Rotghroth Rhapsody Walter Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 There are 3 different chests in northshore bridge side by side near the entrance to the general's chambers in the army camp, with different strength traps in them, I had been unable to disarm one of them and it always killed me so I kept coming back half a dozen times when my mechanics increased by one. I then spent some time after finding 16 still wasn't enough picking through my equipment to get 104% energy resistance (it does magical damage), cast steel skin and protection and augmentation on myself and triggered the trap. It still did over 500 damage. Getting frustrated at this point I looked at Schrodinger's faq and notice it says it is impossible to disarm and doesn't even contain any items anyway. And I have to wonder why there would be such a thing in the game that players will likely use up a large amount of time trying to solve it over and over again, and even if very late in the game you manage to survive opening it, there isn't even a reward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Dolphin Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I tried to open it once or twice at too low a level, and obviously had no luck. I ended up opening it at the very end of the game; it was the last thing I did, and I was finally strong enough to not die (though I may have been able to do it sooner). I was also somewhat disappointed to find that there wasn't any great treasure for my trouble, but I was too busy being satisfied with my curiosity settled to care very much. Even if there was something good in there, I wouldn't have gotten it until I was about to leave to go back to the mainland and the item would have gone to waste. To make a long story short, it doesn't bother me all that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Walter Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 What I'm annoyed with is that if it wasn't for the faq I would have probably returned many many times to try to open it, easily wasting over an hour of time on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Archmage Alex Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I was annoyed by this chest too, but when it caused me over 1500 damage I figured I was never going to open it and just forgot it. Nice to know I didn't miss out on anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer also aswell Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 It takes a 20 to open the chest and is a good indication that you will be able to open doors for the rest of the game. If you don't get to that 20 then you probably won't have enough living tools to get to goodies on the monestary island and other places. I still have to scramble around trying to find enough as it is. I carry tinkers gloves, infiltrators coat and tinkers bauble and switch to them when I come to hard chests and doors so don't have to spend points all the way to a 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Contra Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I brought this up a long time ago, and SoT confirmed that it was a red harring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila NanaBanana Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Good to know that chest isn't worth the effort. I tried to disarm it and got hit for 1024 damage. I thought.. there must be something that will help me win the game in that!! My biggest peeve so far is using 3 tools to open a door to find.. yup.. 1 tool and some other stuff that was good.. but not that great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug arkadilo Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 What I really hate is using a couple of tools to open a door that goes into a room that you can access freely from the other side. I learned quick to make sure there is no other way in before wasting the tools! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Dolphin Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Quote: Originally written by arkadilo:What I really hate is using a couple of tools to open a door that goes into a room that you can access freely from the other side. I learned quick to make sure there is no other way in before wasting the tools! I always saved before using Living Tools to open unknown doors, as there are many locked rooms that contain nothing of value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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