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Aug-29-2006 23:48

Hey everyone... so I know I'm not a newbie anymore =( but this probably fits best here....

I'm wondering about mixing tough and charming skills - does this significantly help solve the almost impossibles? what are you opinions?

i have all the tough and all the smart skills, save most of the faction stuff and stress det., and I am slowly gaining new skill points.

I'm at a loss as to what to buy next! I was considering stress detection, just cause I think it's handy (my old detective had it, so I know what it does) but then I wonder if I should start on my Charm stuff... I am at a -8 in Charm Gear though, and hunting villains, so I can't change equipment...

I'm lost! Help! Lol.

PS, I do have pugilism, and am not terribly interested in the rest of the faction stuff at this point.

Sep-25-2006 02:07

It should be pointed out that Surveillance is NOT an automatic success. What it does is give you a chance to get 2 more questions out of one suspect each case, affected by smart gear.

I just bought surveillance myself, and I consider it to be a nice, but not desperately vital, skill to have. I'm starting to kick myself for not getting Hyptotism first, as I could save a few questions a case with it.

Sep-25-2006 07:11

Flirting coupled with more balanced gear can help you get through the transition period as you build up your charm skills.

Although I would say getting all the faction skills except Pick Pockets before the charm skills is more helpful than flirting.

Sep-25-2006 09:07

Smoops, I too have all the tough skills + pugilism.

I have found that Hypnotism is a reasonably useful skill. This gives you a chance at revealing an extra suspect every time you ask a witness if they know someone with a motive. Even though it is a charm based skill, I find it does work fairly often for my "Tough" aspect, and saves me a few questions I can ask later.

Surveillance can be a life saver, but is very hit or miss on whether it works. I find that it unclams a person every third case (approx). I also haven't really seen much difference between wearing smart gear or not. In general I find it unclams a suspect if it's not vital to my case, but always fails when it is necessary (Sod's Law). I find Hynotism more useful.

Underwold Connections is a useful time saver for finding disappeared suspects, but not vital.

Judge of character would be needed before getting charm skills, because without it how can you tell whether to use charm or use tough on a suspect. I am saving up my points now so that I can get several carhm skills all at the same time.

Sep-25-2006 20:55

Hey Guys and Andrea,
Thank you for your advice. You convinced me to go for the factions skills before charm.
Crunch, pleased you like my detective's name. :)

Sep-25-2006 21:35

This might not be the right place to ask this, but I would feel like a tool for starting a new thread for a question that will be answered within probably fifteen minutes.

Is it possible to have more than one suspect go into hiding per case? I don't have a whole lot of trouble finding one, but if I've just gotten lucky so far, I might think about getting Underworld Connections.

Sep-25-2006 23:37

Nope Dex, only one will go into hiding per case at most. Also, only one suspect can be killed per case at most. Though you can have one of each in any given case...

I've only had one case ever where I needed to ask a teammate to use UC to find my killer. So I don't consider it a necessary skill to have by any means, though when I start getting higher on skills, it is still on the list.

Sep-25-2006 23:48

Thanks much.