Change 6904
```Originally Posted : Sun Aug 02 03:19:19 2026
Posted by : Darkpoole
Title : Re: mug and gen_eq
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On Sun Aug 02 00:39:59 2026, Disdain wrote:
> today I realized that you can mug could mug eq off low level monsters
> effectively bypassing the 5 level cap on kill. this has been loophole
has
> been closed. mug is now prevented agains monsters more than 5 levels
lower
>
> in making changes to mug, i added a steal resistance value to gen_eq
> items. the more valuable the item, the more likely its owner will want
to
> hold on to it and induce higher fail rates with mug skill. in making
this
> change and testing values, irealized that the previous mechanism for
> resisting mug was nearly useless ( at level 25 anyway ) and my testchar
> was 100% successful in mugging items from equal level monsters. I dont
> feel that should be the case. it should be difficult to mug items from
> equal level monsters. so i made changes to how mug is resisted. its now
> harder to mug items... other alike skills such as entice will be changed
> soon as well
>
Unique items may no longer be stolen from NPCs as well.
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