Rude wrote:Stealth is definitely usefulWhen I was going through the tiers, it definitely would have saved me some time. But my SK had the coth orb from ToV as well, and he could FD through zones without much difficulty to coth to my intended targets. Though that 25 mob limit has sent him back to the forest more times than God can count
(insert plea to start the mob limit warning at 15 instead of 20 here) I later got my rogue an orb, but it was generally too late to be useful. Also, the issue with a rogue doing it is if you slip up and accidentally aggro a mob that does see through Shroud of Stealth, your only option to fade (outside of a few clickies, the best being donor FD click) is the long cooldown evade AA which is like an hour? I can't recall
It's true, if you're caught out as a rogue in stealth then you have to fight or die. That said, from the perspective of a player who has used stealth extensively from the moment he got the aa skill, you quickly learn the danger npcs and work around these. Up until t6, there are a very low number of mobs that see through it. The only zone where sneak isn't reliable, until t6, is kael.
I've attempted many zones with my monk fd and on balance, the time saved using sneak greatly out-weighs the time lost to death from failed sneaks.
You're right, sneak loses its functionality at a certain point but for a new player that point is months/years away. Having both an sk and rogue provides the ultimate solution to rapid content navigation, however.
Ps swapping out the monk and mage is an excellent compromise.
