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Mar-4-2007 22:31

i am in a case wherein the suspect has fake alibi, WE and PE but cannot be accused without motive. Is there any solution here? Thanks

Mar-4-2007 22:36

If all of your witnesses have clammed and you won't be able to get motive and will have to quit the case, sorry.

You can help avoid this situation by asking for motives before asking for alibis.

Mar-4-2007 22:39

thanks, so i have to quit now since there can be only 1 guilty and i dont have the motive.

Mar-5-2007 07:55

Yes.

Mar-6-2007 00:03

its better to just accuse anyone than to quit the case, shady guy can clean up your false accusation, but not the case quitted... even if you reactivate a retired account...

Mar-6-2007 00:11

Noooooooo! Quit cases mean nothing - they have no effect on you whatsoever, and no one but you can even see how many you have. False accusations cost money, and lots of it as your detective gets more experienced. I know people who have had to pay $500,000 or more to Shady to clear their records. Reactivating a retired detective is possible, but don't forget that you lose equipment, skill points and contacts when you do that - a big step backward just to avoid a measly quit. NEVER, EVER GUESS. Quitting is much better than guessing.

Mar-6-2007 01:12

What he said ^!

Don't guess, QUIT! A quit is just a meaningless stat. False accusations cause real gaming pain.

And if crash666 is so blazé about paying off Shady, can he please come pay mine sometime: "Pay $786,172 to remove all false accusations from your record". That'd be great, thanks :D

Mar-6-2007 03:44

Well, the only one with unknown motive can be the client, because you ask everyone about motives.

I tend to ask for motives for a while, and then just 'visit' everyone I get, not asking questions and then, when I think I have enough suspects, go play the gypsy 20$ to see whether I have every suspect on my list or they're more

Mar-6-2007 10:54

Actually you can unlock suspects without getting their motive automatically in a couple of other ways too: by asking townies if they know anything, and by virtue of one of the little twists, in which such and such person was carted away by the cops.

Mar-6-2007 11:35

And if crash666 is so blazé about paying off Shady, can he please come pay mine sometime: "Pay $786,172 to remove all false accusations from your record". That'd be great, thanks :D

LMAO SS...I'm with you here, I think mines somewhere around $825K, so anytime, crash666 :)