Being ditched by a follower ...

[mcjordalini]

Alright. I have become a little irritated that the followers you get during a questline (ie; The Companions, or Thieves Guild) ditch you and give some [&@%!] poor excuse that they cannot continue with you to the next objective because <insert [&@%!] poor excuse here>. Has anyone else noticed this ?

I don't understand why Bethesda just can't give you the follower(s) for the rest of the questline (especially when you get them on the second last quest, and they ditch you on the last one) rather than making you take on a huge dungeon by yourself. -_-

I know that I could just get a mercenary/ companion in a city, but still ... It doesn't make sense to me why they would just leave you.

[CX gamer]

I was a sneak character, so I never really used companions, as they would blow my cover.

Can you elaborate on what the problem is specificly?

[Arch-Mage Matt]

Are you talking about the last Companion quest?

I think it's more to give you some alone time. For one, it's more challenging to do it alone (Or with Aela) and it's also more serious and quiet without a Nord raiding party at your back.

[phoult37]

I know exactly what your talking about. When you get a temporary follower that stays with you for only 1 particular quest, occasionally that follower will make you complete part of a dungeon on your own. But thats not the dumb part. What's dumb is the follower will say something non-practical as an excuse to stop following you; something like, you go on ahead while I examine these tombs....just an example but it doesn't really make sense. If you went into a monster infested dungeon, would you suddenly tell your buddy, hey go kill all those bad guys while I hang out back here....probs not.

I agree with you mcjordalini

[phoult37]

Are you talking about the last Companion quest?

I think it's more to give you some alone time. For one, it's more challenging to do it alone (Or with Aela) and it's also more serious and quiet without a Nord raiding party at your back.

It even happens in the first mage guild quest.

Spoiler:

Your teacher decides to play researcher and tells you to go on ahead...although he does say to be careful if its too dangerous so I guess thats ok....

[mcjordalini]

I was a sneak character, so I never really used companions, as they would blow my cover.

Can you elaborate on what the problem is specificly?

Yea, I was doing the second last quest of the Thieves Guild

Spoiler:

I had to escape a Dwarven Ruin after killing Mercer Frey

and was hoping that Brynjolf, and Karliah would come with me to the

Spoiler:

Twilight Sepulcher to return the Skeleton Key

but then they effing ditched me ! ):

I know exactly what your talking about. When you get a temporary follower that stays with you for only 1 particular quest, occasionally that follower will make you complete part of a dungeon on your own. But thats not the dumb part. What's dumb is the follower will say something non-practical as an excuse to stop following you; something like, you go on ahead while I examine these tombs....just an example but it doesn't really make sense. If you went into a monster infested dungeon, would you suddenly tell your buddy, hey go kill all those bad guys while I hang out back here....probs not.

I agree with you mcjordalini

phoult37 knows what I mean. ;D

[Will Zurmacht]

Are you talking about the last Companion quest?

I think it's more to give you some alone time. For one, it's more challenging to do it alone (Or with Aela) and it's also more serious and quiet without a Nord raiding party at your back.

Another potential reason is that

Spoiler:

the Companions who fall away are the ones who are later able to be brought back and cured, each with his own separate quest. It would be kind of awkward if they came along while you cured Kodlak but then the option to immediately mass baptize the rest was absent. "Hey you guys go back to the lodge and we'll come back individually for the ritual, because that's how the follower system is set up."

[CX gamer]

Yea, I was doing the second last quest of the Thieves Guild

Spoiler:

I had to escape a Dwarven Ruin after killing Mercer Frey

and was hoping that Brynjolf, and Karliah would come with me to the

Spoiler:

Twilight Sepulcher to return the Skeleton Key

but then they effing ditched me ! ):

Oh that! Yes you're right. I didn't ask any questions about it though.

[mcjordalini]

Oh that! Yes you're right. I didn't ask any questions about it though.

Yea. :p I did, it made me irritated ... ):<

[Rhcpftw]

My favourite explanation? "I can't go with you, I'm afraid of spiders" - A companion.

Mighty heroes indeed.

[BvBPL]

It has never bothered me that they do this.

[Nocturnal]

My favourite explanation? "I can't go with you, I'm afraid of spiders" - A companion.

Mighty heroes indeed.

To me that's a excuse that is acceptable but then I would pick that option if I had to lol. Still hate getting ditched in the Thieve's guild questline though.

[Biggsydaboss]

If I was entering a monster infested area with my best pall. I would definitely make up a lame excuse to hang back & get my friend to go on ahead. Then I would wait a while then go & loot his corpse. Then I would go to his house & tell his beautiful wife what a hero he was & that his dying wish was for me to take care of her.

[phoult37]

If I was entering a monster infested area with my best pall. I would definitely make up a lame excuse to hang back & get my friend to go on ahead. Then I would wait a while then go & loot his corpse. Then I would go to his house & tell his beautiful wife what a hero he was & that his dying wish was for me to take care of her.

Lets never be friends, ok?