Locksmithing without boxes on 09/23/2013 10:49 AM CDT
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Hi guys,

Are there any ways of training locksmithing at 115 ranks without using boxes?

Thanks,

Rick
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Re: Locksmithing without boxes on 09/23/2013 10:50 AM CDT
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There used to be a door near Shard you could pick and a door on Ratha you could disarm and pick that were awesome but they've been removed for a long time now so boxes is the only way to do it.
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Re: Locksmithing without boxes on 09/23/2013 11:05 AM CDT
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I'm pretty sure I used the door near Shard years ago. I thought there might have been more options like that by now. I guess I can handle a bit of hunting or shopping for boxes. Can you still go stealing from the museum? Does that teach locksmithing at all?

Thanks for the help!
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Re: Locksmithing without boxes on 09/23/2013 02:21 PM CDT
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Has there ever been any sort of practice device for lockpicking? Something that we could buy and be a portable "practice" lock or something? I think that would be a fun idea for a fest item.
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Re: Locksmithing without boxes on 09/23/2013 03:34 PM CDT
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>>I think that would be a fun idea for a fest item.

I'd rather see it as a tinkering craft but otherwise yeah.



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Re: Locksmithing without boxes on 09/24/2013 08:14 PM CDT
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>Has there ever been any sort of practice device for lockpicking? Something that we could buy and be a portable "practice" lock or something? I think that would be a fun idea for a fest item.

I'd question the point of it, since having someone disarm a box for you then assaulting it with a lockpick is already an extremely easy method.

The early ranks are also leaps and bounds safer than the later ranks, so if someone is really -so- uncomfortable that they have to use a practice toy then they're going to start losing hair once they deal with post-Geni boxes.
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Re: Locksmithing without boxes on 09/25/2013 03:28 PM CDT
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>I'd question the point of it, since having someone disarm a box for you then assaulting it with a lockpick is already an extremely easy method.

You have a chance of successfully picking the box regardless of ranks to prevent carrying around a pet box.
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Re: Locksmithing without boxes on 09/25/2013 03:57 PM CDT
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>You have a chance of successfully picking the box regardless of ranks to prevent carrying around a pet box.

Still doesn't change that it's an extremely easy method, thoughh. The hardest part is finding someone who would spare a disarmed high-ranking box or two, and even that can be as simple as asking over gweth or at any major gathering spot. Some are especially nice about giving new boxes if you return the old box once it's popped.
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Re: Locksmithing without boxes on 09/28/2013 11:48 PM CDT
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You're going to need a lot more than a box or two. With 80 locksmithing I cleared about 40 assassin boxes in under a week. Not really viable as a trading tool.
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