Not necessarily smarter...


but I experience significantly less incidence of Dogmeat getting lost after each installment of patch.

(Before the first patch... I lost him maybe every hour of game play if not more often)



After patch 1.4...

It seems almost impossible to lose him for more than 10 seconds..

Yes.. he is teleporting much better now. Seems to follow main character way better.

I also notice, Dogmeat AI avoids face to face combat with enemy.. I can see him running around the enemy to attack them from behind if the enemy strikes him back.

Just wondering if anyone else notice significant difference in Dogmeat and other companions` AI & behavior after patches.


I hated how human companions often take cover and do just about nothing in each combat, but if they act better now I might start using some of them again.

I gave up on companions...Nick would always blow my cover and I'd forget to tell him to follow and I spent hours early on trying to remember where I put him like he's a set of car keys and Piper was always nagging me about picking up junk and being in my way.

I gave up on them and invested in lone wanderer perks and I do it all myself!

Nope. Haven't noticed anything. Whether or not I bother picking up Lone Wanderer, I mostly fly solo.