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[SOLDIER First]

Doesn't negate Lone Wanderer, I mean. Since Dogmeat also takes up a slot but doesn't negate Lone Wanderer.

[umiman]

They take up a slot, are noisy, get in the way of your shots, and are generally just like other companions.

However, they can have a stealth field, which affects you, (not them ?), we've not tried it yet, but It's certainly worth trying.

Oh, and Officer Smashy McSmash would like a word with you if you don't find Automatron fun. We had so many laughs just beetling about with random(ish) designs last night.

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Just stay away from dead/dying robots if you're not decked out from head to toe in armour. Especially legendaries. their explode radius is huge.
you can actually use this to your advantage by sending your robot in to get killed, then when they explode (if they have the right bodies) they take out most of the enemies in one go.

Are you using the royal we?

[Grim Portent]

I think the robots can be built for stealthy combat, they have a melee weapon option that is specifically meant to be silent and stealthy, but I doubt they'll be that great at it since they're still just NPCs and don't know how to exploit the stealth mechanics the way players can.

Really the robots are good for carrying stuff and being a source of customisable damage. Also they look awesome.

I'm still tinkering with Codsworth to decide what kind of weapons I prefer him to have. Currently have him as a Sentry Bot with a gatling laser, missile launcher and a pair of mini nuke mortars. He can do a lot of damage at range, but he's slow, takes ages to kill things in close combat and gets swarmed easily.

I'm thinking of swapping him over to a thruster propelled blade wielding assaultron build.

[Glloyd]

They take up a slot, are noisy, get in the way of your shots, and are generally just like other companions.

However, they can have a stealth field, which affects you, (not them ?), we've not tried it yet, but It's certainly worth trying.

Oh, and Officer Smashy McSmash would like a word with you if you don't find Automatron fun. We had so many laughs just beetling about with random(ish) designs last night.

[edit]
Just stay away from dead/dying robots if you're not decked out from head to toe in armour. Especially legendaries. their explode radius is huge.
you can actually use this to your advantage by sending your robot in to get killed, then when they explode (if they have the right bodies) they take out most of the enemies in one go.

Are you using the royal we?

Can't forget about your political body I guess.

[Vicomt]

They take up a slot, are noisy, get in the way of your shots, and are generally just like other companions.

However, they can have a stealth field, which affects you, (not them ?), we've not tried it yet, but It's certainly worth trying.

Oh, and Officer Smashy McSmash would like a word with you if you don't find Automatron fun. We had so many laughs just beetling about with random(ish) designs last night.

[edit]
Just stay away from dead/dying robots if you're not decked out from head to toe in armour. Especially legendaries. their explode radius is huge.
you can actually use this to your advantage by sending your robot in to get killed, then when they explode (if they have the right bodies) they take out most of the enemies in one go.

Are you using the royal we?

LOL, sorry, I tend to play games with my brother quite a bit, either he plays and I watch, or I play and he watches, but we both decide what we're doing.

Anyway, having just completed the Mechanist quest, I can say with certainty, it's well worth the price. some lovely bits of lore, and at times, total carnage. 10\10 will have fun with all the robot parts now

[Ultimuh]

I'm still tinkering with Codsworth to decide what kind of weapons I prefer him to have. Currently have him as a Sentry Bot with a gatling laser, missile launcher and a pair of mini nuke mortars. He can do a lot of damage at range, but he's slow, takes ages to kill things in close combat and gets swarmed easily.

Wait.. Can Codsworth be modified with this?

[Grim Portent]

Overall I like the DLC, but I would like the questline to be longer. Even compared to things like Dawnguard in Skyrim it felt really short, though it probably did add more material that'll actually affect gameplay than Dawnguard did. 

Being able to customize and create robots is a really nice thing, though it does require a specific set of talents to really exploit. Granted most of the perks needed are ones I pick anyway, but it'll really be a drag to people who have different playstyles to me.

I think that the different robot part types could be a bit more balanced between each other. I get that there's something of a mechanical hierarchy going on, but as it is there's basically no reason to ever use protectron parts or any handy part other than the thruster as far as I can tell.

Wait.. Can Codsworth be modified with this?

Yep. All his parts can be swapped out for other ones. His voice stays the same and he doesn't get any new dialogue when changed sadly. Curie however cannot be customised, probably to avoid any bugs involving her companion quest.

It's rather fun to have Codsworth's english butler voice coming out of a 7 foot tall spiky war machine with a skull face. 

[Ultimuh]

I think that the different robot part types could be a bit more balanced between each other. I get that there's something of a mechanical hierarchy going on, but as it is there's basically no reason to ever use protectron parts or any handy part other than the thruster as far as I can tell.

There is already a mod on the Nexus which makes the armor on all part types equal to each other.
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11209/?

[Teneb]

Keep in mind, however, that if you modify Codsworth you can no longer have him wear bowler hats and such. Which is terrible.

[Grim Portent]

I think that the different robot part types could be a bit more balanced between each other. I get that there's something of a mechanical hierarchy going on, but as it is there's basically no reason to ever use protectron parts or any handy part other than the thruster as far as I can tell.

There is already a mod on the Nexus which makes the armor on all part types equal to each other.
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11209/?

It's not the armour that bugs me, since that's barely relevant anyway, it's the speed/maneuverability/accuracy differences. Protectron is bad even as a generalist. It's only a little faster than robobrain treads and sentry bot legs, but has worse stats in everything but accuracy compared to assaultrons, so on and so forth. It's just got no real niche among the robot types. Not that it's alone on that account, but I don't mind each robot type having some bad options, but protectron parts all seem bad.

[NullForceOmega]

I just wanted to let people know, as I haven't seen it reported anywhere yet, there appears to be a bug with custom names for automatron companions.  I took one of my robot buddies to help out with Kellog, when I went outside to *event* (not sure if it still counts as a spoiler, and I'm not interested in arguments) the custom name was replaced by 'Automatron' and I can no longer change that robot's name in the robotics station.

[Flying Dice]

Huh. Cool. Pip-Boy flashlight overhaul with a ton of different beam options. FO4 is now just a tiny bit more STALKER-ish.

[Fniff]

It has a while to go yet.

[Ultimuh]

For those of you who has the Automatron DLC.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

There is a mod which allows hats on your crafted robots (Codswroth iscluded, so you can get him that hat again! yaaaaaay!).
www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11278/?

[AlleeCat]

So, has anyone else playing Automatron run into the "Punish Timmy" bug? It's almost hilarious at times.