Skyrim Stuff:
I'm a completionist and am trying to get all the properties. I enchanted loot weapons with paralyze then sold them for easy money and bought the house. Later I learned the banish enchantment which has really good payoff, even with petty soul gems.
Followers suck for sneaking. My khajiit "build" is based around sneak, enchanting/conjuration and archery with lesser emphasis on restoration, destruction, alchemy and both one and 2 handed weapons as needed. Kind of a hero (assassin) for hire.
Lidea has messed me up many times and I accidentally killed her a few times, lol. Thank goodness for quick saves. I almost never die anymore but have to worry about her.
She is very helpful in some combat situations since I equipped her like a tank with Orc armor, heavy armor and health boosting enchantments and a 2 handed axe with stamina drain. I can sneak and get damage bonuses while she takes the enemies head on, healing her with healing hands as needed. And of course her carrying loot is useful.
I'm level 35ish and have done the main quest to the grey beards wanting me to retrieve the horn. I've wandered much more and done several subquests. Ebony weapons and armor are starting to appear for me.
My character is helpful but unaffiliated to either side. I like to have friends in high places but never be under them. I dislike both sides of the civil war. The imperials tried to kill me at the start, occupied Skyrim and dictated how they can worship, i e banning Talos worship. The Stormclokes can be backwards thinking and often prejudiced of other races, even though it is their land and technically the duel where Stormcloke killed the high king sounds legal. I like Jarl Elifel (?) of Solitude better as a ruler but think the imperial general is really running the show and he seems as bad as Stormcloke. Either way sucks for khajiit.