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Apr-19-2005 13:28

Pick Pocketing is kind of a whimpy skill. Since it was little effect on the actual case (only allowing you to get $$ if the client did it), perhaps there would be another way that Pick Pocketing could used for.
1. (this come come up when you first meet the suspect) You see (the suspect's) journal laying on coffee table. As he turns to shut the door, you silently flip through a couple pages. As you glance down, the names (answer to a question)

or

2. When used with Survielence, since you are watching a suspect, it raises the proability of successfully tracking down the suspect's movements.

Apr-22-2005 15:40

i play the higher levels and client is guilty quit a bit. Ceecee i'll send my team out to pick pocket you at the track lol

Apr-28-2005 11:31

I think pickpocketing has been extremely helpful for me and it does help the newer people out because when you're a newbie every $ counts. I would say even more valuable for a newbie not in an agency when you have to buy your own equipment.

That's a cool idea to be able to pickpocket Shady!! Haha the man doesn't need all that money. ;-)

Apr-30-2005 14:44

I've kept notes on all cases and found a big percentage are the client's guilty, therefore, the pick pocket skill really helps. Concerning the Shady Man, I wish it didn't cost agent's, who has great experience points, nearly three-forths of their funds. But, I do know this, the last time I lost over half of my hard earned money, I stopped taking chances..lol. So, as in real life "hard lessons", the Shady Man keeps us all on our toes.

May-1-2005 09:03

I just paid shady $192,000. I'm taking a contract on his life. Any takers?

May-2-2005 10:06

But if there's no shady guy, how can we clean our records?

Isn't it ironic that a detective, an upholder of truth and justice, need a help from some criminal to cover up his mistake from time to time?

Back on topic...

Maybe I was just lucky, but when I was playing on easier levels I had some cases which clients turned out to be the culprit. I am currently playing the hard level and still have no such case lately.

May-2-2005 19:27

I really stopped noticing how many I got since it doesn't matter to me any more. :D

May-4-2005 10:29

My luck ended up today. I had not one, but TWO cases in a row which the clients became murderers themselves. The first client was the victim's wife, killed her husband because he wanted a divorce. The second client was the victim's insane niece, who was still sane enough to hire me to catch herself. Sheesh, what's wrong with people these days?

I lost $340 on each hard level case. I was still lucky that a favor for the fortune teller gave me a $1,600 worth gold bangle.

I will try not to tempt the fate next time.

May-5-2005 02:59

I'll tell you what's wrong with the people these days, 'they watch the evening news and get ideas.' Back on topic, thanks for giving the nitty gritty on the surveillance and pick-pocketing skills. It's helpful to know exactly what they do when shopping for a new skill. Now, if I could just find out where to discover which factions sell which skills???!!!

May-5-2005 08:51

:) ah, those benifits are only those detectives that search the site as if it was one of their crime scene.
*look into the sleuth community sites. Thanks to some great sleuthers, you can find lots of info Scruffy*

May-5-2005 09:11

Perspective from a 'closet bean counter'. I have kept records of my cases, and I have gotten 3 client cases out of the last 57 played - mostly at Incredibly hard and above levels.

So the skill has probably saved me a couple thousand dollars over that time. Chump change compared to what I've gotten from favors. I agree that the longer the suspect list, the less often the client shows up as the culprit.

that said, I find it IMMENSELY satisfying - far in excess of its practical value. I'm glad I've got it.

Scruffy - re factions and skills

Dies Arcanum - pickpocketing
Socrates - hypnotism
La Cosa Nostra - safecracking
Green Hand - Pugilism
Eastern Triad - underworld connections
Circle of Light - surveillance