Being a silly roleplayer I usually pay my companions before kicking them from the group. I pay them 50g for each day they were with me. I use the CLUAConsole:AddGold("-") command to remove the gold from myself to *simulate* the companion taking it. You can check their total days in the stat screen. Does anyone else do this?
I think the game would benifit from some kind of wage system. Right now you can use, abuse, and rob any companion and they don't care... They even wait around for you to come back! Imagine if they demanded a cut of the gold each week, or refused to leave the group(without violence) unless you pay them for their services.
Imoen, Jaheira and Khalid would probably work for free, but Kagain(a bloody mercenary...), Safana(treasure hunting pirate), and Eldoth(a full blown asshole), etc, should definitely demand payment of some kind.
I think the game would benifit from some kind of wage system. Right now you can use, abuse, and rob any companion and they don't care... They even wait around for you to come back! Imagine if they demanded a cut of the gold each week, or refused to leave the group(without violence) unless you pay them for their services.
Imoen, Jaheira and Khalid would probably work for free, but Kagain(a bloody mercenary...), Safana(treasure hunting pirate), and Eldoth(a full blown asshole), etc, should definitely demand payment of some kind.