Thievery

[BeerJedi]

Ok - so it's been a long time since I ran into a thief, and even longer since a ran into on in/near a bank. Last night, quite a sneaky little bugger ran off with a silver axe of mine last night. The trick I am asking is, I caught him - screamed for the guards and nada. So I guess the question I've got is, what is the mechanic around snagging items from players in town? Other than worryign about the player catchign you? do the guards not react to theft? this guy was simply walking amonst all the players grey, picking and banking gear. And nothing seemed to happen to him.

Hats off to the thief btw.

 

[Chongo]

I think that there are two kinds of steal fails.

The guards can notice, and they'll get whacked..

Or you notice, and they go grey (I think only to you) and you can attack them.

 

[BeerJedi]

I think that there are two kinds of steal fails.

The guards can notice, and they'll get whacked..

Or you notice, and they go grey (I think only to you) and you can attack them.

I did the later, alas, he had banked it by the time i finished turning him into fishbait.

 

[Metalhead-]

I run a thief and honestly the flagging system is confusing to me as well. lol

 

[Phrozt]

There are four "levels" of theft:

Unnoticed success - no flag, still killable
Noticed success - grey flag
Unnoticed failure - no flag
Noticed failure - grey flag

If he's not noticed, guards won't do anything to him, but you are still free to attack the culprit!


*edited for typos*