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I found an empty house with a bunch of money in it.
I took the money in the safe. Then came back to club the wife.

I thought I interrupted a transfer. Sorry if it was the result of a steal you just made.

Yesterday I did some cooperative play with my brother's account.
I broke the top house.
Usually I do not go for the kill when I visit a top house (especially with “unfair” stuff) but its owner was such a painting hoarder that it was an obvious deathwish (sorry for him if it was not the case).
It was a nice house, with a very high complexity (6 bit lock, walking dog / cat, dogs tricks etc.) but very easy to read (I figured out the location of the vault during the first scouting) and not too hard to brute force with tools (I did a complete overkill).
Dual accounting is still very strong. I would strongly advocate to diminish the bounties (should be easy after the steam release) and to bring back the random delay. Unfortunately the information and the security advantage will remain. I do not see how to solve these points.

Then I searched for more powerful exploits and found a real one. I mailed it to Jason.

Well done Josh

To lure the dog with torches, you need a doorstop. But you can also use 4 saws and dig in the wood.
http://castledraft.com/editor/LahSyK

I agree that a dog is better than a gun in a starting house (if your children are alive).

This is my current build :
http://castledraft.com/editor/Y5kcJt

The minimal cost I see to kill the wife is $2200 (2 torches, 2 meats, 1 doorstop and 1 club) i.e. the approximate cost of the house !
I am sure it can still be improved / challenged but it already give an idea of the balance.

Thank you Josh and Arakira for your inputs

I was sure you would be the first to find a leak

You could even take out the wife + vault for $1500 (Meat + DoorStop + Gun) and the vault for $300 (Meat + DoorStop).

I edited the draft so turning around the dog would be more expensive.
Unfortunately, this house cost now more than $2000. This cost could probably be reduced by stopping the dog with a cat on an electric floor.

I am affraid something really behind a closed door is not invisible anymore.
@Jason : I sent you a screenshot.

Edit : In this case and as mentioned by Josh, it was a door behind a door.
If it is only a matter of doors everything is fine

No! Do you really want we all become paranoid?
... Well, apparently we are here for that

When their path to the door is blocked by a human body, the remaining family members do not move anymore.
From a technical point of view, they cannot walk on the body => there is not path to the door => they stay where they are.

You can already do the loan part : make a deal with a player on the forum and enter his house with some tools and exit.
You can also blackmail somebody via the forum but I do not think it would be a good idea

You killed my wife !
I should have replaced the wooden wall by a concrete wall

It was just a free money that tried to stay a little longer than the average.

No : I already have enough issues to solve my own traps without being fried / crippled / mauled because I clicked 3 times on left instead of 2