Home Discussions Workshop Market Broadcasts. Change language. Install Steam. Store Page. Global Achievements. Mindeveler View Profile View Posts. Honestly, to say that companions are abysmal in this game would be an understatement. An engineer or a medic doesn't need a single attribute point in Cunning or Social, but they often start with 3 points in one of those and 2 points in another while also having only 3 points in their primary mental stat.
And he can only dream of ever reaching INT 9 or SF points of low-level companions are also randomly wasted on useless skills: e. SF points of high-level companions are often wasted on overall interchangeable skills like 2h, 1h and polearm.
Companions are always short on points, they keep reaching the limits faster than they get new levels. But intelligent MC is virtually impossible without sacrificing combat skills because INT specialty or not, you still need high Social skills too. Is it a big sacrifice performance-wise? If it was't enough that governor perks are all over the place and sometimes as high as level and a good governor has to be bigbro-tier kind of guy which no companion can ever reach , if it wasn't enough that governor's effectiveness also depends on matching culture, you can't even have the same person govern more than 1 fief.
A good governor is the hardest and the most demanding build and takes a virtual eternity to train but in the end only a single city can benefit from all this colossal work. What a waste. Another waste. They cost you as much upkeep as multiple highest-tier troops but are hardly as good as fian champions or khan's guards. Their only real use is as captains for those small additional bonuses for your troops.
While it's true that even the worst of the companions can function as party leaders just for the sake of "moar troops" , a dedicated party leader build is almost as impossible as that of a good governor. Instead of encouraging quality, the game encourages you to spam trash. Companions in BL are disappointing in so many ways, it's just Showing 1 - 15 of 32 comments. Aven View Profile View Posts. That's what your children are for.
