Maybe an age of followers will come in the future.
Near or far, i don’t know and tbh, i have no rush.
But the player base of this game must decide 1 crucial thing. Do we enjoy the the magical abilities of followers , or we want their companionship more realistic?
The way it is right now a player enjoys freedom of movement and the followers that do not share the same mechanics have to warp or cross from paths that physically cannot fit to pass.
Then devs gave us thrall immunity in lava and we the players use this advantage to do purges in lava :confused:.
It’s not players fault, it’s devs fault 100%.
Thralls cannot mount so they run as fast as a horse runs or warp…
Thralls cannot climb, so they warp and occasionally they accept falling damage, it’s a bug - feature that comes and goes through times.
Thralls cannot sense the danger of lava and choose best possible paths to get less damage possible, so they got immunity.
Thralls cannot choose to stay behind in a battle and heal or dodge very slow and obvious harmful hits.

So if we choose thralls to have the magical abilities they already have, all they need is some tweaks indeed.
If we choose realistic companionship, which i would prefer wholeheartedly, then thralls need more than an age :rofl:. Yet having a thrall with you now would be almost like having a teammate with you. It would be a more caring companionship than this mindless bull… it is right now.
Right now a player have to choose between 2 options.
I go alone and do everything super fast easy, but cannot carry a lot of loot.
I go with thralls, i do everything a bit slower, i can carry plenty loot but i am vulnerable!
In both occasions, this will work if the performance of the game is ok! If not you better choose option 1 and have a circle of power ready to retrieve your body :wink:.