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Stealth Bar Base Rate of Decline?
vangiggsy
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Does the stealth bar reduce at different base rates dependent on paragon path (WK or MI) or for Exe/SAB/Scoundrel?
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The only thing effecting its duration is the feat, "Improved Cunning Sneak", which will extend it to 7.2s.
Dunno if they recently changed it though. Non-sabos like myself or other TRs don't really care about stealth duration anymore. For us non-sabos, it's always only 1~3 at-wills allowed from stealth before it depletes anyway, so stealth for us is a very short temporary defense or repositioning tool.
■ While the duration of base stealth is equal for all, the rate of regeneration is different. Executioner builds have this awesome capability to regenerate stealth, unhindered, within seconds. They can deploy smokebomb, make their attack, and then re-enter stealth within the duration of that 8 seconds of smoke.
■ This allows Executioners a very unique tactical/technical advantage which only a very few, seasoned TR vets really understand just how awesome it is. I don't use it because I have my own method, which is more geared towards offense, but I have tried it extensively. It's a very interesting, fun and effective build to play with.
■ A shame, really. Lazy, fat-arsh Sabos grown accustomed to the no-brainer easy mode are so abundant, that the TR players themselves don't know what a TR can really do.
■ On the flipside, even some of the better players of other classes don't really know what a TR can do these days, because they've only seen Sabos. So in many cases, they're pretty dumbfounded just like any pug/casual player when they fight non-Sabos that actually know how to play it correctly. You cam usually tell by the amount of hate-PMs they send you.
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If the regen multipliers from SoD and TC4 don't actually affect stealth depletion rate, it sure just feels like it. What I do know is they buff Twilight Adept. I'm executioner so my 8 secs is roughly accurate towards kwess' 7.2 with Improved Cunning Sneak. I have no way to tell if that 800ms is an interaction with SoD or not.
Stamina converts to dodge and dodge converts to stealth. I rarely have to use BnS to replenish my stealth.
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The main reason I play WK is Disheartening Strike. At 35K Power (feat Shadowborn 2x Power) it bleeds hard! Add Shadow of Demise (proc by VP knife throw) this is essentially my version of CoS/SO spam while I get to stay in stealth all the time.