spiraling69
Sentinel
Realer than real life.
Here are better arguments for hiding the weakness of the situation:
-the NPC is fear frozen, he cant think straight and is stuck on his spot.
-PC uses a special ability that allows PC to beat the NPCs 'reaction time.
-NPC is a rookie who is not yet trained enough.
This said for the direction of shot:
The scene is lit. Bows have stoppage power (well shown in this vid) Arrows are arrows(sticks with head and end)
Camping still in the middle of highly lit terrain is the worst option whether you are assaulted by one or many archers.
You can ropleplay any way you see fit to cover the delayed reaction. It's not that big of a deal to me... I hope Bethesda does improve on this "quirky" game mechanic, but to be fair it's wayyyy too early to pass judgment. I see this as something that can be tweaked, possibly a tweak of a threat/ alertness level?
I'm not too worried, but I will continue to follow this. I wonder, does anyone here know if this topic has been brought up in the Bethesday/Skyrim forums? I'm curious to know what Bethesda has to say about this. At the very least, we as fans should bring this up to make sure Bethesda addresses this.