Armchair Companions!

[Talo]

So, I'm just curious to find out if I'm the only person who only uses two companions even though I have five.

SPOILERS for Jedi Guardian BELOW
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I only use Kira (setup for close range DPS) or Doc (Ranged Healer). The other characters don't really compliment my play style that much.

T7 is a melee/ranged tank. Well, I'm already a Melee Tank so I don't want to fight him on threat.

Rusk is a Ranged Tank/DPS. Same as above, except now if Rusk draws threat from me I now have to go chase the mobs that have run away from me towards him.

Sith guy (forget his name) is another Melee tank. So....not really helping me much again here.

Do the other stories have a better pairing of companion skills? (without spoilers, please!)

[Rer]

I don't want to spoil anything but, for your own good..

Get T7 some good gear.

[trapsinger]

Agreed, you'll want to gear T7, that sucked.

more on topic: all classes get the same set of companion mechanics, one healer that can use a weapon, one that can't and therefore sucks, one ranged tank, one ranged dps, one melee tank, one melee dps. This allows you to always have someone that compliments your playstyle no matter your spec, and it keeps all the classes "balanced."

Because I almost always play tanks, i almost always use the healer companion. Most of the healers i know use either the melee tank or the ranged dps.

However, on my Jedi who is tank spec, I put all the dps gear that i might use if i switched specs onto Lord Scourge, and I turn off his taunts and use him as dps when i need it. Mechanically he's not as good it as kira, but because he's more likely to get better gear since his stat and armor preferences match mine, he actually tends to do a little better, plus his aoe attack has a small heal attached to it, which makes me giggle inside.

[MeesterJamus]

I'm the same, Talo... but I guess I'll start gearing T7... Thanks, Rer and trappy...

[Qhoren]

I use only my healer companion on the trooper, all of the rest of them have the same gear they started with, except for the kitty who got my hand me downs until I picked up Elara on Taris.

The missions where I had to use another companion were a little rough, but meh.