Steal/Despoil timers

[Nebo]

Camate, are you able to provide us some additional information about the development team's plans for THF?

If not, can you acknowledge whether or not they even have any plans to update THF?

I know we've asked for these details many times in the past ever since they posted that bit about making updates to THF so that it will really "Shine" but it has been a very long time and we've heard nothing about what that might be.

And we get updates like this that don't make any sense. Can you see this from our side?

First they say that their job vision for Thief is a stealthy pickpocket...

Then they said they don't want us to be stealing valuable items...so why give THF a redundant update to steal and despoil?

Is this because the dev team has plans to adjust these abilities so that they actually do something worthwhile and relevant to the game? Because currently, they don't. Surely the devs must know this.....right?

[Rustic]

Seriously, there's enough good reasons for THF to be around IF you fix stuff like this.

We can stab something in the back for massive damage once a minute, yet the ability that MIGHT let me yoink a mushroom off something is a 5-minute cooldown? Wat? Heck, let us occasionally yoink a temp item like if the mob was holding a blue chest if nothing else is available from the mob as a Steal/Despoil target.

Also, it'd be nice if we actually got to understanding what helped Steal/Despoil's accuracy. Y'know, for science.

[Nebo]

Seriously, there's enough good reasons for THF to be around.

Just out of sheer, morbid curiosity....what might you think those reasons are?

[Mohr]

Maybe the only reason they wish to separate the timers is for one of the new NM's will be weaker from using steal/despoil. We never know what they are thinking. I only hope that some day they will listen to our posts and implement one of our ideas.

[Karbuncle]

They can use the most broken ability in the game.

AURASTEAL

[Nebo]

They can use the most broken ability in the game.

AURASTEAL

And pretty soon we'll be able to steal SP1 Abilities!!! From all kinds of stuffs. Like Naakua...no..Delve N....errr...ummhn...we can steal SP1 from.....something?

We sure do get all the coolest abilities that have absolutely no use!

[Trumpy]

wasnt there a new ability coming that allowed thf to steal effects including 2 hours? I cant remember where i read about that.

[Babekeke]

wasnt there a new ability coming that allowed thf to steal effects including 2 hours? I cant remember where i read about that.

It's our new 2 1 hour ability. Though since SoA was released, it's been proven to be useless before it's even been released. RDMs can rejoice, our ability is now more useless than theirs!

[Demon6324236]

It's our new 2 1 hour ability. Though since SoA was released, it's been proven to be useless before it's even been released. RDMs can rejoice, our ability is now more useless than theirs!

Sadly, your right, and I thought it was not possible. : /

[Nebo]

wasnt there a new ability coming that allowed thf to steal effects including 2 hours? I cant remember where i read about that.

Yeah, except for the fact that no monsters in SoA use SP1 abilities (The new ability will be specifically coded NOT to work on SP2).

AWESOME new SP2