Hiding / stealthing

PrimalSign · Post by **PrimalSign** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:27 pm

daniel.alcantara wrote:Did you hide before entering the other players range of view?
Unless you got HIPS..then this wouldnt be an issue

I was there testing, had HiPS, didn't work.

ChikenKannon · Post by **ChikenKannon** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:29 pm

What is your hide and move silently skills at. And what is the spot and listen skills of the people you were sneaking up to?

And keep in mind I'm pretty sure that spot checks are made as frequently as search checks which take about 2 seconds in between so. On average a person with +5 spot trying to find a person with +25 hide takes about 40 seconds. 20 if they have +6.

Another thing that might be happening is the reason stealth is "broken" is because the instant you come into the characters "view" (where your character would be rendered for them) they start rolling spot checks. They might be trying to set it to put bonuses on stealth depending on distance...

But this is just hopeful optimisim that it's just a small error they over looked... *WEEP WEEP WEEP* It's all ruined!

PrimalSign · Post by **PrimalSign** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:35 pm

ChikenKannon wrote:What is your hide and move silently skills at. And what is the spot and listen skills of the people you were sneaking up to?

34 Hide, 36 MS.
K9 had 2 spot/listen

Anton Colicos · Post by **Anton Colicos** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:27 pm

Was the character an elf? As Anton Colicos, I've had people disappear frequently and though I have ranks in spot, listen, and search I don't see them.

PrimalSign · Post by **PrimalSign** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:39 pm

Anton Colicos wrote:Was the character an elf? As Anton Colicos, I've had people disappear frequently and though I have ranks in spot, listen, and search I don't see them.

Halfling.

Just curious, in what location did they vanish? Exterior or Interior? Did you recently transition?

Anton Colicos · Post by **Anton Colicos** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:04 pm

They vanished outside near Ealden's and I had not recently transitioned. This has happened several times and even with Claraudience/Claravoyance I couldn't see them.

Eowade · Post by **Eowade** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:00 pm

I know when I have parited with a level 14 rogue character with a character of mine with low spot I could not see them when they were hiding even when in my party.

PrimalSign · Post by **PrimalSign** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:09 pm

Ok so from all reports, stealth is completely whacked.

Guten Raynor · Post by **Guten Raynor** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:23 am

I've always wondered and never had the opportunity to test it:

If you are hidden and you say stuff, who can hear you?

I want to sneak up on people are scare them by whispering creepy stuff in their ears

ChikenKannon · Post by **ChikenKannon** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:04 am

PrimalSign wrote:Ok so from all reports, stealth is completely whacked.

Maankin · Post by **Maankin** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:35 am

You can hear invisible people talking, i.e. you see the text floating above their character's head. Only they stay "invisible" to you, so the text floats in mid-air.

Mon-da-oth · Post by **Mon-da-oth** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:49 pm

Yep you can still talk and if your hide is good enough they can't see you. Rhode has done this on a number of occasions.