I, too, am looking forward to people's take on this. I personally would liken it to a more "blending" type skill a la Assassin's Creed rather than Ability-Based Invisibility but the rogue quests make it pretty accurate that's precisely how the skill works mechanically.
There's just something about perfect, undetectable stealth that rubs me the wrong way (as I'm sure you're all completely surprised to read). I am pleased to say that the one and so far only time someone's used Hide ICly, they went along with being discovered. It didn't help they were standing less than a foot away from two very prepared combat-based characters who noticed extra footsteps and depressions in the ground, but I was terribly worried it would get ugly.
There's just something about perfect, undetectable stealth that rubs me the wrong way (as I'm sure you're all completely surprised to read). I am pleased to say that the one and so far only time someone's used Hide ICly, they went along with being discovered. It didn't help they were standing less than a foot away from two very prepared combat-based characters who noticed extra footsteps and depressions in the ground, but I was terribly worried it would get ugly.