Lockpicking advise needed..
The Weeble King
lockpicking..
My lockpicker is currently at 68.4, and working on a GM tinker-locked crate,
which she now unlocks 45% of the time, and which seems to have crapped on skill
gain...
She's nowhere near the skill cap, so that ain't the problem..
Is there a certain chest(or type of chest) i should pick on?
Location(s) of such a chest(s)??
Thanx in advance,
Cyrus of Skara Brae,
Atlantic.
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Meldur on Drachenfels
>Just trying to get an idea about where i should be headed next in pursuit of GM
>lockpicking..
>My lockpicker is currently at 68.4, and working on a GM tinker-locked crate,
>which she now unlocks 45% of the time, and which seems to have crapped on skill
>gain...
>She's nowhere near the skill cap, so that ain't the problem..
>Is there a certain chest(or type of chest) i should pick on?
>Location(s) of such a chest(s)??
There are some chests in guard towers which i couldnt open until
I had 96 lockpicking:
160 18 115 1 (Serpents Hold near inn)
157 30 109 53 (Serpents Hold near entrance to fire dungeon)
104 3 34 22 (Trinsic north of south bank)
7 33 15 28 (Britain 2storey,wooden building,2nd floor,between
east mage shop and river)
You will need thousands of lockpicks until you can open them and get
100 dex pretty fast :(
Make a macro last object ,last target,so you only need to press 1 key.
I go through about 600 locpicks in 1 hour,so i hope you have enough
money to buy them.Another possibility is to make them by yourself
by mining and tinkering.
So the skills you really need as a treasure hunter are cartography,
lockpicking,mining and tinkering !
It took me about 25 hours of mining,tinkering,lockpicking to
reach 96 lockpicking,but i started with 80 mining and 75 tinkering.
Have fun :)
Hm,i dont know how to raise it above 96,i doubt it raises with
player made chest,i tried a lot of chests in dungeons,but could
open them all immediately.As i see it ,the only possibility to
raise it ,is to train on a level 5 chest from a treasure map.
Meldur,CD,Lvl 4 treasure hunter, (Drachonfels)
Brandy
hell unless you aren't adverse to macroing.
Brandy (WE, LS)
The Weeble King <cyst...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Just trying to get an idea about where i should be headed next in pursuit
of GM
> lockpicking..
> My lockpicker is currently at 68.4, and working on a GM tinker-locked
crate,
> which she now unlocks 45% of the time, and which seems to have crapped on
skill
> gain...
> She's nowhere near the skill cap, so that ain't the problem..
>
> Is there a certain chest(or type of chest) i should pick on?
>
> Location(s) of such a chest(s)??
>
Grimes..
one to crack. -- it is on Europa shard anyway.
I first got it opened at about 76 skill, now its changed and I still can't
get it open!! Still its useful and safe for training purposes.
Lockpicking can get expensive if you get the bug :)
Grimes.. [FEK]
The Weeble King wrote in message
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Richard Cortese
Just a matter of style, but at 80 skill level you can probably pick 1/2 the
crates and chests in dungeons. I would guess the average value of a dungeon
crate at just over 100 gold.
Just been checking it out the last few days, even level 1 Covetous has
crates with page 8 scrolls like resurection and summon elementals. I haven't
made it to the Covet Treasure Room yet, but then I haven't tried that hard
yet.(TC)
I am kind of in favor of characters being self supporting ASAP. I do have at
least a level 3 map so I think that means 90-99 lockpicking, but in between
now and 99 I may get most of the skill via practical experience vs picking
the same easy chest.
Brandy <no...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Even a newbie tinker made chest will take you to 100 lockpicking. Dull as
> hell unless you aren't adverse to macroing.
>
> Brandy (WE, LS)
>
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