Shotgun puzzle

[dgresevfan]

I simply don't know what we're meant to do in order to solve this one. Any tips?

[SpiralBound Dev]

There's a clue on the bar cart.

[Sunabouzu]

Thats not much of a hint, i've lost 8 character trying to get this thing now. I waited until 111 seconds to move

[Oobaneko]

Pick it up, wait 3 drops and move

[SpiralBound Dev]

Take the hint more literally.

[Oobaneko]

Originally posted by SpiralBound Dev:

||Take the hint more literally.||

Hitchcock trap you've made there.

[MrQun]

Originally posted by dgresevfan:

I simply don't know what we're meant to do in order to solve this one. Any tips?

Yeah, I had trouble with this at first as I'm used to dealing with more complex puzzles. The bottles of alcohol is literally called triple sec. Wait three seconds or three drops as other have said, then move. I felt like a bit of dummy when I figure it out.

[dgresevfan]

Oh ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Did not think of simply waiting AFTER picking it up. I tried other things like getting one person to pick up the gun and fall into the spike pit then using another person to collect it from the corpse.

[Jon Lynn]

Yea, I just picked it up quick the 2nd time, closed the shotgun acquired message. Then as soon as you do, count the drips from the broken liquor bottle 1...2...3 and walk away. It is just very finite timing for sure.

[Mediocre Ned]

I would use the mechanical thumps instead of the drips as a time reference. [/quote]

[ncstaunton]

Yes, it's after 3 thumps you can move away safely. But if you wait more... then you die. I think the thumps are actually quicker than one-per-second.

[Xamp]

The hint of "patience" is super misleading if you're not actually meant to wait for the mechanism to stop counting.
Edit: Maybe "timing" would be a better keyword.

The dripping bottle - while the name and rhythm of drips makes sense as a hint in hindsight - isn't really mechanically connected to the puzzle in any visible way, so it just seems like set dressing.

I know, I know, skill issue or whatever.
Just saying... half the clues seem unintuitive to me and apparently a few others as well.

[Reyson Fox]

Problem I had was messing up my timing of the 3 drops or thumps because of all the messages you have to click through. By the time I get control again I am a drop/thump behind or ahead and lose count and when wait too long you die anyway. Lost all my characters and had to start all over. F that shotgun! This shotgun is not really a puzzle, it can be frustrating and made me want to stop playing right after I lost the character devoted the run through with. I feel the cue needs to be more clear than noises and drops because it gives you hesitation. I do not like this part, when it's your first time playing and don't get this puzzle right you die constantly in error to get it right and by then characters you like or want to keep alive are dead and makes you restart - takes me right out of the game to have my characters die of such a gimmick because once you mess up this on this crap you can't save or go back before this happens because the game overwrites immediately for a weapon needed.

I was enjoying this game so much and this was my first run through today and lost all my characters and had to do the WHOLE story over. Thanks...

[SpiralBound Dev]

I'm sharing this thread with the team to see if there's any adjustments we can make. Obviously we want it to be deadly, challenging. But most of all it should be fun!

[natknut]

... how in the world ... puzzles and hints are supposed to have logic to them. How does dripping booze equal bypass trap door?

[RadRanger]

I simply lost all characters trying to count the drops. Could have done a better explaining things to the shotgun devs.