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number of followers in NEW VEGAS
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:01 am
by arsiwash
Does your charisma determine the number of followers you can have in New Vegas? I am not at my computer at home but I am pretty sure I have a CHA of 4.
Right now I have ED-E and Boone as a follower... I cannot get any other followers, they say I have too many right now.
It appears as if ED-E does not count as a follower or care if I have another follower.
If I want another human follower I have to drop Boone.
How does Rex fall into the category of a follower, as a human or add on like ED-E?
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:32 am
by Belthan
You can have one human or humanoid follower plus one robot (ED-E or Rex) at a time, regardless of your Charisma. So to pick up Rex you have to dismiss ED-E. To pick up another human or humanoid companion, you need to dismiss Boone. Charisma
does affect how well your companions fight for you (the higher your Charisma, the higher their damage and DT bonuses are).
And a word of advice - if you want to pick up a new companion, but you think you might want to switch back at some point in the future, make sure you are at the location where the first companion will go when dismissed. If you don't specify, their dialog usually indicates where they plan to return to. (minor spoiler:
if you've made it far enough in the main quest, you can tell them to return to the Lucky 38
). Anyway, wherever they will be going, make sure you are already there before you dismiss them. There is an extremely common problem where companions get lost if you dismiss them in the middle of the wasteland, and you can never find them again.
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:54 pm
by virpyre
Boone: Requires Speech 41 to get started
Rex: Requires 60 Speech or 500 Caps + 40 minutes to complete “G.I. Blues” & “Nothin’ But A Hound Dog”
Cass: Requires Completing “Heartache By The Number” & “You Can Depend On Me” from Alice McLafferty there may be others that pop up as well.
ED-E: Requires 45 Repair
Arcade Israel Gannon: Requires Hated or Lower with Caesar's Legion
Lily: Requires Completing “Guess Who I Saw Today”
Raul Tejada: Requires Science 100
Veronica: Requires Intelligence 6 or Higher
Dead Money Recommended Lv. 20+ (You loose all your items upon entering, but get them back when you finish.)
DOG/GOD Requires Holo Tape Dog Command, Science 35 or Medicine 35, Lockpick 35
Christine Royce: Requires Perception 8 or Intelligence 8, Science 75
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:27 am
by Belthan
Excellent info, I was just considering how many simultaneous companions you could have assuming they like you, not what's actually required to make them like you enough to join up in the first place. One more example: (I just saw this for the first time last week) my character was on less-than-stellar terms with the NCR, and when I talked to Boone he said something to the effect of "If you're not a friend of the NCR, you're not a friend of mine", and had no dialog options.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:05 am
by virpyre
You can have two, one human and one non-human.
Some NPC's are linked to your rep with certain factions, they'll say different things to you in regards to your overall standing in rep towards the people you might have killed.
Boone - New California Republic
Victoria - Brotherhood of Steel
Cass - Cassidy Caravans
Arcade - Followers of the Apocalypse & Enclave
Lily - Jacobstown
Raul - State of Utobitha
Ed-E - Enclave
Rex - Caesar's Legion & The Kings
Additional Note: A Companions NERVE is greatly influenced by Charisma for every 1 point of Charisma you gain +5% to damage and -5% damage threshold, so for players that manage to have a 10 with there Charisma they'll have +50%/-50% total.