Step 4 - Companions

(recommendation - read the whole page)

Ah companions, could not live without them,  But you need to invest a bit of time understanding them and figuring out which ones you like.  If you're not picky read this - it has the stats for the best comp for each role, some are flavor of the day but that's all good.

You may also want to match your comps to your toon like wine & food.  Complementing is the key, not competing with similar skills except DPS.  You don't want you & your comp to both be tanks or both be healers, all you do is prolong fights.

So if you have a tank, go for DPS or healer comps.  For a DPS toon, go for any of the 3.  For healers, DPS or tank companion.  Personally I stopped using healers most of the time except in big boss fights, I find the fights go quicker.  When I can I grab HK-51 with a Slinger or Sniper and deliver a generous amount of damage and it's quick enough to kill baddies that healing is optional :)

Presence is important, where once you max out you get bonuses from your comps on ALL TOONS FOR BOTH Factions.  So when you max out affection your get a bonus like +10% crit or +10% healing received, plus +10 Presence and presence is the stat in your comp which enhances your comp.  I have unlocked all 40 so my comps get a +400 presence bonus.  Makes things quicker :)  Make sure you do the datacrons for the Presence stat, especially that the datacrons are now legacy-wide once you unlock one on one toon,

Comps also handle crafting which is good for your own use (armor, weapons, mods, etc.) and to sell on GTN.  Pair your crafting skills with the comps your have & get more bonuses.

If you can get affection to 50 on a comp, you get more horespower in fights & +25% chance of a crit crafting.

Comp gear as of 4.0 is no longer needed for comp performance as your gear rating will be reflected on your toon.  No need to gear your comp except for cosmetic reasons really.

My favorite these days is Z0-0M which you get in the 4.0 storyline.  Packs a punch @ level 50 :)  If you were not subbed when they promo'd it I don't think you can access it sorry.

Warning about the 4.0 & 5.0 story lines:

  • When you start the KOFTE or KOTET storylines, your companions go *poof* and dissapear, as the story is 5+ years in the future when they get you out of carbonite
  • If you gifted comps to get them to a high level you'll regret that as they go away and you'll get new comps at .. level 1.
  • Once you hit chapter 9 I think you have access to Odessen where there is a terminal in command deck where you can get them back.  But you can break future story line stuff.
  • Recommendation is to use a comp which is not tied to your story line and max that one.  That way it follows you a long way.

Key sites for your comps:

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