Speaking of small beans, flaming a post because of bold letters is petty and pathetic. This is one of many, many issues that have caused people to unsubscribe from SW:ToR. The game is full of aggravating, thoughtless annoyances that add up and grow into bigger discontentment. There's a couple more words in bold for you, in keeping with the theme of annoyance that permeates this game.

This is by far the worst mechanic I have run into during my time in MMO's. It's broken, it's unfair, it's downright stupid. These stealth detection abilities NPC's have need to be removed or fixed (i.e. range reduced). I thought the developers were desperate for people to subscribe to the game, silly game design decisions like this only drive people away. Very aggravating.