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I haven't played this game for about 5 years, and I recently bought it uber-cheap for the PC. Im at Cosmo Canyon right now, and finding it VERY difficult to steal from enemies. They seem to feel that their material possessions belong to them, not me. Is there any way to increase the rate of success at stealing? Or am I forever trapped in the realm of shoddy theft?

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Oh sure, I don't have to get kicked in the junk to activate it, but I like it anyway. -- Thief commenting on the difference between Throw and Blue Magic.

Hi, welcome to CoN . To raise your steal rate first open the menu and select [Status] then find out which of your characters has the highest [Dexterity] It will probably be Yuffie if you have her, if not i believe Tifa is the next best bet. Equip them with the [Steal] materia and try again. hope this helps.

This post has been edited by G3rmaholic on 23rd June 2005 04:51

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Im guessing speed sources would help also then, right?

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Oh sure, I don't have to get kicked in the junk to activate it, but I like it anyway. -- Thief commenting on the difference between Throw and Blue Magic.

i assume that you're stealing from those mecha-guys who give up turbo ethers? those guys are notoriously hard to steal from - and yes, speed sources increase dex - higher dex also fills up your atb bar faster too

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Mecha guys? Hmm, actually, trying to steal from anybody. It usually takes a good 20 tries to get anything, unless its a potion.

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Oh sure, I don't have to get kicked in the junk to activate it, but I like it anyway. -- Thief commenting on the difference between Throw and Blue Magic.

Stealing is decided by three things.

- The level difference between the person trying to steal and the enemy you're trying to steal from.

- The dexterity of the person trying to steal. (speed)

- The hidden number set for that item to be stolen from that enemy. (Some items will always be harder to steal than others)

Stealing is very useful. You can steal powerful equipment early on then later steal the best armor/accessories in the game

yeah, those mech guys are out to the right of cosmo canyon, in that...uh... cul-de-sac.... area

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I found 'em. Im at a much higher level now (33 for Cloud), so it only took Yuffie about 5 tries to get the Turbo E off of them. With Cloud it took... well, to be honest, after 7 tries I just killed the guy out of impatience. I hope I don't do the same thing with Diamond Weapon...

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Oh sure, I don't have to get kicked in the junk to activate it, but I like it anyway. -- Thief commenting on the difference between Throw and Blue Magic.

On my current playthrough, I WAS UNABLE to steal anything from the monsters in the Junon Area (most) and by the Chocobo Forest (couldn't steal jack), and I quickly and easily had Cloud swipe multiple Grand Gloves from the Madouges in the Mythril Mines. Shouldn't weapons, armor, or accessories be the hardest to obtain from any given enemy or boss?

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Quote (FabulousFreebird @ 24th June 2005 14:39)

On my current playthrough, I WAS UNABLE to steal anything from the monsters in the Junon Area (most) and by the Chocobo Forest (couldn't steal jack), and I quickly and easily had Cloud swipe multiple Grand Gloves from the Madouges in the Mythril Mines. Shouldn't weapons, armor, or accessories be the hardest to obtain from any given enemy or boss?

As far as I can tell, things that you can buy (like most weapons, armor, and accessories) are easier to steal than things that you can't buy (like turbo ethers and elixirs). It seems like the stealing difficulty is determined by some concept of 'rarity' rather than a judge of usefulness.

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You can get those turbo ethers off the worms in the desert under the gold saucer aswell.

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Quote (Suik_O_Den_Genso @ 26th July 2005 16:31)

You can get those turbo ethers off the worms in the desert under the gold saucer aswell.

You can get turbo ethers in a lot of places. Is there some connection to the difficulty of stealing that I'm not seeing? This thread was a month old.

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I wouldn't know but I was stealing there with Tifa and I got one between 5-1 tries(at least not much).

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