I really felt dissappointed today when I logged in and realised that the crouch/hidden backstab has been nerfed into the ground.
As a close combat dps nightblade, I really felt this extra dmg could help me out in alot of way's and I find with this change that I lost a big playstyle of my close combat nightblade.
I'm really wondering why they nerfed such a little thing, you barely do 20-30% dmg with the attack now ... it was already hard to get close to someone and do this extra dmg and now its completely lost ...
Opinions ?
I used to one shot mobs from sneak, now it only scratches them. While I dunno if it's a nerf or a bug, it is true that maybe it was slightly overpowered. Anyone on PTS can tell us if this change was already in CB?
MeatDumpling wrote: »Has there been any official acknowledgment of this? If it is going to be addressed I don't mind keeping my stealth build but if this is perm than I see no point in trying to make this type of char work.
To me it feels as if sneak attacks are outright broken. I hardly feel any additional damage; I always open with a fully charged heavy attack, and it doesn't appear any stronger than a heavy attack without stealth/invisibility. The stun is also completely missing, I remember very clearly from the beta that fully charged sneak attacks produced a stun (not sure about partial light sneak attacks).
On a similar note, I have yet to see Teleport Strike stun anything at all, regardless of whether it is used from stealth or not; this might be related.
I agree the stealth bow attacks seem to be iffy. I do not normally use a melee weapon heavy attack from stealth.