^^

Oops. I voted for Lydia because I didn't see Serana.
Damn.

You can delete your vote and choose again.

I know, but I'd have to revote for all of them. Blech. I'll just let it slide.

Anyway, I like Serana a lot, because she DOES comment on non-Dawnguard things. Not as much, but she'll comment on the weather, if you go somewhere extraordinary she'll say, if she likes you "Wow, this is beautiful. I'm glad you're here with me." it's pretty sweet.
But, she has crappy spells, and won't dual wield, which is lame. Then she unequips the sword I give her to throw off weak lightning spells and vampiric drain.. I wish there was a command to force a follower to equip something and change their fighting style, like Fallout. Tell them to use a bow, spell, weapon etc. J'zargo, for instance, has the lighting bolt spell. But he only uses it to defend himself when he's not a follower, so it's like wtf Bethesda. Even though J'zargo can go to level 81, it's more or less useless because he uses the same stuff at every level, the only bonus is more health.

However, my only and favorite follower is Sylgja. Yes, I ported my save to PC, and used console commands and whatnot to make her a follower. It works perfectly. She fights well, etc etc. Doesn't dual wield, but oh well. So now I get to have my gorgeous wife fighting beside me; oh, and Garmr. I increased both of their levels to 81 and made them essential so they weren't a burden to me.

Jordis is my favorite. Always has been.

Argonian Follower that can't die? Awesome.

Is it weird I don't know who more than half of these people are? I vote Stray Dog for all 7 groups.

Obviously I voted for Derkeethus just because he's an Argonian, good with archery, and CANNOT DIE, other followers that I had ended up dying on me even when I equipped them with MUCH better equipment than me.

Choosing between Lydia and Serrana was hard, but Serrana ended up winning my heart. Fendal is my bro, so that was easy. Alea the Huntress was a simple choice, along with gjisargo. The rest I just voted because.

From a gameplay perspective, I agree. If the ash piles respawned, I wouldn't have a problem, but as they are, using Serana can be a bit annoying.
But I don't think she's overrated. She is the most fleshed-out follower in the game. People like a character that has a good complete backstory. When it comes to knew characters, I'd say she's second only to Ulfric when it comes to well-written characters.

Other followers who I feel deserve mention for background lore are Frea and Erandur.

Argis The Bulwark is my most favorite of all. I just got Dawnguard but haven't played it yet. In Hearthfire, I've become a huge fan of Gregor. He has great dialogue and is another follower who doesn't complain. That's what's so great about Argis too. I like Marcurio's skills but he complains every time you enter his inventory. Lydia's still a favorite too since she was the first one in the first game, sentimental favorite there. I've tried others and some day, I'll have traveled with all of them.

Little love for Frea I see... That is disappointing.
Well, I guess only 1/3 of the crowd knows who she is currently. We should redo this in a few weeks. I have a feeling things will be a bit different then.

Agreed.

then we'll have 2/3s vote for dlc's and a few years for 3/3s but as a ps3 user can anyone explain the followers in dragonborn?

For me, Vilja wins hands-down - she feels less like a follower and more like an actual person. But mod followers aren't allowed.
Frea is awesome - technically she's only a follower for a tiny part of the main quest in Dragonborn (not sure about after you've finished it), but dual-wielding Nordic axes? Hard to top that. And you really can't beat that sweet Nordic Carved Armour that she's got. Seems to be a trend that DLC followers are better - probably due to superior AI.

Won't help me. Eastern/Central Europe usually gets the DLC four months after the release - if we're lucky *grumble, grumble*
And Bethesda might not be done with the DLC just yet. How about we redo the poll when GOTY is released? That is if anyone still remembers about it then.

Agreed. The grouping is messed up making the choices less challenging and meaningful. It should be geared towards a follower's overall efficiency in combat at their hghest possible level. It shouldn't be biased (Which were best written is completely subjective. Lol frankly none of them were special, even Serana). And it should include all followers after DLC becomes available to all platforms across the board.

Now if we're going to have a who's the best follower on Skyrim XBOX 360 poll that's a different story.

I probably would have grouped the followers due to either the circumstance of their recruitment (guild followers, hirelings, housecarls, dungeons/others), or due to class (mage, archer, warrior, spellsword, animal) and put the DLC followers in groups of their own, with a "don't have that DLC" option.

But that's just me.

People still love Morrowind and Oblivion(to a much lesser extent), I think Skyrim still has a good run in it.

I meant if anyone still remembers about the poll, not about the game I'm sure people will be playing Skyrim for years - why, I reinstalled Morrowind 3 days ago, applied MGSO and LGNPC and I'm having a blast. Skyrim needs more tweaking, but it's a good game; it's funny actually, it didn't move me at first, but as time goes by it just feels better and better. Maybe Nords are growing on me? While I loved Oblivion's guilds and sidequests and Skyrim's questlines can't even compare, TES V might be the game I'll return to a decade from now.

Should I take away the "Dragonborn" characters?

Aela the Huntress is my number one pick. My first character (Alren Darius, Imperial, sword and board fighter) married her. I gave her a good bow and arrows so she provides supporting fire while I engage at melee range. And she is a werewolf, kinky.

Yea. Save them for when others get the dlc. I'm sure many will warm up to Frea.

Frea is a Skaal warrior and daughter of the village shaman. She has a very unique personality and is an all-round likable person. She comes equipped with carved-Nordic armor, which is lighter than Ebony but offers the same protection. She dual wields high grade weaponry. She has lots of unique dialog.

Sero is a Dunmer sellsword who grew up in Blacklight but worked in Skyrim for a time. He uses a sword along with destruction and summoned Atronachs. He has a unique voice and dialog for many locations. He also is the only hireling who has much of a backstory at all.

Neloth's apprentice and the guy from the Decent quest can become followers but I've never used them.

There are more but I can't remember right off the bat.

Agreed. All in favor?