Bring Back More Stealth Time for Thief PvE

[Blue D Phoenix.7260]

Deadeye had the ability to have more stealth time which made thief be an actual thief and steal chests and HP without picking a fight, it was fun made it feel like an actual thief.

Please bring it back, atleast for PvE.

[Blood Red Arachnid.2493]

That was Shadow Arts.

[Satarn.2510]

I don't know what you might've been doing with Deadeye specifically, so sorry if it's something else. However, as for just stealing chests from under mobs or sneaking through entire open dungeons without fighting, it's still totally possible and always has been, with even just the core thief. It just requires a bit of trickery, which honestly makes it extra fun and "thief-like" imo.

If you drop Smokescreen under a wall, in a corner preferably, you can spam a leap finisher like Heartseeker into it, until you run out of initiative and stack stealth duration this way. Pistol 5 works for making a smoke field without the long cd as well, but the initiative cost means less stealth stacks during the window. Hope that helps~

Edited February 28, 2023 by Satarn.2510

[Bunny.9834]

i want them to bring back hidden thief trait and reduce the cool down of the Deception skills. 

[ASP.8093]

You can still do perma stealth pretty easily with Deadeye. And you don't really need perpetual stealth for a lot of situations; any thief type can stack up a good bit of stealth with Black Powder, or use Shadow Refuge to cover an important non-combat action (like claiming the Balthazar hero point in Auric Basin).

[Padrion.7382]

I don't think thief needs more stealth uptime but I would appreciate easier access to it. I liked it when I could just steal->backstab a mob. That is the main reason why I play deadeye now. I just need to dodge 😄.

[ASP.8093]

4 hours ago, Padrion.7382 said:

I liked it when I could just steal->backstab a mob.

For mucking around in open world, try using Steal in the middle of casting Cloak and Dagger. Teleports you to the enemy, C&D hits them in melee, then you have stealth so you can do your Backstab.

(Alternatively with Dagger/Pistol you can do Black Power, Heartseeker, teleport in the middle of the Heartseeker — you'll get the combo field stealth and the Heartseeker damage.)

Edited March 5, 2023 by ASP.8093

[Padrion.7382]

6 hours ago, ASP.8093 said:

For mucking around in open world, try using Steal in the middle of casting Cloak and Dagger. Teleports you to the enemy, C&D hits them in melee, then you have stealth so you can do your Backstab.

 

Thanks for the advice. I will try if my newfound love for deadeye ever fades away 😉

[nopoet.2960]

I'd like to see stealth on Distracting Daggers on interrupt and on Well of Bounty.  That would give both Daredevil and Specter a non core way to stealth.