NO FINISHING KILLS AFTER 21 HOURS! : V

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:41 am

I am playing Skyrim on PC. After 21 hours of gameplay I have yet to have a finishing kill. I want this because I think it is one of the cool features of this game. Anybody have any ideas what the problem may be? Driving me nuts!! I would really appreciate some help on this.

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:58 am

I am playing Skyrim on PC. After 21 hours of gameplay I have yet to have a finishing kill. I want this because I think it is one of the cool features of this game. Anybody have any ideas what the problem may be? Driving me nuts!! I would really appreciate some help on this.

Wish I could trade you some of mine...

» Thu May 10, 2012 7:27 pm

I am playing Skyrim on PC. After 21 hours of gameplay I have yet to have a finishing kill. I want this because I think it is one of the cool features of this game. Anybody have any ideas what the problem may be? Driving me nuts!! I would really appreciate some help on this.

I've only had 6 finishing moves after 30 hours. It's baffling since some people are complaining they happen all the time. As far as anyone knows it's random. But I believe you have to kill the enemy with a power attack (holding down the button) for it to have a chance of happening.

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:05 pm

Try stealth-killing something that's on it's own. It seems that (on my character I've noticed this anyway) if you can kill something in one hit, it will automatically show a finisher. I've only had about 10 hours and I've had plenty of finishers, so I don't know why you haven't seen any :shrug:

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:49 pm

So far i had atleast 100 of them...

» Thu May 10, 2012 9:33 am

I've had them over 30 times at least (one of them on a dragon).
http://steamcommunity.com/id/bernhaland/screenshot/596954040375264287?tab=public

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:14 am

I got them, and I wasn't using Power Attacks, so I don't think a power attack is needed.

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:19 am

1. Enemy low on HP
2. Fus him
3. Finisher
4. ??????
5. Profit

» Thu May 10, 2012 2:50 pm

I want to trade, I get one them on about 10% of my kills.

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:30 am

Weird, I've had plenty. Not as many as some seem to complain of, but certainly more than none in 20 hours!

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:38 pm

i think the kills come from proper timing of attacks and its not just random, i think thats why ive had a ton of them because while im fighitng i wait for an opening to attack and it triggers the finishing move

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:41 pm

I've had plenty in about 35 hours I have had maybe 30-50 of them.

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:09 am

Try stealth-killing something that's on it's own. It seems that (on my character I've noticed this anyway) if you can kill something in one hit, it will automatically show a finisher. I've only had about 10 hours and I've had plenty of finishers, so I don't know why you haven't seen any :shrug:

I got them, and I wasn't using Power Attacks, so I don't think a power attack is needed.

Okay. This is what is so annoying and baffling. I've done a ton of one hit stealth kills from behind with a dagger and have yet to see a finisher pop up.

And now I hear someone saying they aren't even using Power Attacks and getting them . . . :banghead:

» Thu May 10, 2012 3:23 pm

I've only had 6 finishing moves after 30 hours. It's baffling since some people are complaining they happen all the time. As far as anyone knows it's random. But I believe you have to kill the enemy with a power attack (holding down the button) for it to have a chance of happening.

Hahaha, it's funny, because I was sceptic about having finishing moves in the game... Looks like I was right...but not for the same reasons...

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:10 am

Okay. This is what is so annoying and baffling. I've done a ton of one hit stealth kills from behind with a dagger and have yet to see a finisher pop up.

And now I hear someone saying they aren't even using Power Attacks and getting them . . . :banghead:

Maybe it is entirely random then :shrug:

Seems weird that the OP hasn't seen one in 21 hours yet, and I've seen loads in half that time.

» Thu May 10, 2012 7:18 pm

I'm using destruction spells (flames/firebolt) in my left hand and a dagger in my right. I swear I've gotten a dagger finishing move when I was using my destruction spell from my left hand and not my dagger. 0.o Other than that in almost 9 hours I've had very, very few of them, which I'm thrilled about and they've been pretty enjoyable when they have happened. Although, I got one with stomping the guy to death which also seemed wrong, since again, I'm using my flamey spells in left hand and a dagger in my right and am not stomping anyone :shakehead:

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:59 am

I think the timing is key here because I get one every fight I get into litterally every fight my conjurer swordsman gets into especially when my summoned flame atronach keeps them busy while I go for a back stab

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:03 am

I think the timing is key here because I get one every fight I get into litterally every fight my conjurer swordsman gets into especially when my summoned flame atronach keeps them busy while I go for a back stab

^ This.

Timing is indeed the key to getting a killing blow.

I also get it in every single fight on my warrior/archer.

I think the key for a direct melee fighter such as the warrior is to time the counterattacks, i.e, when the enemy is about to strike, you hit just before your oponents is midways in his/her attack. (Might be wrong but at least that's my only logical explanation for that setup)

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:03 pm

I notice that the finishing moves happen most often when I am killing the last enemy of a group. I use destruction magic to clear most of the room before moving in to finish the last enemy with my axe. I am sure that you have probably killed the last enemy of a group with melee before but just wanted to let you know what was working for me.

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:53 pm

^ This.

Timing is indeed the key to getting a killing blow.

I also get it in every single fight on my warrior/archer.

I think the key for a direct melee fighter such as the warrior is to time the counterattacks, i.e, when the enemy is about to strike, you hit just before your oponents is midways in his/her attack. (Might be wrong but at least that's my only logical explanation for that setup)

How can timing be the key when I haven't gotten any finishing moves using a dagger to backstab? It's a one hit kill with the enemy standing still and me behind them. How can I screw up the timing on that? There is no "timing" to be had in that situation.

» Thu May 10, 2012 1:54 pm

maybe you just svck.......Kidding but on the xbox i saw the finishing move withinthe first 20 mins.

» Thu May 10, 2012 2:21 pm

I get them every once in awhile. It's not bad at all.

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:02 am

That is weird... I've had a steady supply of them. Luckily, I am super excited about every single one. It could be timing on your part.. I noticed I do less finishing lives when the enemy is in the middle of a complicated movement, such as when a bear is standing up to attack you. Also, finishing moves occur 99% of the time when you are killing the final enemy of a group.