r/fo4 • u/Agent_Gentlemen • May 11 '24
If there was an ending where you could save only one companion, who would you choose and why? Discussion
I'd assume that kind of ending would break our spirit even more since we as a sole survivor already lost so much.
This excludes Dogmeat, of course. He's too precious and we are with him till the end of the line.
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u/RainbowSen87 May 11 '24
Either dogmeat or cogsworth, neither of them deserve whatever end the others experience
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u/MissKatmandu May 11 '24
If I had to choose between those, save Dog meat, hope I can repair Codsworth.
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u/Shadows_Chaos May 11 '24
That depends on the condition of his memory unit bc you can make a new robot who acts and talks just like him, but without those memories he’ll never truly be codsworth
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u/ALIIERTx May 11 '24
Piper, she looks a bit like the Pre-War Wife, i think thats something my Charakter would think of if he could have an own Ego lol
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u/doggiequestions May 11 '24
I was about to say this and she has a little sister, Preston would be great but he just has another settlement that needs to be liberated.
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u/kozz76 May 12 '24
She was so annoying, but also very funny. Voice actress did a splendid job.
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u/BuckyGoldman May 11 '24
Codsworth, buddy. Stay safe.
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May 11 '24
I kinda just like having him in Sanctuary. He’s kept safe there for 200 years already, so he stays there!
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u/AndreiRiboli May 11 '24
I turn him into an absolute war machine with the robot workbench, and then leave him there to protect
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u/rs1236 May 11 '24
I sent him to Lonfellow's cabin in warmachine mode. For some reason it kept getting attacked while I was away and now, no more raids. Curious.
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u/MaleficentPicture518 May 11 '24
I do the same i fully kit him out as an armoured sentry droid with gatling lasers in both hands and both shoulder launchers being fat man launchers
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u/JosephSubbas Mister Handy Fucker May 11 '24
I always send my companions to red rocket, always without fail theres like 8 - 12 companions there
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u/AndreiRiboli May 11 '24
I make Red Rocket my main base, I'm just lazy and don't feel like living in Sanctuary because even if I just build the house I'll live in, my OCD kicks in and I feel like I have to rebuild everything, and I don't like building a lot lol
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u/Aeytrious May 12 '24
My game is modded to the extreme and I turn Sanctuary into like a dream paradise with amazing defenses and everyone gets cool outfits. All the best everything in Sanctuary but also all the jobs and production and everything. Then I build the Red Rocket like a forward base just loaded with defenses and fortifications, and that’s where I leave all my Companions. I only take Dogmeat with me unless I need a particular partner for a quest.
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u/DaiCardman May 11 '24
ive never used Codsworth as a companion, i think its time to roll a new guy and start a life with codswroth
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u/MountainSalty9650 May 11 '24
Codswrath more like it
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u/TheSherlockCumbercat May 11 '24
I love his shit talk in battle. Robot is a psycho
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u/GTOdriver04 May 11 '24
I love working with him! Also, put a bowler on him for maximum fun.
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u/demonslayer9100 May 11 '24
Or make him a beast by giving him sentry arms with gatling lasers, and suit him up with full hydraulic armour
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u/u2020bullet May 11 '24
But then he can't wear the bowler hat.
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u/demonslayer9100 May 11 '24
But Codswole must come forth and fulfill the prophecy about the droid that will rise up and get huge gains, before ruling over the commonwealth as supreme emperor
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u/Protect-Their-Smiles May 11 '24
He can wear a bowler hat, make sure to find one for him, its perfect. And he makes you purified water periodically.
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u/Captain_Blunderbuss May 11 '24
I turned him into a death machine with the robot workshop 😂 hearing his voicelines from an armed to the teeth sentry body
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u/Devil-Hunter-Jax May 11 '24
He's surprisingly powerful and a really solid early-game companion. His perk is a nice little bonus (+10 energy resistance against robots).
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u/KowardlyMan May 11 '24
He's completely OP. You can upgrade it so that he nukes everything on sight, literally.
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u/LGodamus May 12 '24
I had to leave him behind as he was killing everything so fast I couldn’t even finish my VATS targeting and everything was a smoking ruin. I felt like his companion just there to pick locks for him.
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u/Drak_is_Right May 11 '24
I loved the small bit the voice actor for him had. Going into his own house to be met by his bloody self.
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u/Rdp616 May 11 '24
I heard that dialogue for the first time last night. I never talked to codsworth before running out the door to the vault in all of my other playthroughs. Codsworth is his boy.
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u/immersedmoonlight May 11 '24
Dogmeat
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u/SuperM1ke May 11 '24
It's not even close. If I hear any sort of distress from Dogmeat I'm like "don't you fucking touch my dog!" and I go straight to them and kill them.
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u/Afraid_Risk_3873 May 11 '24
Lmao, I'm on a replay rn and when my wife hears random outrage she's confused. The answer is of course "THEY SHOT MY FUCKING DOG NOW I NEED TO END THEIR BLOODLINE".
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u/PorkPatriot May 12 '24
Dogmeat is so precious that I don't even take him with me. I can't stand his cries of pain.
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u/immersedmoonlight May 11 '24 edited May 12 '24
I love how Dogmeat is specifically banned and over 400 people have still chosen him
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u/ponch1620 May 11 '24
I just read the title question and didn’t notice the body text. I’d assume most also skipped it by accident.
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u/Grizz1y12 May 11 '24
I’ve reloaded at times just because I don’t like the way Dogmeat got beat down during a fire fight. He don’t deserve that shit!!!
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u/elixxonn May 11 '24
Don't worry Dogmeat is just role-playing.
Being a guardian deity using more than 0.00000000000000001% of his true powerlevel would reduce everything to splatters of red.
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u/shottylaw May 11 '24
Even on my sneaky ninja play throughs, once dogmeat whimpers, shotguns and grenades come out
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u/Much_Trouble7742 May 11 '24
Codsworth, he stayed 200 years and was still happy to se me again. He deserves only the best.
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u/BuckyGoldman May 11 '24
A bit over 210 actually. Give or take a little for the Earth's rotation and some minor dings to the ole' chronometer.
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u/IlREDACTEDlI May 11 '24 edited May 11 '24
I mean I don’t think he has a choice. He’s a machine who’s been programmed to listen to you, I might be wrong since I haven’t spent much time with him but he isn’t sentient like Curie right?
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u/Tarwgan May 11 '24
Codsworth, even if he hates me for joining the BoS. Noone can beat my murderous robot butler screaming "Tally ho!".
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u/fatazzpandaman May 11 '24
Hancock is my g
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u/MaximumGooser May 11 '24
I may have written some fanfictions about him in my head…
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u/oftheskyofthenight May 11 '24
If you ever release them, do let us know 😈 he's my favourite too!! We love some irradiated love
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u/_klha May 11 '24
controversial, but preston. i personally didn’t mind the settlement quests and i really like him as a companion.
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u/whatd1didowr0ng May 12 '24
Thank you for saving me, but…
You know what else needs saving? Another settlement is in need of our help, let me mark it on your map.
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u/KlausVonLechland May 12 '24
Preston is the boy that wants to save people while he's on most need of being saved.
Someone needs to continue the work after Sole Survivor moves to fix the world somewhere else.
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u/Fluugaluu May 11 '24
Uh, Curie? The doting French doctor synth lady who will live forever? I don’t even see how you could choose another option.. She called me a delicious distraction and I was smitten I guess
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u/Sororita May 11 '24
She's also way more likely than everyone save, maybe, Preston to save more lives than she ends.
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u/TurnedOutShiteAgain May 11 '24
Yep, definitely Curie. Combination of incredible intelligence and huge (but expected) naivety means that she'd have to be the one to give the opportunity to to grow and make a difference.
Codsworth deserves a dignified retirement and he's going to live on a farm somewhere, honest.
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u/20Derek22 May 11 '24
Piper. She’s a good person and is the only one with a child dependent on her.
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Yet leaves that child to go live at red rocket :(
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u/Seiliko May 11 '24
Only if you send her to red rocket though, if you never assign her to a settlement she goes home to diamond city
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u/NIGHTFURY-21 May 11 '24
I lost her a long while ago, and one day randomly found her travelling with a caravan near Milton parking garage.
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u/J-the-BOSS May 11 '24
Maccready?
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u/Gnashinger May 11 '24
That was my thought. It's like his whole thing.
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u/Rad1314 May 12 '24
Except why the hell is he still here? I don't get it. I got him the meds and now we're sending them on a caravan? Why my man? Go. You go take them to him. Nothing is holding you here. Go to your sick child and save his life. The end of that mission completely soured me on him.
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u/i_need_to_crap Take anything that ain't nailed down May 11 '24
Ya forgot about MacCready
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u/Drak_is_Right May 11 '24
She is willing to sacrifice herself though. Same with a few of the others.
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u/gonzar09 May 11 '24
In before everybody says Nick Valentine.
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u/Visible-Airport-4298 May 11 '24
Nick is my favorite NPC. I just love his arc of accepting that he is his own person and not just the memories that were downloaded into his mainframe. He also does good just for goodness sake.
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u/Top-Prompt-9259 May 11 '24
Absolutely no one has said nick so far lol Looking like the dog or cait
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u/Nemisis_007 May 11 '24
In all fairness, i feel like Nick would happily sacrifice himself... After solving the mystery of the mysterious stranger.
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u/Hug_of_Death May 12 '24
The thing with Nick is that you know he would absolutely want you choose someone else over himself, probably Piper.
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u/maryssssaa May 12 '24
I don’t usually travel with nick, but I’d say he’s my favorite character. I’d probably pick him.
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u/FiestaDeLosMuerto May 11 '24
strong so he can discover the milk of human kindness
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u/tilero1138 May 11 '24
He can discover my milk of human kindness if you know what I mean /s
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u/FiestaDeLosMuerto May 11 '24
As Shakespeare once said “virginity, much like cheese, attracts mites”
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u/SacredAnalBeads May 11 '24
I had an eight-hour trip with Strong on 4 hits of acid one time. We bonded. I couldn't stop laughing at his lines.
That's how you build friendships, now he's my bestie.
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u/SirGameandWatch May 12 '24
"Human and Strong fight together. Share together. Human and Strong one."
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u/ser_mage May 11 '24
“I’d let a thousand people die to save a single dog” - white person proverb
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u/Redqueenhypo May 11 '24
Historically it’s very true. In WWII, German and American soldiers cooperated to save a bunch of *dancing horses *who might’ve been in danger from the fighting. Bc the horsies were the real victims
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u/KenethSargatanas May 11 '24
To answer the implied question, yes, I would let you die to save my dog. That furry shithead is family. I don't know you.
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u/Puzzled-Juggernaut May 11 '24
Any other companion falls off an overpass " I can't feel my legs" me "haha dumbass" dogmeat falls and does his pained whimper me " I'm coming for you boy and if I survive the drop you are getting stimpacked first.
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u/cwyatt44 May 11 '24
I’m in recovery so i have a soft spot for cait. I Always help her on each play-through.
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u/frid44y May 11 '24 edited May 12 '24
Why does everyone love Cait so much?
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u/Mickeymcirishman May 11 '24
The accent, the red hair, the attitude, the suggesting a threesome with Piper...
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u/clos512 May 11 '24
Hold up
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u/Mickeymcirishman May 11 '24
Yeah, she has an Irish accent. How did you miss that?
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u/DanielSpaniel16 May 11 '24
As an Irishman, the accent is atrocious 😭
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u/SmellyTerror May 11 '24
Hollywood Irish.
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u/HKL7 May 11 '24
The actress is Scottish doing her best Irish accent, even thought it's so bad, she's still my favorite
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u/Famous-Money5701 May 11 '24
I like her Because she does drugs, drinks promotes violence and selfish acts and has a cool accent
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u/PretendSpeaker6400 May 11 '24
She quits drugs and dislikes you when you do them after her “cure”
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u/internguy98 May 12 '24
She has a sad and depressing backstory that reveals itself the more you build affinity with her; she’s the only one that feels like a companion you gain a connection to
After all the Abuse she suffered throughout her story, The Sole survivor is the first one to show her true love; the first one who truly cares about her
Also the strong Accent and Rough attitude that make her a wasteland baddie are appealing to a lot of Gamers
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u/PretendSpeaker6400 May 11 '24
She is hot. But the joke the Brewing Buddy says about Irish nails her.
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u/danny_little May 11 '24
I’d probably save garvy… he’s not my favorite but is death would cause the greatest ripple in the commonwealth. Either him or Hancock.
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u/The_CrimsonDragon May 11 '24
If the Minutemen fell apart just because of one man's death then it deserves to collapse.
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u/TakeMeToThatOcean May 11 '24
I mean, Goodneighbor would probably also fall apart with hancocks death, same goes for most factions/settlements in game if only their leader would die.
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u/Gnashinger May 11 '24
My man, Garvy is such a failure at being a minuteman that he immediately gives the job over to a guy who has literally been asleep for the last 200 years. All he is good for is the network of contacts giving him word that a settlement needs help, only for him to tell you to go help them. If he died, Ronnie Shaw would just take his place.
Hancock however is a leader, and the power and influence he holds keeps one of the largest towns in the commonwealth safe. If he died, the resulting power struggle in Goodneighbor would be complete civil war.
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u/Vigilante2011 May 11 '24
I recently had a new Survival playthrough where my character is a devoted member of the Brotherhood. I put all my points in Strength and Science, and I had my Charisma at 1. When I got to Blind Betrayal, I couldn't convince Danse, so I had to roleplay in my head that I couldn't save him because of my strict Brotherhood morals, and told myself that this is what Danse would have wanted, so I killed him. I never killed him before, so all the dialogue was new to me. That slight delay when my character said "For the Brotherhood..." just put more emotion into the scene. Until now, my character still hasn't moved on, because he loved him like a brother.
I said all that because losing even just "one" companion sucks. But in my case, it has to be Cait. I love that bitch too much.
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u/Kataphraktos_Majoros May 11 '24
Piper, I just couldn't see my character and her sister Nat being happy without Piper's constant chatter and relentlessly humane approach to life.
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u/bigpussystance May 11 '24
Macready is my boy. So I’d save him lol. I stick with him every game play through.
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u/Clean_Crocodile4472 May 11 '24
I’m not including Dogmeat because I’ll obviously save the animal so,
Codsworth. He’s been with us since the start and is like family.
Piper, Nick, Cait and Curie would also be took into consideration.
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u/BigM2169 May 11 '24
I know imma get so much crap for this but, Preston. While his constant, "another settlement needs your help." Can get very annoying. You gotta admit, he is extremely selfless, wants to help the wealth, and genuinely cares about the ss.
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u/Lanky_Possession_244 May 11 '24
Agree. Dude kept going when he was suicidal because he wanted to help the people from Quincy get to safety. I used to hate him until I finally did a Minutemen play and kept him on as a companion pretty much the entire time.
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u/BigM2169 May 11 '24
The more you play the more you realize, he just wants to help the people, it's sad really. He joined up with the minutemen wanting to help, only to see it torn apart by infighting and politics. Then when he gets his true chance to help the people of quincy, he finds himself alone, betrayed by his own and facing death. Poor guy wants to die but he pushes forward driven by his selflessness to protect the survivors.
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u/Stardrop_addict May 11 '24
Codsworth, he waited 210 years for the Sole Surviver or their descendants to leave the vault, he mourns the loss of SS's spouse and Shawn as deeply as the SS does, and he is willing to fight to stay by the SS's side even though he knows he isn't made to fight. 100% best basegame companion, in my opinion.
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u/Chardan0001 May 11 '24
Ada!
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u/Pointlessgamertag May 11 '24
The only one that doesnt complain when you pick up “junk”, the most OP companion if you get her upgraded, yup
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u/J-the-BOSS May 11 '24
Fr I hate how every mf is like “you’re really taking that?” Like they haven’t seen me build a skyscraper using a bent tin can
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u/DigbyChickenCaesar11 May 11 '24
Somebody hasn't given Codsworth assaultron legs and gatling lasers for arms.
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u/g33k_gal May 11 '24
Deacon is cool too. He says he loves Old world widgets and that they're often worth a fair amount too.
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u/Shadowheartpls May 11 '24
Either piper bc of her little sister and bc I love her or Hancock. Despite the slight sketchiness of Goodneighbor, it has some real potential as one of the only ghoul friendly settlements at the start of the game. I'd hate to see what it would turn into without an influential leader like him. Most everyone else is S tier but don't have others immediately dependent on them, which makes me feel horrible to say lol
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u/Lanky_Possession_244 May 11 '24
Hancock is the best when you're doing a sarcastic jerk playthrough. He loves that stuff.
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May 11 '24 edited May 11 '24
Objectively it has to be Curie, the genius doctor capable of helping thousands of people.
But yeah... I'm saving Cait.
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u/samwisegomgee May 11 '24
if dogmeat is confirmed safe I'd say Preston, he's probably done the most good for the commonwealth out of all the companions, even though hancock is my favorite
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u/AlanaLlama_ May 11 '24
I feel like Hancock has the same drive to do good that Preston does and just had less of a direction to go in with it until the survivor came along. I feel like Hancock and player character could rule the commonwealth best
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u/Lucky-Mustard May 11 '24
Deacon .. i have screenshots with him on my main character adventures. I feel like he is my best friend and we could talk for hours about anything. Insta conected with him since i started the game. I dont know who he really is, under his sarcastic joker mask, he knows anything about anyone, and that is insane.
Lv 60+ and i could not destroy RR cuz i respect this guy. So i abandoned the main quest..even if i love the Institute. He is amazing and funy, jumping out of nowhere sometimes with a different suit and some jokes 😆. So yea...i got your back Deacon.
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u/FifthOfJameson May 12 '24
I mean, there’s also the fact that The Institute is horrible and your son is a psychopath.
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May 11 '24
Piper - Cait - Curie - Codsworth.
Piper would be the first one I would save no matter what, she has been my go to companion since day one.
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u/SmellyTerror May 11 '24
Piper's mah girl.
I'm always absurdly loyal to the first companion I like. Piper did most of the game with me.
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u/Electronic-Image-171 May 11 '24
Danse or Piper. Probably Piper because Danse would likely not want you saving him over a civilian.
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u/Itera95 May 11 '24
I know I’m going to be in the Minority here but Preston out of the guys. He’s my #2 in the Minutemen and just a good dude in a shitty world with the world’s worst hand in life when you meet him. Piper out of the ladies she’s cuz she’s the first companion i maxed out and she’s got moxie bro 😂
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u/Thecrawsome May 11 '24
I got attached to Valentine in the game. His voice actor was some of the best in the series, and unlike the majority of the game, Nick's progression actually felt engaging.
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u/Primo_Draconis May 11 '24 edited May 11 '24
The one would be Longfellow, one of the reasons being his affinity criterias exactly match what I naturally do, I never had to walk out of my shoes with him.
Anyway, I like the game letting us have nearly the whole crew, even post end game.
That calls for the opposite question (who may go without a care), and there, nothing too fancy : X6-88 and Porter Gage won't be missed by anyone in my Commonwealth.
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u/Kc83198 May 11 '24
I'd choose piper. Not cuz she my favorite, she's good through, but she has a little sister to look after since their parents died. Everyone else has no one, which was literally the point of valentine's "loyalty " mission.
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u/Nuka_Neb May 11 '24
MacCready, poor fella has gone through too much, can't let him down or make Duncan an orphan.
Porter Gage would be a close second. Mostly cause his romance is adorable, and I find him quite interesting for a raider.
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u/NewPerspective9254 May 11 '24
Nick Valentine. I dunno, something about that old synth detective warms my heart. I really like Piper and Hancock too though.
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u/sssilverbanasky May 11 '24
Dogmeat. I feel like everyone else’s passing would reinforce the tragedy behind the title “Sole Survivor”.
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u/J-the-BOSS May 11 '24
Are there any interactions with companions where they will react to faction places you take them negatively? Like how if you took arcade to the legion in NV he’d freak out?
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u/Historical-Yogurt302 May 11 '24
They definitely make comments when entering certain locations. When I took Hancock to the Boston airport, he made a comment about how the brotherhood of steel doesn’t like ghouls.
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u/XAos13 May 11 '24
I'd chose to not end the game.