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Jolyn
Jolyn

May-21-2006 02:07

Heya guys! I'm kind of a noob about this game. Is there like any tips to solve cases?

I just quit one where all my suspects did not have the footprint I found at the crime scene. Is that possible? I quit but, curiosity killed the cat.

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crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

May-23-2006 00:54

I agree with Serena, Jolyn -moving up before you're ready will only cause you heartache. You'll feel bad, write a bad country song about the whole thing...all very undignified.

You bought stress detection. That whole 'only 1 question' thing isn't actually set in stone; depending on your skills you can have a chance to either charm or intimidate witnesses and suspects into answering more. Given that you have a 'smart and charming' archetype, you should concentrate on getting the charming skills and gear.

As to the question of asking for other people with motive vs asking alibi, there are some disagreements here...I always ask the motive question first, to make sure I get the full suspect list.

Check out the Welcome Newbies thread and good luck, happy sleuthing!

Serena Siren
Serena Siren
Well-Connected

May-23-2006 01:37

Me too, I always ask for motive first...But that is purely opinion


Jolyn
Jolyn

May-23-2006 04:20

I have the interrogation skill. But the thing is some suspects don't say a damn thing after 1 question. And if you choose the motive, how u get the alibi?

Serena Siren
Serena Siren
Well-Connected

May-24-2006 01:15

If you are playing hard/really hard cases without much experience or advanced skills, you may not be able to get both motives and alibies from a suspect.

Later on you should be able to ask them more than one question without them clamming up.

Another thing...Your detective is charming not tough...You should really try and gain charming skills like rule bending, you might have better luck :)

shadowblack
shadowblack

May-24-2006 10:41

Well, Jolyn, you don't really need to ask ALL the suspects about motive and alibi. First ask about motive until you have a complete list of suspects - on Hard that is usually 8 suspects, but can be only 7 (use the Fortune Teller to make sure - 20$ isn't that much). Then use Research (if you have it) to eliminate one of them, and THEN start asking about alibis. Lock Picking can also be very helpful, because if you are lucky you might get someone's alibi or list of suspects WITHOUT asking them a question (or you could get the so hated "unfortunately you found nothing of interest").

One last thing - you don't need to have ALL alibis - if you have three clammed up suspects and none of the PE belongs to two of them, then the third must be the guilty one (assuming that you have found ALL PE and the other suspects have valid alibis). I've solved Hard level cases (Favors, actually, which usually complecates matters even more) with two completely* clammed up suspects.

*completely as in "refusing to answer even one question, and Sweet Talking not working on them"

P.S.: Sometimes, as a last option, you can ask the townies if they know anything about the case - several times I managed to get new suspects after asking such a question (with two suspects giving me one name each and two more that clammed up without answering even one question I had little choice).

Greyling
Greyling

May-24-2006 11:13

Personally I'm a huge fan of the "unfortunately you found nothing of interest", especially on lower levels because it gives me the first person to check as it's always equivalent to "none of your business" when asking about alibis ;)

R Anstett
R Anstett

May-24-2006 13:21

I love that answer also, not having to ask the alibi question (as long as you keep good notes that the suspect has no alibi) is almost as good as a dead suspect.

cfm
cfm
Nomad

May-24-2006 15:42

Jolyn, if you only have tough skills, I don't know that I'd switch to charming, as recommended above. Just because your archetype is charming doesn't mean you HAVE to have charm skills. They are a bit cheaper but but not required. Changing interview styles would actually be more expensive, I believe. Plus the fact that skill points start becoming so rare that you'll have to basically repurchase the equivalant of the tough skill you already have.


shadowblack
shadowblack

May-25-2006 07:14

[Quote]Personally I'm a huge fan of the "unfortunately you found nothing of interest", especially on lower levels because it gives me the first person to check as it's always equivalent to "none of your business" when asking about alibis ;)[/quote]
It is? I didn't know that. Thanks, Greyling. :) I'll keep that in mind for the future cases.

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