How will stealth players take down dragons? : V - Skyrim

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:20 pm

An awesome dragon slaying arrow.

Edit: Also posioned arrows, as Tausig2 mentioned alchemy. I love poisoned arrows.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:30 am

Run around them while stabbing them and firing constant arrows at their head.

i think i read somewhere that you have to be stationary to shoot arrows

I would let the beast detect me. Then I would run like H*** to the closest town, and relax somewhere watching the guards fighting it. :disco:

and let a simple guard acquire the dragons soul?

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:15 pm

Anyone read the Hobbit? Smaug got taken down by one arrow to the exposed belly, and with the confirmed stronger archery I'm sure that bows will be enough to take down a dragon, especially with poisons and sneakyness and such.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:12 am

and let a simple guard acquire the dragons soul?

Haha no, I'm a thief, so I will steal it from them.

Easy money!

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:40 pm

You could poison your arrows or blades to weaken it then go in for the finisher I guess.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:18 pm

Right have you seen the film Jurassic park. remember the scene with the Goat!? of course you do. Now do that but strap explosives underneath it. Then release a fire arrow. BOOM! explosive goats ftw.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:04 pm

(sorry if this has already been mentioned)

But perhaps as the dragon swoops down you can grab its neck and swing up and stab the dragon repeatedly in the brain :ninja:

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:59 pm

So I've just been thinking lately about my first playthrough. I generally like to start off with a stealth player, thief/assassin. I will probably dual wield daggers and use a bow at range. Most of the game will be fine with this type of player, but what about the dragons? I can see getting off a shot or two with a bow but once it gets close, i'm not sure that daggers will have enough stopping power. I don't really want to have to incorporate large blades or blunt weapons into my skill set if I don't have to. Anybody else curious about this aspect of the game?

Who says you have to take down dragons? What kind of thief/assassin tries to take on a dragon in the first place?

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:19 pm

Who says you have to take down dragons?

Yea right! we can be like the UN and Libya. You've been a very naughty dragon! were worried so please stop killing people or else!.....We mean it!!!......days go by.....thats it we're writing you a very angry letter telling you how angry we are!.. weeks go by.... we told you to stop killing people..another angry letter....months go by....oh what you've stopped killing people ah thats good(by this point theres no one left to kill). Can we trade oil now please!? Libyian Dragon: Sure UN im good friends with Tony Blair you know

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:44 am

Dragons have to sleep sometime...

What!? They've already slept for hundreds? of years.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:53 pm

Solution:

*Poison- stab and wait for the dragon to die as you use your stealth skills to avoid fire and dragon rage
*Invisibility - Be able to go invisible whilst in combat unlike in Oblivion, then same as above, but more interactive
* Hemorrhage - Dragon bleeds to death, or is slowed significantly where you can do the interaction without worrying about being one hit killed yourself.

Stealth isn't always an instant kill, sometimes its about slowly taking down something with powerful attacks, and remaining unnoticed as you tear them apart. Sort of like a bull fighter.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:24 am

Maybe it will be like on King's Quest I, where you can kill a dragon in one hit just by throwing a dagger at it

. Seriously though, perhaps the dragons have a weak spot.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:56 pm

I'll just be as bad ass as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdaQC6GUrnU from Dragon Age. Just jump off of something really high, land on the dragon, and start stabbing the hell out of it.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:29 am

Seems the dragon shouts will be a key part of killing a dragon with a stealth character. Like using force push effect to keep distance from the dragon and pelt it with arrows.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:00 am

Holy [Censored] Your Boring! No good coward! My sneak character is gone fight 'em like a man! Jump on its back, as it flies upwards slit its throat, Fall to your death!

Coward, that's me. The Hero with a Thousand Retreating Backs. :bolt:

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:48 pm

As for me, I'll just rely on my skill in Running-Away-Very-Fast. Remember, it's not important where you run to, it's only important what you are running from!

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:13 am

Use 100% chameleon and tickle dragons to death

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:32 pm

It's all about hit and run with a bow, or magic traps and the like. Anyone set like 150 traps in DA:O where the dragons land? Same thing but with those magic gem things they talked about for Skyrim.

» Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:26 am

Dragons have to sleep sometime...

Kinda of pointless though, if by (game design) the dragons sleep in the mountains and there are invisible walls stopping you climbing them..

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:31 pm

I'll just be as bad ass as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdaQC6GUrnU from Dragon Age. Just jump off of something really high, land on the dragon, and start stabbing the hell out of it.

Em, dude, there's a drawback to that approach. Riordan fell to his death :huh: .which would've happened even if he did finish it off himself :no: . Whoops. Make sure to mod in a parachute.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:21 am

"How will stealth players take down dragons?"

With stealth.

Punk ass dragons will never see it coming.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:55 pm

Find a safe spot, ready your bow and arrows, then aim for THE FREAKING EYE.

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:10 pm

Very carefully! :ninja:

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:13 pm

Well probably by relying on effects on their weapons.

Eg: stun shots with bow & arrow, poisons with daggers/swords.
Probably end up having to play a cat & mouse kinda game with it, as you are the mouse - but you have some lethal claws and teeth

» Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:42 pm

1. Find a Dragon.

2. Pull out bow.

3. ????

4. Scream; "Ahahaha, No scoped, ****!"

5. Profit?