With respect to NPCs noticing stealing behind them, I think I did see a post from another forum member saying they'd had confirmation that the mechanics had been changed here, and that NPCs will now hear, eg, chests opening and closing and turn to look.
I had no freaking clue about that and it does actually make sense to a point! Maybe it is too late for an "excellence system", but it would be nice to have something like the check being 10 but anything 15+ would trigger excellence and beget better consequences. Could be applied to all classes really.
The awareness of stolen items is WAY off atm. I steal and have to immediately “send it to camp”. What I don’t know is if it times out. Hate to bogart a sword at lvl 2 and have to deal with it at lvl 5 when I go back to the grove and get accused of stealing.
I'm pretty sure it wears off in a successful pickpocket! I've tried a few times to steal and run, then staying away for a minute. Once I got back, nothing happened! It even worked with the idol of Sylvanus after defeating the goblins and stopping the ritual.
