Best Companion so far?

[J-83]

In terms of combat which companion do you think is the best? Honestly, Ray quest is really cool and is good to have around but he just sucks at combat. Any suggestions?

[treahnurb]

So I found Arx and Nasty now and I have no idea why people like Nasty, imo she's the worst companion of all... (Arx seems to be cool though. His quest also). I don't know why it seems to be so hard to write decent female characters/companions. Why does portraing a tough woman always have to be spoiled ♥♥♥♥♥ or angry ♥♥♥♥♥?

[v0]

nasty has her reasons :P i just love how non pc she's.

[v0]

Originally posted by mesal:

they took a complex character like Triss Merigold that was intelligent, manipulative, and controlling, but also a steadfast ally to Geralt and turned her into a generic dumb bimbo in TW3.

but it started out all promising on first reunion when you scour sewage canals for her stuff :) funny how she changes afterwards.

[treahnurb]

Originally posted by mesal:

Originally posted by treahnurb:

Why does portraing a tough woman always have to be spoiled ♥♥♥♥♥ or angry ♥♥♥♥♥?

Don't forget the bubbly good girlfriend stereotype. The Witcher games dissapointed me because they took a complex character like Triss Merigold that was intelligent, manipulative, and controlling, but also a steadfast ally to Geralt and turned her into a generic dumb bimbo in TW3.

I haven't played Witcher (and the crowd goes whaaaaaat) but that sounds really sad. Bioware did some nice female characters (but also weak one). I didn't expect Mass Effect/Dragon Age depth for companions in Elex and I also don't need it (same goes for romances) but honestly I would've rather had that old, violent, crazy dog-lady with me than Nasty and Caja together. For example. Like what's so hard in making - let's say - Arx a woman but with all the same Arx-iness?

Originally posted by mesal:

Ironically even women usually fail at writing strong female characters.

That's a sad truth though. I'm a woman myself and I rather write male characters. It also comes easier to me.

[Dorok]

Nasty has a special context and main character dialog with her clue it very fast, you just didn't put care. All in all there's obviously something wrong.

No way Caja is a crazy dog, that's huge to says that.

[treahnurb]

Originally posted by Dorok:

No way Caja is a crazy dog, that's huge to says that.

She isn't I know that ^^ Didn't mean to call her that. I refered to the lady in the Fort who takes care of prisoners and dogs.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

If this is a popularity contest, Ray is still my favorite because of what he does towards the end for story reasons. It's well done in my opinion.

Else I switch the companions regularly. Falk or Nasty for fighting missions is okay. Crony U4's light when exploring dark buildings/caves is fun.

Playing a cold "synthetic" cleric recently, I've chosen to turn against Duras, which involves killing him. There's a similar option with Arx.

[~TAB~ NinjaWJ ★]

Originally posted by Serchine:

Falk. Decent damage and hit points, moderately aggresive, hammer staggers enemy a lot.
Ray is the worst, something is really wrong with his AI

Agreed. He generally just stands there

[Dorok]

Originally posted by ~TAB~ NinjaWJ ★:

Originally posted by Serchine:

Falk. Decent damage and hit points, moderately aggresive, hammer staggers enemy a lot.
Ray is the worst, something is really wrong with his AI

Agreed. He generally just stands there

Ray is special, could be a bug. He is neutral with everything, nothing will attack him. the result is nothing threaten him so he attacks nothing. That is until you get hit and then Ray identify the enemy. Or if you hit an enemy then Ray identify the enemy. Also during combats some enemy could hit him with some AOE and then Ray will identify it as enemy.

All other companions are in player faction, so anything that will attack player will be identified as enemy and then attacked if not too far.

I thought have identified another unique companion, Nasty, if she fall when she wake up she waits here. But I think it's triggered by some of her quests or if you give her the order to stay her. But now I doubt she is different than others.

For me, beside Ray, differences are variable and related to:
- The closest range where the companion uses long range attack.
- How fast a companion that fall recover. It's probably dependent of how big was last hit received, but now I feel it's more than that.
- The weapons used, that vary somehow for some companion.
- Overall for close range 2H weapons are disfavored in hands of a companion. Moreover all 2H have a bug beside 2H swords and companions are certainly hit by this bug.

And Im' suspecting more and more that some variations are coming from how much the companion like you.

[Carryonnaire]

Ok, again back to Ray for the strongest companion.
Do you all know a strong reaver in the river near berserks' city?
During my 1st game I encountered him with Duras 3 times. First was on low lvl (~10), it was hopeless. Second it was somewhere 10~20, it was long long fight, but still I was not able to win. Third time was ~20 when I already had my tier 1 or 2 axe and during that time I finally beat him.
Now I run my 2nd game and I being lvl 8 brought Ray here. With his common sword (not saw) he really torn this reaver in few hits and only took one stun from which he came back instantly.

[hyperion]

Caja is the best companion. I mean it might be Nasty if you're into fighting your own battles while the loudmouth lies on the ground doing nothing.

[Hiruuamon]

Originally posted by Shrapnel:

I dont know which is the best but I can surely tell you whos the worst:
Ray is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ garbage.

I KNOW, RIGHT, LOL! Ray just stand around chilling while you are fighting for your life, lol. I used him earlier in in my early teen levels, and he sucked, so I pretty much skipped him for much of gaming thus far. I like Arx, but we don't see things eye-2-eye, and I don't want to alienate him, so I'm selective about where I take him for a fight.

[treahnurb]

Originally posted by Carryonnaire:

Ok, again back to Ray for the strongest companion.
Do you all know a strong reaver in the river near berserks' city?
During my 1st game I encountered him with Duras 3 times. First was on low lvl (~10), it was hopeless. Second it was somewhere 10~20, it was long long fight, but still I was not able to win. Third time was ~20 when I already had my tier 1 or 2 axe and during that time I finally beat him.
Now I run my 2nd game and I being lvl 8 brought Ray here. With his common sword (not saw) he really torn this reaver in few hits and only took one stun from which he came back instantly.

I just duo-flamethrower everything that would normally kill me or my companion in an instant with Falk :D Might take a while and sometimes I switch to a different rangeweapon to make it faster, but when the creep comes out of the stunlock, party starts.
As for Ray I feel the same like the others here, he just chills when I fight for my life and likes to join after me or the enemy is close to dead. The worst: he doesn't like to grab his range-weapon :(

Originally posted by hyperion:

Caja is the best companion. I mean it might be Nasty if you're into fighting your own battles while the loudmouth lies on the ground doing nothing.

Like in her quest? I was like "yeaaah... okay... run into it, die and leave me alone with this thing wtf"

[Dorok]

Originally posted by treahnurb:

As for Ray I feel the same like the others here, he just chills when I fight for my life and likes to join after me or the enemy is close to dead. The worst: he doesn't like to grab his range-weapon :(

Yeah, well it's not really the AI design, except for the long range thing, but you notice more his special behavior in those contexts.

At some point I feel Ray is really stronger, but as you progress, it's not anymore true.

Originally posted by treahnurb:

Originally posted by hyperion:

Caja is the best companion. I mean it might be Nasty if you're into fighting your own battles while the loudmouth lies on the ground doing nothing.

Like in her quest? I was like "yeaaah... okay... run into it, die and leave me alone with this thing wtf"

Lol, at replay I managed it fine, but you can leave her and pick another companion and come back, this could help achieve sooner her quests.

[treahnurb]

Originally posted by Dorok:

Yeah, well it's not really the AI design, except for the long range thing, but you notice more his special behavior in those contexts.

And that's kinda cool, somehow, that the characters act they way they are even in fights (for Ray i imagine he's like "meh.. not my fight"), but it doesn't help me a lot :D

Btw I know that Falk can get you more money out of quests and read that Nasty can do too, can other companions do that too?
Oh and I figured CRONY gives you free Elex even when he's not with you. You just have to check on him in camp.