I have a dilemma with followers. I am only on my second playthrough, but have found that I do not wish to have followers "leave" mid-story. I realize we can let them go and pick them back up at anytime, but it is like putting a book down and picking up another in the middle of the story
I always get ED-E first. The first time, I ran though his story, then picked up Veronica. Now, I dropped ED-E after the Gibson Scrapyard and picked up Veronica right away. But I have already done Veronica's story and it was fun.
I have passed by The Sniper in Novac, The researcher with The Followers, the guy stuck with Mr. Fantastic at HELIOS One (I think he was a choice) and the Human amongst the Ghouls at REPCONN. I just came across Raul's shack and recalled him from my previous play. Maybe I'll pick him up when I get to him.
My trouble seems to be that once I have a follower, I want to see their story through to the end. If presented with another follower, I tend to take note and just go on my way.
CHOICES! CHOICES! Too any choices! That is a good thing, right
[EDIT]
Please move this to the New Vegas area. Sorry for my brain fart here