Almeida Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I have put a fair number of hours into the game now and I have noticed that often human enemies near death will lay low and call out that they yield. Yet if I have a companion of any sort, they will continue to slay them mercilessly. At first I thought this was just because I happened to have partnered up with complete sociopaths who kill without hesitation, but I have found that while alone I cannot seem to do anything with a yielding enemy. I can't talk to them, they just take a breather then stand up and keep trying to kill me. So what's the point in yielding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilllamas Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 a clever rouse? dont know... i try to beat them to death with a bow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverveign Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Yes, they will just pant for a few seconds then stand up and try to kill you all over again. I usually do not complain since it gives me time to ignore them for a bit and shoot the active targets. Once I get a stun off on the new bandit (Or whatever) I usually just finish the wounded mob off and go back to whatever I was shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzibeatle Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 LoL. Sociopath companions. They probably learned it from the players. Don't blame them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nic1357890 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 enemies also seem to regenerate health while yielding so if youre not doing anything else, finish them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almeida Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 So it's not just me, this is how yield is supposed to work - by not doing anything at all? I hate to come off as yet another nitpicker, but the number of half-baked features I am coming across are starting to sour me on Bethesda a bit. Mods will fix it all, I'm sure, but since when was it our job as a community to do all the work of ironing out balance issues, graphical glitches and dead-end features that seem coded for and then not really utilised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esteris Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Was wondering the same thing. At first I thought it was just a foul bandit that tried to trick me, but after giving a chance of surrendering to some others, and always ending up having to fight them anyway, I went into sociopath mode and I don't even give them a chance to finish their pleas :pirate: This "feature" indeed doesn't make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertex23 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Yes, they will just pant for a few seconds then stand up and try to kill you all over again. I usually do not complain since it gives me time to ignore them for a bit and shoot the active targets. Once I get a stun off on the new bandit (Or whatever) I usually just finish the wounded mob off and go back to whatever I was shooting. I just spent like 2min staring at your sig...That's awesome. OT: Yeah, I don't get it either...I mean, it gives you a chance to run away I suppose? I feel bad killing off those drunkards on the roads but they just won't stay down :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathDaisy69 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I actually experienced a valid yield at one point; I was fighting a troll and a Nord woman came running and helped me. Afterwards, she insulted me, I insulted her and we started fighting. I was winning, and she was almost dead, and yielded, so I sheated my weapon. Amazingly, she stood up, sheated her weapon and went on her way. I am not sure what the trick is, but yields appearantly does work if the stars align properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raddra Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 *Player storms into companions room, throws down a box of pictures of them killing yielded enemies* Where did you learn to do this!? Where!? "I learned it from you boss!" *sob* "I learned it from you!" (cookie for the reference) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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