[Kit Marsden]

yeah i love his beret +1 per +5 crit chance better than armor

[Josephine Gowing]

I just kill off Manny for his beret. That's what you get for being a Khan.

[Charleigh Anderson]

That's Jason Marsden, not James, and I love his tortured Boone voice work. More Boone in a DLC would be fine by me.

War Never Changes and I agree with the person who mentioned bringing out the stories of the soldiers. They're taught to kill and then have to live with that when they get home again. I found Boone's story compelling.

There is a setting to tell Boone "Keep Your Distance" and he says that's the way he likes it so try that to keep him from getting in front of you or going after something you're aiming at yourself. It might help.

That's all...I'm a big Boone fan, clearly. And I wouldn't give up ED-E either because I like his alerts.

Can't wait to pair up with Veronica in the next game too.

[suniti]

I started out with boone but the found veronica and then I gave her Pushy and Power Armor and she hits like locomotive. I love seeing fiends flying 50 feet through the air

[Laura Elizabeth]

I reckon Boone is overrated on the forums as he has the soldier look which goes down well and is one of the first human followers you bump into usually. For me he was anyway

[Russell Davies]

I like Boone, and I think he's an interesting character and overall pretty well done.

That said, I am sick of everyone posting about how sweet he is.

In a way, I actually hate having him as a companion because he does kill very efficiently and I have to really work if I want to participate at all in combat. There are some players who love having an "I win button", and others who enjoy a good challenge. I prefer a good challenge. Really any other companion makes for better gameplay. I want to do the heavy lifting myself and have the NPCs support me, not the other way around.

The quiet tough guy personality is cool, and the actor does a good job, but honestly Boone is boring company compared to almost any other (humanoid) companion.

In other news, a companion who locks out 1/3 of the game's content is not someone you want to team up with for every playthrough. But for some people I guess he's just that sweet.

[Andrew Lang]

Get Raul and give him a machete...also someone has to mod Lindsay Lohan into the game

(if you don't get it look up who voiced Raul)

[Sandeep Khatkar]

am i the only one who dislikes ede??

yes

[maya papps]

To start with...I agree Boone is a bit overrated. My biggest issue with him is how much of a ponce he is. I have known a huge amount of PTSD patients IRL (I am one) but very few end up being as huge of a [censored] as Boone. The only reason I haven't outfitted his skull with a skylight is that I feel bad about his wife. That and he would probably slap me like a child and load me into a AM rifle.

Next I wish to address those who belittle my eyebot friend. ED-E (we call him "Eddie" in my house) is the fekin MAN!! Of the two non-human companions he is far and away the better choice. His perk makes the game awesome for those of us with sneaking in mind because we can sense "red" marks from across the fekin country. He never tries to get in front of me and he makes no judgments about my less than moralistic decisions.

Oh yeah! Someone mentioned how awesome a "Mexican" ghoul is. Being a part of California's Latino community I must agree. Latino ghouls would kick Deathclaw and care less about names! Raoul (Danny Trejo can be forgiven for "Machete" after this) is...well I can't come up with a good enough compliment!

[Maeva]

...also someone has to mod Lindsay Lohan into the game

So she can get into Jet and Psycho huffing contests with the enemies and make them overdose?

[Joe Bonney]

It's his tortured voice that gets me...he is literally a "BOONE" dry killing machine....I keep finding silly costumes for him such
As Metal armour and a silly hat.


I could see him being annoying for combat orientated players but he suits my speechy sneaky lockpicky repairy doctory sciencey character(ry)

[Pants]

I like him, I sniped an entire legion base today, somehow a few found my location, boone got them, annoying when I am trying for new vegas samuri though. Spotter is useless, but he kills things well, and for that im happy. I think Boone and Ed-e are a good team for my sniper build, lilly annoys me, I cant unlock rauls cell, and acrade dies to soon.

the other computer gives you the password for his cell if you go through all the entries

[Aman Bhattal]

His beret got cloned for me since I was still wearing it when it got removed from my inventory. It's pretty awesome having 2 guys walking around in 1st Recon berets.

Same thing happened to me. I also was taking my loot off of him to store in my lockers one time and accidentally took that. He said he wanted it back and when I looked in my inventory, I only had 1. I reloaded the auto-save and made sure NOT to take his Beret.

[TASTY TRACY]

That's Jason Marsden, not James, and I love his tortured Boone voice work. More Boone in a DLC would be fine by me.

I always confuse Jason Marsden with James Marsters... they even have the same chin!!

[Greg Cavaliere]

I'm probably overreacting, but I am tired of people relying so much on Boone as a companion. His perk svcks because I can see the enemy fine and I would rather he focused on enemies I wasn't already killing. Every other companion offers a perk that makes my life far easier, but Spotter is simply redundant...

I like his dialogue/story and James Marsden gives a heck of a performance, but Veronica's story is just as compelling and SHE can kill everything in one attack as well. Yet I never hear people suggest her instead of Boone or discover the benefits of drinking with Cass or simply save a fortune on items with Raul and Arcade. Yes, Arcade's a bit of a weakling, but he starts off with a plasma pistol and can easily be given better equipment. And Lily is a TANK! For STEALTH characters! INCONcIEVABLE!

And yet... I still only hear about how awesome Boone is. I understand his ability is specifically killing people while you're looking, but this is just showing off, not practical gameplay.

Boone is just useful for sniping. The game is very sniper friendly.

[Megan Stabler]

I thought Boone just have a spare beret....

[Jennifer May]

Boone=Awesome...

[Allison C]

On my first play-through I had Boone - I thought a Sniper team, go, go go ... then I encountered his melee bug once too often and also I had to play nice with the NCR with him.

On my second run, I only have Ed-E ... I only use him as a backpack and landmark, but I like the sensor perk he provides. I am thinking of Veronica, but idk. I am more of a lone wolf then anything.

You do realize you can have two followers right? ED-E or Rex and one non-robot.

[Siobhan Wallis-McRobert]

I thought Boone just have a spare beret....

This.

I just assumed I got a spare beret from him as a reward for completing the quest. Must remember NOT to try taking his own beret from him, as someone said above...
But I found him so booooring, I dumped him once I found Veronica. Have her kitted out with power amour and a rebar. Man, she loves whacking lumps out of bad guys.
I like to weaken them with a shot or two, then stand back and watch the fun.

As for Ed-E - useful as a pack mule and great perk, but for some odd reason he sometimes decides to attack friendlies. I have to be careful and do a quicksave before approaching bunches of people.
He's sure to pick a fight with someone, and I inevitably get that dreaded "Ed-E has died" message and have to reload. So far, he's done this in Primm, at the 188, the NCR Outpost and Camp McCarren, so it's become a bit of a habit.
I've taken to finding quiet spots outside populated places and making him wait, since he can't behave himself in company.

Edit: Now that I think of it, he freaked out in Repconn Test Site, and that Areosomething industrial park as well. I'm beginning to think he has it in for ghouls....

[Vera Maslar]

He is? Could've fooled me. He's great. Give him the Anti-Material gun an he does one hit kills most of the time.

[Hairul Hafis]

Next I wish to address those who belittle my eyebot friend. ED-E (we call him "Eddie" in my house) is the fekin MAN!! Of the two non-human companions he is far and away the better choice. His perk makes the game awesome for those of us with sneaking in mind because we can sense "red" marks from across the fekin country. He never tries to get in front of me and he makes no judgments about my less than moralistic decisions.

Thats what i mean youve only got ede or rex which is a no brainer on who you want but i just really hate the noise he makes for me its just so annoying also he misses sooooooooo much for me he never hits anything unless its point blank range
the only use i find is the extra vision for nightkin plus as a pack horse he carries everything i cant....

For when you take boones beret for some reason some items stack on top of each other but dont show that it has so its there so you can give it back

[kat no x]

http://yfrog.com/caboonej

Where'd you find that bandana? The only ones I've seen were at the very end of the game and rangers were waring them. (I was pro-NCR)

[Lily Evans]

I have Boone and EDE and it's good so far. I gave him the fiend's chainsaw and he loves that thing. He uses the sniper rifle at long range and when people charge him he gets out the chainsaw and slices them to ribbons. And I like the combination a lot. I really snipe a lot better with the glowing people in my sights. The annoying thing is that he gets "stuck" easily in terrain and I have to go rescue him.

[Allison Sizemore]

Give Veronica an incinerator, she lobs fireballs at people from really far away with great accuracy. Then switches to melee when they get close.

Much agreed, though i usually just give her the flamer or even a grenade rifle (gotta be careful if you do that and not get near enemies, lol) but have given her the heavy incinerator before and she does decent with it.
I however prefer her with ballistic fist or oh baby! for and with them she is a beast and i just stay a few feet back and blast people. Veronica is nice also cause she tanks somewhat and allows you to enjoy weapons that u wouldnt usually use but when u know she can handle it i pull out spears or throwing weapons for fun or anything im not highly trained in to cause damage but lots of fun is my goal so i play how i like

[carly mcdonough]

I accidentally my first recon beret when I quickly the a button during repair with jury rigging perk. I like him because A. Sniper, B. Pro-NCR, C. Doesn't talk alot, D. "I'd like my beret back, please."