Gate lockpicking?

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Gate lockpicking?

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So I just logged on today to see my first major character dead. Since I logged out inside a house inside a palisade I assumed I'd see a gaping hole in my defenses. But instead I saw my gate open. Not destroyed, just open. Now since my character had the only key, how is this possible? Does using a battering ram on a door open it instead of break it? If that's true is it easier to knock in a door instead of knocking down a wall?
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Have you tried using the key on it? If it closes, it wasn't rammed. If it doesn't, it was rammed or paly bashed.
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Well I just spawned a new character to do that, but when I reincarnated I didn't appear by my old place. So, it might take a while to find that out. Guess it was probably bashed in then.
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So is it easier to knock open a gate instead of a wall? Or is it less time consuming? Because I may make a double gate if its worth the trouble.
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KinoftheFlames wrote:So is it easier to knock open a gate instead of a wall? Or is it less time consuming? Because I may make a double gate if its worth the trouble.
no and no

Someone make a key mold and not throw it into the river? Someone leave a key laying where it could get stolen? Someone leave the gate open long enough for someone to get inside?
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Re: Gate lockpicking?

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MagicManICT wrote:
no and no

Someone make a key mold and not throw it into the river? Someone leave a key laying where it could get stolen? Someone leave the gate open long enough for someone to get inside?
no no and no
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KinoftheFlames wrote:
MagicManICT wrote:
Someone make a key mold and not throw it into the river? Someone leave a key laying where it could get stolen? Someone leave the gate open long enough for someone to get inside?
no no and no
Well, I don't know what to tell you, then. If you log in often enough to check for repairs on the wall, you'd have seen someone building a ram there. They take 24 real life hours to dry. The only other thing I can think of is someone used a hearth secret to spawn there and then steal the key.

You should have spawned at your ancestor's hearth fire if you inherited. Painhertz is right in that it could have been palibashed. There's a few people that have pumped strength up high enough.
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Is there a cave leading into your base?
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maybe they bashed your gate and replaced it
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Re: Gate lockpicking?

Post by KinoftheFlames »

Okay I just noticed the wall broke in at the far end of my compound. Someone must have taken the key off my body and left through the door.
I didn't see a battering ram there within the last 24 hours and its not there now... they can be moved, right?
And since they killed me while I was offline they had summoned me at my hearth fire to kill me there. But when I reincarnated I spawned on some island no where near my base. Does that mean they destroyed my hearth fire?

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