November 29, 2011 10:17 PM EST
Companions stand as a complete annoyance to me haha. Not that they are bad additions to the game, they just find their way into my chain lightnings waayyy too often. The Destruction tree is my playground, therefore my spells are meant to kill everyone in the area that isn't me. Since chain lightning and other spells don't differentiate between who is your ally/an innocent and an enemy, companions just get in my way.
The first time I took Lydia out was a disaster. It was also the only time I took her with me to battle. I entered the ruined fort, started taking down forsworn, and after the dust had cleared, Lydia was nowhere to be found. Not even a body on the floor. Now she is missing and I'm not sure if she glitched or died.
Either way, companions just aren't my thing.