There are many players who "rank" their companions, preferring certain ones over others, thereby labeling them best, better and lesser.

Personally, I choose to think of my crew as "differently-abled," because there are always battles where some companions come in very handy even if they don't have a lot of epic talents or promotions.

piratelover410 on Feb 1, 2019 wrote:

O.k., I think I might be a little behind the times, but what are lesser companions?

Lesser companions are those that the majority of players believe are sub-par and not worth recruiting, training or promoting, because they lack in epics compared to other, more powerful companions.
I firmly believe this is nonsense. Having more companions leveled, trained and promoted benefits a player by giving them choices beyond their "best" 3.

anecorbie on Feb 1, 2019 wrote:

Lesser companions are those that the majority of players believe are sub-par and not worth recruiting, training or promoting, because they lack in epics compared to other, more powerful companions.
I firmly believe this is nonsense. Having more companions leveled, trained and promoted benefits a player by giving them choices beyond their "best" 3.

Exactly! Nonsense! I just made a thread diseussing lesser water mole companions as an example.

(https://www.pirate101.com/forum/the-tavern/building-lesser-companions-a-break-from-the-cold-8ad6a42b689e04dc0168aa4ff2f62eea?page=1)

One of those companions is Oingo Boingo, the least of all the so-called lesser companions. Anything that anyone can provide about good combat quality with him is a thing to be treasured. Very much.

I have two "Lesser" companions that are quite amazing. Ridolfo Cappoferro and Tyson. Ridolfo is a master fencer who can pull off amazing hits, and Tyson is an absolute BEAST on the battlefield. They are living proof that lesser is greater! LESSER IS GREATER!