Close follower mode works perfectly. They follow really close and perform better the more cdr/secondwind/movement skills/movement speed/quivksilvers added. Mine essentially run on top of me now. My only additional wish would be for smoke mines to be supported as a movement skill but that may be going too far.
Every now and then the follower seems to just stop, but it almost always only happens on a zone in and I'm sure it has to do with the limited resources of my VMs and I need a smoother. I just loop back and pick them up. Maybe your long path finder will fix that too.
I really have no further requests or suggestions. This works for my leveling and aura bot needs. Will try leveling a mapper/bosser/mana guardian/aura bot all together next league start.