I was just staring at this GOAT poster for 10 seconds, when the message "Codsworth idolizes you" appeared. What ?

http://i.imgur.com/Uo1SqQu.jpg

Wondering if your companion's admiration can randomly increase once it's high enough, or if staring at this sign really triggered something.

By the way I wasn't doing anything special before, just scrapping this old house after having finished the Brotherhood of Steel intro quest.

Has this happened to anyone else ?

I don't remember that happening specifically, although there is a lot of stuff that flashes by in that top corner, and I usually miss half of it.

On a related note, I did something and I got notified, regarding a companion, "Name liked that."

What is this, f-ing Facebook?

Yeah. I got Cait's approval rating skyrocketing with my constant desire to fight things, pick locks and the occasional stripping down to my undergarments. Imagine how I felt about that. “Hey, after all that time you spent picking locks and running around naked, I feel like I'm comfortable enough around you to tell you my dark, tragic past.” Really awkward.

Haha, yeah different companions like / dislike different actions. I've had a few "dislikes" from Preston & Codsworth when negotiating for some extra caps.

What surprised me is how it popped out of nowhere this time. I wasn't saving some innocent or settling some dispute or even lockpicking or anything : just staring at the poster. I guess we shared the same contemplation for that little drawing and that goofy text. Not to mention the amazing wall texture. But really, I wonder if this was planned by the devs

What are the levels of approval? Is there way to know if you are getting close to max approval?

I have got admire with Cait and Cogsworth just told me about the past 200 years.

Idolize is the last level so there are 3.

Okay, thanks!

He would really like you if you were looking at a hot female robot picture.

Would've made more sense

Little things like this makes the game feel more alive. Though it would feel even more alive if the companions suddenly got into a conversation about what was liked or not.

I can imagine it now.

"Ohh, you like that poster too do you? Splendored! Moving on then."

'Course, that's just for something as small as a poster. If it was "Kill Brotherhood knight in front of Danse" that's something to get debated about. "I didn't like that you killed a Brother." "Deal with it." *Danse hates that*.

I have to wonder if "companion stats" should be hidden and have the player actually figure things out. I quite liked that. Baldur's Gate 2 did that pretty well. And Dragon Age.