Stealth IO questions!

I have a stealth IO slotted in sprint and it says it gives "stealth", but when I get around a mob I am instantly seen it seems and attacked. I tried with the actual pool power stealth and I was not attacked. So was it just weird luck or is the stealth IO a lot worse than the actual power pool stealth?

Second question is if I stack stealth and the sprint IO stealth is that invis? I forgot to try that and see, but would it act like superior invis?

If I recall correctly, the stealth io refreshes itself every 120 seconds. Might have been spottied in that micro window. Or the mobs you were fighting may have +perception (drones). As for stacking, I know it stacks with superspeed, not sure about stealth, steamy mist, or thier ilk... Sorry couldn't be more help.

It is alright. I just found this page.

http://cityofheroes.wikia.com/wiki/S...and_Perception

It answers my questions.

Stealth is not Invisibility.

Using just Stealth (from any of the "stealth" powers (or superspeed) or from the IO) will allow you to get closer to the mobs before you are seen (how close depends on the mob's perception bonuses) but get close enough and any mob will see you.

The Stealth IO is slightly less effective that the actual stealth powers (just barely) but it has the advantage of not costing any endurance (well, except for the power you've got it slotted into) and that it will stack with another stealth power.

The Stealth IO + a stealth power (or superspeed) *almost* equals normal Invisibility. Mobs with bonus perception will still eventually see you, but most normal mobs won't. Until you attack that is.

Using the stealth IO + a stealth power will let you get off one attack before it's suppressed out of existence (which the normal power pool 'Invisibility' power won't let you do, but the Illusion Control 'Superior Invisibility' does).

Glad you figured things out, but please, do not use Wikia. That site is no longer supported and I hear it has been inundated with malware and goldsellers.

The correct url to Paragon Wiki is http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Main_Page (or simply paragonwiki.com)

• Stealth IO in [any] Sprint + Stealth = Invis so you can lay down the boombox in a group of enemies. Stub your toe and your stealth, from the pool power only, is supressed and then you're on IO only, I think.
• Stealth IO in hover + Super Speed or Stealth = Invis. Not likely to stub your toe. You could use fly too. Can't lay down boombox, you're flying. But, if you land, you have 2 minutes of the IO still working.
• Stealth IO in Recall Friend [or other TP] + SS or Stealth = a freaky way to do it. But if you're a service toon, ghosting and rec friending, etc, you can put one in Rec Friend. It will not make them invisible for two minutes it will make you that way. I did this once, but it was when I found that Sup Invis was already topped out.
• Steath IO + Super Speed = lay down the boombox in a group of badguys, but you might run into walls. Is stealth suppressed when you stub your toe?

Any kind of damage (except falling damage) - to you or by you - suppresses Stealth IOs, Stealth's stealth component (and half its defense bonus), and SS's stealth component.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

I've never experienced falling damage suppressing my stealth (and super speeding around Grandville with Celerity tends to result in falling damage)...

Since most of my toons have a Stealth IO these days, I can say with certainty that falling damage does not suppress stealth. Which is why I said it.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

Hi Guys,

so just a stupid question to clarify things in this old brain, do I slot my Celerity Stealth IO into Super Speed or does it have to go into another "Running" power ie Sprint?

The wiki says that SS gives 35 feet of stealth and that the Stealth IO gives 30 feet so if stacked for a total of 65 feet I should be invisible to everything including AV's (54 feet perception), leaving just GM's and drones able to see me?

I also noted that the wiki describes SS as having a "Minor stealth" element when you look at it's power description but in the "Stealth" page it shows it as 35 feet and then above it, is a section called "Minor stealth" which are rated at 30 feet that does not include SS? Seems to be a contradiction there?

Cheers

I don't know about the Wiki, but Super Speed plus any other kind of stealth (Stealth IO, Steamy Mist, Shadowfall, Arctic Fog, Stealth from power pool) = Invisibility for PvE. An easy way to do it for any character is Super Speed + Celerity Stealth IO in Super Speed. You can also use either a Celerity or an Unbounded Leap in any Sprint power combined with Super Speed. Or combine a Stealth IO with Steamy Mist or Shadowfall or Arctic Fog or Stealth. (The only one I haven't used is Stealth from the power pool. It seems a waste to use a power pool for stealth alone when you can get Stealth + fast travel from Super Speed.)

I'm guessing the OP is referring to Super Speed entry which says it has Stealth (Minor) and comparing that to the Stealth page which has a section called Minor Stealth which has the empowerment buff.

To the OP, in both these cases, the "Minor" stealth is simply a descriptive term given by the people who created those pages. It's not an "in-game" or technical description of the powers.

Thanks so much StarGeek,

lol I read Aggelakis's post and went "Groan, my sad old brain wil never find them links again"

You are spot on with the assumption of my query and I guess it is just another minor (oh no, that word again) descriptive misadventure that never got addressed by the authors.

Anyway, I checked on one of my toons ingame and I am getting the full 65 feet stealth bonuses so all is calm here.

Thanks and sorry for the confusion

On Guard the Tard missions, you will have to wait until the stealth wears off after turning off whatever power the IO is slotted in. This feature is often used to ditch General Aarons in a safe place in that one particular RWZ mission after rescuing him so he doesn't pull a Fusionette on you.

Also, the stealth will suppress when clicking a glowie. As far as I know, the only stealths that don't suppress on click are powers like Midnight Visage, the Arachnos Disguise, and the Chameleon Suit.

Ah. I always forget about the Empowerment Station. Nice to know then that if any of my heroes want cheap temporary stealth, they don't have to first go through Agent G's first mission then (run mission, accept second mission to collect disguise, quit flashback) after all.