Unlike the lone survivor aka us - Preston Garvey is not a lone survivor of the minutemen, he's the lone complainer who never did anything and outlived everyone due to that.

As he will repeatedly tell you / do - Preston is:

1- a hypochondriac who coughs at everything and can't stand the smell of the wasteland - after living in the wasteland his entire life.

2- a nyctophobe who constantly reminds you he is afraid of the dark - how he got to be a minuteman when darkness is apparently his kryptonite is amazing

3- brainless raiders will cobble together pipe weapons in what would normally be a Macgyver episode of gum, string, a pipe, and some matches, but Preston constantly wonders why I am picking up 'junk'

2+2 does not equate to logical conclusions in wonder-minuteman's head

4- last but not least, as much as people comment about dogmeat - who I love because he's loyal and doesn't judge me for my stealing, drug use, and stabbing people randomly - he hardly ever gets in my way, Preston is a walking, talking obstacle course.

If I didn't need to keep using him for awhile longer to get each companion affinity perk, I would dispose of his body in the nearest super mutant meat bag and blame 'raiders' when anyone asks where he went.

I'm beginning to think Preston is quickly becoming the Fargoth of Fallout 4.

Wow dude, harsh

the reason he is the last minutemen is coz everyone got sick of defending settlement on the other side of the map, they died from boredom

What I don't like about him is if I'm in the same time zone as him he'll continously give me quests to do, ad nauseam.

I can't bring myself to use any companion other than Cait. Them freckles, that red hair, that accent...

Might not be the best choice gameplay-wise, but screw it.

Yeah.. Danse will put him in his place.

You're making the right choice. Cait is amazing!

someone failed at romancing Preston and is craaaaaanky

Dogmeat

but her accent is so cringy

+5

Pipe her all the way

Why is there so much hate for this guy everywhere? I find him weak compared to the other characters style/story, but I don't HATE him. He's just meh.

Definitely not the best Irish accent, but I <3 redheads so...

Preston is a FUN companion. He's just a Boy Scout.

Thought he was alright, my first character was dressed as a manager with a tommy gun and he as a baseball player

Preston is definitely not competent enough to lead the Minutemen, I can easily believe that, but he's not that bad.

He's definitely the Kaiden Alenko/Jacob Taylor/James Vega of Fallout 4 though. Generic Male Party Member.

I sent him to go to the castle and have not followed this quest.

Preston was horrid. I had him for a companion about 10 levels. He constantly gets in your way, wanders off for minutes at a time and is so poor at shooting this with his sniper rifle that I am beginning to wonder how he was ever inducted into the Minutemen. Once he wandered off in a firefight with raiders and came back after I did all the work in a suit of power armor he found. I was so pissed that I sent him packing still wearing the armor.

I guess people just aren't im-Prest by the guy...

As for me, I just hate how the Colonial Duster's the only wearable companion gear that can't be armored with ballistic weave, dooming the poor bugger to a life of eternal squishiness.

Preston makes stormtroopers look like marksmen. The dude can't shoot. If it wasn't for gravity I don't think he can wee on the ground if he tried.

Maybe that's why he's the last minuteman. No one wants him along on any missions that are remotely important. Also explains why he's so comfortable lounging around in sanctuary. It's probably his normal #minutemanlyfe

Remember, this was a dude who couldn't handle a couple of Raiders, the supposed trained marksman while we, the newbie fresh from Vault 111 blasted through them like butter.

Why are we taking orders from this guy again?

I like to empty my bullets on him, then reload (my game).

Preston Garvey - reasons why he is last minuteman

1 Reason: Because he is essential.....

Don't forget he was giving you fire support, and had to defend four other defenseless NPCs at the same time. Had he gone down to get the Fusion Core and power up the T-45d Armor himself, those settlers would have been toast. And this is after having his group take significant losses in Lexington and before we show up.