decayed* locks get restored (but still kept on a public setting) when the person who has placed them logs-in game
newbie locks are the only type of lock to not get restored
even if you have 4.000 worlds , if you log out for just enough time they will decay and when you return they will be restored, others will not be able to break them but they will be able to put their locks around them
also clan locks function differently
I’ve moved spawns 3 times now to get it out of a large group of locks…
It’s most likely they wouldn’t come back but hei who knows. …
Would also explain some other odd stuff ive seen to do with locks
From now on I shall break all singular locks, I often leave them because Im at 500+++ locks now, but the original owners don’t deserve them back … Maybe I’ll get shot down for saying it but “Play or be gone with you i say”
Personally I don’t agree with it, in my mind even WLs last too long … Players signing in once a year to keep them alive is stupid
I’ve actually got a world with a series of portals each inside decayed SLs (all reprogrammed of course)
I still think players finding rusted locks should have the option to take them - not to use but treat them as though they were items/trophies/etc even trade them
In no way be able to reactivate .
Once removed be able to place the now unusuable rusted lock in your own place/world
Can you imagine the value of a rusted platinum lock!
wouldn’t it be good if rusted locks stayed that way and could be taken by lock hunters as items … ?
Call em trophies if you want . My comment on platinum locks was merely about if this was possible a rusted platinum lock would be worth more than a new, unbroken one
I find 2 or 3 locks every single day … actually I’ll rephrase that I place that number everyday, i find more than that … I also do not leave a lock on some random/obscure name … I live in the real world - they are worthless
It’s easy - take the ability for them to do that away
I’m quite blown away today to find that out
It’s a stupid system
The game needs players in it … It’s not rocket science … it may even bring a few of em back . If they don’t want to contribute anymore there’s always “play store” for whatever else floats their boat!
Look if the rules said WLs 6mths (or even 3 !!) Would it stop me playing ? No
All new players wouldn’t know any different. Nor would they care .
So if I went beyond that time , then it’s my loss
I % believe that leaving doors unlocked, gaps in walls, spaces unprotected, broken locks etc is all negligence by the player - so if they lose our from it that’s just the way it is .
We have chests, safes, doors, locks for a reason
Ive seen some refer to that as scamming - they are wrong … That’s a whole different thing
Ok it means if the original owner can’t reach to “spanner” it then its always open
Thing is do I want to look at someone elses unbroken lock ?
Err No.
I have another on some butterflies including a Rare … Which i only pulled last week - lock is still reachable if XP is high enough that I shall get rid
% believe that leaving doors unlocked, gaps in walls, spaces unprotected, broken locks etc is all negligence by the player - so if they lose our from it that’s just the way it is .