Quote Originally Posted by Shadow Lord View Post
135 Wizards all casting Magic Missile is broken anyway you slice it, as well.
Not when the enemy has unsurpassable (for them) SR, it isn't. Also, restricting followers to NPC levels would solve that quite nicely.

Quote Originally Posted by Circle of Life View Post
Without further restrictions, it's pretty much impossible to balance regardless of the nerfs to the cohort. Either you tone it down so much that the wizard or cleric people grab with it isn't worth more than the feat it costs, thereby turning every other class choice that isn't a fullcaster into utter garbage, or you keep the other classes competitive and people grab a fullcaster anyway.
That's just another way of saying "wizards and clerics are too powerful and therefore unabalanced". Without fixing that, Leadership is the least of your worries.