Was anybody a little let down by these guys, I was expecting everyone to be like THOR with no armour big hammers and serious power. but instead they all seemed to be able to transform into werewolves.... THUMBS DOWN!!!!!

I heard the companionsn is as close to cyrodiils foghters guilds as you'll get in skyrim, great so off i went.... let down. Im a blade now.

They are the same. They take care of all the problems in skyrim that the guards dont deal with like infestations, escaped crooks, etc

but they are werewolves. turn off

So? Not everyone in the companions are lycans, only the elite vets. Besides it isnt like the guild is defined by it, the companions are about continuing the legacy of ysgramor. Plus you can remove your lycanthropy once yu complete the QL

All of the guilds were a letdown really, the Dark Brotherhood was the best of the lot.

Spoiler

Yes, use the Spoiler tags people!

The SPOILER above is actually what makes them much more AWESOME to my mind. A shame the abilty isn't very well levelled, mind.

Huh? What is this? Could it, could it be a potential (whisper it) consequence as part of a faction questline?

Yeah, i'd say they were a let down mianly on the bassis that they were [A] Too short & [B] Way too easy to become the Guild Master in such a short space of time.

However, we did get a more interetsing game World with many caves & ruins have their own little stories, so i guess it evens out in that respect.

I still would had liked to have had both....

Only the inner circle was, 5 people.

how d you cure the others? I have never had the option

You have to do some jobs for them and then the option comes up.

And you must have at least one of the witch's heads in your inventory when you talk to them, otherwise they won't ask about it.

The Fighters Guild has absolutely no presence in Skyrim. They've never needed a Fighters Guild because the Companions were already there.

Thieves guild was the best for me, Mercer Frey was THEY badass of Skyrim...

Good point.

The Fighters Guild could easily make the Companions go out of business based the fact who do you go to for help the Fighters Guild who can send help in one day or the Companions who likely take days to send any help.

So their little reason why the Companions could keep the Fighters Guild out of skyrim as they are based only in one Hold, if their was

I dunno, I can get from one end of Skyrim to another in less than a day, particularly if I use the carriage service. Since I can use it from Whiterun to any hold capital, and all of the Companions jobs are handed out there, I'm pretty sure that once I'm given the job I can turn it around in 24 hours or less.

OTOH I have the timescale set to 5 which makes Skyrim a much smaller province in which to get around.

Also, Skyrim's populations seems to be mostly Nords. The Companions are a longstanding and time-honored Nord tradition, going all the way back to Ysgramor. I know nothing about the Fighters' Guild, not having played the previous games, but I'm thinking that many Nords might find the Companions and their thoroughly homegrown history much more appealing.

The Companions aren't technically the Fighters Guild, but they're functionally the same. Mercenaries for hire.

Too much damn twilight nuts around here. Obviously the staff writers of the companions guild are among the nut fans that thinks it's cute to add in werewolves to the story. Yeah I was too disappointed in the whole idea of turning you into a werewolf. It's ridiculous if you ask me. The whole idea about joining the companions is to have that viking affect. To be macho and to occasionally ask your mate for a brawl or sparing.

Yeah, because Twilight totally had werewolves that'd just as soon gore your insides out as look at you. Didn't have anything to do whatsoever with their appearance and popularity in Bloodmoon or Daggerfall.

What makes you think the Companions response time is slower? Also, a new Fighters' Guild would have to deal with the fact that they are new and unknown throughout Skyrim, while the Companions have some of the most respected warriors, Skyforge weapons, and a lot of other things going for them that make them the go to guys for the people of Skyrim.

ooooh BURN! Nice