Stealing, i think, is a primary compononet of the game and shouldnt be completly removed. Just my 2 cents.
I didn't want to remove it completly just the weapons part of it, i was going to replace them with something else, but on second thoughts i might as well leave them, its starting to sound like a bad idea.
i think i'll up the chances of a succesfull steal seeing as removing it would ruin some of the gameplay, i'll also put in some extra special items most likely on the bosses because you only get one chance to steal from them.
Imagine what would happen if you could steal those potions that give you a +1 on a particular stat. I'll think i will put some in the northern cave, so people can up they're stat's towards the end of the game just for the fun of it.
btw, your 2 cent's is someone else's 2 dollars ... thanks for the opinion