AidenwithAnAxe
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on day one in a new world I think I got a motorcycle on day one through looting? I forgot because this was 2 days ago, but I'll check and update you guys' on this. but is this insanely lucky or impossible?
PC Absolutely lucky? or impossible?
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Rotor
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warmer
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I wish we had to find a stethoscope for dial combination locks and lock picks for doors and cars. The stethoscope obviously wouldn't break, so I am not sure how that mini game should function, but a lockpick ain't it
Maybe like a wheel jackpot where you have to click as the symbol rolls around. The higher the stethoscope, the slower the wheels turn. Random reference, but I am thinking like the end level power up jackpot from Super Mario 2
Maybe like a wheel jackpot where you have to click as the symbol rolls around. The higher the stethoscope, the slower the wheels turn. Random reference, but I am thinking like the end level power up jackpot from Super Mario 2
RipClaw
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Cracking a safe with a stethoscope is a myth perpetuated by Hollywood movies. The Mythbusters tested it. There was so much background noise that they could barely hear anything.
In mods there are lockpicking mini games that are much more enjoyable than in vanilla.
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No need for any mini-games. TES experimented with this. Of course, it's interesting to hack a couple of times, but then it gets boring - a waste of time.
Riamus
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Not worth it. It's bad enough in a game like Skyrim where you only have to do it once in a while. But with how often you're picking locks in this game, it would be a nightmare. No, thanks. I'm happy that's not in vanilla. And if it was, I'd have to invest in the timed charges or just auger my way through the locks all the time just to avoid dealing with it all the time.
GigglingZombie
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the lockpicking "mini games" i've come across in whichever mods/overhaul mods of 7 Days, were downright annoying, they absolutely should not be in vanilla, for various reasons; have them via mods - sure, but when they can't be switched back to normal lockpicking, even in the overhaul mods it makes me not want to play anymore, horrible idea that is no fun and just extremely annoying
Kosmic Kerman
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I really wish TFP would rethink the decision to make loot boxes locked. It’s one of my least favorite changes they have made. If the only locked items were safes and police cars, a mini game or the current system would be much more tolerable.
warmer
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While I can agree it doesn't make a lot of sense, it makes MORE sense than a lock pick lol. There really shouldn't be any background noise like in myth busters. There are no machinery/electricity/fans/traffic so your background noise floor will be SUPER low. The people that are experts do it 100% on feel, but that ONLY works on a well lubricated lock or you would never be able to tell the difference.
Edit: Well look at that. Yes you can
https://youtu.be/ihVUdpdBhJU?si=i_9mrwnwQeD2sHVx
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pApA^LeGBa
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I have played several overhauls with the mini game. And it´s way less frustrating than rng breaking your lockpicks at under one second three times in a row or breaking so fast you don´t even see the timer. I prefer skill based instead of random luck, even when it´s a really easy mini game. It´s not TES style, it´s like in Fallout.
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theFlu
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The moment you get a steel pick, you change a completely unpredictable waste of time into a defined waste of less time. I Never bother to waste the inv slot for lockpicks after that - and admittedly, rarely even before that (not that many things to unlock, and a wrench will do in a pinch). Maybe if Jailbreakers were a loot drop, I might take a lockpick with me when I happen to have one...
Riamus
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But that wouldn't change with a lockpicking mini-game. We're talking about all the times you do use lockpicks in the earlier game and every game you play.
TES V and Fallout 4 implement lockpicking in absolutely the same way. The only thing that distinguishes them is the textures.
There is an influence. Without the skill of hacking, the lockpicks decrease, with a pumped skill they accumulate. Well, the fact that they sometimes break 5 pieces in a row is all the will of the great random.
GigglingZombie
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I'm no massive gamer, ie i don't play a huge amount of games; regardless, in 7 Days, in my humble opinion, lockpicking should be what it already is, in vanilla (the concept i mean), ie try one or more times in the simplest fashion there is (ie the vanilla method) to get the lock picked; ---> to get what's inside, i have zero interest in that task being a "mini game" of any sort, i simply want to get what's inside, i don't want it to be like some strange "mini game" to open a lock; again just my humble opinion (and yes - i find those mini game" methods too difficult which is partly why i don't like them ; let's not forget, zombies could be trying to eat you at any moment, whilst we need challenges in such a game, "mini games" are not it)