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J M Ryan
J M Ryan

May-31-2007 07:06

I have advanced Thread & Hair analysis, but 2 cases so far are not using the advanced level. Ex: PE is thread, not thread from male clothing.

Should I report this as a bug or does this just happen occasionally?

JM

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crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

May-31-2007 10:59

That's absolutely true, but even with full smart gear giving you a boost of +29 or +30, you still occasionally get non-specific PE...not all that often, but it happens.

gzhu
gzhu

Jun-1-2007 14:37

Hi. I want to know whether smart points, for example, or any other points for that matter, count as 1 per cent (when improvin gmy chances of finding a clue or unclamming a suspect or a witness) or is there some other system behind the points? What is the highest number of points you can gather in a game? (if you are unsubbed, as I am)

R Anstett
R Anstett

Jun-1-2007 21:22

There is no real limit to what you can gain, but a practical one is that you can not get the best gear because that is available only on the Villian Hunts. You can still get close to a +20 tough/charm or smart

Yes the points are the equivilent of 1% point each.

V Buster
V Buster
Old Shoe

Jun-1-2007 22:18

R Anstett, I'm not sure that each point is worth 1% as with the charm tough interview skills it is possible to achieve scores of 140-150. (Values seen using the Judge of Character skill.)

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Jun-1-2007 23:46

V Buster, I thought that too a while ago; check it out:

http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/post.spy?id=12039

Even though numbers can exceed 100, they can still be considered percentages. A test score of 100 is the only sure guarantee that a suspect will answer you (many of us have had people clam at 99). Numbers higher than 100 relate to the chance that a suspect will answer additional questions after the first one asked. I'm too lazy to paste in the whole deal, but scroll down a bit and read from the book of Ben.

gzhu
gzhu

Jun-2-2007 06:54

OK thank you guys

V Buster
V Buster
Old Shoe

Jun-2-2007 07:10

However from a purely mathematical point of view there is no such thing as a percentage over 100. Anyway the comments from Ben in that thread are helpfull.

Honey Op
Honey Op
Nomad

Jun-2-2007 18:38

Does experience, in and of itself, actually help in cases. Sometimes I think it does and then I think maybe I'm just better at solving the cases. (And I don't mean in the sense of getting more skill points.)

(And this is splitting hairs but I think from a mathematical perspective there is such a thing as percentages greater than 100% since percents are merely a way of representing ratios/fractions using 100 as the denominator.)

Honey Op
Honey Op
Nomad

Jun-2-2007 18:39

I meant the first sentence above as a question.

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Jun-3-2007 10:52

Hey Honey -- nope, experience is just a measure of how much you have played. Apart from helping you to get new skills it doesn't help. So check you out, you're getting better!

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