Hiding Skill ups?

[Gorgrim]

I macroed hiding all day. Started the day with 95.3 hiding and came back home 10 hours laster with 95.3 hiding. I'm not over the skill cap, and even if I was I have skills pointed down (like herding). I'm really not sure what happened. Can anyone enlighten me?

[Panthor the Hated]

Reveal before trying to hide. Stick a "say ." right before you attempt to hide again.

[Gorgrim]

Reveal before trying to hide. Stick a "say ." right before you attempt to hide again.

It's odd because that same macro worked all the way up till 95 without revealing.

[nightshark]

Reveal before trying to hide. Stick a "say ." right before you attempt to hide again.

This actually makes no difference

[Panthor the Hated]

its easier to hide when you're already hidden thus slower gains

have you ever had hiding on a char ns?

[Mikel123]

its easier to hide when you're already hidden thus slower gains

have you ever had hiding on a char ns?

Really?

Only things I knew about hiding difficulty was in a house you're friended (100% success), next to or in a house you're not friended to (50% success?), or around many people (urban legend?).

[applejack]

This actually makes no difference

This. And I have 10 characters at GM hiding.

[nightshark]

I also have about 5 chars with GM hiding, go figure. Have you ever GMed a skill Panthor?

[Gr3nd3l]

I macro'd Hiding to GM on my bard about 2 weeks ago without a hitch. Expected gains all the way to GM

I did this in several places, public housing, where there were rooms with 2 or 3 guards in a very confined area. There is some in just about every town, but in Moonglow there is one example just south of the Mage shop that has the recsu/recdu entrance to T2A.

[Zelek Uther]

I GM'd hiding on Zorik Uther in the last few weeks.

I left him in the Britain Library running a simple "Hide, Wait 10.5s" macro.

[Panthor the Hated]

I've gmed hiding 5 times on this shard, def faster with my suggested method.

You've got time Mikel, why don't you make some charts about it.

[Pirul]

Be sure to be in a public place (not a house), and I believe being next to ppl actually helps.

I macroed it next to a town crier in a small city.

[Koden]

Back in the day I GMed it by ... if I remember. I would hide then cast (fishing) in a boat. Fishing took forever to gm but hiding went fast.

[OhSnap]

I macroed hiding all day. Started the day with 95.3 hiding and came back home 10 hours laster with 95.3 hiding. I'm not over the skill cap, and even if I was I have skills pointed down (like herding). I'm really not sure what happened. Can anyone enlighten me?

The only things I can suggest for not getting gains:
hiding skill arrow not pointed up/at skill cap and no skill arrows pointed down (but you've already said this isn't the case)
OR
you're macroing in your house or a house you are a co-owner/friend of.

If neither of these are the case, then I'm stumped. I had no trouble macroing hiding, always got reliable, consisten gains on several different chars I've GM'd it on

[Mikel123]

I've gmed hiding 5 times on this shard, def faster with my suggested method.

You've got time Mikel, why don't you make some charts about it.

Sure thing.

Panther: 0
Everyone else: 1

You lose! But it was close.