Stealth?

[ZwannawZ]

still waiting to buy this game, was just wondering if stealth/camo has been used in game yet. or what about a sneak skill etc... are there any skills you can learn that work for assassin/stealth/solo/pk type players?

[Mango]

yup, there is a crouchskill
and there is a camouflage-skill, the use of "Trees", "Rocks", "Hills" and so on...

[ZtruK]

Stealth in this game is better than any other MMO out there. Noting beats ACTUALLY using stealth to get behind someone and open up with your most powerful attacks.

I got 3 icicle's on a miner before he even turned around to see what was going on yesterday.

[Narcowski]

There is no invisibility stealth, and camouflaged (i.e. leather or cloth) / non-shiny armors won't help you slip out of sight after you've been spotted, but there are definate stealth elements to the game. Since everybody's camera is fixed to their character's eyes (or a short distance behind the character with a drawn melee weapon) in most cases (exceptions = mounted and resting), you can pretty easily move up on a target undetected if you stay out of their line of sight and more quietly. From behind isn't much of an issue, you just crouchwalk up on them, utilizing terrain to stay out of view just in case. Approaching from the front is near impossible, so you can use the terrain to circle around a target, shoot him with arrows (get him surrounded for best effect, there's nothing like getting suddenly peppered with arrows from multiple directions), or wait for him to walk by.

There is a lot of quick thinking and player skill involved in moving undetected.

[DaveDFF]

still waiting to buy this game, was just wondering if stealth/camo has been used in game yet. or what about a sneak skill etc... are there any skills you can learn that work for assassin/stealth/solo/pk type players?

You need to play the game to realise how easy it is to sneak up on people using the environment.

You do not need false skills.....

[xvicex]

Everyone has "stealth"
Since the game is almost always first person and even when in 3rd you only see inches behind you.

Since any player can learn any skill its feasible that some sort of "Assassin" build will emerge.
The core skill "Poisoning" afaik does not even exist in this game.

:ninja:

[uniqueuser]

Darkfall has fundamental technological vulnerabilities that prevent the kind of stealth they've touted throughout the game's development and you'll realize that after your first encounter with someone using a radar hack.

[TheDor]

The stealth skill is hidden.

[ZtruK]

Darkfall has fundamental technological vulnerabilities that prevent the kind of stealth they've touted throughout the game's development and you'll realize that after your first encounter with someone using a radar hack.

So Darkfall fails at natural stealth because a few people will hack and then get banned for it?

I'm doubting you even play the game, I've never suspected anyone of a packet sniffer type hack and have snuk up on many many o' miner.

[uniqueuser]

Keep telling yourself that.

[ZtruK]

Keep telling yourself that.

Your trolling history on Forumfall is impressive.