Steal

[trumpetdude]

Everything I hear about the skill is that it isn't worth getting. When I read what people have to say about the skill it frequently sounds like they're bitter. I'm just wondering why it's so bad.

[CJScarlet]

It's bad because it is an entirely useful skill in some versions.
I'm slightly bitter by it because I wanted to find out first-hand if it was really that bad a skill. I found out that it was and that the sp used could've been spend better.

Though, it has a certain usability if you like leprechaun farming.

In GMS the succes rate at max is a staggeringly low 40%. Due to misuse in Ludi PQ some workings were altered so once an item is "stolen" it does not drop again (recent test stealing a frog egg from the cursed frog would make it drop only 19 eggs when killed compared to an otherwise 20) and lastly its damage output is 100% making it the equivalent of a regular attack 60% of the time only it costs mp.
The once-stolen-doesn't-drop doesn't apply to mesos where the stolen amount is approximately 50% of the usual dropped amount, giving you the chance of a 150% meso output which is what gives Steal its limited usability in farming leprechauns.

[Dual]

I think he wants you to define the reason why the skill is worthless.

[Greg]

It's just a waste of points. I maxed Endure, and while it may do little, it's ALWAYS there. Steal doesn't really do anything... significant. I don't think it raises the drop rate on anything; all it does is take the drops from a monster that you're going to end up killing anyway, so what's the point?

When there's two useless skills, and I have to choose one, I choose the one that's passive. At least I get the most out of it.

[Dusk]

Steal is one of the most useless skills in the game. It just doesn't do anything and there's never a situation where it might be helpful, no matter how you look at it. I maxed Keen Eyes instead.