I cracked and reinstalled this the other day. Been having some fun. Then I decided to hire one of these new mercenaries that are basically NPCs that follow you around and fight for you. Hired the basic Paladin that stands outside the mercenary inn and holy shit, the dude just murderhobos everything that even looks at me funny. Even high level group stuff lol. Well, guess I can just muck about doing collection and lore quests with impunity now lol.
