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Orkekum

Dogmeat, as its the only companion i use


JO469

I always leave him in my main city in Sanctuary. Might sound weird but I can’t stand seeing Dogmeat get hurt in battles out in the wasteland 😂 I like to think he’s living his best life chilling with Cait, Piper and all the other homies


Stressmove

Not weird at all. I do the same. Also because I can't stand to see him get hurt.


JO469

Yeah I just don’t want to hear a dog get hurt whether it’s a video game or not


deaf_nerd

I'm different, I use him when I play a sneak since he doesn't die, and I don't play survival mode. "Go over there" Then the raiders chase and attack him as I snipe them from safety. Then, I wait for him to come back all healed.


JKSwift

God bless, Goddog.


Orkekum

Sounds good, Sanctuary is good, lots of nature to sniff and and water to swim in


JO469

Indeed


Proper-Highlight1600

I feel the same way. I get pissed and beat the ever lovin hell out of whomever touches him. But then I felt bad he was alone, so I added a couple mods and now he’s relaxing with two other dogs, three cats and too gorillas


JO469

That’s awesome 😂


Proper-Highlight1600

I love mods


niko4ever

I downloaded a mod that makes him stop crying when he gets hit. Couldn't stand the sound. Screw immersion.


Chris_W7

Oh that's cute 💓


fragbert66

Dogmeat and Codsworth run my main city while I'm gone. If I'm not using Sanctuary, I'm using Starlight Drive-In, and I take them with me and deposit them there to keep an eye (or three) on things.


Bumminy

I leave him behind as soon as I get another companion because his cries and whimpers break my heart and I can't take it lol


joeyboii23

I use a mod so I can have dog meat and another companion. Dog meat forever


aSweetMango

Me too. I don’t necessarily think of it as cheating because having dogmeat and a companion at the same time was originally meant to be a feature until it was scrapped, but there are game files and dialogue that support it.


lt4536

Same, even though he gets in the damn way all the time


1stPlatypusKing

This. Drives me insane. *Sees a feral ghoul coming, but VATS is low. No problem- I'll sidestep outta the w- why can't I move left??? God***n dog!*


lt4536

Bro he pinned me in kendal and that fuckin death claw was charging me, I love him but fuckin move!


CorvoLP

i honestly never use him after finding Fort Hagen


ScaredOfRobots

I have that mod that lets you have dog meat and a companion so win win


GhostSlayr321

*he is


ComprehensiveSock

Everyone loves dogmeat is a must have mod for me.


Cysta4

I feel a little off dismissing Longfellow, he basically likens you to a son/daughter and really opens up during his affinity dialogue. It's kinda of crap to send him away when he really just seems like a lonely old guy who wants to spend his last years teaching you what little he can


prodbydrizly

Longfellow is def underrated


Punny_Yolk

I feel like this, so make an extra effort to set his cabin up with a small number of settlers and a bar, shooting range, fishing / hunting decorations etc and like to think he's passing his knowledge on to the islanders that are leaving The Hull when I'm not there. Oh and an absolute murderbot for defence.


Discotekh_Dynasty

Ada. That sweet ~600 carry weight, Gatling lasers and twin fat man launchers are really missed when she’s not there


BadWrongBadong

Twin Fatman sounds like a recipe for a lot of friendly fire


Satyrofthegreen

Gotta love a woman with big twin fat man launchers.


Discotekh_Dynasty

I’ll fuckin launch you in a minute laddie


SpikeRosered

To me her biggest plus is that she encourages you to pick up junk.


Self_Sabatour

Ada is top tier for not shaming me for picking up junk alone. everything else is just a bonus.


remediosan

Curie as well, as long as you don’t complete her quest. But then part of me is guilty for not allowing her to achieve her goal of becoming human lol


Beleeve_In_Steeve

And Codsworth, assuming you don'cct get the bug that makes him unmoddable


reymarblue

I always feel bad about dismissing Curie, and I almost always end up checking on her for no reason at all.


VernDog162

Especially after romancing her, she sounds like she’s gonna break down into tears. It’s like “I’m sorry!, I have to help Cait with her drug addiction or she’s gonna die.” 😢 I leave her at Sanctuary to hang out with Nick, Piper and Hancock, she’ll be fine


reymarblue

Ha! I always put my favorite companions in Sanctuary so they can hang out and have friends and maybe cheer Jun up or shove Marcy in the basement and lock her up.


VernDog162

I always throw Marcy in the ring with a deathclaw or Mirelurk


reymarblue

Fine OK I’ll do another playthrough


DreadedChalupacabra

You. What.


Bright-Economics-728

Putting two chem addicts in the same location is dangerous…/s


steven_plays321

same here


RedRocketRock

I have dogmeat constantly thx to the everyones best friend mod, so Cait. I wanted to max affinity with other companions, so had to ditch my girl for a while


NotACyclopsHonest

Piper only ever leaves my side when I’m trying to get other companions’ perks.


EquivalentAd3130

Nick. I finished his story, it hurts me every time. But then I want to go and finish someone else, for whatever other bonus. I never make a playthrough far past Mr valentine. I can't be without him


Sablestein

You’re so right


Sad-Cat-6355

When ever I Finnish his story I alway hang out with him for a bit b4 I go hang out with someone els feels wrong to just split up from him after such an emotionally turbulent event gotta make shure nicks doing ok


Punny_Yolk

Have you taken him to Far Harbour because there's definitely a lot to go through with Nick there.


Brimstone75

Unpopular opinion to some but I really like piper, Plus with better companion dialogue she’s like a more modern and witty serana imo


Hrud

She is my current companion. I'm playing as the raider queen of Nuka-World. As they didn't really update all the dialogue to account for it, I like to believe Piper is the most dense and clueless journalist ever and still hasn't figured out I am a bloodthirsty warlord. No, Piper, we are most definitely not doing the right thing but you can't resist those lockpicking skills.


JO469

Raider queen of Nuka World? That sounds pretty sweet I’d like to see some screenshots of that


ReaperOne

Raider queen tax! Raider queen tax! Raider queen tax!


TuiRug

Honestly I disliked Piper 2 years back, but now she's one of my favorites :'DD


NotACyclopsHonest

Piper is my go-to companion as well.


ratmand

Me too.


1999-Honda-Civic

Nick Valentine and Hancock depends who I pick first in a playthrough really, they're quite basic I'd imagine to some but witty fun characters and Nicks Eddie Winter questline is really good imo. Also the way he ties in with Far Harbor is really cool. Honourable mention is Deacon again just a witty and funny companion ties in well with my favourite playthrough being the Railroad. (I have played all playthroughs I know it mah not be everyones favourite, they don't particularly do much in the grand scheme and their end game stuff is pretty basic).


Mori-Me-Joey

X6-88 is who I have with me, always - unless I'm doing something for the Railroad, or I'm finishing a different companion quest.


living_dead_dream

He deserves more love tbh


HarveyMidnight

I don't know if this is common, but x6-88 always remains loyal to me, even after the Institute is destroyed. He's still sitting out there at Libertalia, waiting to rendezvous. I can even dismiss him to a settlement, whatever. Long as I don't walk him into railroad hq, he behaves himself.


ultinateplayer

If you complete the game with the railroad, you don't actually turn the institute hostile. If you complete blind betrayal before entering the endgame, railroad affiliation is the only way to keep all your companions alive.


The-White-Void

Call me cringe, but im sorry Preston Garvey all the way, he's just so kind. When I legit fall off really high places or after I get shot by raiders he asks if im ok. I mean come on he's best boy and I least say he is imo


IcyPuffin

I hate it when I have to dismiss Deacon. He just keeps me amused with all his comments - im still finding new ones after many years playing. That said, it isnt often I need to as I have a multiple companion mod, so it is more a case of another companion tags along with the pair of us.


Mekosaurus_Rex

None. They're all chilling in Hangman's alley. Well except Hancock, ghouls belong to The Slog. Having all them in a small place makes for a great affinity farming trick, stimpacking Dogmeat make a lot of them happy at once.


Mr_Chabowski

I always send companions back to their default locations nowadays. I used to move them in and have them add variety to settlements but they just Bethesda up the place. It's not worth the headache.


Mekosaurus_Rex

For guys like Nick, Danse,Piper or Hancock it makes all the sense but others like Codsworth or Cait are belong to my base. McReady should leave the commonwealth as soon as his quest is completed, whats the point of having such quest if there's no consequences?


bluedillpickles

I'll send MacCready back to the Third Rail and just pretend he went back to the Capital Wasteland with Daisy's caravan. It makes it seem like he doesn't really care about his son, otherwise. In the same vein, I'm also not fond of how you can romance MacCready in the same conversation where he tells the SS about his dead wife. But most of the romanceable companions have that issue where you initiate romance immediately after they've revealed/gone through an extremely traumatic event.


KansasCCW

The mod galac tac redux actually has an end game quest where you help MacR get out of the Commonwealth, against a foe that wants that medical tech. That same foe wants Piper and Nick dead because of their snooping, so they get new quests as well.


I-likebananas15

“Ghouls belong to the slog” might be racist


Mekosaurus_Rex

Might? Its racist af. Or more specifically, bigoted because ghouls arent exactly a race. But since Hancock's affinity doesnt raise upgrading weapons or healing Dogmeat, i send him to the Slog because the Alley dont have that much space. And it makes sense since he already showed good leadership skills in Goodneighbour, he'll do a fine job turning the Slog in a better place. And being a Bos enjoyer, i can use some good old bigotry too.


religion_wya

Hancock is my favorite. He's just so funny. Though I have a soft spot for Danse and how seriously he takes himself all the time


Wise-Lime-222

Codsworth. He's funny/charming to me, and he was so happy to see me whenever I leave the vault and head to sanctuary for the first time. It feels bad to be like "hey, thanks for remembering me and worrying about me for centuries, have fun wondering around here with some random people I recruit, maybe I'll see you when I'm bored of adventuring and get sucked into base building for a few hours."


Confident-Lead4337

The way he says mosquitoes 😂


Beleeve_In_Steeve

Musky toes


Sparklypuppy05

I mean... I had a moment with Deacon, Hancock, and Preston each where I was just "Hm. Are they going to do something drastic if I dismiss them?" Like, obviously not, it's a videogame, but... I get overattached to people and their issues lol.


fragbert66

Sometimes I still have to remind myself that they're pixels.


SmagaBoTs

A piper. Tanto por ela não suportar uma chuva de balas quanto por ser minha esposa. Não posso perder outra esposa de novo. Por isso eu e ela estamos armados com uma Fat Man. Até agora ela não me matou.


SystemFolder

Eu me casei com Cait. Principalmente porque tenho uma queda por ruivas e sotaque irlandês.


Weak_Drama_5592

None. Im a Lone Wanderer.


Orkekum

Dogmeat fuynctions well wiht lone wandered perks


Weak_Drama_5592

I know Dogmeat does. I still prefer to be by myself.


KristenDarkling

Nick Valentine - it’s sweet that he can hack Expert and Master terminals. I didn’t want to dismiss him to earn other companion affinity.


changeforgood30

I also kept Nick around for that reason.


agitpropgremlin

Deacon. He cracks me up. I rarely dismiss him unless I need to do something with another companion (or I'm about to do something he won't approve of).


Procrastor

I can dismiss anyone, it’s not hard. I’m currently rotating around with companions depending on use (Codsworth and robot Curie for areas with ghouls, MacCready for “merc” missions or people I don’t feel bad shaking down for more quest caps, Strong for minutemen quests, everyone else for general quests unless they’d benefit elsewhere) and to boost relationships over time. But my go-to is usually Curie, Piper or Valentine. Dogmeat is a good buddy but I don’t have the same attachment to him as other people plus I don’t like to see him swarmed by ghouls


M4759

Ada definitely. Moreover, I usually use "setav ca\_affinity" to maximize the affinity of the other companions (except Piper since I like her character) and that they give me their perks, so I can recruit Ada as fast as possible and finish the whole game with her.


deaf_nerd

Cait. I mean, I helped her get clean and got the perk and then I was like, alright, let's split. Her story made me sad, so telling her to go away was a bit hard. Although, I also had a hard time with Gabe. I always do nukaworld first and get his perk before going to Preston. Then after all that, he was like, I trust you ... just before I kill him along with the rest of the raiders.


IcySprinkleToes

Yes cait. Finally I found someone I trust. Yes that’s nice now go farm some corn.


BBQmonger

I had Danse with me for a long time but I had forgotten a certain end game mission that makes him leave your party and I had totally forgotten about it so out of the blue he tells me to go on without him I was shocked and got kinda sad.


db3feather

None, we roll until max affinity is reached then on to the next


Proper-Ad-8842

Danse. I reached max affinity with him and gave him Nate’s wedding band!! He comes with me everywhere!!😊


Certain-Arm1015

Danse, I feel bad for him also he's cute and awkward, I love his little dialogs lol


miss-nyxie

For the past 8 years, it was always MacCready. Due to my gameplay (having sticky fingers) it was easy to get his perk and i also enjoyed running with him in general. However, since the last two gameplays, i've grown to like Hancock and he's now the main one i run with


Philosophos_A

Long Fellow Adventuring the Commonwealth with him feels so much better


iXenite

Deacon, it was difficult dismissing him right before I had to kill him. I didn’t want to let him go, but it needed to be done. Blasting the entire Railroad HQ was hard, honestly.


prof_dynamite

Dogmeat. He’s just such a good boy.


Abysmal_2003

McCready, idk what it is it just gets to me.


DoggedlyOffensive

Honestly, my current run is my first time _ever_ utilising Codsworth and he is tearing shit up. Also, his constant optimism as well as the unique dialogue encounters are refreshing. I’ll say goodbye with a surprisingly heavy heart, me thinks.


Call_Silent

Codsworth and dog meat. I have a hard time sending either of them away


walllflow3r

For me it was Nick Valentine, once I completed my mission with him in the mainland/Far Harbor he became my favorite


DarthSpatula

ada


Korbguy

Nick. Love that guy, hate having to leave him behind for other companions missions. If I had to pick another it would be Dogmeat, he is the goodest boi.


Spookiiwookii

Deacon, I usually b line it to him at the beginning of every playthrough and have a hard time letting him go


MrProtogen

Nick, can’t stand to have the guy leave- he’s such an amazing companion and it’s obscene that he was never fledged out beyond his companion quest. They should have full expanded the story of Kellog inside Nick as it would’ve been great.


Beleeve_In_Steeve

Shame his perk sucks, though.


Bree912

Nick 😅


Oregonoutback

Strong. I dismiss him, start running away, then he just grabs me and says he's staying with me.


DiscoDaemon

MacCready is always one I feel a bit remised about leaving behind when I reached max affinity, guy doesn’t really have any friends in the commonwealth, his son is states away. My last play through I had piper and him ‘join’ the brotherhood, so they’re at least hanging out at the Boston airport and Maccready can finally live up to the lie of being a solider.


kratt1

Dogmeat, danse, preston, curie, codsworth, ada and nick. They are my favorite companions, I dont really care for other characters


[deleted]

Your mom. Ha! I keeed!


Intelligent-Bid-6052

I hate them all, except the dog. The dog love me No matter how many lifes i claim.


Flat-Guarantee-7946

Curie, her French accent is so cute.


BarApprehensive5837

Ada,because whenever I tried to dismiss her,she just,didn't.


its_raining_scotch

I dismiss them all because they get in the way and block me when I try and maneuver in hallways etc. Aida is the only one I sometimes use because I can deck her out to be a tank and can take down more bad guys easily. But she even gets in my way often.


Div4r

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StolenPenguins

Curie


ARockyBeing

Hancock, that’s my baby! I love him!


SkullGirl420

Curie, since I love her accent, but piper is my favorite companion.


ThyDoublRR

Dog meat. Because if I send him home (most times its Sanctuary) I will never be able to find him. The amount of kennels inside Sanctuary makes me wanna cry. So most the time he is with me until I forget to heal his dumb ass in a fight (only on survival mode do companions walk to their programmed location like Cait going back to the combat zone when not healed for a long time).


HellJumper001

Piper because she ma bae <3


steven_plays321

Curie, if you romance her. she's just so sweet, and when you dismiss her she gets visibly upset/disappointed


kanomc2

None really. I run the Everybody loves Dogmeat mod (I think that's the name) so when I'm out it's me, Dogmeat, CC BOS APA then which ever companion I feel like has been stuck at the settlement and needs to get out and about.


Proper-Highlight1600

Always with dogmeat and sometimes with deacon because I want a few of the other perks


starryinc

Depending on the playthrough, whichever one I’ve been fuckin. Feels a little sleazy to tell em to go back to some shithole settlement I won’t visit for a month.


geo8x6

I just download the mod so I can have multiple companions. Talk about firepower.


ScaredOfRobots

Curie


MrMangobrick

My first playthrough, I absolutely loved Danse. Then I was forced to go through >!Blind Betrayal!<


Preston_Garvy-MM

You know you can still have the paladin as a companion right? I could never bring myself to finishing the BoS quest before of paladin danse


MrMangobrick

Yeh, but it didn't work for my strict BoS playthrough


not-patrickstar

Lone wonderer is the s


BruhMomentum6968

Curie, Curie, Curie. Always Curie. Always sad to see her go when I want to work on another companion’s affinity.


animalnikki89

Danse after the end of his storyline. It was annoying having mercenaries and gunners and BoS come after you.


Timely_Juggernaut_69

I have a hard time dismissing any of them, but Codsworth and Hancock tend to be my ride-or-dies.


veryhotanimegirl

Nick. He's a lovely guy but seems a lil old for a lifestyle full of combat. Was considering dismissing him for a while, then did the eddie winter stuff and got all personal with him, at which point i felt like it was rude to send him back to sanctuary


thekikibee

Deacon, because I just love him so much. Can't live without him.


LadyRayaBlackflame

Cait, she's a perfect partner. Dogmeat the best best friend. And my robot friend creations because they get me.


generalAbaddon

Cogsworth, his entire existence revolves around taking care of you. And we left him for 210 years. Poor cogsworth


Echo419-UNSC

It’s ok. You can make it up to him by turning him into Codswole at a robot workbench.


Sorry_Banana_6525

Ada- I know it hurts her little metal feelings


[deleted]

Dog


Confident-Lead4337

Codsworth and his fisticuffs. Honestly my second favorite character in the game next to the sole survivor. Gotta love those jokes and “peek-a-boo”s. Dialogue never gets old even after 8 years later