『Sneak』
«Basic Type»
Non-Combat
«Weapon Skills»
None
«Passive Skills»
Sneak
Visual Camouflage
Blind Spot Detect
«Description»
This equipped skill gives the player complete visual camouflage (well it sounds quite obvious… until you realize the existence of «short-sight active sight-based radars» present in «Search») and a rather delicately silent movement over monsters and other players when you are behind them. Plus, the passive skill named after itself allows players to get behind players and gain a quick movement, more than enough to perform a silent sure-fire status-inflicting «Dagger» skill. This advanced skill surpasses «Pursue» skill, being able to create a fake path in case a player uses it. It does not work when «Pursue» is at 900 Skill Points or more, however. If the opposing players' «Pursue» has only 500 - 899 Skill Points, it will show a cut path, giving you a hint if the opponent used «Sneak». «Visual Camouflage» as a «Passive Skill» will enhance «Hide / Hiding» skill's own «Visual Camouflage» skill. «Sneak», like «Hide», also does not work when the «mob» or «Player» uses other means to detect players, such as «Infra-Red Vision» (not to be confused with «Night Vision»), «Sensory Vision» (a non-player skill), or «Ultra-sensory Radar». («Detect» relies on so-called «extra-sensory» skills, which may or may detect «Sneak», so it might depend on which has the higher «Skill Points».)
To level up this skill is very simple: using any of the passive skills (obviously done by performing the above) levels up «Sneak» by 1 points. The chance to increase this card's skill points is reduced by 0.5% for each point (compound). Leveling up this skill allows better coverage, while «mastering» the skill at around 900 Skill Points (1000 is still the maximum and provides the real definition of «mastering the skill») opens the «Blind Spot Detect» skill, which can be used to «sneak up on players» even if you're in front, by utilizing the use of the eye's «Blind Spot» (however, he would be vulnerable to the skill «Search»). However, very few players have gotten to such «mastery», so there's a low probability that it could be «PK-induced rumors».
When unequipped, its Skill Points decreases by 1 every 24 game play hours. Like all non-combat skills, «Sneak» cannot be «removed», nor can they be used or gain Skill Points when used on «Practice Targets».
«Pre requisites»
Must have «Pursue» and «Hide»
«Pursue», «Search», and «Hide» has at least 100 Skill Points
«Post requisites»
None
«Notes»
Actively used by bandits, PKers, and stalkers, and their informants, even a «front-liner» would be wary for the probability of the use of this dangerous skill on the lower floors of 30th below and around the 50th floor. However, it has become quite a common skill as well among the worrywart elite of the «Starting City» up to the 20th floor. Many information brokers use this skill as way to salvage potentially useful clues from other players.
- Argo
"It's pretty hard to detect stalkers using that skill. I was almost sure there was somebody who was using that skill on me when I first came to the «50th floor». Am I that a target?"
- «Silica»
(Response: Either she's a pitiful practice target to train their «Sneak» skill, or just to sell information to the real stalkers. Either way…)
"Why don't people get the difference between «Camouflage», «Hide», and «Sneak»?"
- «Klein»
(Response: Isn't because they don't pay me for that?)
"«Sneak» is useless at front-end tactics. So it's a perfect tactic for backstabbers!"
- an anonymous informant of «Titan's Hand»
(Response: Considering how many «players» at the middle floors they have already victimized, it's not that surprising.)
"I heard that «Kirito» talking about the «Lost Forest» as I was tracking him through the «crowd»."
- one of the members of a «clearing guild».
(Response: Hmm… a combination of «Listen / Eavesdrop», «Track», and «Sneak»… not bad. Wait … a member of a clearing guild has that skill?!)