Best companion?

Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:21 pm

From what I've seen Lydia and one other thane ones I tested now level correctly with the character since 1.2 but Sven is stuck at level 20, might want to test potential recruits first via the console!

Edit: OK PS3, so you cant :(


But you checked on Lydia? Because I liked her a lot and if she's leveling up for you, I'll take your word on that. I'd love to have her around. I just figured she'd be dead every 5 seconds since I got her at level 2.
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Steven Hardman
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:53 pm

Yep, just checked Lydia again on two saves, one where I had never used her.
On both she has levelled to match the player, so no longer stuck with terrible health like she had in 1.1 patch.
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Roberta Obrien
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:28 am

Yep, just checked Lydia again on two saves, one where I had never used her.
On both she has levelled to match the player, so no longer stuck with terrible health like she had in 1.1 patch.


Awesome!

Thank you for going to that extra work for me. I sincerely appreciate it. I really like Janessa, but the poor dear is constantly falling to her knees, and not for the purposes one might hope.

Jokes in poor taste aside, I've just felt terrible about Janessa constantly getting crushed. This helps a lot. Thank you very much!
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Rhysa Hughes
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:11 pm

Cicero is by far the best :D love that guy and all his comments, but im kinda tired of his horker joke, heard it waaay to many times xD
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MARLON JOHNSON
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:17 am

Jenassa has been a great complement to my necromancer/assassin hybrid. But she gets knocked down too easily now. Time to find someone else...
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amhain
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:42 am

Eola (sp?) the cannbal is quite good - she always fights with a staff in each hand. But Kharjo is the cutest thing ever - he always makes me laugh just looking at his smiley mouth - I refuse to give him a helmet in case he covers up his face...I have a bit of a crush on him i think....*sigh*
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Andrea P
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:17 pm

I used a mod to marry and get Alva as a companion. She's not bad for being an undead, life-svcking wench. She doesn't talk a lot, raises her own little undead minions during battles, and I have yet to have her go MIA as I have with other companions.
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sam
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:22 pm

I've ran through a few, switching as I leveled up.

I used J'zargo for a long time, but he got to the point where he was going down a lot, even with leveled armor and weapons, so I switched to my housecarl from Solitude, which I got at 52 or so. I'm hoping the patch leveled most of them. I just got Kharjo, and I decked him out with dual enchanted legendary+ ebony weapons and armor. I can't remember what level I first met him at, but hopefully he's scaled.
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Susan Elizabeth
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:16 pm

I've only had Aela as a companion and she seems decent enough. She gets knocked down quite a bit and I have a somewhat difficult time sneaking with her around (my sneak is high enough now that they spot her but not me usually) but she does a decent amount of damage to enemies, often distracting them and she isn't annoying in the slightest.

Maybe this is an okay place to ask this question but if I "let her go" from being my companion will she keep all the gear and stuff I've given her i.e. not sell, drop or lose it? I would like to try out others like Mjoll the Lioness or J'Zargo but I gave Aela all legendary gear and if I want her back I don't want to have to rearm her if she's going to get rid of all that gear.

They take off whatever you gave them when they get dismissed, but it stays in their inventory.
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Felix Walde
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:06 am

I don't think Lydia's leveling is fixed on the PS3 yet. Maybe on the PC, but not on the PS3. She got killed by a mudcrab in my game in one-on-one combat at full health.

I'm level 16.
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Jade Muggeridge
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:26 pm

Erandur all the way.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:41 pm

They take off whatever you gave them when they get dismissed, but it stays in their inventory.


Okay, thanks a lot for the reply.
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le GraiN
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:03 am

I wish they'd cast more spells and more often. I've tried Erandur and he will blast a couple fire bolts and then rush in to melee, which results in him going down in about 2 hits. I think he healed me once. Once.

Some have said you can give spellbooks to your companion and he'll start casting the spell from it, but this has never worked for me.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:47 pm

Yep, just checked Lydia again on two saves, one where I had never used her.
On both she has levelled to match the player, so no longer stuck with terrible health like she had in 1.1 patch.


That's odd because I disabled and enabled her and her Health shot up. That shouldn't have happened if she was already at my level.

I didn't think the current patches fixed anything like that. Bethesda said their data patches were not coming out until January.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:20 am

I've used a few throw-away companions, but about 80% of my 200+ hour playthrough I used Jordis the Sword-Maiden. :) (Solitude huscarl)

When I got thane-ship I hadn't hit level 20 yet, and she had an INSANE amount of health. Nothing could bring her life down. Not sure if that was intended or not, but man did it come in handy. Doubled with the fact that I gave her legendary daedric armor and Spellbreaker early on, she never disappointed me.

The only thing I hate hate hate about companions/followers....they can't 'follow' you to save their life. I have to constantly look behind me to make sure they're still back there, and dodge any kind of debris because they don't know how navigate. The main reason I finally parked Jordis back in Solitude was because I can't explore the way I want to with a follower. You can't go down steep cliffs, jump on rocks, walk over those flat rocks in the field, or sprint for extended periods of time without losing your stupid follower. When I feel like babysitting/companionship, I take her along. But most times, I fly solo now.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:33 pm

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Argis_the_Bulwark. I've checked on the console the stats of various companions. Some level to a certain point and stop (even with disable/enable). Argis had the highest health of any (including the 500 gold hires) and continues to gain every level with me. Right now (I'm level 49) he's over 600 HP without enchanted armor. Guy's a complete meat shield and is the only companion I've had that hasn't got beat down into submission. I stay in stealth mode shooting arrows while he wails on them with a sword and a board.
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Laura Ellaby
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:40 am

They take off whatever you gave them when they get dismissed, but it stays in their inventory.



So let's say I get Lydia totally decked out with equipment and then tell her to part ways. She goes home. I then go get Janessa and use her for 20 levels.

Then, after about 20 levels of using Janessa, if I go back to Lydia she'll still have all the stuff I gave her and she'll put it back on if I tell her to follow me again?
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Farrah Lee
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:48 pm

I have not tried that many, but Lydia complains every time I access her inventory, while Mjoll is chipper about it. Mind you, I am a magic-user/archer so need a melee sidekick. If I was a sword and board sort, my choice would probably be different.
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sara OMAR
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:14 am

I'm pretty partial to Marcurio, the mage henchman in Riften. He's pretty powerful.
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Chavala
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:11 pm

Marcurio. Intelligent, arrogant, and a bit of an ass, but he make up for it in a masters degree in ass-kicking.
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:42 pm

I tried Eola, and she has friendly fire issues. Her antroch tends to fireball me along with what ever I'm fighting, and I seem to constantly have arrows in my backside. I don't want to be the next meal on her table... Problem was solved when I sacrificed her for another daedric quest.

I have Fendar (elf from Riverwood) or what ever his name is my companion now. He goes down really fast, but since I usually stealth, and he steps in front of me, he blocks the door and I can just shoot over him :gun:
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:54 pm

I tried Eola, and she has friendly fire issues. Her antroch tends to fireball me along with what ever I'm fighting, and I seem to constantly have arrows in my backside. I don't want to be the next meal on her table... Problem was solved when I sacrificed her for another daedric quest.

I have Fendar (elf from Riverwood) or what ever his name is my companion now. He goes down really fast, but since I usually stealth, and he steps in front of me, he blocks the door and I can just shoot over him :gun:


Mjoll and Marcurio so far. The first because i like her looks and talking,the latter for his sheer power.
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Jeneene Hunte
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:26 pm

I think the best companion is no companion at all. I get sick of them jumping in front of me in battles. None of them seem to realize it isn't a good idea to step in front of a large Nord swinging a war hammer, lol.
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Celestine Stardust
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:28 am

Cicero, Azura priest mage, and Ghorbash
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Annika Marziniak
 
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Post » Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:59 pm

Erandur is pretty badass. I never really used him after the initial quest though just because he lives so far away from anywhere I'll ever be.

Marcurio is my character's future husband. He is awesome.
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