howie: what im thinkin is marcus i know but give him stims hes a tank! with a laser rifle he does level up it says
in fallout wikia im still learnin
john goris sulik skynet im gona try them out on raiders
i love feed back and i love to learn plz keep speaking ur mind on all aspects of this subject weapons etc
almabrds: Marcus will be sliced like a sushi in the oil rig.
He's not the only one, Goris is pretty fragile too, so you better bring a fuckton of healing items with you (stimpacks, super stimpacks, etc).
Unless, of course, you don't want to go guns blazing when you enter the facility.
But it's not like Fallout 1 cathedral, there is unavoidable combat (final battle).
If you have any questions in mind, feel free to ask them here or in chat.
"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."
almabrds: If you're planning to use followers like Marcus it might be worth doing so with the Restoration Mod, since that allows you to get custom armor for him which I believe is better than what he wears naturally (i.e. his skin). I haven't actually gotten around to trying this yet so would be interested to hear how people go with it. FYI the restoration mod doesn't change all that much and all changes are in line with the designer's original visions (apparently)
Also, if you have a full group (total of 5 including yourself) when you "have some fun" with Mira or Davin then you can potentially get 6 followers since I'm pretty sure these characters always join no matter how many you've got or what your charisma is (assuming it's high enough to get into that "situation" in the first place). Naturally this isn't worth doing for any practical reason - and the effort to do this is highly likely to vastly exceed any benefit whatsoever.
On Vic and getting him to stay "close to you" - do you mean during combat, or during non-combat (walking around in real-time)? Because those are separate settings.
Finally, my final two cents: I'd agree with almabrds and trade Marcus for Cassidy as he's just better at ranged damage dealing while minimising collateral damage and can survive easier.
OK my final FINAL two cents - although the final battle is technically unavoidable, it is possible to swing things in your favour to a pretty high degree, which combined with some good initial pre-battle positioning can make it much easier to win and survive.
