Sneak is overpowered, but... : V - Skyrim

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:33 pm

Sneaking is really powerful if you have all the perks and wear muffled boots/light armor.

Sneaking in heavy armor works well after getting perks Conditioning (Heavy Armor 70) and Muffled Movement (Sneak 30) without any enchantments.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:28 pm

The main problem with sneak is that the AI has less short term memory than a goldfish. Is they would actually try to search for you a bit better after you hit one, it could be justified.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:32 am

I am one- and two-shotting foes that I get the drop on, even at level 4. The perks and playstyle seem to make a lot of difference. I can easily see how sneak and archery will get insanely good at higher levels.

level 30 bosmer archer. archery/sneak above 80 and light armour above 50. legendary glass bow. if i see them first giants die in 2 shots. mammoths in 3. in a big room with lots of hostiles i can usually take out the higher level (ie most dangerous) target and a few of his buddies before i'm spotted. thinking of picking up some heavy armour and a greatsword and levelling those without the backup of perks just to mix things up a bit

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:45 am

I think sneaking is a bit OP, before you use muffling. After that, it is way over powered.

In one of his loot exchanges for better gear, my sneaky Nord found a Dwemer "boot of muffling", and bought it to test is muffling worked with heavy Dwemer armor.

After that I could back-stab almost anything out there, and could one-stab kill giants, and two-stab kill mammuts.

Dragons are trickier, because I can not easily find them perched on the ground, at a reachable place, but I can approach most of normal targets from front side, in not so dim places, and kill them with one stab with an non-enchanted (superior) elven dagger.