Some questions

[Zeind]

First, is lockpicking actually in the game? I got some points into it but every lock is "too complicate" maybe I am used to bethesda lockpicking because you could pick SOME locks with basic levels of lockpicking in those games.

Second is, How do you kill Wraith enemies if your glass sabre broke and you arent specc'ed into magic? I got through one with firebombs but I am out of them and sneaking past the next one I found doesnt seem viable as I do make it somewhat far with my stealth only to have it eventually see me anyway and come chasing after me.

I kinda wish we could do something to repair it, even if it means something like leaving in the Forge fire and then using the wheel to grind an edge back on it.

[Grinds]

Did you figure out how to kill wraiths? Because that's my question.

[Vava]

You can kill the wraiths with regular weapons, it just takes an absurd number of hits and is not fun. Did you find both glass sabers?

The locked doors got way harder in a recent update for some reason. 10 lockpicking (and one feather fall potion) was enough to open all the doors IIRC.

[Grinds]

I have found the crystal sword where you drink the feather potion and jump across.
I broke the first sword and am having to use the rusty sabre and keep it repaired because that's the only weapon I've found. It's crap.
My lockpicking is only 1 and I don't find any other mobs to fight which, I gather, is the only way to get points to level up.
I've found the long spiral stairway going down and that's where I'm at.

[richarduitt]

Lockpicking benefits from higher dexterity.

[Zeind]

Vava lähetti viestin:

You can kill the wraiths with regular weapons, it just takes an absurd number of hits and is not fun. Did you find both glass sabers?

The locked doors got way harder in a recent update for some reason. 10 lockpicking (and one feather fall potion) was enough to open all the doors IIRC.

Yeah I figured out I just had to make sure to fight the ghosts alone so I could get all the hits I needed in. But I am used to games having some use for Lockpicking level 1 or 2 it is weird to me to have a demo area NEED lockpicking ten to get anything to work.

[Zeind]

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Did you figure out how to kill wraiths? Because that's my question.

Yeah. like another comment said it just takes like a lot more hits. Like 4x as many as it takes to take down Skeletons or Necromancers. Way I got past them was to eliminate enemies aside from the ghost because their attacks are easily avoidable if you fight them without other enemies about. Just becareful not to get hit with their confusion attack, it will invert your controls and your screen.

[Zeind]

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Lockpicking benefits from higher dexterity.

Do you know the ratio for DEX and Skill level needed for the metal gates around the catacombs? Those are the only areas I havent explored since I am only playing the demo.

[Grinds]

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Did you figure out how to kill wraiths? Because that's my question.

Yeah. like another comment said it just takes like a lot more hits. Like 4x as many as it takes to take down Skeletons or Necromancers. Way I got past them was to eliminate enemies aside from the ghost because their attacks are easily avoidable if you fight them without other enemies about. Just becareful not to get hit with their confusion attack, it will invert your controls and your screen.

I was able to kill the first wraith with the glass sabre, but I've run into another and the first one broke upon killing the wraith.
I'm guessing I just need to explore more and find the 2nd crystal skull to open the other half of that gate to find the other one.

[Zeind]

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Yeah. like another comment said it just takes like a lot more hits. Like 4x as many as it takes to take down Skeletons or Necromancers. Way I got past them was to eliminate enemies aside from the ghost because their attacks are easily avoidable if you fight them without other enemies about. Just becareful not to get hit with their confusion attack, it will invert your controls and your screen.

I was able to kill the first wraith with the glass sabre, but I've run into another and the first one broke upon killing the wraith.
I'm guessing I just need to explore more and find the 2nd crystal skull to open the other half of that gate to find the other one.

Sorry i wasnt clear, you dont "need" a glass sabre to kill wraiths but they take significantly less damage from other weapons to the point it feels like it is 2x-4x as long to kill them.

and if you are playing the demo like me, getting the second skull to open the gate is where the demo ends.

[Kintho]

You're going to need to clarify whether you're playing Demo or EA. They are completely different games. We don't have Wraiths in EA and Lockpicking is a must in this game.

If you want to unlock anything you should start with at least 5-6 points in Locksmithing. The very first lock is higher lvl than 8, but iirc there isn't anything worth in there anyway. I have a character with 17 Lockpicking and 9 Dex. Dex doesn't seem to play any part in Lockpicking at all. He can unlock basically all the doors in the game at this point and will eventually have 20 in Lockpicking with 10 Dex.

I have another character with 20 Dex and 10 Lockpicking and can't open all the doors like my other character with 17 Lockpicking can