I've been having pretty good results with an Esper build that I'm refining but this round I'm struggling around level 5 because my (all animal so far) followers won't follow me.

I saw that this was a known issue in the past that was supposedly fixed with a patch, so I am wondering if this is some intended mechanic to do with how different mob types behave while beguiled, etc.

So far this has included a bear, a slugsnout, a glowmoth, and a legendary dragonfly (who seems to be able to throw force walls from way across the map and sometimes does lol). They all attack fairly normally when there are hostiles in direct range but like the slugsnout never even seemed to shoot at anything.

For comparison, I earlier had an eyeless crab and a crocodile following me around pretty closely with no issues.

I have personally directed them all to change their follow distance to close, with no noticeable change.

Is this intended behavior or something else? How can I address it? Thx