There are a lot of really great combat mods out there, but I find that the one problem that remains unaddressed is the fact that you can't get behind or beside an NPC you're attacking, because they are constantly having their direction set to be straight at the player. I remember a couple years ago I was told this was impossible but I'm wondering if OBSE has come far enough by now to let this happen.

In my experience, NPCs have fast turn speed but if you are fast enough, you CAN get beside or behind them. One of the other things that you may have noticed is that NPCs (and you) have a large "combat hit cone angle" - by default, you can hit people 35 degrees to the left or right of your crosshair heading, which is quite large.

I made a mod that addresses these issues a little. You can find it here: http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28318

I'm working on a new version of it too, by the way. No promises on release date though.