I want to play a ranged mindstalker in a bit of a pirate-theme with double pistols while debuffing them as a beguiler and getting sneak attacks in that way..

 

Except it seems my pistols don't do sneak attacks on afflicted targets? There is no indication anywhere, nor does the attack cursor change like in pillars 1.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but I think Backstabbing works with pistols, but only if you are very close. No idea if Sneak attack is the same.

Hover over the damage roll in the combat log, press shift. There will be a detailed explanation which dmg bonuses got applied. If Sneak Attack is not among them although the target has an affliction then it's a bug.

Edited May 10, 20187 yr by Boeroer

Hover over the damage roll in the combat log, press shift. There will be a detailed explanation which dmg bonuses got applied. If Sneak Attack is not among them although the target has an affliction then it's a bug.

 

I checked that. Sneak attack is not amongst it while target has an affliction..

If you switch to another ranged weapon, e.g. blunderbuss or arquebus or whatever - does that work?

I'll have to check that later, I doubt that makes a difference though. Any other people with sneak attack experiences?

 

For example. does your attack cursor change like in PoE1? Or not? For me it never changes.