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Oct-21-2005 07:53

I have read a lot of the boards and faqs and still find no answer to this. Do Cases Quit count against you in some way, like the false accusations?

Thanks for some info on this.

Oct-21-2005 14:41

Good point Last Train! Thanks! I sometimes forget that the little things can be big to those without a full subscribtion. :)

Oct-21-2005 18:49

There is one other small way it might matter, though. An even smaller way.

If you are trying to get to be number one in the standings of who has solved the most cases in the last week, quit cases will count against you there AND be displayed. That's the only place it ever gets made public, as far as I know, and even then it only shows the cases quit in the last seven days, not total.

It's happened to me that I had more cases than someone else, but also more quits, so I was behind them in the standings. This was slightly annoying, as I had not quit those cases because I could not solve them but rather because they were favors for people I did not want to get as my contact. Aside from my bruised pride, I am sure no one else cared!

In fact, I used to care a good deal about quit cases, until the expansion came with gave us the three new cities (aside from NYC, which used to be the only one). At that point, many of our agency's detectives (including mine) got a lot of quits on their record as we tried to coordinate getting the full range of contacts in the different cities.

Oct-23-2005 00:20

what? shady doesn't wipe out quit cases?!

Oct-23-2005 02:28

But by quiting cases you can influence the contact you get =)

Oct-23-2005 19:03

Nope, Shady only wipes out false accusations. Which is quite enough, as three of them lead to permanent retirement. Quits don't do anything much, and they can benefit you, if you use them strategically, as mave said.

Oct-26-2005 03:27

where do you get contacts?

Oct-26-2005 04:10

you get contacts by doing favors for townies - two per city. There was a recent thread on this - I've added it to my Mod picks section, if you want the details.

Oct-26-2005 10:21

huh? wait wait wait...
what do you mean help us get contacts by quitting?
do enlighten us noobies.. :D
(an example would be preferable.. ;P)

Oct-26-2005 10:23

It doesn't help you get a contact to quit cases, it helps you choose your contact if you quit favors for contacts you don't want.

It does not speed up the process of getting a favor., if anything, it slows it down tremendously.

Oct-27-2005 07:04

Smokey, for example:

Your agency really mis a pod contact. So they ask you to start and quit all the other PE favors and only do Pod favors. It might take you longer, but in the end you will get the contact your agency is looking for.
Same works ofcourse, if you are agencyless and want a certain contact cause you mis the coresponding skill.