Follower mods and "Balance".

[tr0ubl3mak3r]

Hello friends. I seem to have gotten myself into a mental pickle.

 

After playing the vanilla game for quite some time, I found myself looking into the followers. I discovered that controversial topic about whether followers were intended to level up with you or not. I thought on this, and decided.. it's better to have a slightly powerful follower than one that becomes a useless pack mule later game. So I looked into follower mods. Upon doing so, the first I came across was UFO. Reading it's description, seemed like it might make the game too easy. Then I heard about Better Followers + BDO. Same thing, but I said what the hell, lets try it.

 

So I've been playing a few days now with Better Followers specialized version + BDO + Deadly Dragons Lite. And I'm finding my followers are WAY too powerful. This might just be the specialized followers part doing it, but I am unsure. Here's an example. I'm level 7, and I decide to go raid a bandit cave. One where a particularly nasty bandit leader spawns, one with a 2 hander that usually 1 hits me while I barely drop his health. I sneak in there with Lydia and Jenassa.. I get a hit in, his health barely drops, I drop back to avoid being hit.. and then Lydia and Jenassa just totally rape him. I could barely get in a hit in and they just full tanked him. Neither of them have gear better than steal, none of which is enchanted. This left me with very mixed feelings, especially since my difficulty is set on Master.

 

I'm starting to wonder if I should cut my losses and look into a different follower addon, if there is any. I recently installed PISE at someone's suggestion, but really I'm just adding more bulk to make up for my new overpowered army, straying from the original gameplay of the game. I like the general idea behind Better Followers and BDO. But I absolutely do not like that it doesn't attempt to counter balance your new found automated strength. Keep in mind I only have 2 followers at this point and have only once had a difficult type bringing down something.

 

So enough talking, I think I've made my point. Are there any balanced follower mods out there? How balanced is UFO? Is there perhaps a combination of mods better suited for this purpose? I don't mind having more than 1 follower, but having 10 is just.. yeah lol. What are your suggestions?

 

Also, please do not suggest "just don't hire more than 2 followers", because really, that's not why I made this thread. I'd constantly have to dismiss extra followers every time a quest adds one anyway, and it just would lessen the awesomeness.

[Y05H1]

Check out the Deadlier Dragon's, the Occupy Skyrim and the Skyrim at War mods. Ups difficulty substantially.