Right now I'm using Eola and she is a great companion with an interesting side quest. I've played with a few companions but I definitely like her the best.One day I took her dungeon diving and we had an intense battle with a drauger death lord. After we defeated him, I started to look around for some loot but when I turned around I saw the death lord standing right behind me. I was thinking aww crap another one? Then I looked closer and saw "Eola's Death lord" and after that I knew she was a keeper.So if you guys are using companions who are they and why do you like them?

Also, I use to have lydia but then she took an arrow in knee.(sorry I couldn't resist) :biggrin:

Noone right now, just atronarchs...those companions just end up taking...you know what.

just me and my faithful companion Meeko xD

The lady from the shrine of azura.
Because screw Lydia. :down:

Lydia. I've hardly left whiterun! Just gone out for a few side quests. Came back and bought my house, and robbed the town blind in the middle of the night!! Made back half the gold I spent on Breezehome that way!

I haven't used any followers, unless required by a quest. I tend to use AoE spells which just don't mix with followers

But I'll probably pick up someone with my next character. I was thinking I might try cleaning up Riften so Mjoll would be a logical choice.

Ditto. She is pretty good. Though her Destru is strong she seems to not level up her conjuration. She still summons the flame atronach.
But I like her. :celebration:

Silent death doesn't work with noisy followers.

I just completed the Black Star quest, so I chose to get rid of Lydia and got Aranea instead, I think she's a perfect companion for me so far since I'm essentially a 2-handed/heavy armored warrior, rarely used magic,
so Aranea's magic really helped me out there. Although sometimes she accidentally struck me with one of her ice frost or something.. oh well, she's still pretty awesome, but a little creepy.. lol

None. I hate escort quests.

I tolerated Lydia for a few levels, then that "carry your burdens" line got to me and I sliced her noisy little head off and sent her body floating up a river.

Since then....no more companions.

Faendal is my trusty hunting and adventuring friend. He fits the story fo my current RP character

No companions or horses for me. I'm the hero, dammit.

I'm playing a Mage so having Lydia dumped onto me like an unwanted pet turned out quite well. She does OK in battle providing I keep her gear up to scratch and chuck the odd healing spell her way.

However, after the hour or so session that I've just played I'm off to the mod forum to request a Slap Lydia mod.

Yeah, I noticed a lot of my shouts can kill my followers if they're about to die but I think that's kind of stupid. I wish you couldn't kill companions as long as they're with you. I rather see them die by an enemy but I guess that isn't possible either.




Like a boss :toughninja:

I'd like a Pet Saber Cat but no... can't take a 600 pound cat can we?

Well, I had Lydia for a quite a while. Now she rests in piece, minus the armor I took back, in some fort somewhere, because mages frostbolted her in the face. I had reloaded 7 different times to save her during my early playing, as I was a mage and she kept getting in the way of my spells and I felt bad. But the 8th time, I figured enough was enough. But I am a squishy mage, I need a tank. Off to Windhelm, where I paid for Stenvar's services. He was great. He survived, he tanked, he had many situational comments and a funny dry sarcasm that came out once in a while and never seemed to mind carrying mah stuffs.

But with my better spells and staves being AOE, I decided to release Stenvar from his contract and try out the peppery Jenassa. So far she's still alive, she stealths really well, so we are not alerting the draugr too early and we'll see how it goes. Two Dunmer chicks, fighting stuff, looting stuff... We got hammered by a Draugr Wraithlord in Volk...something... but she did not die and after a few tries and much swearing on my part, we were able to win. Sanguine's Dremora helps a lot too, although technically he is not a follower. He's pretty bad-ass though, except when I reduce is effectiveness lobbing fireballs.

Eola can revive corpses? But she's got Alteration and Destruction, not Conjuration.

I'm currently using Vorstag but he's holding me back. I am thinking I will switch to J'Zargo, Brelyna or Illia so I can unleash Chain Lightning with impunity.

Anyone who's nearby when I think I need a hand.

Merc, mage for hire, house carl, devoted follower or just somebody who owes me a favour... I'm not fussy.

Do the job, get the loot.

Toss them a new weapon or armour for their trouble and send them home.

I like to mix it up, so far the ones I've used most are that big butch lady in the Bannered Mare and Gollider the dude who hangs out at his families tomb.

She does have conjuration. She can summon a flame atronach and reanimate fallen enemies. Basically a jack of all trades since she's good with a sword as well.

As a theif type I like jeenesa from the drunken huntsmen she is a sneaky type and has a nice manner.

I dont like Lydia's tone when you give her stuff to carry.

I have tried quite a few its a shame you can not see there stats and skills.

I think they really messed up with the presentation of information and lack of it on all aspects of the game.

No one, I got at it alone...I'm the Dragonborn after all.

I still have yet to use one. I like flying solo and I feel like one would just slow me down or get in the way, especially as a sneaky archer.

I know you thieves and assassins don't use followers. I just thought it would be fun to see how many people are using companions and why.

Illia or whatever her name is, found her in a castle/fort with a quest attached. She 's an uber powerful mage that pretty much makes the game a cakewalk on master. Probably gonna leave her somewhere soon to get the challenge back.