If you have mercs/followers to you, they will count towards you limit no matter where they are.The amount you can have is your Charisma - 1, /2 then rounded downMagnetic Personallity adds one slot.Also you CAN use Mentats/Beer to get a merc, but when your Charisma lowers below what you needed, they will no longer follow you. (So if you leave them in a tent or base, they will stay there but can't be moved till you raise your Charisma again.)
So if I buy a merc one by one I can just leave them at my faction base and have them stop following me so they don't count towards my limit? (as in they guard my tent 24/7) but they stay and guard my faction base?Or am I better off getting an alt to buy/bring my guards to my faction base?