Quote Originally Posted by Tint View Post
The faded appearance would be even more stupid when it is always on.
Why would the faded appearance be even more stupid? The balls are worse because they scream "Here I am!!!!!" when you're supposed to be avoiding detection.

The visual indicator has been for the benefit of other players as much as for ourselves. If I'm doing quests or leves and see someone in Sneak, I know to avoid dragging monsters with a cleave/large AoE toward that player since they're not in a combat job, have reduced HP and will not be able to move out of the way quickly if they start interacting with a node.

I never had a problem seeing other players with the old faded appearance. Did you?