Stealth Systems

[HR-Solphan]

There is now a stalking system in place, for the stealthy types. Unfortunately you can't stalk NPCs at the time, though that will be fixed in the future.

As a result of this, grouping mechanics and several verbs have been altered to not reveal hidden followers.


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There's now also a sneaking system. To use this, merely SNEAK (direction/portal).

Players are no longer able to actively (using a direction command or GO) move between rooms and stay hidden.
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[Quidditty]

SWEET! Been waiting for that. Thank you.

Quidditty

[tygerwulf]

So will increased stealth skill decrease roundtime for stalking?
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[Brokyn]

I haven't had the time to sit down and play with stalking to any real extent yet, but does Stalking a critter have at least a chance of increasing damage delt in combat? Or is this a feature to come later?

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[ragonda]

when stalking in the wilderness would an agent be spotted by a tracker more easily than say another profession would?

i know im gonna get lots of flaming but i was thinking along the lines that the wilderness be a natural terrain for trackers and not so for agents that they may stick out like sore thumbs when entering the same terrain as a tracker
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[Moka]

I agree with that....trackers live for the wilderness and spend thier lives there and know all the ins and outs. I just don't see a agent being able to hide and stalk in the wilderness like a Tracker could
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[Seth Ventril]

I can't find it...But somewhere around here Trevor made the statement that Agents are the masters of stealth, and that they were just slightly better in urban, but still just-as-stealthy in rural. Trackers do have an easier time spotting ANYONE in rural areas, but penalizing Agents just for being in the woods is...stupid.
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i wouldn't be shocked if the bonus agents get to stealth and trackers get to finding people make them on pretty even terms.

meanwhile, can we stop reviving threads that are years old?
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it's also worth keeping in mind that trackers DO get hiding bonuses, but not at the same level as agents. this is mainly because one of the main focuses of agents is stealth, while trackers aren't meant to focus only in stealth and stealth oriented things.

[ragonda]

i can understand that agents are masters of stealth but perhaps i didnt quite explain the way i was thinking .

if i placed a doe in the middle of cc no matter how hard you tried to hide it everyone would spot the doe as it doesnt belong there and people most likely to notice that it doesnt belong there would be city dwelling folks .


trackers spend most of their lives in the wilderness outside town (well they should dregs just lazy) so they would be more likely to spot something that didnt belong there . agents, psionics,artisans because agents use stealth they are less likely to be seen compared to the other city dwellers but still they would be noticed by the trackers

as it stands even high level trackers cannot find agents out in the wilderness wich compared to the amount of high level trackers found in the city doesnt seem even
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[Xavain]

May be stupid to penalize Agents just for being in the woods but Trackers get penalized just for being in the city. *shrugs* Sounds fair to me that Agents would be great in the city but not so great in the woods. The woods is a different beast from the city after all.

Now, I could be wrong about that and am fully prepared to be flamed for it. I know I get RT for sneaking about in town but not in the woods and have been told by agents that they don't get any in either setting. Though to be fair that probably isn't the best basis for a theory. *shrugs*

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[Moka]

Great post...explains more and yeah I can see where I was really putting agent in the thief roll.
But seriously isn't that what they are? Stealth lock picking poison and stealing?
Call it what ya want...it's still a thief.
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