Decapitating NPC ghosts : V

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:29 pm

I had a real odd moment while fighting NPC ghosts, my character ended up doing a finisher that cut off the ghost's head off (blood and all) like it was a flesh and blood opponent. Anyone else experience this or weirder, as this is a low priority issue that should be addressed.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:26 pm

Yup, ghosts are all crittable. I do feel cheaper than normal when I go around throat slitting incorporeal beings. They should be immune to criticals/vitals/sneak attacks. But TES really doesn't do that like say DnD.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:19 am

Never happened to me, thank god.
I am a roleplayer, that would ruin my moment

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:02 pm

Some of the ghost warriors drop solid iron/steel weapons & armor kinda odd too.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:24 am

Yeah I laughed pretty hard when I seen that the first time.

Serious game isn't very serious.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:54 am

Mostly because al lthey are is "normal" creatures wit hthe ethereal property turned on. During the companions questline when you have ot fight the ansestor spirits I left the dungeon to stash some loot to free up space and when I came back the etheral property wasn't on anymore and they where all normal looking guys and girls and just spawn in front of the tombs.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:29 pm

Probably bethesda didnt want people to have to lug silver weapons around all day. anyway it makes for a comedic effect rather than frustration

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:16 am

Some of the ghost warriors drop solid iron/steel weapons & armor kinda odd too.

Poltergeists. Actually, ghosts have a long recorded history of being able to affect the material world.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:13 am

Ghosts are pretty badly done in Skyrim. They are basically normal people with just a transparent mesh. No real effort has been made to make them seem more ghostly. They shouldn`t drop material weapons. Criticals should not work on them and they should sound more ghostly.

Crappily done I`m afraid.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:16 am

I had that happen to me, but i liked it. I'm tired of games where ghost live by different rules than every one else. If a ghost can hit me, than i should be able to hit it.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:36 am

The problem with ghosts in Skyrim is that they are just regular NPCs with a shader attached to them. So if you kill a ghostly warrior you can even loot metal armor and stuff from his body, and they can be decapitated and probably spill blood like regular npcs.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:04 pm

If they are ethereal they should be unhitable right? With a solid weapon yer...............

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:31 am

happed to me several times, sloopy designe is sloopy

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:11 am

Yet another one of those complaints I will put in the "not a big deal to me." column.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:28 pm

If they are ethereal they should be unhitable right? With a solid weapon yer...............

Well dwemer weapons and silver affects them in the lore world of Skyrim. I think magically enchanted weapons do. Normal weapons shouldn`t. They didn`t in previous games.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:22 pm

No finishers or drops is what should be done on them.