so i just started my 2nd playthrough, during my first however i could only complete veronica's quest as i realized other companions were stealing my kills over and over again, even on very hard more, especially boone and cass. this time i wanted to complete their quests, but is there a way to just use them for quest purposes and as pack brahmins instead as combat assistants ? i tried setting them as passive on the companion wheel yet they kill anything that shows up as red marker. one time i even set boone to melee hoping he wouldnt be as deadly but i was wrong, he pulled out his rifle anyways and smoked everyone in the radius.

there's gotta be some way around this, i really enjoy killing things in mojave with my unique weapons, but these sidekicks are ruining the exp.

Fire them.

on a console there is no way anound it. The best you can do is get ed-e, and use his huge radar to sneak and snipe, before you followers even know there is an enemy around.


Once they see them its "OOOHHHHHH MY !!!!!!!!" time.

And this is the reason why, IMO, ED-E is the best FNV companion ever. You can get kills, and everyone and their mom will be wondering wtf you're shooting at.

He is the best IMO as well. Plus he gets like 550hp without the armor upgrade, and shoots two different weapons with the weapons upgrade.

Agreed. Which is why 99% of the time I upgrade his weapons.

why is everyone referring to E-DE as "he" ? ok,,,he wont be a help to me coz my character build is shotgun/revolver type, i did too much sniping with my gobi in 1st LP, now i wanna get up close and personal with baddies, anyways i turned the difficulty to very hard, and its become a little more enjoyable, boone dies more often, which is always a good thing. the only reason i want companions with me is coz i wanna do their quest, arcade, boone, veronica, quest lines require me to take them places.

Lol why do you bother? You get the Xp...

It's about the feel of the kill, having someone constantly do the work is boring and the experience isn't well earned.

i always tell them to 'wait here...momma's got sum bidnez ta take care of'. Then go up ahead and take care of it.

I do the same, with "here" being the Lucky 38 Presidential Suite.

exactly! thanks, im getting really tired of that "you get the XP" excuse, like i really care about the XP, going to town with my unique weapons>>>>free undeserved XP.

Make them go the way of 'ol yeller' and bring out back to 'talk'.

I prefer sniping my enemies, and if things get up close and personal i whip out vats so they don't jack my kills. Your just gonna have to deal with it.

I'd have to agree with the general mood in this thread, all companions have this problem so the only solution is to chose EDE and snipe if you want to keep your companion around but not have them steal kills.

My personal way for getting past this is using a mod that increases my carrying weight to about 800lbs (if i could chose an exact # i would but im no good at adjusting mods like this), I then tell my companions to wait somewhere, like casino floor of the lucky 38, even though you may be on the other end of the mojave you still get the perks from your companions, and so I don't feel like I'm cheating i figure out how much total combined weight my companions would be capable of carrying and i just consciously never let myself carry more than that. Unless they've patched it since I last did that with my companions. they're so crumby i play without companions these days.