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It's for the better. Now we can remember BG2 as it finished on a great note.

Look at what they did with DA2, I shudder at the thought how they might ruin BG with EA and the new management whipping them to do some console-esque crap.

Can anyone elaborate on this some more.

Sometimes, when I cast darkness, enemies just won't disengage me when I enter stealth mode, they just keep whacking at me no matter what.

Other times, everyone just ignores me (and allows me to prep for death attacks)

How can I influence this? Is it reliant ...

Do you have your game patched ?
Do you get the sneak attack bonus to damage ?
Did you try if non-detection helps ?
Is it different if you use only 1 weapon instead of dualwielding or even a 2-handed weapon which allows backstabbing from the distance ?

It's fine now. It appears it was a few ...

Bump - is it just me or does everyone and their mother just turn around after I try to sneak attack them, even before the attack takes place?

Do you suggest I use some spells to make targets bound in place or something?

Alright, I just seen that the 2nd bonus isn't even that great, and I can't get the 3rd, good one unless I'm multiclassing a fighter anyway.

Hey, thanks for the response. I wanted to dual wield, yeah. Would 2 shortswords still be the best for this purpose?

Hey, I was looking for some tips for a viable backstab/sneak attack rogue. As far as I can tell, you can no longer kill people instantly by backstabbing them like in BG2?

I was thinking of making a drow, pure rogue that relied on sneak attack, str 10 dex 20 (keep pumping dex?) and weapon finess ...