JMMcNemo Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I don't ask much. A little companionship, someone to share adventures with... Maybe carry my stuff for me when I get overloaded. Ideally, though, someone who WON'T killsteal or shoot me in the head because she can't find a better angle. Or complain because THEY were too close and got hit when *I* tried to take a shot. As unpopular and annoying as the Adoring Fan in Oblivion was, I vastly preferred him to the other followers because, when aggro got pulled? He bravely ran away. He didn't get underfoot, and would occasionally surprise me by being behind the door I just spent ten minutes and thirty picks trying to open. In spite of his.... *enthusiastic* speech pack, I find I kinda miss him and his female counterpart from the Oblivion Nexus mods. If anyone out there is planning any original follower mods, may I request: The Torchbearer-- the closest equivalent to the Adoring Fan; there to literally hold a torch and occasionally comment on what's going on, and that's about it. When danger rears its ugly head, he leaves the area and/or cowers (and stays out of the way) or basically is perceived as being irrelevant until the bad guys go away or get defeated. Sentient Luggage: One of the Midas spells (as yet not fully implemented) is a "Summon Luggage" spell, presumably the plan is to have a scuttling box to dump stuff in. (At them moment all it really does is summon a Dwarf Spider, but that's basically a placeholder until it can be finished. Still pretty cool, by itself.) I'd like to have a more permanent version of this, a constant, non-dispellable but mentally inert (and therefore never hostile) thing that I can stuff all my scavenged stuff-- ALL of it. I don't want to have to cut my dungeon-diving short because I can't carry any more in my pockets. The Porter: A blend of the two, Capable of commenting, but with superhuman carrying capacity. If you're at all familiar with Aaron Williams' RPG-style fantasy comic Nodwick, that's what I want. I want my own Nodwick. I admit, splitting it up into separate ideas does seem a little odd, but I figure some folks might prefer different options for their gaming experience... A fighter may want the porter while a mage might prefer the luggage (being more magic-y in nature), for example. The point, in the end, is to have fun, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantibyte Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 (edited) Follower control is indeed weak in vanilla Skyrim, and could use something like the companion wheel in New Vegas, but with more options. Edited December 16, 2011 by gigantibyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenMonkey47 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 It'd be great to have hotkeys to tell companions "go over there" and "interact with that object/enemy". I'd also like just some basic tactics.- Be aggressive and use your melee weapon.- Hang back and use your ranged weapon or spells. But most of all, I'd just like to take away their default gear so they'll use the better stuff I give them without having to resort to console commands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMcNemo Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Oh, just about every game I've played with followers/companions has been the same-- except maybe Half Life 2 Part 1, but that was a different relationship-- Alyx shoots, Gordon flashes the light around. Heck, THAT would be awesome enough for Skyrim: Shoot Where I Point (and not at me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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