Why am I stuck in detected mode?

LegacyDM · March 2015

Here's the scenario. I am a pvp sneaky sneaky stabby stabby magicka NB. I stumble across a group of people pvping in cyrodil. I hit an enemy with teleport strike and concel weapon. If I don't kill them I need to dark cloak And sneak away. Sometimes I hit them from range with magicka detonation and sneak away. 50% of the time I can stealth away with no problem. However, the other 50% of the time, I get stuck in detected mode and can't restealth for like 2 minutes. Mind you, they didn't hit me with flare. I perma click cloak to get hundreds of meters away out of range of any combat mechanic, I'm not dotted with anything, and I'm not near any guards or keeps. Why am I stuck in detected mode?! Half the time, and the other half it works? This is extremely fustrating because even though I'm hundreds of meters away, eventually I run out of magicka from cloaking to get away, and the Zerg of players sees me and chases me down to death. Am I missing something or is this a known broken mechanic of stealth? This use to happen in 1.5 but was tolerable because it happened much less frequently.

LegacyDM · March 2015

Now that I think about it, it's almost as if there is a problem with the alignment of cloak and stealth mechanics to the left and entered combat mechanics. I'm stuck in combat even though combat is over with and I'm far away from any combat. However, 50% of the time when I initially innitiate combat, I'm penalized to be stuck in it for a good 2 minutes and cloak does nothing to remove me from combat allowing me to re-enter stealth.

I don't know, what is the communities thoughts?

Cody · March 2015

its been like this for a very long time.

all you can do is pray to sithis and hope you get lucky.

derpsticks · March 2015

You cannot mount while engaged in combat.

failkiwib16_ESO · March 2015

Well as regarding pvp and stealth, if you are seen by animals or players who use magelight, you will be noticed. This goes for deers and mudcrabs, not insects though.... maybe it's that?

Joy_Division · March 2015

Mudcrabs OP.

Every player and class has issues getting out of combat.

LegacyDM · March 2015

failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »

Well as regarding pvp and stealth, if you are seen by animals or players who use magelight, you will be noticed. This goes for deers and mudcrabs, not insects though.... maybe it's that?

@zos No this goes beyond Mage light. I shadow cloak away from combat hundreds of meters out of range of magelight. No animals around. Stuck in combat and can't restealth. I know this has always been a problem but it's worse in 1.6 and game breaking to any build that wants to play an assassin stealth type archtype. Not sure why they have been silent on this issue for so long. Looks like it would be an easy fix.