Pickpocket is not a necessity : V

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:26 am

I created more than 5 characters already and i have to say that pickpocket is not a necessity, i would say completely useless in Skyrim.

Agree...not agreed? :geek:

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:58 pm

No skill is a necessity. All skills are choices. Pick what you want for the character you play.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:05 pm

Disagree, sometimes it's fun to pickpocket a few bandits' weapons and cast a few fury spells and watch the epic fight that ensues.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:02 pm

No skill is a necessity. All skills are choices. Pick what you want for the character you play.

^ this ^

It's just a choice.
I have characters that use it, others that don't.
Just like sneak, magic, weapon skills...etc.

Nothing is necessary.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:45 pm

^ this ^

It's just a choice.
I have characters that use it, others that don't.
Just like sneak, magic, weapon skills...etc.

Nothing is necessary.

^this^

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:49 am

No skill is a necessity. All skills are choices. Pick what you want for the character you play.

To me, it's fun. I like taking stuff from people without them knowing.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:16 am

Strongly disagree. It's very helpful to get bucket loads of cash. It's one on the easiest skills to get to 100

Cheers

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:38 am

Strongly disagree. It's very helpful to get bucket loads of cash. It's one on the easiest skills to get to 100

Cheers

Never picked a single pocket on my current lvl 22 char. But thats because of his morals and what he stands for.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:41 am

No skill is a necessity. All skills are choices. Pick what you want for the character you play.

You probably right. I checked my stats yesterday and i noticed i pickpocket 2 people and i'm currently on level 82. Says enough i guess.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:33 am

Agree its not a neccessity.
Disagree with its being useless. Obviously useful to a thief. Poisoned is useful to an assassain. Extra Pockets is useful to anyone who likes loot.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:17 am

Neither is one-handed or archery.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:28 am

I usually put a live grenade in their pants and wa... oh wait .. Different game

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:40 pm

Some characters I do it on some I don't depends on my rp for that character

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:31 am

I totally agree. It's completely pointless and useless.
I never do it, unlesss I have no choice.

You can get enough money by legal ways, or killing people.
So, as far as I can see, it is completely and utterly pointless.

Unfortunately I will have to pick 50 pockets for the trophy and platinum. So boring!
Would be more amusing if I could reverse pickpocket explosives into their pockets, like in Fallout.
But sadly you can't do that on skyrim. Shame.

But once it's done, back to ignoring it.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:59 am

I totally agree. It's completely pointless and useless.
I never do it, unlesss I have no choice.

You can get enough money by legal ways, or killing people.
So, as far as I can see, it is completely and utterly pointless.

Unfortunately I will have to pick 50 pockets for the trophy and platinum. So boring!
Would be more amusing if I could reverse pickpocket explosives into their pockets, like in Fallout.
But sadly you can't do that on skyrim. Shame.

But once it's done, back to ignoring it.

You can reverse pickpocket poisons onto them and kill them that way with the Poisoned perk.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:43 pm

I usually put a live grenade in their pants and wa... oh wait .. Different game

Heh, in the first dark dungeon I encountered in Skyrim I kept instinctively trying to switch on my pipboy light

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:17 am

The only reason I use picketpocket is to steal everyones keys. I am a keycollector and it's fun to have all keys for the entire cities.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:09 am

I don't like the risk of getting caught and as such, I never use the skill.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:27 am

No skill is a necessity. All skills are choices. Pick what you want for the character you play.

Took the words right out of my mouth. I don't pick skills for necessity, I pick them for role-play and fun.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:31 pm

I don't like the risk of getting caught and as such, I never use the skill.

I have no perks in it, no gear that enhances it. and maybe 60 or so skill. I get 90% chance most of the time. So I bet with perks and/or maybe an enchantment you can steal 100%?
Anyway, worst case scenario you could use quicksave/load.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:00 am

It's a choice. But it's certainly not useless. If you don't want to kill someone for what they have and you want what they have then there is certainly a use for it.

How could you include a thief type build in your game an NOT have pickpocket. There are thieves guild missions that rely on your ability to pickpocket, so that right there is a very real use for it in the game. ftw

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:18 pm

I have a thief character, and she uses pickpocket A LOT. Especially on the roads, when she runs into fellow travelers ... She makes sure she 'relieves' them of their gold and valuables. It's also very handy to have against those forsworn briarhearts - just pickpocket that briarhearts and they'll fall dead on the ground!

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:00 am

Strongly disagree. It's very helpful to get bucket loads of cash. It's one on the easiest skills to get to 100

Cheers

Yea..it's the first skill I got to 100...but pickpocketing paralysis potions on to people never gets old

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:48 pm

Pickpocket is a necessity for taking things from many living NPCs' bodies. Therefore the statement "pickpocket is not a necessity" is false.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:39 am

I agree. Only used it once for a quest in Riften, never used it since.