Stealth is broken.

morvegil · September 2014

First off...why do other classes besides NB get stealth? In almost every other MMO only the rogues got it. Sort of jips us.

Second...how the hell does stealth not work? Ive been in fights...and I can stealth away...then ive shot one arrow and cant stealth for like 5 minutes?

This HAS to be a BUG...there is no consistency to how and when I can stealth!!!

Arsenic_Touch · September 2014

0/10

just quit while you're behind.

Aett_Thorn · September 2014

Going to take this kind of point-by-point.

morvegil wrote: »

First off...why do other classes besides NB get stealth? In almost every other MMO only the rogues got it. Sort of jips us.

Nightblades do not NEED to stealth. My Nightblade Tank doesn't. This game goes a pretty long way to letting you separate 'class' from 'role'. As part of that, anyone can stealth. It doesn't take away anything from anyone by letting everyone have the choice to play a sneaky-type character. It is also a part of the Elder Scrolls games, where anyone could sneak.

In addition to that, Nightblades STILL have the most bonuses when sneaking, including several powers that work better when stealthed, and passives that give bonuses when stealthed. They also get the game's only power that grants invisibility (even if it doesn't work right).

Second...how the hell does stealth not work? Ive been in fights...and I can stealth away...then ive shot one arrow and cant stealth for like 5 minutes?

This HAS to be a BUG...there is no consistency to how and when I can stealth!!!

I doubt that it is as long as you are making it out to be, but trying to sneak in combat SHOULD take a while to do. However, there were probably circumstances in each of your cases that were causing the effects to be different.

morvegil · September 2014

Aett_Thorn wrote: »

Going to take this kind of point-by-point.

morvegil wrote: »

First off...why do other classes besides NB get stealth? In almost every other MMO only the rogues got it. Sort of jips us.

Nightblades do not NEED to stealth. My Nightblade Tank doesn't. This game goes a pretty long way to letting you separate 'class' from 'role'. As part of that, anyone can stealth. It doesn't take away anything from anyone by letting everyone have the choice to play a sneaky-type character. It is also a part of the Elder Scrolls games, where anyone could sneak.

In addition to that, Nightblades STILL have the most bonuses when sneaking, including several powers that work better when stealthed, and passives that give bonuses when stealthed. They also get the game's only power that grants invisibility (even if it doesn't work right).

Second...how the hell does stealth not work? Ive been in fights...and I can stealth away...then ive shot one arrow and cant stealth for like 5 minutes?

This HAS to be a BUG...there is no consistency to how and when I can stealth!!!

I doubt that it is as long as you are making it out to be, but trying to sneak in combat SHOULD take a while to do. However, there were probably circumstances in each of your cases that were causing the effects to be different.

Ive been PVPing for months now...and I have instances where i can fire a few arrows and stealth. Then i have instances where i can stealth for minutes upon minutes. I ahve the addons that show my dots and stuff, ive been in the clear....something is broken.

morvegil · September 2014

Arsenic_Touch wrote: »

0/10

just quit while you're behind.

You're probably a sorc.

jrgray93 · September 2014

Personally, I find attacking from stealth makes it much easier to land a successful spinning Mexican touchdown. But yeah, stealth is clearly catbugged.

At least the NB spell is. Going into sneak is just weird because it likes to think you're in combat at all times. Annoys me when it comes to using a horse.

Chillic · September 2014

Stealth/Sneak wasn't really thought out or they just haven't figured out how to make it work yet. For example, I run around solo but someone runs by me and throws up a HoT, not only does it give enemies a nice line pointing to my location but often it makes me blink in and out of hidden as the HoT ticks.

ZOS_TristanK · September 2014

Hey, @morvegil. We see that you created a topic on this subject recently that is still active. To consolidate the discussion, we're going to close this thread, but we welcome and encourage you all to continue your conversation in the first thread here. Thank you for your understanding.