Ninja perk not working

[Crixus]

I have 1 point on ninja. It says melee sneak attacks deal x4 normal damage yet everytime I sneak attack someone it says sneak attack x3...

Any idea for fix ? I'm worried incase I invest more into it.

[LaminateD]

I currently have Ninja Ranked 3 and my melee critical is only at 4.5 on the Death Claw Weapon.

[Crixus]

Originally posted by LaminateD:

I currently have Ninja Ranked 3 and my melee critical is only at 4.5 for some reason...

Yeah I tested ranking mine up again and I did x4 damage. So ever rank you get you are only dealing the damage of the rank below you...

That was my main damage perk and now it's broken so I guess I will stop playing untill bethesda patch it. Although it's a 99% chance they wont and instead modders will have to do it.

[Raimi]

Originally posted by Marauder:

I have 1 point on ninja. It says melee sneak attacks deal x4 normal damage yet everytime I sneak attack someone it says sneak attack x3...

Any idea for fix ? I'm worried incase I invest more into it.

me too
where is the patch to fix this?

[DiscoDave]

I am also getting this. Ranged weapons work correctly, but any melee weapon and unarmed seemed to go 3.5X lvl 1, 4X lvl 2 and 4.5X lvl3. Dont know if this was a typo on their part or what, but this sucks.

[Winger]

Yes the sneak attack notification does not match with perk description. I am not entirely sure if it's just a typo or a legit bug.

For melee weapons, it's 3.0x sneak attack multiplier notification at level 1 (no difference?), 4.0x at level 2 and 10.0x at level 3 (correct value).

At least the 3rd level perk is not bugged.

Edit:

Just tested it on an enemy by adding and removing perk levels via console; then checking damage numbers with "getav health". It really is bugged.

For melee, the perk does nothing at level 1 and gives 4.0X sneak attack multiplier at level 2.
I was also able to confirm 10.0x multiplier at level 3.

[DiscoDave]

ok so it doesnt work with knuckles or unarmed, but equip a knife and it did 10X. I have lvl 3 and unarmed goes a bit weird.

Looks like melee refers to melee weapons and unarmed/ fist weapons are not included

[Kali]

Not all melee weapons are getting the full benefit of the perk either, though. the Rockville Slugger still shows 3x damage on sneak attacks at rank 1.

Seems the perk only properly works for 1h melee weapons, and not for unarmed or 2h melee weapons.

[System of a Jess]

Far as I was Aware, Ninja has a bugged notification at rank 2(and possibly 1? cant bu remember) but will deal the advertised multiplier. just to clarify some confusion "Melee" does not extend to Fist Weapons which are classified as "Punching Weapons" and as such will not benifit from the 10X multi instead getting the 4,5 from range as stupid as it sounds

[hisey606]

Ninja perk works better with ninja style weapons,...try a sword with a sneak attack seems to work for me?