OK, collected some data. My character is an Erudite SK with no see vision items. With Deadeye up, I'm 0 successes at hiding in 50 tries. Interestingly, my hide skill went up from 61 to 64 during the test. As soon as I had this data, I dropped Deadeye and I hid on the 1st attempt. It never takes more than 2 or 3 tries when I don't have Deadeye up. I know people keep telling me it's coincidence and see invis doesn't affect your hiding. But in my case it absolutely does. At least my Deadeye spell prevents me from hiding successfully.
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