The Elder Scrolls VI: 10 Things Bethesda Must Include

6. Make Stealth A Viable Tactic

Elder Scrolls Online Stealth
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Though it's talked about as a worthwhile way to thin the ranks of any bandit camp or main quest location, actually implementing a stealthy infiltration feels like you're breaking the game.

With the only low-key animations available being a crouch-walk and an awkward stealth kill (that only works if the game dice-rolls that you'd of one-hit killed an enemy anyway), there are nowhere near enough ways to actually BE stealthy.

Where's the wall-hugging, the corner-peaking, the roof-hanging? It goes alongside the A.I. needing to be touched up too, but give us spells that highlight enemy vision cones, Dishonored-style, or a better set of killing blows so we can decimate from the shadows in style.

Playing stealthily might not be the most popular of methods, but it's on the skill tree menu for a reason, thus it should be taken just as seriously as everything else.

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