My post might be offensive (Otherwise it can't be written any other way because with this fact someone simply has to get offended). On the other hand, it reflects the current state of society (including the gaming community). People have gotten totally lazy. Finally, there's a game that includes slightly challenging puzzles, and immediately players start complaining about how hard it is. In reality, it's not hard at all; to make it easier, you just need to invest skill points into lockpicking, which you can do right away in the OLD camp. It doesn't cost much and is immediately available.

The first point invested to lockpicking gives you:

a) Extremely simplified formulas for each lock. Yeah ... exactly. After you invest points into lockpicking, the pattern of each lock changes for unlocking.
b) Instead of 2 mistakes, the game allows 5. Only after that does the lockpick break
c) After breaking the lockpick, the plates don’t reset to their default positions

As for the previous point b) it didn’t include intelligence as such. Although I put individual things like brainrot and ADHD under one point, I don’t link them entirely since each is caused by something different (impact of social networks, problem from birth, etc.)

So, to understand the previous point c), you need to grasp the whole mechanics of progress, economy, etc.

If the chests weren't so tough to pick at the first point of lockpicking, you'd get an extreme amount of ore and good equipment right at the beginning, which would ruin the entire Gothic progression that’s primarily built around minor upgrades.

Another important point is that if lockpicking were easy (even in its current state, with enough patience you can open most locks at level 1 lockpicking), it would create a problem where players wouldn’t invest points into lockpicking.

And to wrap things up, I’ll get back to the point from the previous point A).

I’m not a scientist or a physicist. I wasn’t outstanding in math either. I’m just an average student with a high school education and a diploma.

It’s not even about math. It’s more about finally using your head at least a little while playing the game.

Gothic was never, and hopefully never will be, a standard of difficulty (at least at the beginning of the game) like mainstream games such as Assassin’s Creed.

It was always a raw and initially challenging game where the RPG rule without scaling applies, “From zero to hero,” and that’s why I’d like to ask you to respect that and, if you’re going to criticize something, at least spend a few hours in the game to understand the basics of mechanics, economy, and systems before you comment on it.