pickpocketing ?

HyperBeam · July 2017

So I have all the skills points in the Legerdemain line on a Bosmer NB and an Imperial Temp. I am wondering why 2 other chars one being a Bosmer and one a Khajiit. somehow when they target the same NPC I am there pickpocketing chance is 5% higher then either of my toons. is there something I am missing?

InFernalEntity · July 2017

I'm not sure about the Bosmer toon...

But Khajiit's initial racial passive is +5% pickpocketing. (+ increased xp for medium armour line I think?)

Bosmer initial passive is -10% to fall damage (+ increased xp for bow) so I don't know why your Bosmer toon has an extra 5% pickpocket chance but the Khajiit definitely should.

firedrgn · July 2017

Ya khajit has a 5% passive.

idk · July 2017

InFernalEntity wrote: »

I'm not sure about the Bosmer toon...

But Khajiit's initial racial passive is +5% pickpocketing. (+ increased xp for medium armour line I think?)

Bosmer initial passive is -10% to fall damage (+ increased xp for bow) so I don't know why your Bosmer toon has an extra 5% pickpocket chance but the Khajiit definitely should.

Yes, when the khajiit has a 100% chance the bosmer will have a 95% chance do to the khajiit having that passive.

HyperBeam · July 2017

Someone just told me that if the person you are trying to pickpocket tries to kill you. you should let them kill you and you will have more chances to steal from them.

Now I have not noticed this. The only thing I can figure he is talking about is if you get attacked on the first or second attempt to steal. If it is on the 3rd it doesn't matter kill them anyways its the last you get.

Am I correct?

AarDoTaazokaan · July 2017

I think that can be useful if you are farming a particular NPC and draw aggro on the first or second attempt and can't escape combat. You can get all three chances to loot before waiting for a respawn timer.

starkerealm · July 2017

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

InFernalEntity wrote: »

I'm not sure about the Bosmer toon...

But Khajiit's initial racial passive is +5% pickpocketing. (+ increased xp for medium armour line I think?)

Bosmer initial passive is -10% to fall damage (+ increased xp for bow) so I don't know why your Bosmer toon has an extra 5% pickpocket chance but the Khajiit definitely should.

Yes, when the khajiit has a 100% chance the bosmer will have a 95% chance do to the khajiit having that passive.

Yeah, that's normal-ish. It's worth noting that if your chance to pickpocket someone exceeds 100% you won't see the excess chance displayed. This only really matters when you go back for seconds. You can pickpocket someone up to three times, the second and third time will apply a penalty to your chance. I want to say it's 10% or 20%, but I honestly can't remember at the moment.

Also, worth noting that different character types will have different pickpocket "defense" scores. So, for example: pickpocketing a laborer will always be easier than pickpocketing a noble.

UrbanMonk · July 2017

AarDoTaazokaan wrote: »

I think that can be useful if you are farming a particular NPC and draw aggro on the first or second attempt and can't escape combat. You can get all three chances to loot before waiting for a respawn timer.

@AarDoTaazokaan - Yes, You get 3 attempt to steal from NPC. Once you've stolen twice, the 3rd attempt could be another stealing or kill the NPC and loot them. The only difference is that if you steal for the 3rd time, their inventory takes much longer to refill, while on killing, they re spawn fast and ready to be stolen from.

Wing · July 2017

starkerealm wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

InFernalEntity wrote: »

I'm not sure about the Bosmer toon...

But Khajiit's initial racial passive is +5% pickpocketing. (+ increased xp for medium armour line I think?)

Bosmer initial passive is -10% to fall damage (+ increased xp for bow) so I don't know why your Bosmer toon has an extra 5% pickpocket chance but the Khajiit definitely should.

Yes, when the khajiit has a 100% chance the bosmer will have a 95% chance do to the khajiit having that passive.

Yeah, that's normal-ish. It's worth noting that if your chance to pickpocket someone exceeds 100% you won't see the excess chance displayed. This only really matters when you go back for seconds.

this, Khajiit are pretty awesome cause you can do the "steal, steal, blade of woe" for the three pickpocket then loot and reset of most minor peeps at 100% no fail. for other races it would be 100%, 95%, then blade of woe.

but it does not really matter, just a tiny racial bonus that is supposed to be flavor.