Why is it impossible to run away from bandits?

[Hasheiro]

They throw you off horses and when you run they always catch up and gives you zero chance to run away.

[Leonid]

Increase running speed. Use light armor and dont use perk marathon. Use horses with better resolve.

[noxteryn]

It's true that is generally very difficult to disengage from enemies. A good idea would be to always stay on your horse, always travel by horse, and always get on your horse before you initiate fast-travel. It's generally very difficult for enemies to throw you off your horse, unless you allow them to get near you. Just gallop through them.

[Insomec]

Just save before you fight or use woodland and especially rivers, ai crumble if you jump over a river. It’s not easy to run away but it’s not impossible

[ArmedTerror]

It gets easier to run the higher your vitality is. Just keep on sprinting and pretty soon you will be able to outrun a camp full of cuman and bandits on foot.

[Bandy]

OP, are you fast traveling into ambushes? If fast traveling you set yourself up for that.

The KCD map is not that big, don't fast travel and you will see 90% of the ambushes ahead of you, then just ride around them or engage on your terms. That simple.

Besides, the map is beautiful, the scenery changes with different time of day, and you may enjoy the game that much more.

[DargonBlak]

Originally posted by Shavkat:

They throw you off horses and when you run they always catch up and gives you zero chance to run away.

being pulled off ur horse, and being "tackled" while running away is very disorienting in the game, as the player waits for the camera to stop spinning and wobbling.

add to this the fact that the game's "camera lock" has already rubber-banded you to one of ur opponents, so you must now also deal with a sideways gravitational pull, as the rubber band holds you back.

(camera lock completely ruins combat mobility)

but the player must persevere - keep pressing and repressing (and holding) the <Shift> key to help break the camera lock (you break camera lock using shift+fwd, which is "run").

so, keep trying to run away even with the camera wobbling - do you best to turn and run in a useful direction - but never stop trying to run.

keep running until ur stamina is gone - jog for a 1 or 2 count to replenish stamina - then Run again - just like the Horse chase when riding for Talmberg from Skalitz.

and while weight might matter - your stamina matters waaayyy more - stamina is from vitality, and grind vitality by hunting (and running and jumping everywhere).

[Thord]

Late but for the next one who googles this.

Running speed is determined by what you wear, how much you carry and Agility. How long you can run for is Stamina, apart from a healthy lifestyle (eat, drink, sleep) it comes from Vitality (someone else said that I noticed). How much you can carry comes from Strength and some perks.

Agility comes from using weapons which have an Agility level requirement rather than Strength. Running, going for an early morning sprint really can help.

Strength comes from using weapons with a Strength requirement. Picking flowers (Herbalist) has a perk called "Leg day" (hope I have the name right), as you pick flowers you gain strength but it is slow and perhaps boring.

Learn to read. There are books to increase stats like Agility.

Overall best thing. Learn to fight, both with Agility and Strength based weapons. If you aren't sure how to see which weapons are which it is the first thing in the details as a requirement.

The wiki says if you get hit when wearing armour you lose some stamina. Do what you like with that gem of knowledge.

Wear a Cuman helmet, they are more aerodynamic. Keep your hair very short. Drop your weapon, they will stop to pick it up, I made that one up but worth a go. Join the Cumans, I have never seen one getting caught by a bandit. Marry a rabbit.

[ShepherdOfCats]

Originally posted by Thord:

Wear a Cuman helmet, they are more aerodynamic. Keep your hair very short. Drop your weapon, they will stop to pick it up, I made that one up but worth a go. Join the Cumans, I have never seen one getting caught by a bandit. Marry a rabbit.

I laughed at this because sometimes I just totally break the role-play as Henry and dress up like a cuman and practice my horse-archery on wayfarers in the countryside. I came up on the knight encounter with the guy who wants a sportsman-like duel and put 6 arrows in him before he went down.

I usually reload though, because after doing something like that, it just feels too out-of-character to continue.

[Bandy]

Originally posted by ShepherdOfCats:

Originally posted by Thord:

Wear a Cuman helmet, they are more aerodynamic. ...

I laughed at this because sometimes I just totally break the role-play as Henry and dress up like a cuman and practice my horse-archery on wayfarers in the countryside. ...

My 2nd playthru I managed to loot the Cumin Captain's helmet, it is by far the baddest armour piece in game. Then a few minutes later (and have not read another post saying this...) the game script sort of hung after killing Runt and managed to loot his 'unique' black brigadine armour. Wear them both rest of the game when riding the countryside, making ignorant peasants dive into the ditches...
Is that unwoke thing to do? :D