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Lock picking technique

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Neoauspex
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I'm not sure why, but I go right to left even though that seems inherently backwards. Do you pick locks:
Edited by Neoauspex on March 1, 2018 5:47PM

Lock picking technique 106 votes

Left to right
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Right to left
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All willy nilly in complete panic
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  • SirAndy
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    Can't vote, there's no option for those of us who start in the center ...
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  • DMuehlhausen
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    All willy nilly in complete panic
    I start with the one it starts me on then R -> L
  • jwjackson5674
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    Also no option for Force lock.
  • VaranisArano
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    Right to left
    I go right to left, unless I'm using Force Lock as part of my project to check ESO's Force Lock percentage accuracy.

    (So far I'm finding that its pretty accurate, actually.)
  • starkerealm
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    Right to left
    Usually right to left, but I'm not especially methodical about it.
  • Lynx7386
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    Right to left
    Right to left, but if I miss one I keep going on the next and then come back to it
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    Leonin - Khajiit Warden - Tank
  • HidesFromSun
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    Left to right
    I go left to right, I like to think that with each pin I'm getting further and further into the lock until the final one unlocks
  • Neoauspex
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    Right to left
    SirAndy wrote: »
    Can't vote, there's no option for those of us who start in the center ...
    dry.gif

    I consider that all Willy Nilly haha
  • sParkSnare
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    I start with whatever pin the lockpick is positioned over when the lock screen pops up, and that's usually in the middle. After that I don't follow a pattern, but it's not "willy nilly in complete panic" 'cause I'm happy to say I can't remember the last time I didn't pick a lock on the first try. That may have happened during the New Life Festival in Rawl'kha, but I'm not certain of that. :-)
  • SirAndy
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    Neoauspex wrote: »
    SirAndy wrote: »
    Can't vote, there's no option for those of us who start in the center ...
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    I consider that all Willy Nilly haha

    Not really, since it's the same pattern for each pick ...
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  • jedtb16_ESO
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    Right to left
    right to left... i don't know why, nor can i think of a rational explanation.
  • Jaraal
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    Can't vote, I force lock 100% of locks. Much faster overall.
  • altemriel
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    other: screw the lock picking, I always use force lock :smiley:
  • Neoauspex
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    Right to left
    Neoauspex wrote: »
    SirAndy wrote: »
    Can't vote, there's no option for those of us who start in the center ...
    dry.gif

    I consider that all Willy Nilly haha

    @SirAndy So middle, then do you go right or left? Then do you go all the way back to the opposite side and continue in the same direction or you do the last 2 pins in the opposite direction if the first three?
    Edited by Neoauspex on March 1, 2018 8:11PM
  • JamuThatsWho
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    Middle, then left, then right.
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  • Woefulmonkey
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    If you max out your Lock Picking skill tree... you just spam Force Lock.
  • PlagueSD
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    Force lock or bust..I have to get rid of the 300+ lockpicks I have somehow..When I DO decide to pick the lock, I just start wherever my pick currently is. Sometimes I'll go right, sometimes left. If I'm really bored, I'll alternate left/right.
    Edited by PlagueSD on March 1, 2018 9:18PM
  • Zalicius
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    Right to left
    Lock picking is terribly easy. Although on master chests I usually have to depress the pins twice. First time to find the sweet spot and 2nd to anticipate the release.
  • Hurtfan
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    All willy nilly in complete panic
    All willy nilly in a complete panic, I picked that one because it's funny

    but I start in the center where the pick starts and go left, then to the right...why I do it this way, I have no idea...
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  • cjhhickman39
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    Always start where the pick is in the middle go left then come back right.
  • ghastley
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    All willy nilly in complete panic
    Any real-life lock-pickers here to tell us the right way?

  • Aurie
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    Right to left
    Right to left here.....but nobody seems to know why they do it their particular way. Neither do I.
  • Neoauspex
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    Right to left
    ghastley wrote: »
    Any real-life lock-pickers here to tell us the right way?

    In real life you use a torque wrench to slightly turn the bolt while kinda stroking the pins at different levels of pressure to get them to catch. Not that I was ever particularly great at it.
  • Gythral
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    All willy nilly in complete panic
    Which ever I fancy at the time...
    “Be as a tower, that, firmly set,
    Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”
    Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
  • Aurie
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    Right to left
    On second thoughts, maybe it's got something to do with being right-handed or left-handed?
  • jedtb16_ESO
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    Right to left
    Aurelle1 wrote: »
    On second thoughts, maybe it's got something to do with being right-handed or left-handed?

    i'm right to left and i'm left handed....

    how about you?
  • Moonscythe
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    All willy nilly in complete panic
    I start in the center then go L>R but if I miss I just keep jumping around. If I'm jumpy I have more success on the high level locks for some reason.
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  • AdamSC
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    I start where the pick is by default. Move to the right and then back to the left.
  • PlagueSD
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    ghastley wrote: »
    Any real-life lock-pickers here to tell us the right way?

    inside to outside...that way you don't accidentally "bump" any pins you already have set. I can pop a training lock (clear lock where you can see the pins) in about 20 seconds. Real locks where you have to do everything by touch are a little harder.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO3mMYwKkKs
    Edited by PlagueSD on March 1, 2018 9:57PM
  • M_Volsung
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    Other, leveled up legerdemain and force them all.
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    Forsaken Red Mountain, Twisted Kin;
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    Dwarven Pride, Stronger than Bone"

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