@threezool said in Pickpocketing - a way (piratey) to deal with AFKers:
I see three issues, the first one is that you do not have anything to recoup since the payout is the same as no mater how many players there are so nothing to split and nothing to recoup. So you are asking Rare to put a price on how much the stolen "slot" is worth and that is not the same thing.
A pickpocketing action will give you a fixed amount back, but it will need to be balanced - it's effectively a punishment.
The second one is if some one pickpockets then does the gold go to that individual or split by the crew? If its only the one then how is that fair against the other players?
Only the individual - otherwise you can take turns farming loot. Fair? It's piracy - negotiate with your crew.
The third and the most serious is that this not only affects AFK since the action only takes 5 seconds.
10 seconds, 5 to do, 5 to react
Any one not looking at the screen could become a victim instead and people would start abuse it instead for "easy money" by joining randoms and try and steal and you cant kick him away either.
And how about them just going away quick for a break or if the phone rings?
Trust your crew
No this won't work at all.
You're sailing with a bunch of thieves.
