Sneak bonus with melee : Fallout 4

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:55 pm

I got this sweet knife..pickmans blade...personally I'm not big on melee in FO games, but I wanted to try it out..so I'm sneaking around with it, found an unsuspecting raider, slashed him while hidden, and no sneak bonus..what's up with that? Tried it several other times..same thing

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:19 pm

Maybe a bug? Got it with a machete

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 9:05 pm

Might be a bug you're experiencing or an issue with that particular weapon (I've never come across it) but in general, melee does get the sneak attack bonus. I've been one-shotting basically everything with super sledge sneak attacks for a while now.

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:03 pm

Do u have the ninja perk? They rly dumbed down the sneak mechanics, animations... alot is missing.

Without the perk, no sneak attack.

Btw...

- no attack possible to kill silently, the finisher (not the regular attack) with a dagger thats currently possible leaves u standing up (with any sneak attack, surrounding enemies will be aware that something happend, but after that finisher u are standing, not sneaking anymore and they just aggress you)

- chained sneak kills in vats aren't working correctly either

- swords are 2-3 times more effective (daggers/knifes get the exact same multiplier)

- and even if enemies didn't fully detect you, you sometimes won't land a sneak attack, just a normal one. Quite common actually.

They only good thing is that it's not that easy anymore, ai is still stupid but alot more aware depending on light and sound.

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:46 pm

No ninja perks..4 in sneak and a couple of the books I think..idk maybe it's a bug..oh well..I will keep trying every once in a while see if it starts to work

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:08 pm

it annoys me so much that finishes take me out of stealth.

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:30 pm

The normal sneak attack bonus for melee weapons is 3x and pickmin's knife has a 3.5x bonus. Not really worth it if you consider that a Chinese officer sword with max upgrades does way more damage with a 3x bonus.

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 4:15 pm

That explains a lot. So it max ninja it's 10.5x and thats there the extra .5 is coming from. At 10x damage another .5 is a bit silly.

» Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:41 am

Ok now it works...not sure why it wasn't before...but after I posted this I tried it a couple more times and still no bonus..but got back to my home and stabbed a settler sitting in my house, got the 3.5x bonus, and went back out and it works on enemies..
Awesome knife even though it's sorta an upside down combat knife...the serrations should be on top..