I played a monk main on live during this era, and you are correct OP: sneak had no chance to help mobs forget about you after FD. They would indeed remember you almost always until they touched their spawn points. There was even a chance they would see through your FD if they pathed over you
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Mobs that were linked together were even harder to split.. like the zek guards at statue.
Monks have it easy here!