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I think most people like RFS-81 and Vi because they have the fewest no-go areas of any NPC. I've done fine with Madras and Sparkle as well, but never used any other NPC's for any length of time.
If you consider the sum total of the NPC's stats normalized for their relative levels when they join (they get 6 extra per level just like you do), Vi is by far the best NPC, with Urq, Saxx, and Madras in nearly a 3-way tie about 10 points lower. Tantris is the worst, 39 points lower than Vi (and the same starting level). Keep in mind that for player-generated characters the difference between the race with the most starting points (Human, 315) and the least (5 races including Faerie and Mook, 300). Even Tantris, though, actually has 6 points more than a player-created Faerie or Mook of the same level. (So yes, Vi is a whopping 45 points ahead of your player-created Dwarf Valkyrie, and still 30 points ahead of your Human Vaklyrie.) So if you're willing to work with how the game assigned the attribute points and keep them with your party as much as possible to keep their levels high, NPCs can potentially be more powerful characters than your PCs.
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