What the ♥♥♥♥ is wrong with a followers 'wait' command?

[Major Ahole]

I never had this problem in other bethesda games that I remember... I tell a follower to wait and I find they followed me into a mission half way thru... or just flat out follow me on the next loading screen

[Mutare]

Yeah Sarah was told to wait and yet she followed me thru part of the Mantis mission and kept getting us shot. i had to reload and just put her in the ship.

[Jaggid Edje]

Yah, it really doesn't seem to work like it did in their previous games to me either. I found the same thing when trying to do a few missions that required stealth. I ended up having to dismiss my follower entirely in order to do them.

[Mutare]

Seems tether related. After a specific distance or if you go thru a loading screen like a door in a building the follower comes to you without being told to.

[BellatorMonk]

In that vein...how does having multiple followers work? I mean I picked up a couple people at the bar who have better ground weapons skills than Sarah. How do I get them to go with me...wherever?
We can only have one follower at time?

[Mutare]

Yes, but I have 2 extra's assigned to my ship and usually I take one of them with em into a base. You just have to go tell them to follow you.

[Jᴧgᴧ]

Actually (using Fallout 4 as an example).. many companion mods had to enhance the "wait" command to force followers to actually stay put. As I recall, vanilla followers would wait for X hours before returning to their "home". Seems like it's more copy-pasta code from the old CE.