Rogue: Sneak cancelling hide?

[Karthil]

Hi all,

I'm a level 38 rogue with 195 sneak and hide. I can't remember the last time I failed either skill. That said, every now and then when I do my combo (Hide > Sneak) my hide seems to get cancelled. I play in 3rd person with see invis up and my name gets the parentheses around it, but then they disappear when I hit sneak, and mobs only treat me as sneaking (indif behind, normal faction in front). I get a success message for both skills AND in the proper order (hide then sneak). I should also note that the hide skill isn't being "reset." In other words, I have to manually cancel hide (or sneak and move) for it to repop.

Is this intended? Or a known bug? Am I pressing my hotkeys too quickly? I never played a rogue on live, so I'm not confident in how it should operate, and I thought I'd post here before I reported it as a bug.

Thanks!

[Samoht]

Why not hit sneak first?

[Ravager]

I always had sneak first and then hide on the hotkey. No problems.

[georgie]

Show proof of your experience, so we know if you know what you're talking about

[GinnasP99]

I'm experiencing the same thing on my rogue.

Originally Posted by Karthil [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Am I pressing my hotkeys too quickly?

^ I believe this is the cause of the problem

[Bummey]

Always sneak first and always stand still while doing it, even though sneak is usable while moving. EQ is wonky like that sometimes.

I don't use a macro for sneak and hide, either.

[Karthil]

Thanks for the replies, all. Not sure why I got it in my head to hide then sneak, but sneak -> hide seems to be working great.

I don't have a "stealth" macro either; just tap both individual hotbuttons.

[Cecily]

Nor should you. There's very few beneficial macros for rogues besides evade macros and a corpse key.

[Tupakk]

I used to use evade macro but I got bored. So now it's 121 3 rinse and repeat.