Part of the bug

You have 3 characters you can change between. You won't leave Ranger station until you have all 3 as part of your group. The other 2 should be around. Maya, Ed and Marcus are all alive to go to the Church when you escape Mt. Tanner and none of them can die. Just look around the area.

Originally posted by sunToxx:

Started yesterday and had 2 npcs accompany me. Still very close to start, at ranger station. Today i log in and it seems my main and one of the two npcs is gone and now i control the npc chick that joined last. Part of the plot?

When you begin the Story you play Marcus and have Ed as a sidekick. You are scouting from water tower at Ranger Station and hear shots and find Maya. She joins you and you learn that all you need to do is talk to Maya and you can switch MC between her and Marcus.

As the game progresses, new NPCs will join your enclave. As soon as you build a strong association with each new NPC, you get the ability to switch to them and back.

You switch by being close by and talking to them and asking them to take lead.

As the Story continues, you get tired or hurt or killed you will be switched to a new MC or you can rest the MC by playing another. Also, you can lose trust and this ability or have an NPC/friend leave the enclave (or die) while you are not playing them (or offline) as time does not stop when you log out of the game.