Yvese Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 One of my favorite things about being a thief is killing people in one hit from behind. What's even better is when I get a killing blow cut scene. Sadly not all the time :( Anyone else feel the same? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dra6o0n Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) Apparently, a 'scene' only occurs if your damage is considered a 'overkill', so if you use a power attack while sneaking and it deals more damage to them than their max hp by a lot, then the scene will likely appear. For swords, if its a critical strike then all the more chances. You will definitely get backstab scenes if you get the 15x sneak attack perk and a dagger that does 30+ damage, because that's enough to overkill almost any enemies up to level 40. Just be careful because I was 'attempting' to sneak attack this enemy with a sword at his back, but it failed and did 'normal' attack damage and I went WTF several times... The enemy doesn't notice me and the thing says hidden. Edited November 20, 2011 by dra6o0n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yvese Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 Apparently, a 'scene' only occurs if your damage is considered a 'overkill', so if you use a power attack while sneaking and it deals more damage to them than their max hp by a lot, then the scene will likely appear. For swords, if its a critical strike then all the more chances. You will definitely get backstab scenes if you get the 15x sneak attack perk and a dagger that does 30+ damage, because that's enough to overkill almost any enemies up to level 40. Just be careful because I was 'attempting' to sneak attack this enemy with a sword at his back, but it failed and did 'normal' attack damage and I went WTF several times... The enemy doesn't notice me and the thing says hidden.I actually have my daggers up to 30x now thanks to the dark brotherhood stuff. I'm still one hitting enemies but sometimes the killing blow scene doesn't happen so I'm not sure how overkill applies to it. Would just be nice if someone made a mod that made it happen with every backstab that insta kills the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninga_express Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 You have to be fairly close to the enemy for it to happen, I get killing blows all the time, I just have to line my target up and be directly behind him facing the same direction and being on the same level ground as him and it'll work 99% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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