User blog:Razorgirl/Skyrim Follower Reviews

Some of my thoughts on the various followers in Skyrim.

Marcurio
I almost always use Marcurio as my follower of choice. I adore him! 😍


 * I love his sassy dialogue
 * He dishes out huge amounts of damage which means that I can take on harder enemies than I possibly should be 😈
 * (most importantly, he doesn't get in the way and thus is in danger of being killed with back swing (SO important for melee characters) 😍

His down-sides include:
 * Less XP for your character: every character he kills is XP you're not getting
 * Kill stealing: more than any other companion I've seen
 * Bladting enemies off cliffs/bridges: "How how am I supposed to loot the body?..."
 * Friendly Fire: he likes to use Chain Lightning and to throw Fireballs, which means you can be damaged by area effect damage. If you like to use horses and/or non-human followers like Dogs, you'd best have a Calm spell ready to go least your horse/dog starts to attack Marcurio because they got zapped/burned, and then he defends himself, and then you have a dead horse/dog and you're reloading the game and having to fight the battle again... 😉

Jenassa
If you're a stealth character, Jenassa is for you.


 * Uses bows as a preference until enemies get close, where upon she'll switch to melee
 * Won't break your sneaking
 * She has a crush on your PC, it's quite adorable - so long as you're not playing an Orc or an Argonian 😉

Cons... She's a Dunmer, so if you're playing a stereotype of your race, you may decide to look her over due to racial prejudices She doesn't dish out as much damage as Marcurio, but no one does, so I can hardly hold that against her.

Cosnach
There is nothing really remarkable about this guy. If there are things that followers do that annoy you, he does them, and there's nothing much that he brings to the table to offset the generic annoyances.

If you beat him in a fist-fight, he's free, but then so is Uthgerd the Unbroken.

Uthgerd the Unbroken
She comes with Steel Plate Armor, so she can be tough to beat in a fist fight, depending on what level you are when you try.


 * Voiced by Claudia Christian, so Babylon 5 fans will love her