Possibly returning to the game

[whorrak]

Hello all, I haven't played Gemstone in years and I've been thinking about coming back. I played a gnome locksmith my last time around, and the next character I was thinking about was a thief. I was told that the steal skill was very unbalanced/broken/nurfed/etc back then, and I'm wondering if this is still the case.

[Fallen]

Stealing one on one is very difficult to do for any length of time without a ton of skill. You must try to steal while in a crowd. Pulls are limited now in coins a great deal, but you can target gems and some magical trinkets, as well as herbs. In overall power, the skill has been nerfed, but it has been given more complexity.

[whorrak]

Thanks, Fallen. When you say a ton of skill, do you mean in comparison to the mark, or just in general? I don't want to have to "grind" for weeks just to be able to steal from people hunting rats in the catacombs.

[Lianon]

Weeks in Elanthia is small time.

[Stanley Burrell]

If you steal my soon-to-be reading orb gems, I will ... Be amazed.

I quadruple-bagged them ::twitch::

[whorrak]

I've been bouncing around from forum to forum and god damn, i've forgotten basically the entire GS system. What's a good reference to basically start over with?

[Krayton]

I've been bouncing around from forum to forum and god damn, i've forgotten basically the entire GS system. What's a good reference to basically start over with?

Experience it yourself, then ask questions.

/win

[Danical]

Seriously.

If you forgot it all, then count yourself lucky and experience the "magic" again.

[whorrak]

Yeah, that's mainly what I've been doing. I have started logging my locksmith in again though... It seems the mechanic for picking is different than it was... Anyone know what the actual roll consists of now? I hear wisdom is involved.

[ELO]

I hear wisdom is involved.

Wasn't the the old stat? I think it's agi/dex now.