I admit I pickpocket like mad on my Rogue. Initially it's because I was a nub and forgot that it really did take the loot from the same table, not a special pickpocket table like the other gentlemen inquired. Now I mostly just do it to get my skill up and stop.
One benefit I have noticed to a Rogue pickpocket spamming in a group is that he is now stuck with all of the silver/copper, while the casters get to pick up the other items like gems and runes and such, and the other strong guys get the weapons and armor. In the long run, the Rogue ends up with more pocket change and less loot, while doing the casters (and monks especially) a favor by keeping them from being bogged down by all the copper. Since the Rogue isn't looting items he's got plenty of weight to spare for the cash, the casters get to stay in the fight longer thus everyone gets to keep killing faster and longer, allowing potentially more loot to drop and more experience for everyone, and since people are just deleting copper to save weight, technically more money is being distributed amoung the group (how's that for an unecessarily long sentence). So I feel that sometimes a Rogue is doing the group a favor by spamming that pickpocket key if he doesn't mind making the run back from whereever he was fighting with his pants full of money like Shmee at the end of Hook.
So the next time you see a Rogue spamming that button, don't assume he's being greedy because it really doesn't make him any richer, unless he is pickpocketing AND looting, then slap that sumbitch.
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