I'm new to (playing) the game and new to the forum.
Well, asking a question like this shows by itself that I've been helping myself with some walkthroughs and so this way I know that you can rob the bank.
However, when I do... I only get about 1000 blys from the safe! What have I done wrong?
I'm now in Act 2, I have tried the bank twice around days 5-7.
I bought my version on GOG recently.
Btw, there's something wrong with the forum - I haven't received an activation e-mail even after two days, the webmaster had to activate my account manually.
Welcome to the forum! Glad to see you are enjoying the game. A lot of hard work (and a lot of fun) went into it by the fine folks at Infamous Quests, so it's always nice to see new people discovering and enjoying this game almost 3 years since its initial release.
1. In the Beta Testing forum (not available to general forum members), the various changes from version 1.0 to version 1.1 were posted in late November 2014 -- stats, magic, and money, to name a few. One of these changes was the amount of money in the Simon bank vault that Rogue Roehm could steal: it was previously 5,000 blys in version 1.0; for versions 1.1 and beyond, it's now only 1,000 blys.
So, you're not missing anything. More than likely, you are looking at walkthrough for version 1.0 of the game...
2. Over the last 3 years since QFI was released, message forums like this one have fallen out of favor with the gaming community as the preferred method for games & gaming discussions. Other platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook groups, have taken over as the primary methods of gaming communication.
There's not been much forum activity since IQ released "Order Of The Thorne: The King's Challenge" a year-and-a-half ago in late January 2016. My guess is that having the webmaster manually activate any new account is simply a way to control and prevent spammers from overtaking/clogging up the forums with spam and bots.
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Should you have any further questions, don't hesitate to post. There's still some of us "old school" old timers lurking about here, and we'd be more than happy to help.
Take care!