Unarmed Companions

[MorseGod]

Some companions looks silly with a rifle on their backs. For example, a female companion in the Nar Shaddaa nightlife attire looks absurd with a rifle or sniper rifle.

 

Does removing the weapon entirely cause any strange glitches or bugs in combat?

Edited March 8, 2019 by MorseGod

[hof_th]

Without a weapon the Skills of your Companions stop working making them useless.

[JediQuaker]

Hmm, that makes me want to try it. I can see that a DPS companion would be useless, but it might be fun to see what happens with a healer (or tank) companion. I'm pretty sure the ship droid C2-N2/2V-R8 has no weapon but does work as a healer.

In any case, the simplest thing is to just try it.

Edited March 8, 2019 by JediQuaker

[SteveTheCynic]

Hmm, that makes me want to try it. I can see that a DPS companion would be useless, but it might be fun to see what happens with a healer (or tank) companion. I'm pretty sure the ship droid C2-N2/2V-R8 has no weapon but does work as a healer.

In any case, the simplest thing is to just try it.

Look carefully. The ship droids have a blaster pistol.

[xordevoreaux]

Without weapons, NPCs and player characters display an animation as if they've resorted to melee fist-using, but it's not real. Abilities requiring a weapon become disabled if no weapon is equipped, and using remaining abilities not requiring a weapon (such as a sage's Project ability) is, well, not using fists, is it?

[JediQuaker]

In any case, the simplest thing is to just try it.

I tried it last night with Risha. She still worked just fine as a healer, but she wanted to run in to melee and use her fists.