Active Ability details for Mug  

terrible. THF really got the shortest straw on this one

Mug was nerfed a while back because people were exploiting it to steal 10k gil every 5 minutes from certain NMs. (Mug + Flee meant even THFs much lower than the NM's could do this). That's 120k gil an hour. (That's not as much now as it used to be, before massive inflation 120k could buy leaping boots). Even now 120k/hr is still pretty awesome. They had to nerf it because THFs were killing the economy... not that I'm blaming them, I would have done the same as THF if I could. It's just something SE had to do.

im with u gil is gil! i have a theif mule and any amount i can get will help.

This is without a doubt the most worthless ability in the game. Stealing 4-100 gil every 15 minutes is completely pointless. If you could steal 500 every 5 minutes, you'd inflate the economy like crazy. So, this move just has to stay how it is, and suck.

Can someone tell me if Mug works in Ballista? What an insult to have a naked level 35+ THF running round nabbing your gil.

There's a BCNM that you can mug over 10k off of. Can't wait until i can fight it :P

 
Char Info: 
Kirra 
Pandemonium 
Mithra 
 Thief          50 
 Warrior        41 
 Ninja          38 
 Monk           20 
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Crafts 
 Woodworking    72 
 Alchemy        60 
 Smithing       60 
 Clothcraft     60 
 Cooking        20 
 Leathercraft   17 
 Fishing        13 
 Bonecraft      08 

I've seen a THF Mug over 3000 gil off of Aquarius, the high level crab in the Boyahda Tree. Not bad, but then again how often do you face mobs like Aquarius.

Actually, this was a 3 minute ability a long time ago I believe, well before the North American version of the game was out. According to the few sources I have, it was regularly thought of as too good, and many thiefs would use it constantly while farming/grouping (and also on a few VERY lucrative unnamed mobs), racking up quite a great deal of cash over time. Square then nerfed it to the rather poor 15 minute timer we have today.

Edited, Sat Mar 20 02:22:10 2004

u can mug up to 5k gil off of a Behemoth :)

Yep this should be called "Mug" and it is every 15 minutes. All the guides I've looked at have said this was 5 minutes. So apparently by the time I purchased this game, Squaresoft must have switched it because people found an exploit.

This ability is quite useless.. The best I here is to "Mug" from that Goblinsavior Herionix guy (please don't hurt me if I spelt that wrong) He might get you 1k... He's a high level mob though, so the 15 minute limit will make sure you only steal from him once.

This should be just like the other Final Fantasy game Mugs and let you attack while doing it. Since you have to wait 15 minutes I don't see the harm in it, because it's pretty useless the way it is now. Might as well add a little pizazz regardless that it's still pointless.

This skill is actually called Mug and is on a 15 minute recast timer. Best way to use it is on mobs too high for you to solo when they aren't looking. I've ganked about 100 gil of an IT mob in Davoi then fleed away.

Otherwise, only try stealing from mobs that have gil normally when you kill them (Goblins, Orcs, Yagudo, Quadav), otherwise you'll fail and hate yourself for 15 minutes.

It's another one like Steal where it is best to use when the mob is not focused on you and is in the middle of a swing.

just wondering how much gil can u steal? is this skill worth being level 35?