Ragnarok Online 2 For real? Thief class that cant steal? No pick pocket skill of ANY sort.

How exactly are the thieves thieves if we don't steal?
In original RO we had steal. Further upgraded by the rogue/stalker class to GANK which procced from auto attacking.

Whats the deal? damage, sure great, whatever. 
We can't rightly be called thieves if we don't steal!

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Let's try to be constructive here and think of skills that can be done away with in the original thief tree (or perhaps expanded trees) to make room for STEALING.
We're THIEVES for crying out loud.

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Cross impact? Former Assassin Cross skill on basic thief tree? does less dmg than double slash, replace with steal? That way you *CAN* choose to ignore it if you want (most probably do already.) AND for those of us who would like to steal, we can do our 1-5 points in it. Rank 1 steal an item from the target, with a % of rare growing per rank, in pvp disarms players weapon, duration grows per rank. cool down ect ect? Ideas, people!

Perhaps renaming class to 'bard?' 

My email to Playpark via their form submission re; steal;

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Dear ****,
Thank you for your feedback and suggestion. However the decision for removing steal skill from the Thief class was made by the developers, Gravity Co. and for good reason according to them. You may submit your opinions or suggestions to the forums for discussion so other players may contribute their thoughts to your ideas and the developers may review it if it receives high popularity.
Please contact us again if you have any further inquiries.

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Subject : Thieves no steal?
Description : I was sorely disappointed thief class does not have a steal skill like in original RO. Steal appears in every RPGs thief class arsenal as naturally as hide/stealth.

Whats the deal? What separates the thief class from others and makes them Not just another melee DPS class?

Ive created a petition on the playpark RO2 forums, seeing a lot of like-minded discussion and favorable suggestions here

http://forums.playpa...hat-cant-steal/

Honestly, this is a make or break deal for me, and probably others who enjoy the RP element and farming benefit of the thief class. Slightly disappointed this namesake has been overlooked.

Further corresepondance with Asiasoft/Playpark regarding thieves and steal;

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Dear ****,
Thank you for your feedback and continuous support to RO2. Please note however that Gravity Co. holds the ultimate decision in terms of gameplay design for RO2's mechanics as it is their discretionary right on their intellectual property. We welcome the opinions of players and will forward the community's concerns to the developers, however no promises can be made as to whether they will acknowledge and implement your suggestions. I hope this has given you clarity.
Please do contact us again if you have any further inquiries.

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Yeah, about that, in the forum post created on the subject, it would appear more than half of the votes on the poll would rather thieves had steal, less than 25% agree that it should stay gone, and the rest are indifferent one way or another.
Now I realize not everyone views these forums, (developers included, as a lot of, it not most, the complaints there go unanswered entirely.) But the ratio would more than likely remian the same, I and atleast 50% (give or take) of RO users think this is cause for consideration.
You guys DID look at the forum posts on the subject?