Most Companions in 1.003

[Rockachopa]

I feel like sharing what I've discovered.

I think this is the right place to post this, sorry if it is not.

I think that I figured out how to get the most companions without any of them hating eachother.
I used information from this place:
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Mount%26Blade

There are 16 different companions and each one dislikes 2 others.  I think that one of the companions that don't get along eventually will leave the party.

If you get

Alayen, Firentis, and Baheshtur

OR

Nizar, Marnid, and Katrin

you can combine them with

Ymira, Bunduk, Jeremus, Klethi, and Deshavi

OR

Matheld, Lezalit, Borcha, Rolf, and Artimenner

Then, no one in your party will dislike anyone else in your party and you will have 8 people.

I think this is the only way that it works out but I may be wrong.
I figured it out by adding people who disliked the same person as other people. There are are two groups of 3 people that share a common hate for only 3 people.  Those two groups dislike eachother.  The same goes for the groups of 5.

I was just trying find a way to optimize the group of companions by getting as much as I could without having anyone not get along. 

If that was already common knowledge I'm sorry but I did use the search and did not find anything that was exactly like this.

 

[Momaw]

Good work figuring that out.  Interesting results.  I don't like using companions myself, but many others here do and I'm sure some will appreciate your findings.

 

[Jericho]

Brace yourself lad!
oh man this could get very ugly

But it is very thoughtful of you to post that info!

 

[Rockachopa]

Brace yourself lad!
oh man this could get very ugly

But it is very thoughtful of you to post that info!

Is that a joke or did I do something wrong?

 

[Zilberfrid]

You did good research, but it was done before.

 

[Rockachopa]

You did good research, but it was done before.

Oh.  Well that is what I expected but I couldn't find it anywhere here.

 

[Jericho]

Brace yourself lad!
oh man this could get very ugly

But it is very thoughtful of you to post that info!

Is that a joke or did I do something wrong?

You did good research, but it was done before.

Just a well intentioned and good natured "heads up"... sometimes the peeps here can be a little
rough about that whole search thing. 
But I was serious about it being very thoughtful of you! 

 

[Lurdze]

Even IF this has been researched before, props to you for making the effort to provide us with this information. 

 

[Muglebust]

Thanks for the info, that is indeed the 4 combinations of 8 companions with no dislikes between them, but the topic should probably read "most companions".

 

[Rockachopa]

Thanks for the info, that is indeed the 4 combinations of 8 companions with no dislikes between them, but the topic should probably read "most companions".

I agree though I'm not sure how to change that.

Edit: Nevermind I changed it.



This is the first day I've posted in many months.

 

[dumblor]

Good work figuring that out.  Interesting results.  I don't like using companions myself, but many others here do and I'm sure some will appreciate your findings.

Not using companions is stupid... I mean, think of the pasive abilities (a.k.a. party skills)...

 

[Nordmann]

It may have been done before, but I can see you went to some effort to collect this date, kudos to you and thanks. The search function is crap at best, I usually end up finding threads and posts totally unrelated to what I was actually looking for.

 

[Momaw]

Not using companions is stupid... I mean, think of the pasive abilities (a.k.a. party skills)...

No, deprecating other people's play style just because it's not yours is stupid. And I do think of the party skills:  I take them myself.

 

[Nedews]

Oh my...god. Nobody started bash the topc starter! What is going on?! 


Good work with the list! 

 

[Rockachopa]

Oh my...god. Nobody started bash the topc starter! What is going on?! 


Good work with the list! 

It is a little surprising.  It was more like the opposite.  I got lots of encouragement and a little positive helpful critizism.
Perhaps the members of taleworlds forums are more mature than others.

 

[Lord Kinlar]

Well, it is already known that there are 4 different companion combinations you can use.

Option #1

Alayen
Lezalit
Frentis
Rolf
Matheld
Baheshtur
Borcha
Artimenner

Option #2

Bunduk
Marnid
Katrin
Klethi
Deshavi
Ymira
Jeremus
Nizar

Option #3

Bunduk
Deshavi
Jeremus
Klethi
Ymira
Alayen
Firentis
Baheshtur

Option #4

Artimenner
Borcha
Lezalit
Nizar
Matheld
Rolf
Katrin
Marnid

 

[dangot]

eventhough it has been posted be4 i still think its great that you have spend your time testing the options and posted them. good job m8

 

[Argos]

When I decide who to choose for a party I just try to balance likes and dislikes, by making sure that everyone has at least someone they like, and zero or one they dislike. The balance of that is hopefully enough to keep everyone satisfied, although I probably haven't played long enough to be sure of that long-term. I think the only times companions have left me, have been where this wasn't enforced.

With this method you may want to be a bit more careful in doing other stuff your companions dislike, but I don't loot villages (would rather have them like me, so I can recruit nearly everywhere), which upsets some.

 

[yanivno]

just wanted to say thanks for the hard work, it's sure is helpful!

 

[Master OF Swords]

I have yet to see alayen in 1.003 after 327 days ingame

ps. Klethi's a bi*ch