“You there! Ranger!”, the guard shouted. Therek paused in mid-stride, his back to the merchant’s tent and accompanying guard. A satisfied half-smile crept onto his face. “Not one step further thief!”, the guard continued as the sheering sound of his blade being removed from its sheath rang out. He advanced toward the Ranger. It was true, Therek had pilfered a small emerald from the merchant. Yet, he had done so with such blatant ineptitude that his true intent should have been apparent to even the most causal observer. An overheard tale of a particular corrupt guard prone to accepting bribes in support of the Black Rose was making its way through the taverns of Thronefast. “Turn around thief. You have something for me.”, the guard demanded. “No need for that blade, friend. I have what you want.”, Therek replied, having not yet pivoted to face the man. Therek reached into his tunic, rolled the coins he had prepared ahead of time between his fingers, and turned slowly to see the confidence on the guard’s visage. Therek pulled his gloved hand from his tunic and revealed a three gold coins in his palm. “For your troubles. I would hate to cause further commotion.”, Therek proposed. The guard laughed and removed his plated gauntlet on his right hand. He snatched the coins from the Ranger’s outstretched hand, grasping them tightly. “Stick to woods Ranger, you’re a lousy thief. Now go before I change my mind.”, the guard remarked as he stuffed the coins in his boot and began walking back to the tent. After a few steps, he stumbled, falling to one knee. A moment later, the guard clutched his chest with one hand and struggled to remove his armor with the other. His body convulsed and within a minute he was dead. The drake venom was one of the fastest acting toxins known. In his final seconds of life, the guard’s boot had been kicked off, the coins flying into the air and landing in the dirt. “For the Black Rose, a black thorn.”, Therek whispered, as he disappeared into the crowd.
Caine said:Kilsin said:Scenario - You're caught stealing in a marketplace in Terminus, you can either bribe the shopkeeper, kill them or run and try and deal with the guards, what do you choose and why? #MMORPG#CommunityMatters
Get arrested and explore the dungeon look for a quest, "perception ping" gain faction with a secrete thieves guild.
Back up- steal, then try to bribe the shopkeeper you stole from? whats the point?! why not just buy the item!. So I have a chance to get it for free or if I get caught pay double for it? my other choice is pay for it outright and cause no drama? hmm.
I think the shopkeeper should become the offended party and my dealings going forward should be with the guard. If I get caught its because the shopkeeper caught me and alerted the guard. I could pre-emptively assasinate the shopkeeper? but that would have a huge hidden spiritual aggro alarm radius I would think, like the AI would make an NPC that walked by look at a player and a dead NPC in a locked room and say- HEY! player must have killed that NPC!.and that radius woulfd be created from that NPC, which would get caught by any other NPC and expand outward- with faction hits along the way.
So faction- big faction hit against merchant and peoples from stealing. killing said merchant, bigger faction hit still.
Now its me and the guard- different faction, different aggro radius. I -could- bribe the guard if my charisma is up, or kill the guard in an alley and none would be the wiser and slip into the bustle of the street. Maybe someone an NPC will notice the body and sound an alarm but it wont be associated with me, except with faction with the guards.
But I really like Caine's Idea! Makes sense! and that perception ping can change so its not known to happen in that cell in that town, it can change and wander. Maybe a human got lucky in thronefast and found a cool thieves guild ping and got a tiny bit of faction, enough to talk to soandso. But the RNG now moved it to....Skar! waugh! what levels of debauchery would you have to do to get thwon in jail, there?! or gnome area? what- maybe no level of debauchery bothers gnomes- to them its all science, "stealing?" they say, "fascinating" and study you! no theives guild ping! but you are caught in the tower with no way out.
Kilsin said:Scenario - You're caught stealing in a marketplace in Terminus, you can either bribe the shopkeeper, kill them or run and try and deal with the guards, what do you choose and why? #MMORPG#CommunityMatters
Always tricky that. But I think I have a solution. You just calm things down, maybe bribe the shopkeep or use some charisma to talk your way out of it. Then you go back with this strategy. =p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ442NHQGco
So may I politely ask again what the point of this thread is? Is this a content announcement about the game that we're going to see a stealing mechanic? Thanks.
clearly states I was caught stealing :P
I am going to run cause no way was i meaning to steal , killing merchants not in the equation . ( might need merchant later ) .
Poor guards little do they know I always have run speed . no killing for me ... besides the guards will forget me soon enough .. ( to guard to watch over , they wont be going far from their post ) .
Kilsin said:Scenario - You're caught stealing in a marketplace in Terminus, you can either bribe the shopkeeper, kill them or run and try and deal with the guards, what do you choose and why? #MMORPG#CommunityMatters
Hmm... Yes.. in that order. :p
Try to bribe them, if they refuse.. kill them.. then run and deal with the guards.
I would try to bribe of course while making sure my teleport is up, clearly a misunderstanding since I was just trying to make sure the "stolen" item fit in my pouch. If that fails I would deal with the guards to explain the shopkeeper's unwillingness to accomodate my needs. *casts gate*