It's simply a theory and could easily be all wrong; I played a Magician on Live and quit in early Kunark so I don't have first hand experience with exactly how it worked. If you think Sneak mechanics haven't changed on Live it's easy enough to test: if my theory is correct there should be a short lag before NPCs assist on a sneak tag vs normal.
It seems to me that sneak must somehow affect that initial assist broadcast, albeit in an inconsistent manner that is highly dependent on level/geometry, or people would not be writing guides about how to sneak pull. Or maybe range/level is a factor; I don't think either are relevant on P99 except for greens sometimes not assisting. Reading the sneak guides it seems like level was a big factor.
Anyway, I'll be very curious to see what you come up with.
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