Please Stop! I yield! : V

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:49 pm

*Gets up 10 seconds later and starts attacking*

Seriously, wut?

Also, why do bandits, the ultimate opportunists, attack my daedric - clad spellsword, bodyguard and wardog with 2 thralls head - on?
It just makes no sense. They should attempt to ambush you at the very least, if not leave you alone altogether, unless you corner them.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:23 am

Bandits use cunning and deception to gain the upper hand. They want you to lower your guard so they can get another strike at you. For bandits, that doesn't surprise me. But when other NPCs do it (Guards, townsfolk), it is a bit odd.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:02 am

It's a fake-out like Hulk Hogan would use...

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:14 pm

There was a post about the yeild and as someone said it does work if you sheath your sword weapon etc. It really doesn't work as there's enemies around you for the most part. :confused:

but it does work.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:10 pm

Bandits use cunning and deception to gain the upper hand. They want you to lower your guard so they can get another strike at you. For bandits, that doesn't surprise me. But when other NPCs do it (Guards, townsfolk), it is a bit odd.

But why try again after I've just wiped out their entire camp without a scratch, and they are on next to no health?

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:26 am

But why try again after I've just wiped out their entire camp without a scratch, and they are on next to no health?

Well, also remember, it's a game.

Not real life where people use logic and environmental cues to generate thoughts and decisions.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:12 am

Well, also remember, it's a game. :tongue:

Not real life where people use logic and environmental cues to generate thoughts and decisions.

I know, I know, it's just an AI observation.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:05 am

There was a post about the yeild and as someone said it does work if you sheath your sword weapon etc. It really doesn't work as there's enemies around you for the most part. :confused:

but it does work.

I've never ever had it work except when I initiated the combat and the character is inherently a non-combatant.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:18 pm

I've never ever had it work except when I initiated the combat and the character is inherently a non-combatant.

hmmm that's odd as it always works for me.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:48 am

I wish I could figure out the difference, but if I had a buck for every time I sheathed my sword only to get beaned ten seconds later, I'd be at a restaurant right now.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:58 am

I've had bandits and forsworns running away after yielding, if I've sheathed my weapon.

Maybe it has to do with their level vs. yours? Just a guess.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:17 pm

I find it apsurd that every NPC and creatures kneels before death, except dragons

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:15 am

Eh, not half as bad as a bandit camp attacking my Khajiit, with my Khajiit body guard, in front of a Khajiit caravan on their way to Dawnstar that I'd just finished trading with. Them boys had more [censored] than they knew what to do with.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:41 am

Yeah I hate that too - tried rolling a mercifull type of character that wouldn't kill people if they yeild, but they just got back up and tried to kill me again

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:08 am

Becoz they're tired of living.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:39 am

They say they yield with their weapon drawn, but you have to sheathe yours to accept it. What kind of nonsense is that?

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:15 pm

They say they yield with their weapon drawn, but you have to sheathe yours to accept it. What kind of nonsense is that?

Not to mention it makes no sense. That bandit just tried to tear your spine out your kneecap, and you put your sword away because....?

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:08 pm

It seems to work randomly for me. I'll actually yield every now and then if I hear them say this. Some times they'll get back up and come back at me, other times they'll say "I'll let it go..this time" after I sheath my weapon which leaves me thinking "wait..what?"

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:50 am

I saved a naked guy from a cave full hagravens. After dispatching the 3 monsters with my heavy armor and two handed mace, I set the naked guy free, who then decided to try robbing me with his iron dagger. It didn't end well for him.