<p>Zlata and Boris are my favorites. </p><p>Boris has 17 item slots which in my opinion outweighs the fact that he has to run quite slow. If you have the time and patience, then Boris is perfect for fully looting places. </p><p>Not many people like Zlata for some reason, but I think that she is a good character. Everyone has their own definition of winning: some people like to slaughter everyone, some people want to loot everything, some people just want to survive no matter what. My definition of winning is to keep everyone's morale up and to have good endings for everyone. Zlata is perfect for that because she can cheer up almost anyone and is optimistic. She has 12 item slots and can work as a fighter if needed. She is the average I think, the one that is well rounded. </p><p>Also with the Little Ones DLC, I'm doing testing to see if Cveta can cheer up children better. If so, she might not be so bad in the morale department. </p>

<p>For the gameplay I prefer Roman, Bruno, Boris, Katia. </p><p>Roman is very useful when I need him to guard in early game or killing thugs in mid-late game. Bruno+Katia is deadly combo at trading/crafting. Boris is big truck-bear for the loots. </p><p>But for the personality or just personally prefering I would say Anton, Marin and Emilia. They've got interesting background too. </p>

<p>I think Marko, Roman, and Bruno, So Roman can clear the soldiers and thugs, and then Marko to get the loot and Bruno to to cook. </p>

<p>I like the Katia, Bruno, Marin and Marko team.  That is the dream team that can get anything done, and done quickly.  Boris may be better than Marko at scavenging with that incredible inventory, so that works just as well.  </p>

Maybe game was inspired by the siege of Sarajevo but names of the survivors are serbian. Serbians kept Sarajevo in siege for 4 years. Names of the survivors should be Muslim or Croatian.

<p>I think Katia is the best, since she gets a 20% markup just like traders, but since it seems like an exploit to clear out most of Franco's inventory in a few trades every time he shows up, I don't use her. </p><p>I am liking Marin, who gets a discount of 1 in 5 items for building and upgrading, and crafting at metal workshop. Marin makes it easier to have Improved stove / workshop / metal workshop, 2 rat traps, a rainwater collector and lots of tools by day 6. </p>

<p>Marin is the best! His crafting bonuses really make a difference! Tho Boris isn’t that bad ether... </p>

<p>My list of my top favorite characters </p><p>1. Adam- Unbreakable, 15 inventory slots, best combat ability in the game, and a unstoppable force never to be reckon with. A true survivor. Just learn how to use him and he will be a prodigy </p><p>2. Adem- Unbreakable, basically an epsy of Roman but he is mentally stronger than him. </p><p>3. Bruno- Good cook, badass beard, decent combat ability, doesn't give a shit much, has the most discounts out of all survivors on par with Katia. An average everything except for scavenging. If he had 12 inventory slots then he would've been number 2. </p><p>4. Marko- 15 inventory slots, decent combat ability, everyones favorite </p><p>5. Esma- Basically an epsy of Arica but upgraded with a downside of combat. She can sneak quietly and can carry more than Arica and Anja and has decent combat abilities. </p><p>6. Katia- Her trading ability could help her survive even by herself. 12 inventory slots, bad combat ability. </p>

<p>My favorite character is Katia. Her trading bonus is an absolute lifesaver, and she's decent at most other things. I've even had to send her on scavenging runs before if my usual scavenger got injured or sick or something, and even in combat situations, she can instant kill with knives if you surprise attack. And she has a good personality and story. She is more susceptible to depression/sadness, but if I can keep her fed/well rested/happy and supplied with coffee, I've found that she's easily the most useful character in any group. </p><p>My thoughts on the other characters: </p><p>Marko is good. His carrying capacity and scavenging abilities are amazing. I almost always send him on scavenging runs unless he can't for some reason (injured, sick, etc), or if I need to send some other character like Roman to clear the place of thugs first. I like his story too. </p><p>Bruno is kind of a douchebag personality wise but is a very useful character overall. Can't ignore his cooking bonus (especially early game or during cold weather, when food and water can be kinda hard to come by), and he works pretty well as a guard. </p><p>Zlata is handy. Doesn't really seem exceptional in any area, but she's passable as a guard, useful around the shelter, makes a good backup scavenger, and I'm not really sure how the mechanics of her "bolsters spirits" trait works, but it does seem to help, since others in the group don't seem to get depressed when she's around. And she's good with a guitar. </p><p>I like Pavle as a character, but from what I've seen, he's pretty average outside of situations where his run speed can be useful. In games where I have both Pavle and Marko, Pavle is my "backup" scavenger on nights that Marko can't do it for some reason. Still, he's fairly well rounded and useful enough. </p><p>Roman is good as long as you can manage his mood. He's a liability when he's in a bad mood or if things in general are just bad (he's hungry, sick, injured, whatever else), but he pretty much destroys everyone if you give him an assault rifle and send him to clear a scavenging area of bad guys. And he plays guitar like a boss. Just have to keep him happy so he doesn't beat Bruno's ass. :P </p><p>At this point, the only other characters I've had in my group are Cveta and Anton, and they both seem pretty useless. Good enough to have around the shelter during the day for building/cooking/whatever else, but that's about it. Cveta's "loves children" trait didn't really matter in those scenarios, since I haven't done any of the ones that involve children yet (maybe she becomes really useful in those, I dunno). The first time I did that scenario with both Cveta and Anton, they were both constantly getting sick all the time or getting wounded if I let them guard. </p>