Hey guys,

I am kind of pissed off how Bethesda handled the Danse companion perk "Know your enemy".

Seeing the perk is very powerful and arguably one of the best you can get, it is very unfortunate that getting the perk is tied to sparing Danse during Blind Betrayal. As auch, as long as you want your character to be at his/her best, you absolutely need to spare Danse, even if you are a true BoS believer in that all synths must be destroyed. For a min-maxxer, the decision is thus nonexistent.

Also, the way the perk is granted now does not make any sense whatsoever either. After all, the perk is all about upholding BoS ideals (killing mutants, ghouls and synths) and currently you can only get it by violating those ideals in the first place (sparing a synth). Basically, Danse is grateful that you spared him and offers a few tips to make you better at kiling his kind.

Really?

I would argue that you should only get the perk from Maxxon if you kill Danse as it makes much more sense that way. If spared, Danse should probably give you an alternate perk of some sort (extra armor and hp when accompanied by synth companion or something). To ensure sufficient affinity, Blind Betrayal would only trigger when you reach 900 or so affinity with Danse. By doing alterante perks, you could argue that min-maxers are once again stuck without a meaningful decision, but it is still an improvement for roleplay reasons I believe.

What do you guys think?