Its a game. And for what its worth, they do a great of combining traditional RPG hitpoint elements with realism. Still, Monty Python RPG? That's the last thing I consider Skyrim, but it was still brilliant. I LOLd

I have a similar experience, and I'm level 22.

Intense frame rate drop in specific instances, and it froze once on my roomate. That's pretty much it.

Out of curiosity, where are you getting this information? Have you actually played Oblivion?

headshot would be very frustrating if it would instant kill like when i am get executed by an orc warrior when i was at 50% HP and using heavy armor... chopped my head off

Get a horse. It's like Bethesda on legs.

Haha well i always aim for torso any way its a bigger target. ( not a natural at aiming ) with most perks good bow and good arrows you can one shot a lot of things or at least kill in under 5. Well its at least better than oblvion where you shoot them dead in the head and it shows the arrow sticking right out of the chest.

there was no localized damage in oblivion you can go play it if you dont beleive me.

Sorry but i disagree with the people saying a head shot should be a kill shot. This is not an fps nor is it meant to be realistic. Its pure fantasy and the Elder Scrolls has always been this way. It is not something that needs fixing. It is all about stats and level of enemies etc(Balance). This in my opinion is one of the best things about The Elder Scrolls series. Making a head shot a 1 shot kill would destroy the balance of the game and pretty much make every one play archer or carry a bow. I just can't see it working or fitting in this type of game.

This is amazing.

Alright, now that arrows can instakill everything, how do you want to label damage for magical fiery doom from Dragons sir? Also, when can we expect Call of Skyrim: Medieval Warcry?

*Hero opens chest*

"You have received one Dead Parrot"

Sneak based players would be screwed if the AI never stopped looking for you after you shoot them. Although I feel that you should automatically get detected once you get a hit in though.

I have just one question:

Will a dragon killstreak be available?

I have just one question:

Will a dragon killstreak be available?

/missing point of the game

Went up against some bow wielding bandits today, fighting with a sword. Went in for the kill, got a finishing move animation...and noticed an arrow sticking out of my eye.
The eye I made blind in character creation actually, so I guess my character didn't lose too much functionality.

http://i.imgur.com/ZM9kn.jpg

heh
from reddit originally I think?

You know what's really funny, I recently finished playing Deus Ex for the PC (great game, check it out) and went the hardcoe stealth route playing on hardest difficulty.

Obviously, I went the stealth route in this game as well, only using the bow (and eventually daggers, but that is for later) and it surprises me how prehistoric enemy AI is in this game. Like, I snipe a dude dead, then I shoot his friend, who is standing RIGHT NEXT TO HIS DEAD FRIEND and says, "It must be my imagination." Sometimes I want to drag and hide the body, but realize that it isn't necessary in Skyrim.

That sort of thing flew with the original "Thief" game for the PC. Back then, that was considered sooo realistic. Fast forward to today, though, and it seems little effort was made regarding enemy AI.

I get it, you can't ask for everything, and honestly, I'm having so much fun with this game and the visuals, quests, etc. Just yesterday I played for a full 12 hours, something I haven't done in a long time. It just surprises me that not much has changed since Oblivion when it comes to combat and enemy intelligence.

EDIT - I know that Skyrim isn't supposed to be stealth realistic like Deus Ex. I know this. I'm just saying that the AI seems like it hasn't evolved AT ALL since Oblivion.

/facepalm People are never happy.

LMFAO!

.... People are going to complain because shooting something in the head doesn't kill it? It's an immersion breaker?

lol, yeah. Shame on Bethesda for not making this game more realistic. I mean, real life is full of talking dogs, dragons, magic, various races of animal men, etc. Being realistic is clearly a goal here.

Exactly! I'll love TES regardless

Eh I've had plenty of one shot kills so far with the bow under lvl 10. Granted I wish my arrows lodging in an eyeball would at least do more damage than the one sticking out of their chests. Yeah it's great to have balance and everything be super, but c'mon, the guy just got shot in the eyeball and it didn't do anymore damage than when he gets shot in a briastplate. You'd think at least a 20% damage bonus or somethin, it was in his eye =p

Oh, I see the problem. In Oblivion, non-fatal headshot arrows showed up protruding from the upper chest. Hokey, but less silly-looking.

Might I add that the Fallout games which are (suppose to be before Fallout 3 [censored] it up) RPG's headshots does additional damage.
In none of the games it means headshot = instakill, but it does mean that headshots = larger damage dealt.

So yes, if I actually manage to hit some bastard from the shadows in the thead then I want a x3.5 or x4 sneak attack criticak damage.