Specifically,
1: for sale items in retail stores (I was SO psyched to send m kleptomaniac sim to a retail store, but then nothing was swipable! What a let down! And what's the point of those "theft resistant" display cases you can buy if there's no danger of shoplifting???)
2: collectables. How fun would it be to have a kleptomaniac with the collector aspiration who could steal things like metals or crystals or other things on display at public places or people houses? So fun! Forget all that pesky digging! And it would hardly be making things too easy, since you can only attempt to steal every few hours and there's a chance of getting caught.
Like, if I have a klepto sim, I wanna be able to swipe all sorts of 🐸🐸🐸🐸, y'know? And iff I can swipe a piano, I should be able to swipe an element off the rack!
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I haven't seen any sim get arrested but, if caught it affects your reputation with the one that caught you and you can't take that object and might not be able to steal anything for a period of time. This last bit is fuzzy, so maybe, maybe not.
Well, sure, but my point was more about story than profit. I like the story element of a kleptomaniac shoplifting at a retail store, or one with the collector aspiration using their swiping skills to collect things. And I like the story challenge of running a retail shop where shoplifters are a problem. I really never have trouble making money in the game, so I'm not really looking for more ways to do that (I usually end up with millions of simoleans I don't know what to do with lol). I just think there's more opportunity for fun and excitement with kleptomaniacs than there currently is.
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i agree 100%. there needs to be way more stuff kleptos can steal aside from desk lamps and garden gnomes. like seriously, gym signs? why am i able to steal a huge sign outside of a gym but not, say, a stereo? makes no sense
If they let klepto Sims swipe stuff like that, they would have to put a theft alarm/detector in the game, maybe one like you see at grocery store entrances. I do miss the burglar Sims, even if I had to put in burglar alarms to keep them from swiping Sims fridges. (You would think the whole fridge would be too heavy, why not simply steal all food from the fridge...) There could also be garden variety thieves who simply steal harvestable produce out of Sim gardens leaving the plants undamaged. It would be a heck of a lot more realistic than the way they did Sims 3 zombies. Heck, sometimes I even miss the Unsavory Charlatan from Sims 2 Bon Voyage who pickpocketed vacationing Sims.
If she could steal the things I wanted her to steal, it'd be different!