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Has anyone else noticed a larger % rate of stealth failure lately im 120 stealth and 212 dex I should Never Fail !! Has something Changed ??????

Do you have 'heavy' items equipped with Mage Armor? Ever since I added my Heart of the Lion I've never been able to stealth the same (seems to be a 2/3 chance down from 100%). Never made much sense to me since Mage Armor is supposed to negate the penalty to stealth.

I reported this a long while back, but who knows.. maybe if enough people complain it'll get fixed?

Edit: 120 stealth as well, ~190 dex.

I'm 120 stealth and a whopping 155 dex, wearing mage and leather armor, and I never fail. I'm even able to run short distance and stop and not be revealed.

Mage armor makes something meddable, not stealthable. I have a jackals collar with mage armor, i fail sometimes, 'lest i remove that prior. If you have any plate on, you're going to fail, basically. All leather gear is optimal.
One CAN also stealth 1 step, run for 9 steps, then walk 2, then run 9, whilst stealthed.

Devlin wrote:Mage armor makes something meddable, not stealthable. I have a jackals collar with mage armor, i fail sometimes, 'lest i remove that prior. If you have any plate on, you're going to fail, basically. All leather gear is optimal.
One CAN also stealth 1 step, run for 9 steps, then walk 2, then run 9, whilst stealthed.

Mage armor should negate the armor penalty for stealth purposes.

I stealth around with 120 stealth and some pieces of mage armor plate. Usually I will take off one or two pieces to be on the safe side though

Devlin wrote:Mage armor makes something meddable, not stealthable.

I was under the assumption that it did both - Stratics and UOGuide mention the benefit of Stealthing in Mage Armor, so maybe RunUO took this out?

I don't know, I just have a hard time believing that people would submit this info if it were completely false. Also kind of irks me thinking of the EDs I've invested in adding MA, Luck and SR5 to these items thinking that I could still Stealth with ease.

As far as I know, RunUO left in the ability to stealth in mage armor. This is the only shard I've been in where it doesn't work. In fact, one of starter plans I live by is to train a tailor to make basic leather armor out of spined leather so I can stealth around scary places. I was shocked to find I couldn't do that here. It seems to be custom code, like container capacity.

Oddly enough I have a tough time stealthing with leather armor at 120 stealth

ok, tested in brit, with mage armor and i'm only at 100 stealth with over 220 dex i can stealth indefinite, but in certain area's umbris camp for one; i can't stealth at all, when i used to be able to stealth around. they may have fixed that area. (i'm not talking about hiding then walking into there, or using invis robe). maybe i'll test in fel and around dungeons.