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Jul-16-2007 15:54

For heavens sake!! Write somewhere (in the FAQ for example) that the skill point gain is based on experience! This is HUGE, and it's not an obvious thing!

Had I known I wouldn't have been so desperate for cash now. Also I wouldn't have so crappy skills and equipment, and most importantly I wouldn't have accumulated two false accusations in my desperation to earn more cash and skill points.

Now I have about 1500 bucks. I need about 10k to get rid of my false accusations. Also the only piece of equipment I *ever* bought with this character is a snub nosed revolver for 3k. You can do the maths yourself. I'm devastated because I didn't know that skill points were xp generated..

:'(

Fortunately I'm no quitter and I will get back up. But I am severely pissed off that I got here in the first place.

Jul-17-2007 02:24

Wow, I hope that wasn't adressed to me....

Jul-17-2007 03:37

You're right. It should be put like this:

Doing cases lead to experience points.
Experience points lead to skill points.
Skill points lead to skills.
Skills lead to a better detective.
A better detective leads to the Dark Side.

Jul-17-2007 03:45

(I am rewatching Star Wars obviously since Daniel has never seen them.)

Oh, here's my story about Attack of the Clones.

So, me and all my friends got tickets to watch it on the first day it opened.

However, I ended up having to work late so couldn't go to the earlier screening that everyone went too. So, I was going to the one just after while they had dinner then we'd meet up afterward. (It was playing back to back all day and night)

Anyhow, so I get to the theatre, it's packed. Something is going on as there are Storm Troopers and all these people surrounding something. Most of the tables are filled but there is one with a lady sitting by herself.

I'd been dealing all day and standing up all day on those floors isn't the nicest thing so I asked if I could sit down with her.
She said, "yes" and we made small chat about the movie.

''So, you're going to this?'' I ask, "Or just waiting for someone?"

"Oh, I am waiting for my son, he's in the movie."

"Yeah, so are my friends, I was supposed to be in there with them but I had to work late."

"No, my son is IN the movie, he's over there signing autographs."

So, that explains the Storm Troopers then and why I can't see what everyone is crowding around, that Boba Fett was still a wee lad then.

Well, that was my story and another degree of separation to add to my list. I've meet nearly everyone in Hollywood now, degrees of separation wise.

Jul-17-2007 05:33

Can I touch you?

Jul-17-2007 05:33

Um.. that didn't come out right.. sorry. :/

Jul-17-2007 05:58

Firstly I would like to say Fionn, Please mind your language, there are youngsters that visit this site.

Secondly, I agree with you............

If you dont know youve got a problem .......... why would you check.

If you do the search, then there is an awful lot of information to trawl through, before you may/maynot get to the answer you were looking for, to solve the problem you didnt know you had. Very time consuming.

I really do see your point :)

Maybe an update to the FAQ is needed then you guys wouldnt keep getting asked the same questions all the time...... just a thought.

Jul-17-2007 06:08

Fionn,
I understand.

I asked the very same question to a woman who had worked on a Sean Penn film. She had touched Jack Nicholson.

(And spoken to them both of course.. but saying, "I've touched someone who touched Jack" is more exciting.)

Jul-17-2007 06:13

Heh, I think it's funny it's ok that people are killing each other because of a forgotten birthday or that others are visiting brothels that cater to "unusual needs" but that youngsters might be concerned at "language".

Oh what a warped and bizarre value system we have.

Jul-17-2007 07:03

lol isnt it just : )

Jul-17-2007 07:12

Well I'm certainly more tired now reading this than when I started.

Wow Fionn maybe you're not much one for the readin' boyo but you sure are one for the writin' :D [me too ;)]

Yeah there probably should be something about skill points vs XP in the FAQ or the Help file. [Not that I've read either thoroughly]. There's a vague reference in the Help file that says skill points are earned through solving cases... lol really?! But nothing about the sliding scale & it being based on XP.

It would have to be a vague reference that said something like 'the rate at which you earn skill points is based on your level of XP'.

Personally when I first started I thought it was based on No. of cases & XP. So if I did 1 case at 10xp I'd earn a skill point. When I got to 1000 XP I'd have to do 5 cases. lol that kind of worked until I got to about 10000 XP and tried to do easies to generate skill points and got nothing :D Hey it was a plan! And no, I'm not very mathematically minded.

Heh you think Skill points vs XP is bad Fionn, wait 'til you do your head in trying to work out the formula Ben uses to base how much we have to pay Shady :D