No, they almost always did "sneak". If an enemy doesn't run into your field of view, they rarely ever made enough noise to alert you to their presense before they hit you. Bears, Ogres, etc, all effectively became masters of sneak if you didn't have the battle music cue.

Ok then, all the more reason to fix the music cue up for those of us that want to keep music on. :flamed:

I did not think about this before...

I tend to agree. lurking these forums for a while, ive seen this come up in the past. theyve thought of so much for this game that i definitely think their sound team has at least thought about this.

Yeah, I also found that over-the-top and very anti-climactic. If it is implemented, it should be scaled to some degree in terms of threat.

I generally turn the music level way down since it gets a little old after a week straight of playing. I usually don't hear the first few bars of the combat music until the volume increases during the fight.

I have also been known to play music while I play which tends to overwhelm the games sounds.

I guess I don't mind having the combat music start when an encounter is imminent, since I don't hear it very often.

It only goes off when the enemy see's you..

ah theres the rub. i want it to start when i see the enemy.

I wonder what that violin alert sounds like.

This. The concept of stealth relies on the element of surprise for both the hunter and hunted.