Yeah, that's one thing I didn't like about ESO. The opponents reset their positions and health whenever they could not reach me. I love to cast spells and that from on top of stuff. lol I'm usually a sorcerer/mage/spell caster in games, and I had a much harder time with that in ESO. The spells are not strong enough for my weak armor class...I tend to become cannon fodder.
Thing is, this was happening not when I was inaccessible to the npcs (I never managed to do that tbh), it was happening every time I did the "shoot and walk backwards" technique. I was having to use that technique after every sneak attack as sneak attacks in general were just so weak, even more so with (already weak) bows.
MOST frustrating.
lol Yes, I died a lot in the game. 
Me too. I do not like that, at all.
The game seemed structured for a run and gun type of player who liked to barge in with sword and shield. It seemed to be balanced in that way to the cost of all other play styles. In most other games, I tend to be a sneaky ranger type, popping off a sneak attack with a bow from long range, fading away, waiting a wee bit for stuff to come off of CD and then sneaking back into range of the enemies, rinse/repeat. I avoid combat as much as I can, preferring fights to be short, sharp and in my control.
That play-style is impossible in ESO.
