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Mar-4-2006 20:34

I'm not doing so hot. My poor detective is about to disappear and I don't know where to find Mr. Shady. And I'm not sure I've made enough money to clear my guy. Since I'm losing close to half of my cases, I'm not making much money, and I feel like a real failure even though I know this is just a game.

My problem seems to be that I get locked into clammed up folks who won't talk, and I've exhausted every avenue, so I guess. Always wrong. I'm going to disappear.

Any suggestions out there?

Emmett from the south flatlands

Mar-5-2006 10:45

You got a great explanation there! Ill just add:

Always ask motive first or you might end up with incomplete list of suspects.

Check alibis! Only suspects with a fake/none alibi CAN be guilty.

Stick to beginner cases till you understand the mechanics of the game.

Dont be afraid to ask us questions.

In order to accuse:
PE + fake/none alibi = Guilty
WE + fake/none alibi = Guilty
2 WE = Guilty

PE - Physical evidence
WE - Witness evidence.

GL!!!

Mar-5-2006 14:46

Greyling, you are just so sweet. :)

Mar-5-2006 19:41

I am also fairly new to the game. I've played for over a month now and instead of starting a new thread, I figured I would add on. I have just a few questins and maybe some pointers can be given. I am currently working on hard level cases and find them easy but I'm having trouble with the really hard cases. Should I keep sticking to the hard to continue to build my skills or is it something where I'm topped out until I move along? Second, does it make sense to leave New York before I've done all I could or should I stick it out until I've accomplished ennough? Any advice or opinions is greatly appreciated.

Mar-5-2006 20:05

i was wonderin...ive been doing intermediate cases for two skill ponits then all of a sudden they were worth one so i switched to hard cases and for a while they were worth two skill points and then all of a sudden they are now worth one??? im just wonderin why things have to change im kinda confused???

Mar-5-2006 20:28

To my friends

Thank you all so much for your tips. I appreciate your tips.

If I lose another case, and my detective gets kicked out (I only have $170 dollars & I bribed someone for $50. and gave the gypsy 20) but my money stayed the same. Don't they deduct these kinds of things from your case earnings?

I can't have my record expunged because it would cost $300 and I don't have enough money, so my detective will get kicked out.

Will I be able to make up a new detective and still play this online game?

Thanks again.

Emmett from the south flatlands

Mar-5-2006 20:32

Cowbell, the more experience points you have the more it takes to earn new skill points. Right now, it takes me about 10 Almost Impossible cases to earn 1 skill point.

Chet, as you gain new skills the harder levels will become easier. Don't give up, just keep plugging along. :) As far as travel goes, there isn't any reason to stay in one place, unless you are methodical and insist on getting your New York contacts before you move on to the next city. Travel may be just the thing to help keep you interested while you are working on building your skills.

Hope that helps!

Mar-5-2006 23:53

Emmet - Yes! If you get retired you can always vreate another detective. Downside is you start again from scratch. So you will have to build up your skills, earn money and equipment etc...

Chet- You dont have to move up, unless you want to. So if Realy Hards are too hard, just stick to Hard cases till you gain more skills and equipment and then try again. There is no rule saying when you should move up. If you want you can do Beginner for ever :P
Only thing is, your skill points will come slower (see what cfm said to Cowbell).

Mar-6-2006 02:05

If you are very afraid of retiring, and are at two falses, and need the cash. Just be very conservative about money. If you can not finish a case, without bribing, then move a level down to play cases. You do this until you can pay Shady. At two falses, you have to stop fussing about anything else, other then paying Shady.

After that, you can go back to playing as normal. BUT NEVER GUESS.
Then build up a nice reserve of money. I always tried to keep 3 times the amount of money, that shady wanted from me. Just to make sure that my hard work would never retire.

As for moving up levels. Just test the water, if you don't know who is the killer for sure, quit, instead of accuse. Then if it doesn't work for you, just move back.

Good luck.

Mar-6-2006 02:41

Oopsy - when I wrote "physical alibis" above that should of course have read "physical evidence" - *blush*

Emmett, you can have as many unsubscribed detectives as you feel like, but only 2 subscribed :)

Chet, like cfm said, there's nothing holding you to New York you can travel whenever you want and go off exploring what else is out there, however, one small reason for you to maybe stay in NY a little longer could be that you "only" have your witness contact and not your physical evidence contact, and so if you stay in NY you can be sure next time you get a contact it will be the one to help out with physical evidence, but if you go travelling the next contact you gain in one of the other cities could just as easily be the witness contact as the physical evidence one. However, it's just a small reason for staying and not an important one if you're curious to see how the rest of Sleuth world looks since you can always come back and get the remaining contacts later :)

Oh, and you can't do beginner cases forever, only up till your experience reaches 200 - but you can do easies forever ;)

Mar-6-2006 20:03

ook i have another question what if i wanted to retire my detective and become a tough and smart one what political thing would you prefer me to try and join????