So since I didn't like the traits of the new follower either, I deactivated him. I went with shock troops, because my mission balance has always been good with almost always 200% success chance when it matters. However to fill the sixth slot again, I had to go with Svergan who is not only geared up but was only lvl 109, the poor sob. Problem of course is that the missions now are all way too high level to be useful to him, which means he gets no xp (ilvl in red when selecting him). Am I shit out of luck here or should there be new missions regularly to catch him up? And what about the gear between 760 and 850?