Veronica. At first I thought she was just sorta okay, but then I fell in love with her when she grabbed a pool cue at the tops casino and beat 2 of Benny's guards to death with it.

I like Veronica becuase she ponches things. I gave her Pushy and now she's REALLY tearing things up! She can die easily vs Cazzadores however. She looks good in Reinforced Leather becuase it matches up with her huge fist and hood.

I had ED-E but the sensors annoy me because it takes away the surprise factor, and I'd rather have to scan the wasteland with my binoculars to ensure safety.

In my opinion followers make the game too easy while they are alive, and if they die I feel soooo strongly that I shoudl just reload the last save file since usually they die due to stupid reasons that do not even make sense.

I haven't even found Cass and I feel she's my favorite lol. I like Veronica though, she's funny and a carpetmuncher so we get along. I let her wait at my little camp though, or at my suite in Novak.

Boone, because he is wicked with a Anti-Materiel Rifle, Remnants Power Armor, and a Minigun.

Cass is awesome too, with her T-51b power armor. And I like her connection to the previous fallouts.

ED-E by far.

When out in the wild Mojave his perk lets you spot enemies from a LONG distance away, before even without sneaking they notice you. This lets you line up an easy gauss rifle headshot or avoid them entirely. Some enemies in FONV just don't give rewards equal to the effort, ammo and stimpacks you use to take them on. If I see a group of 4-6 fast-moving (side to side that is) red bars under my compass I know it's a dangerous nest of Cazador, suicide to take on at any level below 16 and not worth it even above that. Unless they're right over where I have to go, I can just scoot around them thanks to my loyal eyebot.

Not to mention his epic carrying capacity. I figure with a barter of 60 he's made me a few cool thousand caps carrying high-weight high-value items I couldn't lug (like high-condition gatling lasers and T45 PA).

Raul, just because he's voiced by Danny Trejo. He's a legend.

Also I kinda want to see one of Trejo's characters play a role where they don't die for once. Seriously I think he dies in every film he's in lol.

currently my character is fishing off the dock by the lake while boone and ede do the missions. there is no point in me going along since boone kills everything before i even see it. when they finish missions they come back and i go talk to some people and get some more missions and send them on their merry way again while i go stand at the end of the dock and pretend to fish until someone makes a fishing mod. i think i heard them whispering something about keeping more caps for themselves if they got rid of the "useless one", not sure what they meant by that.

I just love how Veronica sounds all sweet and nice and then goes hulk hogan on anyone that even thinks about attacking me.

I have recruited all of them and have come to the conclusion that there isn't one perfect companion. I mix and match them like side dishes.
Some are good against armor, some are better when sneaking (Grandma can NOT shut her friggin' pie hole when sneaking and I find it maddening). Some (Boone) are a godsend in the open wasteland.

Rex really IS good in a fight. He can drop some heavy foes (so I can pick them apart AFTER I take care of their buddy). Has a nasty habit of bounding off and starting fights a mile away from me. Of course this is sometimes a plus. I can't count the times that I've heard him growl, had XP pop up on my screen and look back to see him running back from a corpse (or two).

Cass is great for dialogue, default weapon is only good at short range but this makes her great for indoors work. Be sure to give her a good mele weapon.

Boone? I sneak/snipe most of the time and I like the fact that he keeps his mouth shut and just does the work. Cudos. He is pretty awesome with mele weapons too. Give him a chainsaw and watch the carnage. I LIKE the fact that he kills a lot of stuff before I can, especially when using his default weapon. Saves on ammo. The less I use, the more I sell, the more I sell the more caps I have for implants!

Veronica? Monster of mele. Give her power armor and a good weapon (punchy?) and watch the fur fly. Works well with Rex while I sit back and pop head shots.

Grammy the nightkin is REALLY good in a brawl, annoying (to me) the rest of the time.

Ed-E = Floating closet. Nice perk for distance fighters. (his quest is glitched/stuck so I haven't been able to run his quest yet) (works far better than Rex for sneaking and surpise sniping) Bring along with Cass for indoor work.

Doctor what's his face? (Arecade) Interesting dialogue. Not too awesome in a fight but gives a decent perk. (haven't done his quest yet and have played with him the least. I may change my mind later)

Raul? Haven't used him much so far and haven't done his quest (if any). Great dialogue, and a lot of it. Great perk. Not as awesome as others in a fight but he is no slouch either. He gets bonus points for being so pretty.

I'm currently searching random locations in the black areas of my map so I'm running the slaughterhouse combo: Boone and Rex. I never get hit with a surpise attack, often don't even pull out a weapon, just collect my loot and keep walking.

**Your mileage may vary

ED-E because you could have a perception of 1 and as long as you had him you’d be OK.

Raul because his perk is the most practical. He can fight at short and close range. And not so powerful that he steal every kill.

Boone for me all the way. In the beginning he took most of all my kills but as I have leveled up we seem to work well together. It is nice for us women to have a sixy looking follower for a change.

ED-E for his companion Perk, Raul because I dissuaded him from becoming a Vaquero so I could get the "Full Maintenance" perk and felt bad about it for days.

And then there's Veronica for the other 43% of us :3

I don't understand people's frustration's with Boone 'stealing' kills. You still get all the benefits just as if you had killed it - just with saved ammo.

Or am I missing something? Perhaps it's a personal thing

To be honest getting ED-E actually justifies plummeting your Perception S.P.E.C.I.A.L very low, and allows you to use a lot of extra points elsewhere. Great tactic for getting higher stats, even if you don't want companions, lower PER and grab ED-E soon as possible set him to passive and your good to go. While I voted for Boone, I quite enjoy the benefits of ED-E.

Reno

You've convinced me. That's how I play too so how could two of us running around the wasteland be bad...except for the other guy? Next time, Veronica and Rex.