Forum:Need a good companion (cant use Boone)

Im shunned by the NCR so I cant use Boone.. Whose the next best follower? Is their any way to get Boone when shunned by the NCR or change the NCR's opinion of me?
 * Try Lily, the super-mutant. 16:34, October 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * To increase the reputation with the NCR, do side quests for them. --Schredas 16:36, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

Cass all the way. i tryed everyone ells andthere just not as cool. its so cool to see here kill like 3 super mutants with a crummy 10mm, shes also a pritt cool chick. so ya i like her she rocks woooo --MrDot01 19:38, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

Cass. I use her and ED-E. As long as you don't wanna do Birds of a Feather she's the best. 19:43, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

o my gosh thats my team too =D --MrDot01 19:49, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

ED-E was fun but as soon as i got rex i was happier with him, glowing container's if anything good is in them is quite helpful, as for boone i am trying to get every companion but i can't find many who outclass him, or really..any, i mean i have been sniping at locations and he would sit by me in stealth along with me, and he'd be sniping headshots from the same targets i was trying to snipe, i gave him gobi's campaign sniper rifle and he literally does not seem to fail, deathclaw's dead...2 shots, super mutants dead, 1 shot, but if i had to go with anyone else i guess cass works, or arcade gannon, he was kinda fun with his odd moments of information, haven't gotten the brotherhood courier companion yet but thats probably my next one, really it all boils down to how you outfit them, i gave boone a set of power armor and he can even survive a couple swipes from a deathclaw, really it depends on your style, boone if you like sniping, cass if you like close combat, arcade gannon if you like..a homosexual scientist who makes odd comments from time to time. lol Toolazytomakeaaccount 21:23, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

Well I snipe (Varmint rifle w/ all three mods), get enemies who are just specks in the distance. For close range I use Lever-action Shotgun, for mid to close Service rifle (w/ the forged receiver) or Maria (un moddable). I'm not really a close range person, dispite my love for shotguns, I'm prefer to snipe w/ my custom Service. I don't have Boone because (A. I like Cass more as a person) and B. because I don't want him sniping my targets and allerting distant enemies. 21:49, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

well traditionally in my experience if an enemy is that far away they dont notice you for long, i killed everyone in cottonwood cove using gobi campaign rifle and didn't go into caution for more than 2 seconds the entire time,granted boon taking kills can be annoying but as long as i got exp and he covered my back, i was fairly fine with it, in fallout 3 it made sense that companions didn't give u exp for there kills, the fact that they do in new vegas seems like an error, it allows you to just sit back and not do anything half the time while boone or anyone else just mows down foes, literally ive tried lilly with a chainsaw, she is...to put it bluntly, insane, judging from your description granted, as a sniper its helpful to actually have a mid-close range ally, but my other allys tended to let me down because of there impotence against most everything i ran into, hell i gave arcade gannon a perfect condition aer91 or whatever laser rifle and ammo for it, and he refused to use it, lol Toolazytomakeaaccount 22:00, October 31, 2010 (UTC)

I like Boone but ive been meaning to try cass, by the way the guy abouve me said u shouldn't exp got companion kills, well they added it because non violent characters (Diplomats, pacifists) need body guards and exp.