Originally posted by Midas:

Originally posted by dunbaratu:

You're implying you can re-hide from an enemy after your first initial hit calls out your location to them. I've never seen that work, ever. Once the first hit gets a backstab bonus, after that my stealth is blown for the rest of the fight. I've never been able to break away from them, and it feels like the game ignores things like line of sight and soft cover so the only thing that works is to run really really far away so it effectively is a second new fight when you come back a few minutes later.

I'm implying that getting a good stealth attack off does several attacks worth of damage in a single hit potentially, and when utilized properly can allow you to kill enemies in a single bar of stamina without needing any recovery at all. Also depending on the enemy, you can land several backstabs on several enemies before they actually engage you, like Draugr. You can also potentially kill enemies quickly enough to not alert nearby enemies so long as you can return to a sneaking state and get out of LoS before they get too close.

So, yeah, play-style.

Nice to know that works for you. But your description is like it's talking about a completely different game. None of what you describe ever works when I try it. One attack and I'm seen by the world (and NO, it does not knock high HP monsters down far enough to take them down with the remaining actions in the stamina bar - so you just sneak up on a troll, backstab it, and then take it down before you run out of stamina? That just doesn't match what happens when I play *at all*, which is why I stopped trying to do that.).