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I am looking for a good mmorpg that has a real thief class i mean stealing from stores npcs and yes even players if your a registerd player stealer/killer backstap picklocks traps fence for xp ect...

Neverwinter Nights persistent worlds.

FFXI has its thief class use a move literally called "steal" where you can steal from NPCs and during PvP, from people (not entirely sure how the second works 'cause it hasn't happened to me yet)

Shadowbane's theives can steal from player's backpacks...but not NPC's as I recall.

Runescape has a very large skill dedicated to thieves. Only problem is, you have to play Runescape

No one said Silkroad Online? At level 20, u can choose to be a merchant (taking stuff from city 2 city), hunter (protecting merchants), or a thief (killing merchants and taking their tasty inventory). My character just rides around watching all the action and taking everyone's vendor trash they leave lying around (I *think* thieves leave it there as bait 4 merchants) (I'm lvl 19, still un PKable - in it now for the in-game $). It's really entertaining PVP to watch. U can get a mount at level 10 and loot while mounted. Merchants get many mounts to choose from. The game is full of bots and non-English speaking players and a lot gets lost in translation in the quests, but I think that adds to the fun. It's exotic. My favorite f2p.

    You mean like Everquest 1?

Wow, really amazing, the first time that I know there is such a kind of class, it makes me want to have a try, but I'm just wondering if anyone, I mean the player won't be affected by the virtual world?

Main games that have functional thief classes would be Ultima Online and Shadowbane.

Only games that Im aware of where you can actually approach another player, look into his bags, and then steal his items.

While the current version of UO is just a mere shadow of its former glory when it comes to thieves and pvp... its still one of the few good thief games.

Originally posted by queneldenf

Wow, really amazing, the first time that I know there is such a kind of class, it makes me want to have a try, but I'm just wondering if anyone, I mean the player won't be affected by the virtual world?

Well, in the games where you can steal from other players, you normally can also be killed by said players.  If you're wanting to steal from townspeople, you normally can be caught and killed by guards or thrown in some sort of jail (the MUD DragonRealms I know specifically has a jail).  Being a thief isn't great because of the loot, but because of the thrill of getting caught.  If you play a thief only for money, you'll find yourself sorely disappointed.  Normally, the games make it balanced out so the thief still doesn't have an overwhelming amount of money compared to any other class.