When picking companians to lead caravans, do their stats matter?

[chantrain]

Should I pick someone with a high trading skill, or a high tactics skill, or a good fighter? Or does it not matter.

 

[chantrain]

bump

 

[giltirn]

also like to know this

 

[pryt]

From what I've seen so far they don't level up their trade skill while running caravans, so I suspect it has 0 influence on it (they also all make decent profits with 0 trade skill).

 

[Ananda_The_Destroyer]

I've read that having honest personality trait is good but I have no idea really.

 

[Empress Ira]

Should I pick someone with a high trading skill, or a high tactics skill, or a good fighter? Or does it not matter.

I honestly have no idea the only stat that i think would matter is trade, but its impossible to level for companions atm.

 

[Pejot]

I honestly have no idea the only stat that i think would matter is trade, but its impossible to level for companions atm.

First there is no companion with any trade skill.
Second if you manage to add them focus point to trading they will start lvl up on it.

Companions seem to never lvl up skills they have at 0 no matter what they do but if you manage to add them focus point to one of those skills they will start to lvl up them.

 

[chantrain]

I assume if the caravan gets into a battle, the companion's fighting skills will at least play a factor?

 

[Empress Ira]

First there is no companion with any trade skill.
Second if you manage to add them focus point to trading they will start lvl up on it.

Companions seem to never lvl up skills they have at 0 no matter what they do but if you manage to add them focus point to one of those skills they will start to lvl up them.

smithing can level up from 0 without a focus point. maybe just some are bugged?

 

[Pejot]

smithing can level up from 0 without a focus point. maybe just some are bugged?

How do you lvl smithing for companion?

 

[luisedgm]

How do you lvl smithing for companion?

You can choose who is the doing the smithing in the bottom left corner of the screen (click the character portrait)

 

[Cynddelw]

My caravans seem to raise lots of combat skills, but not trading :s

 

[Pejot]

You can choose who is the doing the smithing in the bottom left corner of the screen (click the character portrait)

Ok so this manually using companion skill. That's why it's lvling.
Then more precise will be that they don't lvl 0 skills by themselves.