treasure/pickpocket/chests and overall non-combat loot needs DEEP updates

Playboy_Shrek

this is just getting a bit too repetitive for me and I been playing for about 4 months now. every "large stolen shipment" is the same thing. rarely 1k. sometimes 400. the pickpocketed items in most zones are worthless. they are worth less than generic gear you get from killing mobs.

this game needs a large overhaul to the treasure chest , pick pocket, non-combat loot and stuff of that sort. it had to be more interesting than this. first off "Treasures" have to be worth more than trash. because right now you'd make more gold selling trash than treasures. and the 2nd point is that some of these items should just be practical household and cosmetic items. not just "Treasures". maybe more rare. but the RNG should keep some sort of level of interest.

Playboy_Shrek

not wanting to make overland sets better due to some of the playerbase reasoning that good sets need to be "harder to get" is fine. but the non-combat loot has to be better. its awful, you make more gold selling trash and combat loot to the NPC (not even the guild stores!) and rarely anything of it is practical (only recipes etc. which are most always common from overland). so what gives?

Make chests drop random amount of gold between two values, with higher quality chests having higher chances of dropping more. make armor/weapons way less likely to be in treasure chests. make differences in prices of treasures. not just 40-100-250. things like that you have to make the RNG keep your interest!

Taleof2Cities

Make sure you include your skill levels in Thieves Guild and Legerdemain, @Playboy_Shrek ... so that we can rule out low skill levels on your character and actually take you seriously.

Because there is decent money in thieving in ESO.

what_the

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Make sure you include your skill levels in Thieves Guild and Legerdemain, @Playboy_Shrek ... so that we can rule out low skill levels on your character and actually take you seriously.

Because there is decent money in thieving in ESO.

qft

Myyth

was there a thieving nerf? I returned to the game after a 2 year break and leveled up a characters legerdemain skill up to 14 so far. After picking hundreds of pockets and chests I have yet to see one single purple item. very rarely do I get a blue item. most of everything I steal is white sometimes green. I don't remember it being this bad for rewards. I have been doing the thieves guild dailies also and it is always white items in the reward box never anything else. One time I didnt even get 10 of the item. Seems like there was a big nerf.

redlink1979

With my main char, all skill lines maxed, I get mainly green items and blue items. Sometimes I get some purple ones.

Be aware that there's a risk/reward in pickpocketing:

You need to be aware that loot you can pickpocket differs according the npc social status: nobles have a higher chance to carry something more valuable in their pockets than a beggar.

Also, guards usually carry green/blue items or gold ones (furniture as wanted posters). Some stuff you can only get from pickpocketing guards, stuff such as Polished Shillings (style mat required to craft Abah's Watch style)

So level up the legerdemain passives n thieves guild's ones to increase, not only, your chances of success but also to lower the risk when pickpocketing harder marks.

Mindcr0w

The millions of gold I've earned getting Black Market Mogul on multiple characters say that thieving can be very profitable if you do it right.

SolidusPrime

I'm confused because I make waaaay more from treasures than gear. It takes me maybe 30 mins to fill my pack with green, blue, and purple items (I don't even bother with white), and they sell for 100, 250, or 1000 GP whereas most gear loot sells like like 50-80 and you get less of it.