Talk:Companions/@comment-2604:2D80:8005:C79B:2C3B:6A88:148D:B933-20171107050216

My experience is that aerie, while some find her annoying, is extremely powerful and can even function as a decent melee character with a strength belt or even crom faeyr along with cleric buffs. And Mazzy is very powerful with a strength belt side by side with  Anomen,  It seems to me like good playthroughs are a lot easier.

The big problem with the companions is finding ones who stick around if you RP a chaotic evil characters, many of the evil characters suck. But, great news is, with BG2EE, you can now fill the role of thief using Hexxat. Her stats are amazing. I am doing a run with Hexxat, Korgain, Viconia, and main character who is a lvl 9 berzerker and dual classed to mage. Edwin would be a great choice for this setup, but I personally find him annoying, and I don't feel like making main character compete with him for spell scrolls.