Thieves with real stealing skills
Hey all!
This is the first thread I ever start, so please bear with me. Having played my fair share of games, I've noticed how there's almost always a "thief" class. However, it's just as seldom that the thieves can actually steal! I really like games where you can focus on other things than combat, so I'm wondering what thieves do you know that have stealing skills?
Pls don't post if you didn't bother to read what I asked about. This thread is NOT about goodlooking thief classes or awesome combat skills or best dagger or whatever. It's all about stealing.
For me, the only ones that come to mind are:
FallOut Online : 2238
Used to have a really useful stealing skill. You could steal from both NPCs and other players. This meant that if you stood around in town the thieves would steal everything you had on you except for your weapon and armour. The kickback was that the thieves became so hated they got killed on sight outside of town, which really made the life as a thief to be full of cheap thrills and dangers. It was awesome, but since the non-thieves were annoyed they unfortunately nerfed the skill into oblivion, thereby removing the thief class from the game..
Runescape
Since I've never subbed for the game I don't know exactly how the stealing concept is integrated, so apologies for any mistakes. As far as I know, stealing if a seperate skill. However, in keeping with Runescape's carebear attitude, you can only steal from NPCs. It does seem like a very well developed and interesting concept!
So does anyone know of any other games where stealing is possible? From NPCs or other players?
If you do, please write a line or two about how the concept has been developed! =)
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Chill Zero