B and E locks/inconsistency [u]

[Atabei Narcisse]

So, I think it's a bug, either one way or the other.

Atabei could open an average lock in a B and E session
But went to another average lock and tried and it was above her skill level.

So either she should have never been able to open the first lock, or the second lock is screwy?

D: Maybe?

[Mooncalf]

Anyone else experienced this?

[Roderic]

It was in a team raid, if that matters

[Alexandrea]

Anyone else experienced this?

On the Insanely Complicated locks, Alexandrea fails about 1/4 of the time maybe? But I've always thought that was one of those things that there was never a 100% success rate on?

(Alex is 25 in Stealing and 21 in Mechanics.)

[Bjorn]

I have noticed that Bjorn or Darcy will trip up a complex or insanely complex lock in 2-5 sec level break-ins, and then cruise through complex/insanely complex locks in 6+ sec level break-ins. I don't know whether you're supposed to be 100% successful at all times when picking locks (I'd expect Bjorn to be more capable than Darcy given stats), but it is weird that a lock in a 2-5 sec level building is harder to crack than in a 6+ sec level building.

[Azraeth]

There is some randomness/variable when it comes to each lock pick, so it's entirely possible (depending on the stats involved), that a person could experience different results. That may be what's going on here.

There was a bug involving unpickable insanely complex locks reported on Blood which David and I fixed a short time ago.

Given the age of the report, I'm going to say this is most likely a non-issue now?

[Alexandrea]

I still fail more often than I feel Alex should at the insane ones. Just last weekend she blew three in a row while doing B&E's looking for source codes so they were mostly high security level office buildings.

[Every]

Once in a while, I've noticed Every fails on insanely complex mechanical locks - but she can break through the electronic ones almost consistently - is this supposed to happen with her stats as high as they are? [Without inspire - 25 Skill, 25 Stealing, 19 Mechanics].

[Alexandrea]

same. And now Alex has 25 in Stealing and Mechanics, with a 35 in Intl and a 34 in skill (without inspires) But she is always inspired so 36/35.