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Jun-14-2004 17:00

I have two suspects so far. One has told me everything, the other will tell me NOTHING but his aliby. What should I do?

Jun-15-2004 08:08

What exactly do you mean with "that's better on hard cases," James? I think it is definitely 100% always best to ask motives first, not only on hard cases.

Jun-15-2004 10:05

Why not alibies first? I would think you would want to know that first...guess not, though. I AM new to the game.

Jun-15-2004 10:10

sometimes you can get stuck asking alibi's first -- if the person clams after the 1st question, and they are your only suspect then you've lost the case.

Jun-15-2004 14:51

because in the easier cases people are way less likely to calm up so you can ask both questions, but when you get to the harder level cases, people clam up on you right away. but if you have iterrogation or sweet talking, it shouldn't matter anyway if you have the proper equipment

Jun-15-2004 17:05

Still, why would it be better for you to ask any other question first?

Jun-15-2004 17:10

i was afraid it was you kitten, just waiting for my hat to disappear into my stomach. o, and it was just a habit from the begging that began to grow on me, ask alibi first, ask motive second. then i went up to incredibe hard and got the banker as the contact, and that all changed

Jun-15-2004 17:54

How often do 'favors' show up? How many favors until the person is a contact?

Jun-15-2004 19:04

My favors show up about every 3rd case (or about as often as my skill points). And I got my first contact around the 4th or 5th favor, I think.

Jun-16-2004 16:34

I have NO clue. Anyone else know?

Jun-17-2004 17:10

Actually, I ran a statistical model to determine whether it is always better to ask motive first, and my results were a little hazy. There seem to be some situations, in the mid-to-late portion of solving a case, where you may be better off asking the alibi question first, since your chances of only getting repeat motives goes up with the number of revealed suspects.

There is one other thing to take into account, the time it takes to solve a case. If the amount of time spent working on a case is a factor to you (like you're trying to get through as many cases you can in 10 minutes) is important to you, it may make sense to ask the alibi question first in some cases.