Is using stealth an exploit?

[Drasca]

I wouldn't do it, because it trivializes the game into endless "Foothills", or "Mephisto" runs to get phat lewt.  Why would I pay for monotony?
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Why indeed? Why pay for monotomy of killing the same mobs over and over which you can easily do in a balanced raid?

Stealth is more exciting when there's skill involved. Mjdoom cries foul at me using my class abilities to their fullest when it comes to solo-ing demon elites, but priests are cabable of other extraordinary feats that he's simply overlooking. Demonic mastery is warlock's signature feature. It can't be used everywhere, but when it can... oh boy does it shine.

Stealth can't be used against patrols that eat stealth -- i.e. the dogs in Dire Maul, but I'm simply jealous, not crying foul, of druid/rogue (or invisibility potion/nifty stopwatch) combinations that skilled players can do this. Sneak in, assasinate, sneak out. Why not? That's what rogues and druids are built for!

Until the drops are better, some of this assasination may be necessary.