Nightblade and sneak

Faustes · May 2014

A full heavy armor tank dragon knight sneaks just as effectively as a full light armor nightblade. Why?

By effective I mean in terms of detection

Lynx7386 · May 2014

Because neither light armor nor heavy armor are designed for stealth, medium armor is.

Gisgo · May 2014

Im wearing 7/7 medium armor yet heavy armor users are just as stealthy as i am.
How is that, now?
They move slower while stealthing but they are not easier to find as they should, their detection radius being much larger.

TheBull · May 2014

The in/out of combat mechanics are f'd up..

Gisgo · May 2014

TheBull wrote: »

The in/out of combat mechanics are f'd up..

Absolutely, and the stealth radius mechanic in my opinion is broken too.
I cant find stealthers, no matter the armor they are wearing, unless i am literally on top of them: i would expect this to be the case with medium armor users, not with everyone crouching.

Mind you this isnt a complaint about NBs, im just talking about armors here.

Selodaoc · May 2014

Said that today to my friends.
Nightblade should have passives that increases hidden/stealth movement speed by alot, almost to the point to moving at same speed as normal walking.

Maybe even making shadow cloak faster then normal walking? hell, it wouldnt be more powerful then sorc blink

wayfarerb14_ESO · May 2014

NB do have the option to increase stealth movement- use concealed weapon and it increases your stealth movement by 20% while it's slotted in your skill bar. I think there are a couple other things that increase stealth too, but I'm not looking at the chart right now.

Also, if other players are finding you first, they're either using a potion or magelight.

khele23eb17_ESO · May 2014

Wow, a whole 20% speed boost at the cost of a 40% armor debuff... thats f... amazing! -_-

martinhpb16_ESO · May 2014

With concealed blade & vamp stealth speed buff I actually move faster in stealth than unstealthed.

Its bugged though so every time I die I have to relog.

With Khajiit you also get a stealth buff.

Even so I agree NB needs a passive stealth speed buff, esp taking into account pvp assassination. before I got vamp buff it was very hard to sneak up behind someone unless they were just standing there, leaving me feeling it was a bit gimped.

Selodaoc · May 2014

Its almost impossible to sneak up to someone in PvP unless their incredibly stupid and stand still for ages in the open.

NB need reliable movement speed in stealth to set up their attacks other then teleport strike.

Lynx7386 · May 2014

Would be nice if you could actually get into melee range with stealth. As-is, you either have to be a vampire, be attacking someone who isnt moving at all (meaning probably afk), or you have to use a ranged weapon from stealth.