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Lockpicking too easy?
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Big_Bob✭✭✭Lock picking in ESO is fairly easy in general. Only difference that makes it harder is the time limit you have for unlocking, otherwise I see not much difference picking simple and master chest0 -
rhubbert_ESO✭✭✭I think what I would really like is increased difficulty in a way that would not favor those who have latency issues, but in return, much better rewards. Pretty much every chest I open has trash that I either deconstruct or sell to a merchant. I would like to feel accomplished after picking a lock and be rewarded with a purple.Iris Umbra// Stamina Nightblade // Aldmeri Dominion0 -
scruffycavetroll✭✭✭does chest difficulty equate to what's inside?
eg..harder chests have a higher chance of a blue / purple, etc?Edited by scruffycavetroll on May 6, 2014 1:42PM0 -
rhubbert_ESO✭✭✭scruffycavetroll wrote: »does chest difficulty equate to what's inside?
eg..harder chests have a higher chance of a blue / purple, etc?
No
Iris Umbra// Stamina Nightblade // Aldmeri Dominion0 -
SK1TZ0FR3N1K✭✭✭I think it is difficult enough for a MMO..
Imagine if a master level chest was nearly impossible to unlock.. There would form a group around a chest and people would react like "i saw that chest first it is mine!" lol
I see this happening already.“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” -Will Rogers0 -
Belrim✭✭✭Would be a good idea if failing to pick one of the lock stages would reset all progress so far. Would actually make it possible to fail for once
That way they *could* change chests so that harder ones would have chances for better loot, instead of having same loot-tables for all chests.Early bird gets the worm, but second mouse gets the cheese.1 -
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✭Would have preferred a lock-picking skill tree that favors Night Blades, but understanding the butt-pain that would entail I'm fine with how it is.Crotchety Old Man Guild
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✭✭I'd like to see more chests in the game, they seem to be very rare in higher level areas.0 -
Audigy✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭If you know how to pick a lock its easy, also in RL.
I failed quite heavy a few times at ESO in the first week or so, now its easier since I know how it actually works.
Personally I would like it a lot if we would need special lock picks for special chest´s that can be found in special places or if we had a lock pick skill line, but this might come with the thieves guild?0 -
Big_Bob✭✭✭scruffycavetroll wrote: »does chest difficulty equate to what's inside?
eg..harder chests have a higher chance of a blue / purple, etc?
I've unlocked 2 master chest this afternoon and in it were a green restoration staff and a green necklace that could've easily gotten from a simple chest. Pretty lame...
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Because there's really no need to buy them. You find enough from looting to avoid having to ever spend the 9 Gold to buy one, even if you skipped over the huge amount of lockpicks you can save up in The Wailing Prison from trunks and urns.
Especially now since damn near every container out there has one in it.
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So from now on, all you special snowflakes get is nasty plain doughnuts...enjoy!0 -
orablast✭✭✭I'll admit that I can have trouble with the master locks, which might take me a few tires. And after a few drinks, the intermediate locks become significantly harder
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crush83✭✭✭✭I found lockpicking to be way too easy. I also have very good reflexes, use a computer pretty much all day (programmer), and have very good coordination. I've played video games for probably 20 years now, and I played sports through college.
On the other hand, my older brother has Cerebral Palsy. It's not a severe case. He can do most things. Nonetheless, his motor skills are impaired. There's a slight delay between when his mind says "do something" and his body actually does it. Maybe like a 100ms delay or something. For example, he has trouble catching a football because by the time his mind has told his fingers to wrap around the ball, the ball is already bouncing off his palms. He's adapted to it the best he can.
To him, these mini-games that require "decent" coordination are not so easy. They are quite challenging in fact. It leads to frustration, but he enjoys the challenge. However, if it were made any harder, he wouldn't be able to do it at all without some type of assistance.
So, while lockpicking seems easy to many of us, there are those out there who are playing this game for fun, yet still struggle to do these tasks. Just something that should be considered when deciding if content should be made easier or harder.
Content can be made harder in ways that don't require adept coordination too. Usually, that means making the player think more. My brother, despite his lack of coordination, is very intelligent.
So, if a change were to be made to lockpicking, it would need to be something that doesn't require better twitch reflexes or coordination. Instead, it should be something that requires the player to think more. Releasing the mouse button when the pin starts shaking is pure coordination.3 -
If there was actualy worthwhile in the chests, then yeah... maybe... but as it stands you get about the same items (coin-wise) in a simple chest as in a master.... so nope... leave them chests be The statement "if you put enough monkeys behind enough typewriters... sooner or later one will produce the works of Shakespeare" has sadly been proven utterly wrong by the internet...1 -
rhubbert_ESO✭✭✭So, while lockpicking seems easy to many of us, there are those out there who are playing this game for fun, yet still struggle to do these tasks. Just something that should be considered when deciding if content should be made easier or harder.
Yea the lockpicking aspect isn't important enough to turn away people with disabilities like your brother.Iris Umbra// Stamina Nightblade // Aldmeri Dominion1 -
Darzil✭✭✭I think the levelling curve makes them easier than they should be. Often end up over level for the area if doing all the quests, and that means the chests are easier than they should be.
Definitely agree latency is an issue though (if it isn't my reactions), I don't often fail (haven't for a few weeks), but tend to have to try each tumbler once, have it fail, learning where it should be, then put it to where it needs to be. By the time the release after the jiggle/sound has made it back across the atlantic, I've often missed on the first attempt. I'd guess the code could be tweaked to take account of current latency, in which case it could be made more difficult certainly.0 -
Arizona_Willie✭✭✭No reason to make it harder, I've yet to find anything in one of those chests that made me go " WOW!!! LOOK WHAT I GOT ".
I've never gotten a better item from a chest than what I already had. And, usually, they only have about as much gold as I get from killing a NPC.
As I get further into the game I may find better chests ( I hope ) but so far, up to level 40, I consider them overrated and no big deal.
However, I also don't do many dungeons and usually only Solo dungeons when I do go in one. Mostly I only go in after skyshards. So it's possible there are chests in some dungeons with big Bosses that have better stuff.If I wanted a Signature I would have a Signature --- but i don't want one so I don't have one.0 -
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✭✭rhubbert_ESO wrote: »scruffycavetroll wrote: »does chest difficulty equate to what's inside?
eg..harder chests have a higher chance of a blue / purple, etc?
No
Actually yes I believe it does. Out of Master I almost always get a blue or a Treasure map at least. Anything lower it's green or nothing almost.0
