The complaint about companions not leveling was due to them coming at high levels with skills close to soft/hard caps. This was supposedly dealt with by reducing the overall number of skills that they had rather than decreasing the individual skill level. Now we have companions that are still difficult to level unless you're choosing to level their 0 level skills that are also less versatile. Not to mention, you'll get companions who decide to apply archery perks on athletics/riding skill trees despite clearly specialising on throwing/crossbow. Or even worse, choose the shield bash perk. When have we ever seen an AI use shield bash/kick? lol? What's up with that? (I know perks don't work yet, but still it's aggravating to see)
This is exacerbated by quests like a Lord needs a tutor. The dude I had was level 19 with a hard cap on 2 combat skills and soft cap on the others. Blacksmith wasn't really leveling much either due to the level 1 attribute and 0 focus. The only thing going up seems to be stewardship and that's slow to say the least. This quest and the whole companion thing needs to be revamped.
I personally don't see a reason why we cannot spec our companions even if it's limited. If the developers insist on forcing bad perk selections on me, then at least let me choose some focus. Or better yet, just lower their overall levels so I have a chance to correct any terrible presets they already have. I'd rather level the companions myself than have ready-made ones that are useless.
Side Note: Let me reload my crossbow on a horse already without having to rely on a mod.
This is exacerbated by quests like a Lord needs a tutor. The dude I had was level 19 with a hard cap on 2 combat skills and soft cap on the others. Blacksmith wasn't really leveling much either due to the level 1 attribute and 0 focus. The only thing going up seems to be stewardship and that's slow to say the least. This quest and the whole companion thing needs to be revamped.
I personally don't see a reason why we cannot spec our companions even if it's limited. If the developers insist on forcing bad perk selections on me, then at least let me choose some focus. Or better yet, just lower their overall levels so I have a chance to correct any terrible presets they already have. I'd rather level the companions myself than have ready-made ones that are useless.
Side Note: Let me reload my crossbow on a horse already without having to rely on a mod.