I'm interested, who are the best "jnpc's" (I guess that mean joinable npc's?) then.
K2 had deeper companions than MotB, but MotB's companions easily beats everything from K1 ( minus Jolee Bindo ), JE, Fallouts (well, maybe not Dogmeat ) etc.
Of course, PS:T is in itws own league still.
Kaelyn definetly is in my favorite "jnpc"'s list. During my second playthrough I've stumbled to many dialogue branches (that fleshes her out more) I had not encountered during my first playthrough.