Witch partner did you choose?

[ALivingCheese]

I chose Gary the goblin.

[jle30303]

I played through this game more than once and have done at least one completion with each partner.

[ALivingCheese]

But witch partner did you think was more usefull?

[Sapphire]

so far all ive chosen has been op in diferent ways,, just an example pete can have huge damage with his fire and spook ataks and his stat boost is great too. and susie is great in a fire fight (guns and stuf not magic) because she can build cover for you. so they are all usefull and all very good

[Followeroftheprince]

I like Susie, though that is partially because you level her via killing cow related things and there is a farm early on that she leads you towards that lets you grind these stone cow things to level her fast and early.

[DouglasTheAllPowerfulDouglas]

Gary is my favorite to have, but the most useful is probably Susie.

[jle30303]

Susie was the one I took on my first run through, which was also as a Cow Puncher. I thought the hellcows were the real main quest of the game, rather than "build a railway to Frisco"... I still sorta like her best, she's also really a moxie specialist which makes a great partner to a muscle class. I also took the Crazy Horse for this one.

Although Gary the Goblin is a fun melee type - I sent him alongside my Beanslinger who became a Necromancer. This one of course used the Pale Horse (who, OF COURSE, was named Binky, as any good Pratchett fan should understand.)

Doc Alice joined my Snake Oiler on the one-day Hard Hat mode run. The ability to insta-kill skeletons proved fairly useful when fighting so many of them in that Cemetery with all the numbered plots. I had to use the Normal Horse for this one since the Dark Horse wasn't available.

And after that I had to try a run with Crazy Pete. Since he's a muscle type I paired him up with another Snake Oiler, but this time didn't do it with the Hard Hat, so the dark horse was available, so I've done runs with all the pardners and all the horses...

But my first run, the discovery run as a Cow Puncher with Susie and the Crazy Horse, is still probably my favourite.

[Joeynator3000]

Originally posted by Followeroftheprince:

I like Susie, though that is partially because you level her via killing cow related things and there is a farm early on that she leads you towards that lets you grind these stone cow things to level her fast and early.

...I didn't catch this, since she's my current, no wonder she's weak right now. xD

EDIT: Do the horses actually matter? I chose the ghost one.

[ALivingCheese]

Originally posted by Joeynator3000:

Originally posted by Followeroftheprince:

I like Susie, though that is partially because you level her via killing cow related things and there is a farm early on that she leads you towards that lets you grind these stone cow things to level her fast and early.

...I didn't catch this, since she's my current, no wonder she's weak right now. xD

EDIT: Do the horses actually matter? I chose the ghost one.

I think that every horse has its capability of doing something. For example: My dark horse can flee almost any upcomming fight.

[jle30303]

Crazy horse = more likely to have random encounters when going places (i.e. less likely to get from one location to another without being interrupted.)

Pale horse = "spooky", unlocks a couple of Nex-Mex books (it is impossible to learn *all seven* Nex-Mex spells without the Pale Horse, since there are only six locations to find a NM book otherwise: the two that you can get while wandering with the Pale Horse mean that you only need to complete five of the locations to have all 7 NM books, the sixth will have nothing there), and gives a greater chance of random undead encounters.

Dark horse = Makes it easier to run away from encounters while wandering or en-route (encounters at a specified location probably can't be run away from.) Cannot be chosen in a Hard Mode run since it is scared of the hard hat.

Normal horse = The default to which the other three are compared.

[julianking36]

Originally posted by jle30303:

Crazy horse = more likely to have random encounters when going places (i.e. less likely to get from one location to another without being interrupted.)

Pale horse = "spooky", unlocks a couple of Nex-Mex books (it is impossible to learn *all seven* Nex-Mex spells without the Pale Horse, since there are only six locations to find a NM book otherwise: the two that you can get while wandering with the Pale Horse mean that you only need to complete five of the locations to have all 7 NM books, the sixth will have nothing there), and gives a greater chance of random undead encounters.

Dark horse = Makes it easier to run away from encounters while wandering or en-route (encounters at a specified location probably can't be run away from.) Cannot be chosen in a Hard Mode run since it is scared of the hard hat.

Normal horse = The default to which the other three are compared.

i have the dark horse and i can indeed run away from all the fights\inconters i get

[Ghin]

I think Crazy Pete was my favorite simply because of his dialogue.

[microwave]

gary because first time i saw him it was "asdertdfcewrkfbdshfjehr"and i needed him

[ALivingCheese]

So default normal horse is just waste?

[★ Lucca ★]

Gary the Goblin as a Snake Oiler, Doc Alice as a Beanslinger, Crazy Pete as a Cow Puncher, and Susie Cochrane as a Hard Hat Snake Oiler.

Each pardner complement really well each class. Gary is by far the strongest, but he locks you out of many items and other loot. Alice helps with the Beanslinger's lack of healing. Pete has excellent synergy with Haymaker and Menacing Moo. Susie gives cover and stun, which are really useful if you're on Hard Mode.

[★ Lucca ★]

Originally posted by ALivingCheese064:

So default normal horse is just waste?

Pretty much, but the Crazy Horse is even worse. I recommend going with the Dark Horse if you want the option to flee any encounter, or the Pale Horse if you want to get the last Nex-Mex book and some exclusive items.