Simple companion stealth question.

[Anarchosyn]

Ultra quickie:

Do companions have their own stealth skill or do they use your own?


Secondly, as this just came to me, is ED-E bugged even with the latest patch? "She" seems to aggro on enemies faaaaaaaaar more than any of my other companions, even when set to passive.

Thanks.

 

[WastelandSet]

Most of the companion problems stem from horrible, horrible AI. (pulling out a melee weapon somehow makes enemies easier to detect?) The biggest problem I have with NV is the horrible AI. Naked fiends run head first into Gatling Laser fire with pool sticks. Right...

Your companion's individual sneak skill goes mostly unused. Not that they pull so much from your skill (they do), but because of the poor AI they don't understand the concept of stealth.

They make for good distractions though.

 

[Anarchosyn]

Your companion's individual sneak skill goes mostly unused. Not that they pull so much from your skill (they do), but because of the poor AI they don't understand the concept of stealth.

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Well, if I'm really going stealth I tend to leave them behind. However, the bipeds in my party do affect the "stealth" stance (crouched position) so I presume the game is placing them into that mode. I'm just unsure whether it's like Fallout 2 (where the companions were essentially invisible to enemies so long as they stayed passive and I remained undetected) or whether it was something else.