If there’s one factor many people find out about Skyrim, it’s that the NPCs aren’t the brightest round. Enemy AI is often fairly simple to control, however this one modder determined that higher NPC reactions make for a greater expertise.

Again as soon as once more with one other of their trademark TES5 enhancements, Nexus Mods consumer JaySerpa has made it so Skyrim enemies are a bit of bit smarter throughout fights. If you happen to’re the sort of Dragonborn that likes to cheese bandits and the like, you could have to rethink your approaches to any extent further.

Basically, what “NPCs Take Cowl” does is make it so enemies react faster to being attacked. Whenever you pull your bow out and intention, they’ll now not simply stand there whilst you prepared your shot. In addition they run and conceal. And correctly disguise, this time.

Some might name it “cowering”

The video above exhibits it in motion. Whenever you stand on prime of someplace enemies can’t attain, the vanilla AI could have them simply stand there whilst you unload arrows into them. With JaySerpa’s mod, you’re going to have to consider a greater tactic. Or simply face them head-on.

The mod is particular to long-range assaults, so bows and projectile magic shall be affected. There are additionally 200 strains of additional dialogue, wherein enemies will taunt you for those who attempt to choose them off from a hard-to-reach place.

By in search of cowl, shaming you on your cheese ways, and having faster reactions to you taking intention at them, you’ll be able to immerse your self in a world wherein, fairly frankly, you could now not be the neatest one round.