There is one place that stealth is super helpful, and that is sniping. Your deep gnome can probably kill entire encounters without ever being spotted simply by shooting, pushing the stealth check, re-stealthiness, moving to the next spot. Repeat ad nauseum.
yea, done this too. hilarious.
also, not to forget pickpocketing. hide, sucessfully pickpocket, leave.
Aaaand....they come to you instantly to accuse you of theft. Another use for stealth gone...btw, i also had that when invisible. The NPCs came up to another party member instantly. The only difference was that there was no need for a check. still. i parked my other chars far away and they still come running to you...
