I don't understand while people can't play a thief the way they want to play a thief. i played a thief/assassin in guild wars and my dude was evil as all hell, no real regard for others and that's something i made clear and damn anyone else who had a problem with it.
People can play a thief any way they chose, from a noble thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor to a vile thief who will take anything from anyone just to make some fast coin.
there is an in between, for example an espionage type thief. say you have an empire and a resistance movement, the resistance has a thief that they send on a mission to steal from a random citizen and plant that item that was stolen on a weapon merchant who freely supplies weapons to the empire, the item being found would result in said merchants imprisonment.
this is an example of a thief stealing from an innocent civilian for the greater good, does this action make this thief evil? not in my opinion. a thief isn't some 2D stereotypical role that has to be played one way or the other, just like any other role it can be played however the player see's fit. isn't that what we are here for? so long as a character is not lore breaking i don't see any problem.
People can play a thief any way they chose, from a noble thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor to a vile thief who will take anything from anyone just to make some fast coin.
there is an in between, for example an espionage type thief. say you have an empire and a resistance movement, the resistance has a thief that they send on a mission to steal from a random citizen and plant that item that was stolen on a weapon merchant who freely supplies weapons to the empire, the item being found would result in said merchants imprisonment.
this is an example of a thief stealing from an innocent civilian for the greater good, does this action make this thief evil? not in my opinion. a thief isn't some 2D stereotypical role that has to be played one way or the other, just like any other role it can be played however the player see's fit. isn't that what we are here for? so long as a character is not lore breaking i don't see any problem.
