View Full Version : Charming and Pickpocket on new PVP Server?
EZ_Zoggynog
05-23-01, 03:13 PM
Hey everyone, this is my first topic post so I hope it grows long. With the new server what do all of you who will be playing on it think about putting the ablitiy for rogues to pick pocket, and enchanters to charm back in the game. I personally think pick pocket would be great on this server, and a good enchanter friend of mine told me the reason charm was taken out of pvp was to keep people from causing exp deaths. Now that exp deaths are gonna happen what's your opinion? BTW try and not turn this into a rant about confirmed rules and how unfair they are...thats why Safehouse has a rant hall.
Zoggy
EZ_Cylant
05-23-01, 03:42 PM
Pickpocket - yes... but severly nerfed... it would be fine
Charm - ..yes and no. It would be fun, but exploited. Cylant Butdeadly
46th Thief
Rallos Zek
I think they should both go back in. Only to opposing teams of course.
The exploiting issues are moot, on a server where xp loss is a legitimate byproduct of PvP. Charm can be used to make your corpse hard to recover, but I don't think there is anyplace where its impossible?
Sure would add a bit of fun value.
Wotan Shaman Elder of the Shanks
It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. - Apache Proverb
Yeah, with training, exp-killing, and the like acceptable, even encouraged, I think that charm/fear ought to go back in, because those were the reasons it was taken out.
As for pick pocket, I think it should go in as +/-5 levels, and it makes the chinkling sound like when you buy/sell somthing (the victim hears it, or maybe only if unsuccesful).
"Its not that I dont think you have the guts to come to rallos, I
just want you to come so I can kick yer arse is all."-Diabalein Avidya
No all levels! Think about it. I wanna go pickpocket a lvl 60 with my lvl 20, and run like hell when I fail.
Level limit is unnecessary, cause if your mark is higher, he can toast you, if lower, well you could toast him and take his coppers anyways.
Wotan Shaman Elder of the Shanks
It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. - Apache Proverb
How about you can pp someone 5 below you and up? Cause less then 5 below you you can't kill so...
EZ_Zoggynog
05-23-01, 10:26 PM
Only problem I can see with a 20 pickpocketing a 60 is a chance for the 60 to kill you and pay you back by looting you or dropping your exp. Sure they can kill you, but your corpse would still have the cash heh. Well...I am a long time lurker, new poster so let me ask some of you older folk. How do we let the Dev team working on the new server know our feelings about these skills? Go to official message board, petition, what next?
Zoggy
EZ_Elegance
05-24-01, 01:19 AM
"How do we let the Dev team working on the new server know our feelings about these skills?"
easy we pay their crack dealers to slip them a message on their next buy. Diabalein Avidya
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EZ_Zoggynog
05-24-01, 01:59 PM
If only I knew their dealers....Besides crack, anyone have a good idea?
EZ_Peyth
05-24-01, 02:16 PM
You can kill anybody whether +/- 5 levels or not. However, you can't loot people out of that range. So, on that same note, you should not be able to pickpocket people outside of the +/- 5 level range. In the end tho, I doubt they'll have pvp pickpocket in.
EZ_Zoggynog
05-24-01, 02:23 PM
Thats why im askin how we attempt to get Pickpocket, charm, and fear back in. I know it wont be in unless people ask for it, and ive seen the Safehouse community do amazing things through these message boards. Thus, I am asking what is the best route to take in order to at least see how the devs feel about this possiblity. Ive heard Kendrik (sp) is an insider at VI, any chance he could help? Im hoping someone may have a suggestion on how to accomplish this goal.
Zoggy