Lockpicking feels impossible..

[Kel'Thuzad]

I play on PC with a controller. In KCD1, I would switch to keyboard for lockpicking, as it was much more stable than rotating two different thumbsticks.

In KCD2, even with switching to keyboard, lockpicking feels horrendous. The cursor floats/wobbles all over the place on its own. Once it has wobbled out of place, the lock stops turning. So you are trying to compensate for both the passive wobbling as well as trying to guess whether the lock is going to rotate or not...
The game basically punishes you for not holding the cursor in place, when it's the game itself literally forcing the cursor to move, despite how steady/accurate you are.

How are guys finding it? Does the wobble reduce with higher skill or what?

[Baron01]

İlk olarak duncanjmcintyre tarafından gönderildi:

I think lockpicking is really well done in both KCD games, for M+KB at least.

I firmly believe KCD2 is better than KCD1 in all aspects but I honestly feel lockpicking in KCD2 got more annoying despite Warhorse stating their improved the lockpicking in the sequel. This is obviously talking about fully patched KCD1. I do not recall being so heavily restricted in picking locks in KCD1 as it is at low skill levels in KCD2, however, it might be just roste-tinted glass effect as I re-played KCD1 some two years ago.

[duncanjmcintyre]

İlk olarak Baron01 tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak duncanjmcintyre tarafından gönderildi:

I think lockpicking is really well done in both KCD games, for M+KB at least.

I firmly believe KCD2 is better than KCD1 in all aspects but I honestly feel lockpicking in KCD2 got more annoying despite Warhorse stating their improved the lockpicking in the sequel. This is obviously talking about fully patched KCD1. I do not recall being so heavily restricted in picking locks in KCD1 as it is at low skill levels in KCD2, however, it might be just roste-tinted glass effect as I re-played KCD1 some two years ago.

As I recall, in KCD1 it would just say that locks were 'too difficult' more often (when you were at low skill level) and you couldn't even try to lockpick them, I think KCD2 let's you try to lockpick more chests that are in reality too hard for you to have much chance of success.

[PA_Grunt]

İlk olarak Kona tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Ares tarafından gönderildi:

It's made to loose, just spent 22 lockpicks twice because I saved before and still can't open the hard lock, even with 15% more durable lockpicks, as lvl 14 in thievery. It's already damn hard to find the correct spot cause it wobbles the whole time, let alone moving it and staying in place making a circle.
The guy who was responsible for this segment can play as torturer in the next KCD...

VH locks aren't all the same difficulty. Some are closer to hard, some are much more difficult. Level 14 is borderline for VH picks in my experience, a few will be doable but most will not. So use potions or level up a bit more and then you should be all good

I ignored lockpicking and pickpocketing during my run through in the first area. Just wasn’t the play style I was running with at the time, In Kattenburg I went to do the thief guild quest and couldn’t open the door to get a needed item, which I heavily regretted not doing the millers quest run entirely or leveled thievery much.

In the end, I ran to an apothecary and purchased a strong quick finger potion, and ta da…opened the door.

[corthew]

İlk olarak Kel'Thuzad tarafından gönderildi:

I play on PC with a controller. In KCD1, I would switch to keyboard for lockpicking, as it was much more stable than rotating two different thumbsticks.

In KCD2, even with switching to keyboard, lockpicking feels horrendous. The cursor floats/wobbles all over the place on its own. Once it has wobbled out of place, the lock stops turning. So you are trying to compensate for both the passive wobbling as well as trying to guess whether the lock is going to rotate or not...
The game basically punishes you for not holding the cursor in place, when it's the game itself literally forcing the cursor to move, despite how steady/accurate you are.

How are guys finding it? Does the wobble reduce with higher skill or what?

Practice Don't take shortcuts unless you really need to get through a lock and can't wait til its leveled up enough.