Additional Means to Open Locked Containers (Crates, Lockers)

[flimflamm]

 

Closets and crates are very easy to open, there are many ways to crack them...

 

Lock boxes on the other hand either require command access or an emag.

 

This is so for good reason though. If lock boxes were at all openable by science then every round you would have a horde of annoying and over armed powergaming griffers who run around tazing everyone and their corgi. Trust me, I used to lead them...

 

[Belario]

 

If lock boxes were physically breakable it'd be guaranteed science would be running around with death lasers every single round, just like old times

That said though, being able to thermite them open or something wouldn't be too bad if there were immediate repercussions for the would be griffin.

Maybe an alarm like the one the cap's laser case gets? A spray of nasty gas? a flashbang? a very loud noise? all of the above?

 

Really, getting into those damn boxes shouldn't be as impossible as they are IMO, if there were just more downsides to the whole thing it could work if anyone has the time to code it.

 

[Kevak]

Maybe make shooting lockboxes work?

[improvedname]

 

Or make it like if you get enough illigal tech levels

And be able to make a lockbox opener which has a high chance on breaking

And expensive

 

[Holyass]

Ok, from what i been reading, R&D need to be hit with the nerf hammer

[Tauka Usanake]

 

Ok, from what i been reading, R&D need to be hit with the nerf hammer

Again?

 

[GelatinousGlob]

Add in a dye pack for forced lockboxes that stains them and their clothing with high visibility dye.

[Arthur_Dayne]

Personally, I think option number one makes sense, but only if the melee weapon in question is very powerful. +24 damage, ideally. Additionally, option two would be far too overpowered, due to how common crowbars are.

[improvedname]

Or make it like if you get enough illigal tech levels

And be able to make a lockbox opener which has a high chance on breaking

And expensive

[alexpkeaton]

What if locked crates could be unlocked with ONLY the full-sized won't-fit-on-toolbelt crowbar (I'm sure there's more than simply the one at the sec checkpoint ordinary locker), and it would take 3-5 minutes of standing still, with multiple noises and notifications broadcast to nearby players.

[Plotron]

 

What if locked crates could be unlocked with ONLY the full-sized won't-fit-on-toolbelt crowbar

You mean... the crates that now have 1000 hit points?...

No, that's too easy!

 

[SigholtStarsong]

[alexpkeaton]

 

 

Yep, I sorted the forum posts from the last three months based on number of replies. This one didn't seem resolved and it was interesting enough to bump it.

 

[johannhawk]

 

Guys guys, listen, about the crowbar thing.

 

have a traitor-only crowbar that costs 1-4 TC.

 

problem solved.

 

that and the full sized crowbar. pocket sized ones shouldnt open lockers.

 

[Plotron]

 

Guys guys, listen, about the crowbar thing.

 

have a traitor-only crowbar that costs 1-4 TC.

 

One word: emag.

 

[johannhawk]

 

Guys guys, listen, about the crowbar thing.

 

have a traitor-only crowbar that costs 1-4 TC.

 

One word: emag.

 

traitor-only crowbar would be cheaper and stealthier, except only for opening things.

 

[Plotron]

 

traitor-only crowbar would be cheaper and stealthier, except only for opening things.

Debatable. Emag can do so much more, and you need it anyway. It's your ultimate all-in-one combo.

 

We don't need a niche noisy crowbar that takes time to open things. The only redeeming feature is that it looks like a crowbar.