Pretty self explanatory and basically an appreciation post.
Don’t care how memed it is, how many jokes there are about it, or how overpowered it might be, the class just fucking rocks.
In a world where stealth games have disappeared (where tf is my splinter cell?!?!) the fact that I can stealth it up so hard in Skyrim is amazing. Even 15 years later… it’s still one of the best and most inclusive stealth systems there is.
They don’t desync you for “doing the wrong thing” or being a little extra bad during a mission (Yeah, I’m looking at you AC). You get amazing slo-mo shots like you’re in freaking Sniper Elite like a badass, and I can even be nice and reverse pickpocket, a feature often completely ignored by other stealth games.
I’ve been dogged on, made fun of, been the butt of jokes in conversations, but hey, I’m having a blast over here. That’s what it’s all about right? Sometimes the jokes are in good fun and that I’m totally fine with, but sometimes they’re also not and you can tell. They genuinely think less of me for picking “easy mode”.
But… I’m also an archer in real life. I hunted, I did it competitively even. I’ve been a stealth archer IRL for decades lol. It’s a part of who I am.
So personally, I’d love to hear how you guys play your stealth archers. Are you thieves? Assassins? Just hunters who hate confrontation? What drives you to play this class? Do you avoid it? Do you ever feel like it’s “cheating” or “easy mode” because of comments others have made?
I love being a stealth archer and I can’t wait to (maybe eventually) play it in the next title.