well recently ive stated here on the forums that pickpocket was bugged/glitched as the pickpocket success rate goes down if you have fortify pickpocket enchants or potions.Not alot of people really understood me as i said all items,which was wrong.But i wasnt totally wrong as there is something i discovered.So,this is why many people have not complained about this bug,therefore it being patched.I am using a ps3 for all these tests.So i do not know if 360 or pc is this way but,i would say it is too..Okay so say for example,its 2% to pickpocket gold but once you use a potion or enchanted gear that has fortify pickpocket,those odds will reduce to 0%.This happened to me on my lvl 81 character with max pickpocket.This is where most items are 90% to pickpocket,but i have found that if you use fortify pickpocket potions or enchants on 90% success items,it will not reduce its pickpocket chance at max pickpocket and it will stay at 90% with or without enchants or potions.But all other items not 90% success rate,it lowers the pickpocket chance.Say you have 50% to pickpocket an item at max pickpocket,if you drink a potion or are wearing fortify pickpocket gear you will notice that it reduces that 50% rather than increase it.And still all other items will still say 90%,not reducing those.This is not noticeable at all at lower lvls and only affects max pickpocket people with 90% pickpocket chance on most items.

Next ive tested my new playthrough,which is a lvl 13 breton atm.I was using the thieves guild boots for all my testing.I pickpocketed a guard without the boots on and an imperial bow was 12% pickpocket success.After i equipped the boots on,i seen that it went up to 14% on the imperial bow.I also tested a steel dagger which was 41% pickpocket success.I equipped the boots and got 48%.So as you see not many people know about this unless your max pickpocket i would suggest.

While this doesnt affect lower levels,it certainly is a pain at higher levels if you do not have all 5 of the light fingers perks.I myself only use 1/5 light fingers and find that its really stressful having some valuable items at max pickpocket saying 0% and not being about to increase the success rate with alchemy potions or enchanted gear because of this bug.If more people would notice this at max pickpocket,maybe Bethesda would patch this.

I've posted a few threads about this myself. And you're right. I had to buy all 5 of the lightfingers perks just to get 69% chance of stealing heavy objects. Kind of defeats the purpose of all the hard work to max pickpocketing and getting all the perks.

For people playing as a thief type, it is an issue at high levels. I've got a necklace and ring of peerless deft-hands that are useless now. Potions are also useless. And so aren't the armor items that I have enchanted.

I would like to see this fixed myself.