The hide skill, depending on your stats that increase the chance of a skill up, takes roughly 30min of solid spamming the hotkey.
You get an update, you can then log out (or you can continue) and when you log back in you will see the skill update..

It is however broken.. And 30min of solid spamming seems.. Wicked to raise a skill..
Also, the updating is bugged.

I've been spamming hide for over two hours but no gains even after log-off, log-on

The hiding skill takes a longer time to level then most skills at the moment.

yeah, like impossible you mean...did this hiding crap for 4 hours yesterday...not one freeking point....there is a difference between difficult, and impossible.


why make everythng but hiding easy, then FUBAR this?

hiding is a pretty powerful at the moment the way it is, its not OP but its a good skill to have, also it might have more effect on animals than players because some players can see you even when your all ghostly on your screen this all depends on if you have high perception or not.

Considering my perception is at 90, you'd think I could raise it at least one point in a four hour period. Animals are not effected by hiding any more than they are effected by barriers or steep cliff walls.

Hiding isnt any real value until the highest values are reached in it. Below 75 it isnt worth even trying to use, or really until higher levels. If the skill isnt meant to be raised or used....REMOVE IT..........People will be wasting points in it from character building to experience points....all for nothing. I cant imagine how hard it will be to raise once softcaps are reached, and hiding remains rediculously low. Stop making changes to the game to satisfy a few whiners.

I had it at 100 before final wipe, and it's still not over powered, as alot of people can see you reguardless, but it will give you a bit of an edge possibly. It's already been changed so you cant do anything while hiding. You have to come out of hiding to enter combat, so if you're spotted, and attacked, or even attacked by an animal, it's actually a detriment because of extra step needed to enter combat mode.

bringing this back to forfront of attention...until resolved

The combat system hasn't been fully implemented yet as it was posted that this would be worked on.

hiding is not a combat skill. It cant be raised unless you want us to afk macro it over nights? your aswer that it takes longer is not acceptable, as it is almost impossible to raise....not just hard to raise.

The harder skill gain of Hiding is intentional therefor I will move this from bug status to suggestion status for administration purpose.
For further discussion I would recommend the Tweaks forum sections.

so, unless changed....only the afk macroers will have this skill anywhere worth having?

nevermind...... :(