Jesse Hunter
Prince's Hand
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Dec-6-2007 17:08
It has been brought up before that without ways to remove cash from circulation any game economy is in long term trouble. Sleuth currently has at least five such money sinks available to all subscribed players:
Travel Costs
Bribes
Detective/Faction Shops
Real Estate
Shady Character
Travel and Bribes function well. Shops incur mostly one time expenses from low to mid experience characters. Real Estate (with the exception of Agency Rent) incurs a one time expense from mid to high experience characters. Shady really seems to be the biggest money sink of the game, and is really the reason for this thread. Having said that...
THIS IS NOT A THREAD ABOUT ALTERING THE SHADY SYSTEM!
(see "Beating a Dead Horse" if that's your thing, there are also other threads for non-money related ideas)
It's just that the money sink function of Shady is a big justification for keeping the current system. If we can come up with some new money sinks, maybe we can make some progress on that other front.
I'm looking for ideas that won't significantly change gameplay or create unbalance in the game. Ideas that appeal to all high experience detectives (not just the ones with FAs) and agencies are best, cause that's where the money is.
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Jesse Hunter
Prince's Hand
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Sep-12-2025 10:32
As long as we’re shamelessly bumping old suggestions threads that never caught any traction…
I’m happy the Shady payment system has been tweaked since then, but still like the idea of paying off a contact.
I do find it interesting that in Dec 2007 there were over 20,000 active (if mostly unsubscribed) accounts, and now little more than 300. However there are more agencies now than then. I reckon there are a number of ghost agencies still lingering about with enough coin in the coffers to ward off eviction.
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