So after several weeks I finally have Lydia back. She just appeared behind me and acted like she’d been there the whole time, like no Lydia, you’ve been gone for weeks, what is wrong with you. I couldn’t get a new follower cause technically Lydia was still in my service despite her not actually being there.
So I haven’t seen Lydia since in was level 12, I am now level 34. I don’t know how to work with a follower anymore, she’s constantly running ahead to kill people and I’m just “Lydia, what are you doing, leave them alone they weren’t even attacking us!” Now that wouldn’t be a problem if she could be trusted to kill the enemies by herself, but she can’t. So now I have to follow after her and save her ass because she’s not going to leave until all the enemies are dead, delaying what we’re meant to be doing due to her overwhelming need for violence.