Sneaking = flippin' overpowered

Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:18 am

There may be spoilers in this thread to anyone who has not beaten the beginning Dark Brotherhood questline.

Here I am, a Level 19 on Master difficulty. It's 1:00 PM on a clear, sunny day in the tundra. My sneak skill is 77, I have a steel dagger, and I haven't visited High Hrothgar yet. I put on my gloves that I got from doing a tiny DB mission, sneak up behind a giant with two mammoths, and kill all three in three strikes. From a steel dagger. I stabbed the giant in the ankle. Unless this giant is Achilles, this shouldn't happen. Sneak is totally overpowered. Wearing things like Jester gear makes you impossible to see.

Anyone else have absolutely ridiculous experiences with sneak?
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A Dardzz
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:44 am

There may be spoilers in this thread to anyone who has not beaten the beginning Dark Brotherhood questline.

Here I am, a Level 19 on Master difficulty. It's 1:00 PM on a clear, sunny day in the tundra. My sneak skill is 77, I have a steel dagger, and I haven't visited High Hrothgar yet. I put on my gloves that I got from doing a tiny DB mission, sneak up behind a giant with two mammoths, and kill all three in three strikes. From a steel dagger. I stabbed the giant in the ankle. Unless this giant is Achilles, this shouldn't happen. Sneak is totally overpowered. Wearing things like Jester gear makes you impossible to see.

Anyone else have absolutely ridiculous experiences with sneak?


30x damage will do that...
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Chantelle Walker
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:17 am

working as intended i think...
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sas
 
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Post » Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:44 pm

broken as intended i think...


Fixed that for ya.
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Zach Hunter
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:34 am

Magic and sneak are good but melee is lacking.
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chirsty aggas
 
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Post » Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:58 pm

Hmm it'd be cool to see your character jump on the giants back and stab it in the heart a few times, showing that a sneak attack would kill a giant in one "hit", of course something that flashy would break sneak... the bigger they are the harder they fall? XD
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