Ive only 1 companion i use and although i cant remember when i noticed she stopped doing this, she no longer approaches or is approached by npcs to have conversation.


When your companions talk to npcs like for example piper intrviewing residents etc is that only for when you are relatively new or os it a bug that has stopped them?


Sounds daft but i really found it immersive and without ot my companions seem kinda less life like.

Piper and others approaching NPCs to talk with them (Nick does this too) seems to be relatively random, maybe triggered by other things going on around them. For example, the mayor of Diamond City had a speech by the Wall and when it was over Piper walked over to one of the civilians present and asked him about the mayor. Makes me wonder if some of these are scripted specifically for certain NPCs. If this is the case, then it would explain why you might go days without Piper or Nick walking up to a random NPC to talk to them.

She used to ask about the mayor randomly to diamond city but not anymore. Thing is some interactions which are a one time thing for example when u go to hogjer stands ans meet wellinngton piper is meant to pretend to br thrown out but given an exchange of gossip...didnt happen for me. She doesnt do anything like thag anymore but other companions do now which is a shame

Companions sometimes will talk to other NPCs while adventuring, which is nice. I remember me and Nick helping out a settlement which was being attacked by raiders. After we were done, Nick Valentine started talking to one of the settler like they were great old friends. I found this nice and a very surprising detail.

These interactions seem completely random. I've had quite a few of them with Preston and Nick, but I've never once had one with Piper or Cait. There are a bunch of random interactions with Piper that are supposed to occur, and I've never seen it once in about 500 hours, and I travel with Piper almost all the time.