What do you think about stealth?

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I remember back when Warhammer Online was in development and the issue arose of stealth in the game. At first, the devs were adamant that stealth was a cheesy PvP tactic that had no place in WAR. This stance lasted for some time until they abruptly did an about-face and introduced a couple of stealth classes, much to the dismay of players looking forward to a PvP title free of the feature.

So we learned that stealth comes to most all MMOs, whether we like it or not. For some, stealth is an empowering ability that allows players to bend the rules of mob engagement and attack them on their own terms. For others, stealth is an infuriating tactic in PvP battles that is usually followed up by stuns, massive damage and death.

So what do you think about stealth? Is it a great feature or a horrible one? Is it so standard that all MMOs must include it from here on out? Do you enjoy playing stealth classes or secretly loathe them?

TH

If someone had asked me long ago I probably would have had a problem with it, but having become accustomed to it, I now don't.

It's really hard to envision a PvP battle with stealth classes. Often they are the nerds favourites, high damage, and easy to pussy run like a cunt away. Often however these classes carry the tag of "OP" when it's just twats getting picked off. More often than not in most MMOs, the stealth is shit 1 on 1.

The strongest stealth class imo has to be the Assasin class from AoC which is a bit ridiculous imo. The class isn't imbalanced to Conan but my personal opinion is that yes stealth should be deadly if left un-checked, but should be very weak against something 1 on 1 apart from escape abilities.

TH

nothing wrong with stealth if its properly thought out.

Stealth, is my best find in a mmo, with all the mmos I been to, I have used a stealth class, with stealth it gives me the upperhand of a susprise accteck,