While following the leader it is nice your followers jump after you but most of the time 1 or more of your followers decide to go for a jog in a random direction, wiggle about a bit and stare at a wall. Sometimes they will just stand watching a wall before you realise you have travelled half the map. Sometimes they will actively seek out fire for no reason before having a bath in it. The NPC AI actively avoids all hazards and can get to high ground with no issue. I looked in the settings for "follower AI = mongoloid" but couldn't find it to change it to "follower AI = FOLLOW".
Can i stick my followers in a bag of holding so I don't have to constantly check if Shadowheart has suddenly decides to visit the underdark to pick some giggle mushrooms? Maybe the tadpole gets bored occasionally and decides "I wanna go >>>> that way soooo 4Q real person don't tell me what to do".
But seriously the autopath seems to have gotten worse somehow.