Are your companions seriously f---ing idiots?

[Killer Kitten]

then don't hire valor +1 companions. It's that easy, get only the cowards

Or Taleworlds could use a real thesaurus and realize that the word "valor" does not mean "being a moron." But then again, they've always had their own definitions of words... definitions only they themselves use.

 

[AndrewArt]

I like that your family members don't give a **** what you do though. As for normal companions I only really take a 120 skill medic if there is one, other wise they just get dumped in taverns to raise relation so I can get more guys to shove in garrisons later. Even the medic is dispensable, 120 isn't even that good.

indeed it's sad that the best thing to do with companions is to hire them (not even read their stories anymore) and leave them in the city where you hired them from. The emissary feature was a bad idea to introduce imo. It gives you another reason to not use companions at all. You also don't pay any wages to companions you leave in towns, so it's just optimal to never use them... At the start of early access I used to send companions on quests etc, now nothing. They really need to be improved in major ways, especially QoL. Like in Warband, let them take armor and weapons and equip themselves. I don't want to waste time dressing companions that will no doubt die on the battlefield in the next few battles, especially if they're melee. If companions don't get some major improvements then I could only use them if I disabled death for them, but I hope I won't have to do that.