The 130 item fence limit

koaxialkabelb16_ESO · July 2016

The 130 item fence limit basically blocks you from continue playing until the next day. Atleast if you want to keep the stolen stuff in your inventory because most stealing occurs indoors and if you get caught stealing indoors youre dead since you cant escape guards indoors and when you die by a guard you loose the stolen goods. Theres no storing it in banks either since no banks allow stolen goods. So uhm zenimax where is the fun in this?

razzle1184kicks · July 2016

Invisibility potion works a treat in doors

DPShiro · July 2016

Don't get caught?
Don't steal indoors?

If there is no risk vs reward it would be pointless.

STEVIL · July 2016

razzle1184kicks wrote: »

Invisibility potion works a treat in doors

What they said PLUS...

"Most stealing occurs indoors..." is a choice not an axiom.

One would imagine a strategy of leaving the outdoor thefts until the fencing limits are up so that lower risk of being caught comes at the same time as higher storage of stolen stuff.

negbert · July 2016

Also, don't bother with white or green items if the limit is an issue for you.

I_killed_Vivec · July 2016

"if you get caught stealing indoors"

So don't get caught!

If you're worried about how much you might lose if you do get caught then don't steal.

TheDarkoil · July 2016

Or carry pardons or lenient thingys around. If you only take the fine or rare items 130 equals quite a decent amount of gold for 1 day.

RandalMarrs · July 2016

Play multiple toons.

purple-magicb16_ESO · July 2016

koaxialkabelb16_ESO wrote: »

The 130 item fence limit basically blocks you from continue playing until the next day. Atleast if you want to keep the stolen stuff in your inventory because most stealing occurs indoors and if you get caught stealing indoors youre dead since you cant escape guards indoors and when you die by a guard you loose the stolen goods. Theres no storing it in banks either since no banks allow stolen goods. So uhm zenimax where is the fun in this?

Not necessarily true. I got caught in the temple at Ebonheart completing a contract. First thought was: "Oh cruel fate... to be thussly boned!" (Bender, Futurama). But then ran to hide among the crates in the basement until the heat was off (as we all know the very moment you're caught the doors lock preventing any real escape until the "battle" is over). I was amazed to not only escape an epic beating but also got past the guard who was posted essentially right at the only exit.

Regarding the limit on stolen goods, I feel your pain and agree wholeheartedly. I also hit this limit from time to time.

KimberlyannKitsuragi · July 2016

Get clemency

Duiwel · July 2016

You can maybe not escape from guards inside a bank or whatever OP but I sure as hell can...

It's a skill but it's totally doable

BlackSparrow · July 2016

Do the riskier thefts first. The first part of my round are the tight indoor spaces, where there's no escape room. Then, move to larger indoor spaces where you have some hidey holes to escape the guards (NB shadow cloak helps a LOT with this

), then do any outdoor pickpocketing and low-risk, upper-floor-type thefts.

And stop biting off more than you can chew. Or rather, stop stealing more than you can sell. Because once you hit the 130-item limit, you have to wait until the next day no matter what, and then what? You sell yesterday's remainders, and then you have an even smaller fencing counter that day, and anything extra over that will have to wait until the next day. The cycle continues endlessly.

The bottom line is you can sell 130 items a day, no matter when you stole them. So there's no point in stealing more than 130 items a day.

Just be smart about your thieving. Don't steal junk items like clothing and provisioning ingredients. Launder anything that might be useful in other ways, like soul gems. Between clearing areas, take pit stops at the refuge to fence off your current load (lest you get caught while you have an inventory full of pilfered loot!), and when you do, keep an eye on the counter. When you hit the fencing limit, stop. Go do a few dungeons, or play on a different character, or whatever you want to do. Just let the larceny wait until tomorrow.

Stopping when you've hit the fencing limit means you can have all the more thieving fun the next day. So there's really no reason you should be going over it.

AlnilamE · July 2016

RandalMarrs wrote: »

Play multiple toons.

That's my strategy when I'm feeling thefty...

Nestor · July 2016

Legerdemain is already a way to mint gold in the game. No need to raise the daily limit (which is 140, not 130 items)

svartorn · July 2016

Nestor wrote: »

Legerdemain is already a way to mint gold in the game. No need to raise the daily limit (which is 140, not 130 items)

This. And then there is the 140 laundering, too.

If you're selling more 280 stolen things a day, you need to run some pledges or pvp a bit!

Lotheimas · July 2016

If there was no cap, the inflantion would be huge, the cap is needed.

AlnilamE · July 2016

svartorn wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

Legerdemain is already a way to mint gold in the game. No need to raise the daily limit (which is 140, not 130 items)

This. And then there is the 140 laundering, too.

If you're selling more 280 stolen things a day, you need to run some pledges or pvp a bit!

The only reason to launder something is if you want to keep it or sell it in a guild store (ie, recipes, motifs, set gear). You are losing gold if you launder to vendor.