I was leveling them both up. Then my character accidently picked up a red potion instead of activating a merchant and Bastion yelled at her. She instantly and permanently fired him. No such problems with Mirri. I confess I use the No Interact addon and have both torchbugs and butterflies disabled from any interaction. At first I thought I preferred Bastion's good nature and that Mirri might be another annoying Naryu but I've been pleasantly surprised what a kind and true friend Mirri is.

Companion quirks about what upset them should absolutely not involve things you can accidently do like steal something when trying to turn in 7 writs, or grab a butterfly/torchbug when reaching for some nightshade, or killing a bunny when aiming for a baddie. . . . If such nuisances are necessary, they really should be very conscious, active choices - like killing someone with the blade of woe (just an example).

I use them when solo farming dungeon sets. The longer i play the more i want them to [snip]. Bastian can be really a [snip] in my language. Miri coments are sorta better, but Bas-tank many times more comfortable for playing.

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Cause she has less morals,

Bastian because hes male and I am female and my main is female,we only like male slaves.

hcbigdogdoghc wrote: »

Bastian is a stronger dps, tank, and healer than Mirri.

90% of Mirri's class skills are completely garbage

Exactly. Bastian helps quite a bit with all but the strongest bosses. He rarely dies and he adds to my overall DPS. I don't care one bit about the personality of what amounts to an NPC follower with fighting skills, but do want the follower to be a benefit to me. I set his dialog to the lowest setting. He doesn't say much now and I ignore him when he speaks.

It's not really that I'm a lone wolf, but I have no idea what these companions are for. I've unlocked Bastian on my male templar, and Mirri on my DK, and they now have houseguest status. Other than that, why why why do we have companions.

They're not supposed to replace real players.

Yet, "Lambert says the idea behind Companions is to allow solo players and small groups to take on dungeons without worrying about becoming overwhelmed." I watched the video of the stream, and that is a quote from one of the articles about it, and it's pretty much what he said. So you don't have to deal with people, who are scary.

Huh???

Which is it? Until someone makes a firm decision, they're going to continue to be pretty much a non-thing.

As a character, Miri is more entertaining in general. Bastion is kind of adorable but a little too much of a "good boy", and that affects gameplay with stealing, or accidentally killing critters. However, since they're adding romance I've got to give Bastion a chance lol. Hopefully they will ease up on his super strict good boy mentality a bit, or they will make another companion that's a good guy but not that rigid.

cyberjanet wrote: »

Which is it? Until someone makes a firm decision, they're going to continue to be pretty much a non-thing.

A decision on what? I don't follow.

Ashryn wrote: »

Bastion penalizes me for playing how I want....basically thieving every chance I get! Divines forbid if I grab a thieves' trove with him! Hope the next companion is comfortable with thieving AND the the blade of woe!

I just tuck Bastion away when I need to do a tour of the city. No problems.

Nothing wrong with a little opportunistic harvesting...

Mirri primarily because whilst the minor irritiation thing for both is poorly designed the Bastian one with cheese is just a pain, whilst Mirri is only a problem due to the bug whereby she gets cross when you select a torchbug by accident even if you don't collect it. Thankfully there's an addon for that - another add on that shouldn't need to exist however.

Mirri because she is Dunmer, also she looks amazingly good in Naryu's Morag Tong costume, such a nice a... back =]
Also because she is ok with me stealing things.
Also because it would be insanely boring to lvl up another companion when you have one maxed.
Also because unlike Bastian her family (the mother) is pretty cool and fun.

Bastian isn't a bad tank and seems useful more often Mirri as a result. I also like he calls out heavy sacks.

None of the above, they did a very poor job of creating truly appealing, interesting companions, probably on purpose to sell crown store companions or more likely personalities/polymorphs later. Nothing wrong with that, but they could have done such a better job on the initial companions.

Several of the skills were obviously overnerfed before release, the final fighter's guild skill for instance, it was very obviously something much better that was nerfed into uselessness. I have a strong hunch companion DPS was also toned way down at some point from what it was designed to be.

The companion addition to the game has allowed me to do a couple more things solo that were tougher before, but otherwise it's a yawn. Compared to things like jewelry/psijic, necro/warden classes, antiquities/mythics, Blackwood's special sauce as an expansion is severely lacking and will consider very carefully before paying $$ for the next expansion if they are going to be that mediocre.

_Zathras_ wrote: »

cyberjanet wrote: »

Which is it? Until someone makes a firm decision, they're going to continue to be pretty much a non-thing.

A decision on what? I don't follow.

A firm decision on whether they're supposed to replace real players or not. If the idea is they can help solo players or small groups in dungeons, that's replacing a player. And if they're replacing a player, they need real skills and not pale imitations. If they're replacing a player, they need proper gear, not weird traits that don't seem to offer much. If they're replacing a player, they need better AI in a fight. If they're not replacing a player, then watered-down skills, stupid gear and resetting bosses with inadequate AI is fine, but it's not going to be much help to a solo player wanting some help with a dungeon.

I like Mirri most ♥
I just wish there was a companion that was a bit darker that didn't go crazy at entering the Dark Brotherhood, using Blade of Woe or what not, an Assassin companion or a vampire
would be awesome ~ Hope they add more soon ~~