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hobbitkniver
03-06-2009, 06:58 AM
How does it work in this game? Are you invisible to other players?
Arianrhod
03-06-2009, 11:44 AM
Don't know about PvP, but in regular play, invisibility makes you transparent to other players. THey can still see you, but not well. Monsters supposedly can't see you at all, but they seem to be able to hear you pretty well, and things that break stealth tend to break invisibility as well (opening doors, pulling levers, etc.).
Gorby
03-06-2009, 11:53 AM
The way I understand it, if you are invisible, mobs will automatically fail their spot check (vs your hide skill) against you. They can still hear you and they will have to roll against your move silently skill if you are mobile.
BlueBadger
03-06-2009, 12:23 PM
it was changed a realllly long time ago (probably over 2 years ago now) from being totally invisible to the monsters to being just a +20 to your hide skill. There were far too many exploits from just going invisible and the monsters not having any chance at seeing you. The worst of these was the entrance to VoN3 where everyone would be invisible and run to the end without being seen by any of the trolls, kill the few trolls in the last area to complete the objective and head into VoN3 a lot quicker and easier then intended.
PurdueDave
03-06-2009, 02:11 PM
Take note that a lot of mobs can see invisibility.
hobbitkniver
03-06-2009, 07:09 PM
Yeah, I was using it. It seems pretty much useless. You can never sneak very far, because theres always a lever that you have to pull to get to the next room. Then they see you.
Arianrhod
03-07-2009, 08:16 AM
Yeah, I was using it. It seems pretty much useless. You can never sneak very far, because theres always a lever that you have to pull to get to the next room. Then they see you.

Sounds like you're doing Stealthy Repossession :)

It is possible to sneak through that quest, but requires a lot of patience and timing. Have to watch the patrollers and make sure they're going to be looking the other way for a few seconds whenever you need to pull a lever. Most people just run through it as fast as possible with as much defense as they can get, because it's much easier that way.