(Note - replying only to the original post by Dark. The rest of the thread is a tarpit I'd rather not be mired in.)
Locks are an obnoxious mechanic that we as builders haven't been happy with for a long time. The core issue is that locks are too binary; you can either unlock them fairly easily, or you'll just plain be stuck. For the most part we've been dealing with it by adding keys and making things easy to pick, but that's a cheesy hack at best. We've had a couple of proposals for changing locks over the years, we're just not sure if those proposals would actually fix the problems. It also just hasn't been very high priority; there are plenty of issues and problems we do know how to easily fix that we could work on instead. That's not a great answer, but that's why this is still in a state where we're not happy with it. Ultimately, we want a setup where lock difficulty is more consistently set for the area level, and players are guaranteed to succeed in opening a lock even if they're completely skill less and don't have the key. The skills should be able to reduce the time necessary to open a lock. Figuring out all the details for this sort of thing is tedious and irritating. We'll figure something out eventually, but it probably won't be until well past the anniversary event. -dentin Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 3:26 AM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi. > > I've been trying to do the drow city close to fort Magnitia, and ran across a > door that was locked. > I tried the knock spell a bunch of times, and despite havig 25 int and 18 dex > couldn't get through at all. I've neglected learning lock picking since as a > druid mage I really should be using magic rather than dex, however it seems > that KNock pretty much is just lock picking with a mana cost, which makes it > a bit pointless, and also a problem if you don't have high dex, indeed I got > killed because I ran out of mana on the bloody door (that and I didn't have a > livoak at the time). > > I was therefore wondering if the knock spell could be made a bit more > effective as an alternative tto lock picking given that it costs mana to use. > Indeed what might be fun is if the knock spell, instead of simply replicating > the lock picking skill with a spell opened the door in a different way, for > example with the first casting having the mage concentrate and grasp the > tumblers in the lock one by one before turning them, meaning knock would > always work, but at an increased mana cost. > > Heck necromancers could have a versio where they create a literal skeleton > key out of harvested bones, which could be more efficient on mana than the > mage version, but require teeth. > > I know the game often has several ways of doing the same thing, for example > the spells candle, crystal light and continual light, but it'd be really > useful if in this case the spell did a little more than just replicate lock > pick and so could be a bit more useful to none thieves. > > All the best, > > Dark. > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
