141 replies to this topic

[Aristharus]

It's pretty simple in the end. I'll give a hint: listen to the sounds the tumblers (or whatever) make when you push them. And of course watch them. Sometimes it stays up longer, and it makes a different sound, too. It's of course easier to lock the longer it stays up, so I just push them and listen to the sounds and click immediately after hearing the certain sound. The only way to fail is to click too late, but if you concentrate enough it shouldn't be too hard.

[taikara]

Thanks a lot! You know, I honestly hadn't thought about the sound being a clue, I thought it was just ear-candy

I had noticed the different time it takes the tumblers to fall, but that probably wasn't enough.

[Aristharus]

I don't know if the sound's meant to be used like that, but I find it easier to notice than the movement. It's possible without using the sound, though. The tumbler rises at a different speed and you can notice it by that, too.

EDIT: Adding to the list of controversies about my character: Now, in addition to being in the Thieves guild, Dark Brotherhood, The Blades and some others, he's now both a vampire and a vampire hunter. Way to roleplay, Aristharus..

[taikara]

I played for a couple hours last night, and you're right, I noticed that little "pchink!" sound it makes when it's in the right position

[Blood-Pigggy]

There's a way to do it easily, I found a video that shows the timing.

Let me see if I can find it.

Here we go.

[Aristharus]

Well, that's another way to show what I was trying to explain before. That was a bit easier to understand, I think.

[MasterGrazzt]

As I said on the regular Abandonia forums, the biggest problem I have with the game is the horrible (and hilarious) world scaling:

farmers with glass hammers

[Docktor_Worm]

the stategy guide says to ignore the sounds of the tumblers
I find that an easy way to pick the locks is to lift the tumbler up a few times and develop a rythym first.

does anyone else get colorful spheres around the humanoid characters when they die? I thought that was pretty retarded

Edited by Docktor_Worm, 29 April 2006 - 02:49 PM.

[Sean]

Hmmmmmm.

I'm going to go out and grab Oblivion today for me 360. I've never played an Elder Scrolls game but Oblivion is simply too tasty to ignore!

I can even put myself in the game, with FaceGen(www.facegen.com) I mean it's a whole new level of cool

Playing as an "Evil" President Bush, might be fun!

[Doubler]

Quote

does anyone else get colorful spheres around the humanoid characters when they die?

The only thing I can think of that you might be reffering to is the death of Mythic Dawn people. In that case the spheres (clouds of smoke) are their summoned armor vanishing.

[Docktor_Worm]

I guess that was it then

[taikara]

YAY!!!

Finally Guildmaster for the Fighter's Guild!!

wheee!!!

You know, considering that my char isn't really a strong fighting char, a lot of those later quests were actually pretty easy

Weirdly, the thing that gave me the most trouble was a small pack of Will'o'Wisps.

I know some people are against this sort of thing, but I'm also going for the other Guildmaster positions - I just really don't have time to play the game over and over.

To balance out the "power playing," I created a really screwed up custom character, which I dubbed the "Enigma" class It has no strong points, really.

I've found something that annoys me. Thankfully, I've finally been getting some nice loot lately, in the form of enchanted items - but has anyone else noticed the ridiculous proportion of absolutely worthless loot items? I'm talking the stuff that has a "0" value. I get really annoyed when I pick a chest open to find an "inkwell" and "parchment" or some equivalent.

[MasterGrazzt]

welcome to the game that is never hard because it scales and the guild quests are stupid

[Doubler]

The guild quests are better then they were in Morrowind, please. The only reason why you really had to get certain skills there was because of the advancement requirements the guilds maintained. Certainly not because of the missions. Heh, it never really was different in TES

Also, it can be hard, and then it's always hard. Ramp up the difficulty slider. There's no variation in difficulty, I'll give you that, and that's a pity.

Heh, as for the Will'o'Wisps, they are terribly annoying. In my first game I created a weapon just for combating them (drain magicka enchantment). They're especially annoying the first moments after they're added to the levelled lists.

[taikara]

Luckily, I had a nice drain magicka dagger I picked up in one of the miscellaneous quests - Witsplinter or something. Very wicked little thing. Also luckily, I decided to keep it as an alternative to my main weapon. Once I decided hey, maybe I should try it, it was much easier. It also helped to drag them onto a nearby lake.