<b><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Originally posted by Raerlynn
PS: Check around while ye board ships. After the fighten's done, look fer chests and the like. Ye can get some nice gems, free potions, and excellent guns in these things!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--></b>
Speaking of the chests and treasure locations, I was playing POTC when Lady Mings wandered by the computer room and asked me what I was doing. I launched into a detailed lecture on the finer points of boarding technique and demonstrated what I was talking about as I played the game.
Having defeated the enemy crew, I approached one of the chests and when I tried to open it I received the message about the knife slipping and me stabbing myself in the hand. I got the message two more times when Lady Mings asked, "Why don't you just shoot the lock off of the chest with your pistol?"
Rolling my eyes I replied,"My dear the game is not set up that way," and I proceeded to show her by shooting my pistol over the chest and then hitting F3. The chest promptly opend.
"Oh, well," I said, "that's just a fluke, they all open eventually," and I proceeded to the next unopened chest. Once there, I fired my pistol and the chest promptly opened on the first try. As did the next six chests that I attempted to open in order to show her that her advice was not good.
Lady Mings sauntered off humming the tune, "I Did It My Way," with an air of satisfaction that I have often beheld on her face during the course of our relationship.
Someone please assure me that shooting the lock off is not a feature of the game with Build 11. Strangely enough, it appears to work with a great deal of regularity, but anyone who has been married as long as I have will understand why I need some reassurance here. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_eek.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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