He needs the ammo too and he likes the Q35 Matter Modulator. If you give him the YCS/186 (you can't get that if you have Wild Wasteland), he's great with it and goes through lots of ammo. I give him that for certain things (Dead Wind Cavern) but mostly he uses the Tri-Beam. It's a little better with the MFC cells.

Yeah, well, I had to off Boone last night. I went far enough along the Legion quest line to finally, finally get The Lucky Shades (first time!), and when I got back to the Lucky 38, he told me he'd lost all respect for me, and we were done working together. He was holding some pretty juicy pieces of equipment of mine - fully repaired Ranger Combat Armor, Anti-Material Rifle, a bunch of incendiary .50 ammo, etc. I imagined asking him for it back, and him replying 'you can have my rifle back when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers' and obliged him. Arrogant b*****d. I'ma go with Victoria and Rex for a while. At least she didn't b***h about my blowing up the Brotherhood!

Is it possible to get the Lucky Shades and still recruit (or re-recruit) Boone?

I am currently "accepted" by CL and Boone is waiting for me back at the Lucky 38. All I've done for CL is turn in about 10 NCR dog tabs, pretend to destroy the bunker at Fortification Hill and taught one of them how to deactivate frag mines - I haven't killed Mr. House. Obviously, Boone was not a companion at the time (he was earlier, but, as I said, he's been waiting for me at the Lucky 38).

During the few quests I did for CL, I went to re-recruit Cass in order to finish her quest. Although Cass expressed her displeasure in me "working" for CL, she did agree to join me again. I haven't done much for CL since then (maybe turn in a dog tag or two, but that's it).

My understanding is that companions who do not like CL will give you one more chance if you work for CL, but will either leave or refuse to join you again if your reputation with them goes any higher.

I haven't asked Boone to join me since I asked him to go back to the Lucky 38. I know that if I were to talk to him now, he would express his dislike in me working for CL, and I would not be able to the Lucky Shades and re-recruit him because I would have had my "one chance".

So, having not spoken to Boone since I dismissed him, can I become "liked" by CL, get the Lucky Shades and then re-recruit him? If my reputation with CL gets too high while Boone is waiting back at the Lucky 38, can I then kill a few legionaries to lower my reputation with CL and then re-recruit Boone?

I remember when I was Liked by the Legion, Boone would spout his anti-legion crap at me and throw a fit.

My solution? Wear Legion armor.


It works. It freakin' works.

I totally agree. Boone is awesome. He is better than all the companions from Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas.
My favourite companions are ED-E, Lily, Rex, Fawkes, Dogmeat and Jericho.

Zxhraivretiaiel: How is Boone better than any other companion? Joshua Graham would put him down to sleep!

If you are talking non-combat wise, Boone is an alright guy to have around, despite the early one liners.

Jericho > Boone

Everyone seems to forget Charon and that makes me sad face Boone is a very one dimensional character and is kinda a downer. "Hey Boone how are you?" "I got bad things commin'" or "Legion svcks join them im gonna cry somewhere." "Oh well i think im gonna kill myself now thanks for that." he's saved my life more times than i can count but he's just kinda a lame character, just my opinion i hope not to offend anyone.

Jericho was my fav son of a "[censored]"-charon because of his s t f u * lul wth*. and follow orders army grunt style companionship/fawkes was powerful but boring and dry-but honestly the censors in the forum is freaking hilarious in a comical kind of way*please continue good sir made me giggle hahaha*

Veronica +balistic fist+Remnants armor=TOTAL OWNAGE plus in f:nv theres (4 me) no better companion outside of combate except for raul the ghoul

Veronica,Christene,Rex,Roxie,DoG,Dogmeat and Marcus. Love them much more than broody mass-murderer.

Edit: Fawks can haz a little love too

I'M GONNA F***YOUR S*** UP KID!

D A M N straight ;p kinda miss his foul mouth

He can headshot enemies you have'nt even see yet from far away. He's interesting and cool and calm all the time.
And he's awesome as a character and companion.

He's like Jericho. He's got something that makes him cool aside from and to go with his abilities.

I have not seen Joshua Graham yet because I don't have Honest Hearts dlc yet. But I don't like the sound of him. He is a ex CL scumbag. And a religous nut from the sound of the trailer. All CL should die, including him. Especially him since he participated in the sickness at a high level.He's getting killed at the soonest possible oppertunity when I get Honest Hearts.

When it comes down to it, people like companions for many reasons. And some of the reasons won't have anything to do with the combat prowess and higher stats than other companions.

I've got an even better companion....LONE WOLF MUDAFUKA!!

Huh, yeah. I forgot that Boone likes killing things far away. I sometimes randomly get +50XP with him around. My main concern with Boone is that he always comes with that lame Merc Grunt Outfit of his-it just gets him killed quickly! I always have to scour the wastes for a combat armor or a reinforced leather armor ASAP. I think Boone was my first companion too.

Also, you shouldn't judge people on their past. Wait until you get to know them first.

Boones quest outfit is awesome. I have only seen his 1st Recon Sniper Armour, from the forget ending. Yes, his outfits not good at default, but it's not a major eyesore. Unlike Veronicas, blehh.
I tried to give him merc charmer and merc veteran outfits the first time I played till I realized they had the same stats so he would'nt wear them.

I usually travel with Veronica, but the other day I decided to give Ol' Boone another go. It was going well.
Then I had to stop the game and go to bed, and I had this horrible dream where Boone married my guy character, and became a housewife....
I don't think I'll ever be able to be around Boone again without that disturbing dream popping into my head.....

Needless to say, Raul is now traveling with me

What a horrifying dream lol.

Sticky was obviously the best companion.

Sticky , the more annoying than usual idiot you can painfully escort from Little Lamplight to Big Town?! Why anyone would want his killable self as a companion is beyond me. I kill him sometimes just to shut him up!

Radroach > Boone as a companion. IMO

Boo no Boone is boring.
Me: "So Boone, tell me about yourself."
Boone: "No."
Me: " "

Me: "Boone, what do you think of your friend Manny?"
Boone: "He's ok."
Me: "Why do think that?"
Boone: "Because I hate his wife."
Me: " "

Raul+Rex combo will never die, no matter how useless they are!

best companions imo-

1. Boone, hes always got your back, a crack shot, hates CL as much as i do and hes quiet witch i like, i hate followers that are constantly talking, its anoying.

2. Rex, becouse hes rex.

3. ED-E, good weapons, has come in handy many times, even saved me once.

4. Cass, shes pretty good with a gun and i like her.

Me and Boone enjoy spending evenings around Cottonwood Cove picking off the Legion.

He also looks awesome in his new power armour I gave (stole) for him.