Oblivion need help with stealing getting busted all the time!

JRoCK636 · 03-25-2006, 03:09 PM

Whats the deal here? Im in the theives guild. Im trying to go around stealing stuff but i always get busted.for example. Im in bruma and i pick a lock go in the house which noone is home. I start taking stuff and a guard comes though the door and busts me how do i steal without getting caught? How to I pickpocket people without getting caught?

Epiic · 03-25-2006, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JRoCK636

Whats the deal here? Im in the theives guild. Im trying to go around stealing stuff but i always get busted.for example. Im in bruma and i pick a lock go in the house which noone is home. I start taking stuff and a guard comes though the door and busts me how do i steal without getting caught? How to I pickpocket people without getting caught?

When you are stealing stuff from someone's house or store, make sure you are in sneak and that you are moving slowly. If you move fast, that's when the guards come.

Wasabi Peas · 03-28-2006, 01:05 PM

and when picpocketing try not to pickpocket guards if you have a low sneak a helping item is the cloak and hood you get for joining the dark brotherhood they help boos your sneak and lockpicking

JRoCK636 · 03-28-2006, 01:12 PM

can u rob the stores in the imperial city? Everytime i pick a lock and get in few sec later they come in and bust me without me making any noise. Where can i improve my sneak?

legend9001 · 03-28-2006, 03:44 PM

just walk around in sneak mode to impove sneak i think, not sure tho.

ussie · 03-29-2006, 07:58 AM

make sure u r in sneak mode and that no one is watching u then pick the lock and walk in!

ussie · 03-29-2006, 07:59 AM

yeah your right

Tachikoma · 03-29-2006, 08:07 AM

One thing that really annoys me with this game....
It tells me in the Guide that as you gain levels in any skills, the NPC's around you gain at the same speed. Also the locks you have to pick likewise increase in difficulty.
So regardless of how high a level in a said skill you have, the chances of failure is just as high as when you have a skill of 5

Also the enemies alternate skills (for instance pickpocket targets the enemy's pickpocket also) is higher therefore they have as much a chance of cathcing you

As I do not have my console I cannot validate this but it sounds silly to me