Sword Thieves and AI

[Mad_Gerbil]

I know several of you are aware of this, but I thought I'd share it with the community.

A thief can kill an AI guard from behind with a sword almost instantly.
Strike with 1 fully cocked hit followed by a normal hit. They are dead before they turn around.

8)

[Lurox]

But, people, there is a FREE weapon that kills INSTANTLY, and the AI doesn't drop any blood, doesn't turn around and doesn't alarm the other guards. It's called the blackjack. So now do me a favor and don't listen to the Gerbil. :P

[-=V12US=-]

I know several of you are aware of this, but I thought I'd share it with the community.

A thief can kill an AI guard from behind with a sword almost instantly.
Strike with 1 fully cocked hit followed by a normal hit. They are dead before they turn around.

8)

That's for an unaware guard yes, as soon as the guard is even the slightest bit alerted, just one sound suffices, you can't pull that trick anymore.

And by the way, I do not kill AI's that way, I found a far better method.

[Stakhanov]

I thought backstab on unaware AI meant instant kill like a broadhead arrow...
anyway good point here , if the BJ becomes optional thieves may always try catfall + sword to murder guards. The water arrows don't always wash the blood though.

[DarkProject]

i never tried to wash the blood with water arrows in TUT..... i'm guessing it doesn't work? :sweat:

[Hybrid]

Watering blood does NOT work.

[LaughingRat]

Watering blood does NOT work.

Umm, yes it does.

[Hybrid]

If you say so, but I was watching the last thief doing Darkened Enlightment, and looking pretty hopeless (lots of Human Guards and AI left) so I shouted out for him to try watering a bloodspot. Creak, twang, splash, nothing.

[Yenzarill]

I know several of you are aware of this, but I thought I'd share it with the community.

A thief can kill an AI guard from behind with a sword almost instantly.
Strike with 1 fully cocked hit followed by a normal hit. They are dead before they turn around.

8)

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[BobTheDog]

Allow me...
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I'm crushing your head!

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[LaughingRat]

If you say so, but I was watching the last thief doing Darkened Enlightment, and looking pretty hopeless (lots of Human Guards and AI left) so I shouted out for him to try watering a bloodspot. Creak, twang, splash, nothing.

Only thing I can think then is that he missed. I've washed bloodspots away with water arrows before, no problem.

[Mad_Gerbil]

If you say so, but I was watching the last thief doing Darkened Enlightment, and looking pretty hopeless (lots of Human Guards and AI left) so I shouted out for him to try watering a bloodspot. Creak, twang, splash, nothing.

Only thing I can think then is that he missed. I've washed bloodspots away with water arrows before, no problem.

I'm gonna take a HUGE shot (and likely miss) into the dark and wonder if there is a difference between thief blood and guard blood.

[Buho]

Thief blood is thicker than guard blood.

[LaughingRat]

I'm gonna take a HUGE shot (and likely miss) into the dark and wonder if there is a difference between thief blood and guard blood.

Haven't actually tested that. I don't see that it should make a difference, they use the same decals. Still, it'd be worth checking out.

[Occam]

AHHH!
What is with that flapper hat???
~

[CrouchingDork]

If you say so, but I was watching the last thief doing Darkened Enlightment, and looking pretty hopeless (lots of Human Guards and AI left) so I shouted out for him to try watering a bloodspot. Creak, twang, splash, nothing.

Only thing I can think then is that he missed. I've washed bloodspots away with water arrows before, no problem.

Actually LR, I've experienced it before too. It seems to be a glitch, because I've tried and KNOWN I didn't miss, but it didn't go away. Sometimes even repeatedly, from different positions.