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Want to steal from a one star trader?
TIRED OF 1 STAR POPPING?
Well guess what? You're in the right place.

You know how once you attack a player or a transportation, your name turns pink?
The time that you're name will stay pink is exactly 20 seconds.
After 20 seconds, you're name will become white again, if and only if no one has attacked you within that 20 seconds.
(or else the timer will start all over)
I'm going to show you how to make use of this 20 seconds delay.


PINK NAME TRAP

Watch the distance between you and the trader, and watch the time.
It really helps if you have a stopwatch.


Situation
You are a thief, and you just spotted a one star trader.


Preparation
I strongly recommend a bow, since you can attack from a distance.
You must be a fast runner.
And, you might want high defense.


First, take that thief uniform off, and save it for later.
Then, look for a one star trader.
Once you have found one, attack the trader or his transportation, which will give you a pink name.
When the trader notices that he's been attacked, chances are, he will try to cast a revenge.
RUN AWAY, but not too far, enough to play tag with the trader, WITH OUT BEING ATTACKED.
(Remember! The 20 seconds timer only starts after the last attack.)
When you run, try to make a large arc, and if the trader seems to be running after you in a smaller arc like the image below,
that means that he has double clicked you to attack.

(green-trader, yellow-you, orange-transportion)


Your pink name will disappear 20 seconds after the last attack that you've made.
In a second or two before your name turns pink, get within range of the trader's attack.

You have succeeded if the trader has attacked you right after your name turned white.
In other words, the trader's name is now pink, and your name is white.
Since the trader has the pink name, you are free to beat the trader's ass without getting penalized.
Now, all you have to do is kill the pink-named trader and the transportation.

Kill the trader first, because you can get help from NPC thieves, and to prevent him to become white-name again.
This is another reason why it's good to be a fast runner since the trader can run away for 20 seconds, just like you did.

When you have killed the trader, put your thief uniform on, and summon your transportation.
(There was another trap that could be used just incase the trader comes back in rage, but after this update they did long time ago,
a delay was created to take off you're uniform/cloak. Therefore, you can't use the trap anymore. Sorry.)

So here's a suggestion.
If the trader is strong enough, right when your name turns white, summon a red horse (the weakest).
By doing this, the trader will kill your horse, and you can make the trader have a red name instead of pink.
This way, the trader cannot summon a transportation for a while.

It sounds so easy when you read it, but you'll need some practice.
TRUST ME, IT WORKS.

*ALL CREDITS TO trick, THE BEST THIEF IN JSRO*

if all of a sudden a high lvl attacks me abit and runs off, i wouldn't even bother attack back since sro pvp is all about lvls

put on low lvl gear and use speed scroll + no buffs

still, the lvl difference will do teh rest, with lvl 1 glaive, my 24 glaiver just killed low lvls with 1 hit

Hmmm...thought it was about not equipping, then hitting his horse to a bare minimum of life..and then letting mobs do the rest...that of course if you have thief friends already equipped...

Hmm...your metod will get you some 1* from noobs, but personally, if i got attacked by somebody wearing a moon glaive, i'd run my ass off and forget about revenge(until maybe later when i'd get a high lvl to pwn him).
And yeah, if you get 20 garment and weps(so the trader wont recognize ya), chances are you are the one who will get pwned...especially if that guy zerks and hits you once, thus resetting the counter...add a 30 nuker trader to the ecuation...and you will probably end up using more pots than you will make money from the transport...

Dunno, if you used this metod and works...i'm happy for ya...but this really is about the personality of the trader...many of them dont notice when their transport gets attacked by mobs, let alone players )

Anyway until SRO changes this idiotic trade/thief system...we'll have to deal with pops...personally i don't enjoy being popped(especially when an idiot thief like Destiny*PM(on Alexander) starts making fun of you after).I don't enjoy being a thief coz there's literally nothig to steal...and I can't be a hunter coz at lvl 30 i'd get pwned...so...it's back to grinding until better times show up

Don't know why is this complicated. I've been attacked a number of times by hi lvl player thiefs while doing a one star. This is how they do it. They just spawn their cargo of stuff right next to the one star merchant; then annoyingly follow the 1 star until hi lvl npc thiefs spawn and kill the merchant and transport; then the thief just take the cargo that's dropped. It's that simple it seems. I really hate asshole thiefs like that btw. You could do the same with botters.

well that's the 1 star pop, and the topic starter's way is getting the loot without popping.

anyone who does this is low


1* popping is one thing this is just been a jackass

true that, but this method could also be used not only for one star, but for traders your level if he doesn't have a hunter with him.
(and of course, noobs)
I didn't write that down, sorry.
In fact, this is a method commonly used in JSRO for traders YOUR LEVEL.

So many things can go wrong here...

1st: You can over do your attack and end up a murderer
2nd: A high lvl could just randomly see you and 1 hit you.
3rd: If the trader isn't too many lvl's lower then you he can always zerk o_0 on you.
4th: If the traders has a wolf..and sends it at you no way to get back white unless the traders calls it back.
5th: This is just too much damn work. *POPING* FTW

1st: Doesn't it say attack some one that's around the same level as you are?
2nd: That's why you might want to be a fast runner
3rd: see above
4th: Don't pick traders with a wolf
5th: The actual trap only takes a little more than 20 seconds

o_0 "The actual trap only takes 20 sec"..but you will 1st need to find a lower lvl trader and look at all those equal to you walk by, then on top of that you cann't go after the lower lvl with a wolf..then you have to watch for high lvl's...sigh just seems like too much waiting and time when you can just get a 2star and go after all traders o_0.

ah I see.
True that, but once you start playing sro, you'll run into loads of traders in your level.
You don't necessarily have to look for an opponent.
It's merely a tactic other than one star popping.

Too many factors in play and everything has to go right. First you can't be too high a level or else you'll have a chance to 1 hit him, second you can't be near his level or else you might get pwned if he zerks or something, and then you have to time it exactly right, and there's also the chance of a high level passerby nuking you for a billion damage while your pink. I think 1 star popping would be a lot simpler and efficient.

HUGE OFF-TOPIC ^_^ :
Hmmm...I once belived(and I stll do 1* popping is low)...until i tried some thiefing...I don't exagerate when i say that only after an hour or so did a friend find somebody 2*. Being 1* popped suck...Being a thief sucks....i'd rather prefer a trading/thieving system like this:
- 1* protection and NPC thiefs removed from the traders;
- the star system would rather set a cap on the lvl of the thief that can attack you(eg if ye doing a 1* at 23 you could only get attacked by players thiefs at max 24). That should be set on the thiefs aswell, so a 26 thief can't get attacked b some 64 trader unless he has some of the trader's wares...
-NPC Thiefs should still be summoned after thiefs to give them something to do while bandit den kicks in .Only that NPC's should attack the transport they're after, not the first lvl 10 player they see .
I sincerely belive that jobbing should be more about PvP than PvE...of course my system needs more adjustments but it would be a start .

On-Topic : yes there are a lot of things that can go wrong....
1 - hitting the transport for too much damage and becoming a murderer...that's why you have to have an eye open on the damage bar and progresively decrease damage you do(eg stop using imbue, use lower skills or even plain attack).Always keep a look-out on criticals, it might be the only time when you don't want to strike for one
2 - being one-shot hit by somebody way higher. My advice:If you're going to steal using this metod, never do that on a TG spawn point 5 minutes before TG is supposed to spawn .you get the ideea...if you're going to do such a thing, at least make sure the area isn't populated with a lot of high levels.Of course bad luck can strike at any time but it's just part of life.
3 - being killed by a friend's nuke or something(for example light nuke, meteor shower etc). My advice : use parties .
4 - getting disconnected .

Yea it does. You can only use this on a 1 star cause if the trader is multistar, hes not protected. So you can just walk up and kill him\her, or they can do the same to you if your suited.

Back on another character... I used to do stuff like this. (I don't anymore ) It was more experimenting than just going out and killing people. This way I would know how to handle situations when they showed themselves to me.

I showed the quote above because it actually helps you for them to have a wolf. It's not too hard to outrun a wolf, just keep running in a line, and you should get away eventually. If it is still too fast, get it stuck on trees for a couple seconds then let it continue to chase. Once 20 seconds are up, let the wolf hit you and the trader has offender status.

When worrying about killing weak things... use ice. Ice does no damage and helps you get away faster.

I think 1* popping is more efficient overall, but this will get you an occasional drop. Also, this could even be used to get a thief trade started so that you can actually do a 1* pop.

There are ways to avoid this if you are the target. Make sure your wolf is on defensive to start with. If the person attacks you, just keep going and ignore them. Eventually they should get bored or frustrated and leave. If they keep going, you can get friends to hide nearby and wait for him to do it again. If he's near your level, zerk him and you can easily stop the problem. If he deals damage to you, get on your animal. This way he can't see how much hp is left on the horse/camel. If he kills it, he has murder stat. Head towards busy areas on the map. If enough people see this guy getting offender stat, some will probably tag along to attack him. If you are faster than the offender and can't kill him, just keep icing him. Eventually he'll run away or a high level will see him. If you decide to attack him, make sure you use quick moves like lion shout so you don't get offender stat yourself. If you are sure he just got the stat, go ahead and use stronger moves.

attempted murder 3 years in jail young man!

meaning you can apply this to people other than traders

I'm glad to hear people in sro (not jsro) have discovered this method.
I use this because 1* popping is getting old, and it's just a method to make the game more exciting and thrilling.
So many people are telling me that things can easily go wrong,
But it actually works, although you might fail like...twice out of 10 even if you're good.

This trick is popular in jsro so it only works for noobs nowadays *sigh*
yes, being fast is essential for this trick to work.
There is actually a trap using a wolf, similar to what you have explained
but I'm afraid people will start complaining if I make a thread about that

and yes, the best way to avoid this is simply to ignore.
I should have written that

I had a guy actually try this on me, he hit my horse once and then ran off, I was like wtf is this guy doing. Then he came back and hit me again and ran off, I was like oh, he wants to die. I summoned my wolf and sent him after the guy and he ran away and got chased by my wolf for like 10 minutes until I got bored and called my wolf back...

I didn't see the guy anymore so I started to move on, then a couple minutes later he caught up to me and started the hit and run crap again, but this time I was ready and froze him to the ground as soon as he touched me then owned him.