» Wed May 02, 2012 12:56 pm
Security leveling love comes from visiting the Aeylid ruin of Wendir and then returning in later days. Everything, I mean everything needs a lockpick.
As for the Skeleton Key, in my experience I've found that it slows my leveling, as you also get experience when you break a lockpick. Not sure the exact calculations, but I can see a visible increase every time.
I'd dump the Skeleton Key.
If you're looking to spam, and I'm pretty sure you're not, but just in case, use a lockpick on a lock that is a high level for you, say hard, get the first two tumblers, then back out. Start again, then back out. Rinse and repeat for fast spam action.
My mage opens only by spell. He has a case where he can carry 10 lockpicks, for very hard locks, as he doesn't have that spell yet. If he runs out, gotta come back some other time, that is, if he remembers.