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[Neonivek]

NCR are expansionist but it is kind of out of a necessity, in order to deal with bandits, mutants, and all the other dangers they need a huge infrastructure.

[Rolan7]

Yeah.  I guess that's what happens when your first leader (of 52 years, wow) had to be rescued from local raiders at a young age!

Sorta like the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za. 

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All outsiders must be enslaved, lest they enslave us again.

[Neonivek]

It helps that the NCR aren't exactly talking out of their butts. They can barely handle the bandits in their own territory.

Mind you a large implication is that the NCR are extremely inefficient due to being spread so thin.

[Gabeux]

I'd like to intercept the faction discussion and ask what are your favorite companions so far.
I'll put in spoiler tags but won't mention names, so it should cater to all audiences. Don't read if you want to find everything by yourself.

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Even though people complain about the characters, I like most companions, even though their AI isn't as helpful as Dogmeat at all most of the time.
I like Codsworth and Dogmeat, of course, but my favorite one has been the Spy Guy [hopefully that's enough to know who he is], I think. And the Irish girl.

But the Spy Guy has the most subtle, funny, and non-annoying idle lines. And also things like "We should make a deal with a funerary. See where I'm going with this? *smart smile*" or "You're good at this...too good......" which is extremely fitting after you just decimated 30 SM in a few minutes. There are also other "company" suggestion he gives that are funny.
And it's funny because I thought for sure I'd prefer a female companion..because hey, eye candy.

The Medic Girl is cute, and hmmm dat accent, but holy shit she is annoying most of the time.

There's also the ex-Gunner dude. He seems okay but I didn't play too much with him as a follower.
I didn't take the detective around at all, and I bet he must be really cool.

[Neonivek]

I will admit I wish I could make them shut up everytime I pick up junk.

Is it so hard for them to get it through their dumb minds that junk is incredibly useful?

[Flying Dice]

My favorite is Dogmeat. The only one I'd ever consider taking with me despite Lone Wanderer is probably

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Cait

because she doesn't judge me and takes no shit.

Eh? Ranged sneak attacks do up to 3.5x with all three ranks of ninja, and can go as high as 5.25x with Mister Sandman if you use a silenced weapon. Melee gets up to 10x. Though sneaking does seem a little less OP. Enemies seem a little more alert this time around.

And grenades. Grenades everywhere. Explosives feel better to me now, but raiders sure do seem to love their molotovs.

Herp, my bad on Ninja, I misremembered.

Doesn't change the fact that you don't get that nonsense where sneak attacks did double the normal critical damage (aka a 4x multiplier at the baseline), and then another 125% increase with Better Criticals and Just Lucky I'm Alive. Shit was whack. Melee being at 10% is fair, considering how much will wreck you if you get detected up close and personal without getting your big hit in first.

[Rolan7]

Having only seen three, the obvious first 2 plus the minuteman, Dogmeat.
Codsworth keeps judging me
The Minuteman actually seems pretty great, but I already put a point into making dogmeat incapacitate people.  And apparently Dogmeat doesn't disable the "Lone Wanderer" perk.  I haven't *taken* that perk, but still.

But seriously, having Dogmeat is great.  Alerting me to enemies, stashes, and loving me unconditionally.
Also IDK about mechanically, but sensibly, Codsworth is unstealthy as all hell.  FWOOoOOSH BRITHIS WORZ PHEEEW
Okay I do love his dialogue, but sorry to him. 
(And a fuckin robot ought to be even more loyal than a dog, I think)

I will admit I wish I could make them shut up everytime I pick up junk.

Is it so hard for them to get it through their dumb minds that junk is incredibly useful?

Wait do some of the humans do that?
That sounds annoying

[Flying Dice]

Dogmeat's great. You still get all that carry capacity and DR with him active, but he also hauls loot and suplexes goddamn everything. The only Behemoth I've found so far died too quickly to check, but given Bethesda QA standards I'd expect him to be capable of going all Wrestlemania on those as well.

[Neonivek]

Preston does it constantly... I want him to shut up so bad!

He also has REALLY garbage aim...

[Gabeux]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Minuteman. Because I was too busy romancing dem girls because..well, because I can. 

To me, the worse one in terms of combat AND dialog is the medic girl. Cuteness doesn't make up for it.
I also wish they'd be more obvious or just show us what the follower is good at. Because maybe that influence combat in some way.
Codsworth is decent on early game but...eh. I liked having him as a companion and getting the final friendship level (or something), but I'm keeping him at home.

Non-human followers are easier to manage inventory too. Just dump everything on him, and then press R to take all when at base. With humans you have to do that manually. 

[Neonivek]

What I do is stick with junk for them. So at least I don't risk giving away their armor and weapons.

[Wiles]

I wish I had played with different companions throughout the game but I've just stuck with one and I'm so far into the game it hardly seems worth switching at this point.

I'm rather stuck on an escort the scribe mission at the moment.

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I'm supposed to take him to the gunner HQ but he dies before we even make it inside the building. The gunners are packing some serious firepower.

[miauw62]

It's sort of sad the writing is shit when there's obvious effort in the voice acting. Codsworth has sooooo many lines, I assume the other companions do too?

[Neonivek]

I wish I had played with different companions throughout the game but I've just stuck with one and I'm so far into the game it hardly seems worth switching at this point.

Some companions have special abilities (actually they all KIND of do...) as well I think the perk bonus you get stays even when your with someone else.

[Flying Dice]

*glances at the Nexus most-endorsed page*

"Begun, the smut wars have."