has good intentions but his personality has just not been developed at all. Don't mix up character traits with character development : Every secondary character has their own little twist, and they feel like they would exist in a world like this, but Preston is just out of place. The Commonwealth is supposed to be a place filled with vermin trying to kill you and where people don't have time to get old, yet he behaves like he's a protagonist in a cartoon show; the very fact that he calls himself naive in one of the dialogue lines makes absolutely no sense and shows how bad Bethesda can be at making interesting characters and storylines. Preston's only defining feature is that he wants to make the world a better place, and excuse me but that other person's right, that's simply boring. It'd be less boring if through character development you'd discover more traits about him and also a dark part about that guy; as we all have "bad" traits. Preston simply feels unreal. Feels like a synth that was programmed to be "generic_good_guy.exe" and that's it. Also his quests are alright but they feel pretty generic, there's little to discover in these quests except "Go to X and help Y then report to me"; there's no alternate path and it's always against generic, crappy enemies.

So yeah there must be a reason why "hundreds of other blockheads in the forum" are saying that Preston is just about the worst follower - and least interesting character - in the game.

I swear I've killed botflies with more personality than him

[Laris]

You hate having a companion, but you want to be able to carry more? Quite simply, there is a console command that will completely ease your pain.

Enter console mode with the tilde key (~) and enter the following command:

player.modav carryweight XXXXX

where XXXXX is a positive integer

I set mine to 40000 and have never been even close to becoming overloaded. I'm a pack rat and pick up absolutely everything I can. I purely hate wanting to make/build something and need to spend 2-3 days playtime running around scrounging up the stuff I need.

Just remember to dump your "junk" whenever you go to one of your settlements and you'll be all set.

[M82]

Originally posted by Laris:

You hate having a companion, but you want to be able to carry more? Quite simply, there is a console command that will completely ease your pain.

Enter console mode with the tilde key (~) and enter the following command:

player.modav carryweight XXXXX

where XXXXX is a positive integer

I set mine to 40000 and have never been even close to becoming overloaded. I'm a pack rat and pick up absolutely everything I can. I purely hate wanting to make/build something and need to spend 2-3 days playtime running around scrounging up the stuff I need.

Just remember to dump your "junk" whenever you go to one of your settlements and you'll be all set.

oh christ that might be what I need ! You probably saved me a lot of headaches

[Eminem]

Originally posted by Laris:

You hate having a companion, but you want to be able to carry more? Quite simply, there is a console command that will completely ease your pain.

Enter console mode with the tilde key (~) and enter the following command:

player.modav carryweight XXXXX

where XXXXX is a positive integer

I set mine to 40000 and have never been even close to becoming overloaded. I'm a pack rat and pick up absolutely everything I can. I purely hate wanting to make/build something and need to spend 2-3 days playtime running around scrounging up the stuff I need.

Just remember to dump your "junk" whenever you go to one of your settlements and you'll be all set.

EXPLOIT!

[Jo]

If you stick with his personal questline you'll discover that Preston has a saucy alter ego called Prestona Divine, who used to perform on Friday nights at the Concord Speakeasy before everything got nuked. If you reach maximum affinity with him he'll occasionally put on his red dress and do a private lapdance for you, calling you "Babe".


(kidding obviously)

[Timur]

His perk is pretty useful since you are most likely face 3 or more targets majority of time, he and danse's perk are very useful, maccready and deacon as well if you are playing sniper build, youll get to output ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of damage with these 4 combined.