[Splorf22]

Yeah on my monk twink I use sneak all the time, for example the mob in the pit at Mistmoore that is facing the other direction. However, if you reread the quote:

With the changes to Sneak (no longer dropping when you use a thrown weapon ) another use has come up! In order for this to work, you must be using a ranged weapon with a ranger greater then the static aggro of the mob ( ie method # 3 listed above): engage sneak, throw, insta split. Personally I'm using summoned suriken for this, and I haven't had to use FD on a split since I got back into EQ. This includes splitting spawns where the mobs are literally on top of each other, although some times I have hit the mob i didn't have targeted, I have never aggro'ed the other.

that doesn't sound like something that only works under very limited circumstances. But maybe she just always grouped with another monk or something. A couple other interesting quotes:

I think a few posts mention the use of Sneak to help drop agro after FD.

I can't prove that it works but at lvl 55 I use this method all of the time. I FD, after the mob walks away I sneak and then stand up. For some reason I believe my odds are much better that the agro will drop (or memory wipe or whatever its called).

This is probably my most popluar use of sneak and I have it hot buttoned next to my FD button as I use it all the time.

SOLB, King Room (where targin spawns)



at 40 just walk by the room and you will aggro 2 or 3 mobs in there

at 45 sneak to the bottom of the ramp, throw a shuriken at the first spawn and bring back one (go ahead and try it with sneak off and you will aggro more than one)

at 46 sneak to the middle of the ramp (and you can single pull every mob with a shuriken, moving to the far right to gank the mob sitting on the throne)

at 47 sneak to the top of the ramp and single pull with shuriken

at 48 no sneak required just walk to middle of ramp, throw shuriken (the first two mobs will come in singles without needing to throw anything at them, I experimneted with 'hailing' them as well)

Unfortunately I think people just didn't have a clear idea of the mechanics of FD/sneak/etc back then.