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The Safehouse:
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Sneak pulling can be done from in front too, but requires greater range. Throwing will not work from in front....you can be in front of the target, but NOT in front of the additional mobs you don't want to come. Throwing requires you to be too close to be out of aggro range when hide drops, even with sneak engaged. A nice bow with good range works well for this. If you are far enough away, with sneak engaged, you can fire at one, and the other won't come, even if facing you.
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This is pretty interesting, and I'm having a hard time believing that this guy would mistakenly describe something so simple with such confidence. If this is true, then that means sneak pulling mechanics on P99, and probably on EQ live as well, are drastically different than they were during this era.
Essentially he's saying that even sneak pulling at close range was normally done with your target looking at you, and it's only the other mobs in proximity that needed to be turned away. And if you get enough distance between you and your target, you can single it out even if both mobs are looking your way. This also suggests that sneaking in general should reduce your aggro radius for mobs that have you in sight - that when you're sneaking, you should be able to get closer to mobs from the front than you normally can.
It's possible that the social assist circles I added to the diagram completely disappear when you have sneak engaged and tag a mob with a projectile, and it switches to
only your own aggro radius for the social assist checks. That's really the only way that what this guy is describing could be true.
01-08-2017, 10:27 PM
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