Category: Thieves -- Den of Thieves
Topic: Guild Guru Announcements
Author: DR-GONK
Posted: Feb 24, 1999 19:21:04

The following changes/additions are now live in the platinum beta, assuming that there are no earth-shattering problems with them, they should go live in the main game later this week.

Backstab

Some minor bugfixes and a number of small tweaks upwards.

PvP backstab is now live. Just use it very sparingly, since the guild has 0 tolerance for it's use either against or in front of non-thieves. You can use it freely, but if there are any non-thieves in the room, you risk painful retaliation.

The toe stub fumble will no longer occur due only to dumb luck. You can still get it if you blow your skill roll badly enough, but not due to the random fumble chance.

Random fumbles in general have a slightly lower chance to happen, and the level needed to remove any chance has gone down a bit.

The overall effectiveness of backstab (the reduction to opponents defense) has been uptweaked noticably.

Ambush

There is a new verb, ambush, which works similarly to backstab, but with some differences. Overall, it's not as effective as backstab at decreasing an opponents defense. It is useable by any class, with any melee weapon, against any target.


Hiding

Ambush and backstab (vs critters), and stealing from NPC's/shops will now end the hiding experience timer. From my testing (up to 250 hide) you can get hiding moving decently in combat, but it's rough to do alone. If you bring along a partner or two to keep the critters occupied, then you should be able to get it moving nicely with a little practice.

I'm gonna be watching the affect of this closely, since theres one other exp tweak I'm looking at. If it appears to still be needed, it will be very easy to put in.