Is there any evidence that Rogues could solo backstab in original EQ?

[Wakanda]

I knew how to do frontal backstab in duels, but I never knew anyone who got it to work on mobs while solo'ing. I actually remember when they buffed Rogues by making backstabs from the front do some regular piercing damage, whereas before it didn't do anything. And then they later added an AA called Chaotic Stab which allowed Rogues to backstab from the albeit for less damage.

Hard to imagine they would have done either of these changes if rogues were already capable of backstabbing for full damage while solo'ing mobs. And again, I do know it worked in PVP as I did it somewhat frequently. But I also tried to do it on mobs daily, especially low level mobs when I was running through zones. I would target them from far away and try to frontal backstab them the way I did players when running by them and it never worked.

Just curious if this was actually classic, or if it's just something that somehow got overlooked?