PC Lockpicking nerf

[FramFramson]

In 150 days you only ever checked the one trader? Crucibles are in the general loot that all traders have. Why not check others as well?

I did! IIRC Bob had one well past day 100 or somewhere around there - the point wasn't that it was impossible, the point was it was far too late to base a planned playthrough around buying a crucible (much less the multiple crucibles you might need) over researching one and that has been my experience not just in one game, but several.

If you're okay with that lack of guarantee, that's fine! Everyone is free to play as they like!

All I'm saying is that if you're the type of player who sets out with a plan that involves specifically acquiring a crucible by, say, day 15, or day 30, or whatever, that plan probably shouldn't be based on acquiring said crucible through buying them. 

Personally, I tend to do as BlackWolf suggests, madly scavenging steel from the in-game sources like gas pumps, transformers, ATMs, vending machines, etc. and in desperate cases, buying steel (very rarely), which is usually enough until I unlock crucibles ~whenever~, but other people like to play to stricter schedules. 

 

[Adam the Waster]

the lock picking now is a bit much, it should be toned down a bit

 

[Javabean867]

I mean it isn't hard to get forged steel from other sources.  It's littering the streets practically.  

You just need to make sure you are wrenching inactive vending machines, all street lights, and those happy green robot dudes on the utility poles(once you see it you can never unsee it) leading up to the day you actually need steel.

Honestly I don't get how we can craft impact drivers, 4x4, motorcycles and gyrocopters but making weapon parts is a no no. 

We can't make engines and headlights either.  I think those are the equivalent to the weapon/tool/armor parts.