Resolved Random Bodyguard?

[Winddancer]

Summary:
When you are doing combat quests within the city, the bodyguard companion seems to be randomly assigned. In the past, the bodyguard was always the first companion you hired. Now it seems to be randomly assigned.
How to Reproduce:
Do a combat quest within a city, like the one where a noble's son is indebted with a gangleader and enter the house. The companion joining you in the fight is no longer the first ever hired companion, but one randomly assigned.
Have you used cheats and if so which:
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[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Forwarded to the QA team for further investigation. We will reach out again if we need more information. Thanks for reporting and sorry for any inconvenience!

 

[Will Greaves]

In 1.5.9, it seems to be the most recent one hired, unless you marry, in which case it is your wife.

A more problematic thing is that this character is now the only one who spawns in towns, so the "gang-leader holding noble" quest must be done with the player-character and one ally only.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Was the first companion in the party list wounded?

 

[Winddancer]

No. Checked again after the post of Will Greaves. It seems to be the most recent added companion, not the first hired or the first in the party list.

 

[Will Greaves]

It ought to be based on their ordering in the party window. That way you could choose who it is, e.g. by dragging someone up to the top.

 

[Winddancer]

Yeah. Would make most sense. That way you can put your best geared and skilled companion in the right spot.
I mean, I don't want my teenage siblings that hardly know which end of a weapon to poke the enemy with to be my body guards.

 

[Will Greaves]

Or my wife, whose civilian outfit is (for RP reasons) still a noblewoman's dress.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

I've been informed that this bug is fixed and the fix will be sent to the game with future patches. Thanks for reporting and sorry for any inconvenience!

 

[Winddancer]

Best solution would be to be able to manually select a "bodyguard", basically as a clan role. Would solve all problems