Does stealth truly matter?

Gameplay
#1

Note: This is not a mad response in any sense, but rather a civil question as I am genuinely curious.

I am enjoying many aspects of the game and am having a ton of fun with it! Stealth however, does it really matter other than in success at the task at hand? Killing the executioner from Rattay for example, with no one around, results in -100 rep with the citizens, everyone hates you and you have to pay a massive fine. Also, taking someone’s items: Sneaking up on a wayfare knight and taking his armour (with no one around), yet everyone on the map knows it’s stolen. Just really don’t see the benefit of being stealthy outside of combat situations.

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#2

See this is what I think needs to be fixed. Steath. It’s so random. I hate when I “stealth” kill someone everyone in the area is alerted. Stealth seems really pointless. If I decide to use stealth, every time I stealth kill I have to jet into the woods and wait until everyone stops looking for me. Rinse, repeat.

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#3

For me it seems that being stealthy, and successfully getting items, etc, with no one around should yeild some kind of reward. Given what items are shown as “worth” in this game, given what you can actually sell them for to traders, etc, who have little money. I think you should get a “non stolen” perk, basically. So if no one is around and you successfully take items, etc, it will not show up as stolen in your inventory

#4

You’re talking about two different systems, stealth, which also includes noise, and the crime and reputation system.

Stealth, and noise, determine if you’re noticed. Crime and reputation are affected by many things. Both need work.

I have seen NPCs looking right at you in broad daylight and ask if anyone is there. Others can see or hear through walls as you seemingly silently and unseen go about your business.

Then you have the crime system. If there were no witnesses, how does your reputation drop? If the only witness to a murder is the victim, how did anyone else find out? Twitter?

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#5

My stealth is lvl 11 and my noise is at 14. I still don’t understand why stealth killing or knocking out someone everyone wakes from their sleep and is alerted.

#6

I had to spend 10 days in jail to get the rep of Rattay back to positive for the executioner bit. This is my second playthrough btw

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