Well I suck at lockpicking as well. Part of it is me not hearing any difference between 'bolt got stuck' and 'bolt will break your pick'. The other part is a lack of patience. I just ram the auto button again and again, Morrowind style. Of course, having an unbreakable lockpick of skill +lots helps.

And I also have more fun by sucking. Going into the last Thieves guild quest with over 140 lockpicks and coming out with only 4, things got pretty tense near the end.
This post has been edited by jack cloudy: Apr 21 2009, 02:37 PM