which companions for first run?

[Painsen]

for my shame i own this game since release, but i never made it from fort joy in two attempts...
now with more spare time and the definite edition at hands i wanted to give it one more try.

i think i will play as a custom, so i can only have 3 companions... who do you like most, are the most intersting from the storys they bring?

[Edstyles]

Story wise prolly. red lizard . Sebille more for like her general awsomeness and last is harder alot of people like Lohse but after playing her 1 time you see how dull she is. Even so she might be a good pick or Beast just cause dwarf is a nice pick to balance the team and he is great to have around

[Gin-chan]

I'd say Fane Lohse and Red Prince are my favourites. Fane also weirdly enough have a pretty strong connection to the main story out of all the characters. Like it would be not out of place to say he was meant to be a part of the main story

[Imyo]

Its personal preference, in my eyes its like this:

Lohse, quite unique and interesting story

Beast, standard dwarf stereotype, no flavour, but it might be just what you want, i like him.

Red Prince, the story itself is quite ♥♥♥♥♥♥ for me, but the character is also unique and can be interesting if you can witstand his annoying voice.

Sebille, typical rogue looking for revenge type of thing, by far the worst story wise since they changed it midgame and it looks like shes 2 characters in 1, they never fixed that, still its the only elf and her story really fits a rogue, it might also be what you want.

Ifan, the most hollywood typical story of them all he wont surprise you with absolutely anything, hes the edgy human that has a troubled past and now is a killer for hire, BUT his story fits insanely well with the main story of the game, i tend to allways bring ifan into the party, or play as him, even better.

Fane, unique, rich story, by far the best story, but immersion is going to be obliterated by the lack of unique dialogues in most scenarios, hes supposed to be an ancient being, still he speaks like if hes another ifan. If you can overlook this, hes probably the most interesting of them all.

[Painsen]

okay thanks for the anwers, didnt make it much easier for me, beast is out of the team, maybe i pick him up for another run, if i should do one. lohse is a definitve pick now, red prince and fane i guess too. maybe i should not make my own character and play as ifan instead...

[Phoenix.]

Originally posted by SilverAze:

okay thanks for the anwers, didnt make it much easier for me, beast is out of the team, maybe i pick him up for another run, if i should do one. lohse is a definitve pick now, red prince and fane i guess too. maybe i should not make my own character and play as ifan instead...

Be careful with Fane tho. He and Prince are both arrogant pricks, but I felt like Prince has some respect for you after travelling together for a while. Fane on the other hand doesnt change much, I only took him with me to be done with it xD
Ifan as main should work fine, he is pretty blank personality wise.
edit: keep in mind that the protection dome spell (for custom chars) is much better than ifans wolf. so if you go tactician on your 1st run, you might want to go custom just for the spell :P

[VaTni4eK]

Specifically, I liked the FEIN and Loshe . Ivan is good as the main character, about Sebile it is not for everyone . The rest have not tried.

[Chaoslink]

The Prince is probably the most well written, you just have to see him on the other side of his personality.

Sebille is great too, both she and the Prince are separate enough from the main story that their stories are memorable. I find linking companions to the main story hurts them more than anything as they only shed light on something you were going to do anyways.

Lohse is great, but definitely loses her appeal after the first time with her.

Fane is like Lohse, but with significantly less interaction and personality. His quest doesn’t really start until level 13 or so.

Beast... is a dwarf. Take that and roll with it.

Ifan is bland but generic. Some people like that.

As for you, choose custom if you want a race/gender combination not available like female lizard/dwarf or male elf. The important part is that you like your pick. Don’t invest 50 hours to get halfway through only to regret your pick.

[Painsen]

aye, so i will start tomorrow, takin ifan as my main, lohse, sebille and red prince will be the rest of the crew. fane and beast maybe for a second run.

[planescaped]

I am kind of amazed that Magister girl you first meet and it makes such a big deal about whether or not you save her isn't another companion...

Really feels like she was meant to be one. An Edwin/Safiya/Ammon Jero kind of deal.