Sneak kill does not work anymore

kinguardian · June 2019

A few weeks ago out of nowhere I could not sneak kill anyone. I play with a xbox one wired mini controller and when I push the Y and B button in stead of killing with the blade of woe it does one off the attack that are bind on those keys. I bought a new controller and it still does it. I tried doing it on the keyboard and still same thing. I repaired my game not long ago just to try it and it stil no change. It starts to get frustrating because I can't do any brotherhood quests now.

Is someone else having this problem? And have you found a fix?

Gilvoth · June 2019

yes, this is a problem for many of us and is not even being recognized by the developers even though we have several threads on the subject.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/479426/cannot-interact-with-environment-or-anything-while-in-crouch-sneak-since-patch-6-10-19#latest

and also:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/6128015#Comment_6128015

kinguardian · June 2019

Thank you very much I go and read them. Could have saved money on a controller LOL

Gilvoth · June 2019

why is this getting zero attention from developers?

Dusk_Coven · June 2019

I have had a lot of instances where Blade of Woe wouldn't work. I think a lot has to do with the in-game LOS checking.

-If you are approaching from an angle and they have some or all of their back to something
-If you are approaching from a higher or lower elevation the LOS checking might be off
-If they are moving you typically need to be closer so that the time delay between pressing the button and the game checking for a valid kill doesn't allow them to move out of range
-If there is any sort of terrain feature in between, even if you can move through it, such as an archway

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Sneak kill does not work anymore

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