thief question

Pogi · Post by **Pogi** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:15 pm

alright, this doesnt make sense to me at all. im lvl 32, im at 0% lvl 1 thief with no thief pts at all. im 96% lvl 1 merchant, and 0% lvl 1 hunter with 126 pts.

why can i not attack 1 star merchants? yet, sometimes when i do merchant runs, i get attacked by these lvl 40-50 thieves when i do 1 star trades? no matter how hard i try, i can't attack them. i get the message that i can't attack 1 stars.

why is that?

CobbZ · Post by **CobbZ** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:32 pm

the only way a high level can attack u is by spawning his high level NPC thieves on you. This art is called "popping".

Go research.

Ell · Post by **Ell** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:57 pm

A thief can only directly attack a trade if it is over 1 star, same with trader.

lozza75 · Post by **lozza75** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:54 am

Not completely true. A thief can kill you if you aren't trading but forget to remove job suit :cry:

William-CL · Post by **William-CL** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:57 am

The Player thiefs aren't attacking you, the npc thiefs are attacking you. Npc thiefs attack in this order; Hunters,Traders,Jobless ppl, Thiefs. SO if a high lvl thief is right next to you, and his thiefs start attacking you, you can pretty much kiss your goods goodbye.

__MagnuS__ · Post by **__MagnuS__** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:16 am

1* popping is really not fair to the lowbie who just starts out jobbing. But, that's what you were a victim of.

Check out this thread I started awhile back also:
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic ... highlight=