Poll: Your favourite Fallout: New Vegas companion?

[Gone Rampant]

Hmm... Oh, this is a tough one.

I'm gonna go with: Veronica for quesstline, Boone for gameplay, Arcade for character, Joshua Graham for badassery (Also, Harbinger/Daniel Holtz is my companion!), and Lonesome Road ED-E for usefulness.

But I will NOT pick Lily. She's the only companion I never pick up when I play NV.

 

[hoboman29]

Why can I only pick one for the story tie between Boone and Veronica (they're also useful as fuck in combat) because it really adds depth to characters who could have easily had one sentence stories. Gameplay wise its Raul I love his perk that makes equipment decay 75% (could be wrong) slower especially since a silenced sniper rifle (that in no way has caused the death of numerous friendly npc's) decays quickly.

 

[Ljs1121]

That is a really hard 3-way tie between Boone, Arcade, and Veronica.

In the end I'd say Boone simply because he was the first follower I ever recruited in New Vegas.

 

[Ljs1121]

I use Veronica and ED-E as a tag team of awesomeness.

Also, I don't care what Lonesome Road added, I will never pronounce it Eddy. ED-E is pronounced Edee.

That's how it's pronounced? Hm, I always just said Ede or said each letter separately.

 

[The Critic]

Two-way tie for first between Boone and Veronica for me, as they're both very useful in-game and very interesting as characters. Raul, Arcade, Cass, and ED-E tie for second, since they are all also very interesting characters, and and good functionality in-game (though arguably less-so than Boone or Veronica). Rex takes the Third. After Rex, there is nothing; and below nothing, there is Lily.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Eh, Boone was the most tolerable. Always played the lone gunmen, so didn't bother much with partners other than working towards a trophy.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Boone

That guy is like the Predator's shoulder-mounted plasma gun in human form.

 

[N_of_the_dead]

Boone and Veronica tie for first with ED-E in second

Use ED-E the most out of the three but I only really keep ED-E as my loot carrier.

 

[Someone Depressing]

Hm. Strangely, not alot of Lily fans. If I can actually remember who that is (the nightkin granny) she is a really good tank.

Then again, Boone is an amazing sniper, especially when I stuck all my points into Agility so the only thing I'd good for is running away and hiding.

 

[Someone Depressing]

I did not expect Veronica to be higher than Cass. I hope it's not for the reason I think it is.

Boone is way too emo to be a main companion, despite being arguably the best at dishing out actual damage. Lily and Raul get personality points, but both of them are sidelined by their lackluster combat proficiency.

So Cass it is. Gotta get the 'no-hat' mod too, the cowboy hats in New Vegas just look silly.

Sorry, quoted wrong person.

 

[Konatacalypse]

I love 'em all, but Rose of Sharon Cassidy would likely be my favorite. She also has the best line of all the companions.


Cass: Nobody's dick is that fucking long, not even Long Dick Johnson. And he had a fucking long dick. Thus, the name.
Courier: Thanks, I got that.

 

[Frission]

Boone and EDI for several reasons. The first of which was that they were the easiest to get. They were also some of the most terse. It was always awesome when Boone killed a monster I hadn't even noticed.

 

[sage42]

It's a three way tie for me, Cass and Veronica for the organic side. Veronica was just funny, Cass was touching. Veronica was a blast in combat, Cass has an awesome perk. My Favorite Robotic companions is by far ED-E, simply because hearing that kick ass battle music is very awesome. Plus since I usually play a female character, she get's some GREAT perks when it comes to her possible love interests. Or, if Cass is drunk enough, she wouldn't even have to choose.

 

[Jimmy T. Malice]

Arcade was the first companion I came across (I found a shortcut to Vegas that avoided going all the way round Primm and Novac), and is still my favourite. His sarcastic wit and interesting morals are great, and he's handy with a Plasma Defender. I have fond memories of hanging out on top of a hill sniping Deathclaws and letting him pick them off. Plus I gave him a cowboy hat.

 

[baconsarnie]

I found boone to be so annoying that i spent twenty minutes blowing him up in a small corridor, restarting the game, put a shotgun to his face and shot him off that dinosaur.
Rex all the way.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

Rual with his perk

pretty much means use your minigun forever without using another minigun to repair it

Quoted for awesome James (UberHaxorNova, or Paragon Nova), avatar. The Creatures are fucking epic.

To be more on topic, I recruited everyone, and made a point of it. But, my standby team was always Boone and ED-E, because both are deadly, long-range killers, just like my Courier ends up being. If I can't kill something with the first shot at long-range, they can usually pick up the slack and finish off the target.