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Jan-30-2006 06:53

Silly question maybe. But when playing the feature cases are there any tips to solve em, apart form the normal ones. As I seem to be struggling with these ones.

Any help will be great - as yet i'm not up to columbos level!!!

Jan-30-2006 12:20

I dont have any tips on how to solve it, but the one nice thing about FM's, is you can just start over and try them again,until u figure it out. Also, and I am not 100% sure on this, if you guess incorrectly, I dont think it counts against you, as a regular case would. Can anyone verify that for me?

Jan-30-2006 15:12

You're right Mak, you don't get a FA on your record :)

Jan-30-2006 17:15

Thank you Leddy :) Just wanted to make sure on that!

Jan-31-2006 01:04

Thanks for that Ladies - it must be me I just have to be more patient :~)

Jan-31-2006 09:32

So you can false as many featured as you want and not have to pay Shady? And you can do the same featured over again?

I've got to join soon!

Jan-31-2006 11:46

Yes, no matter how many times it takes you to find the murderer on the feature mysteries, it doesn't count as a false on your record if you don't get it right. And yes, you can play each feature as many times as you want. However, you only get the reward and the experience points the first time you solve it correctly :)

Feb-1-2006 18:24

There are two tips to solving FMs, and they're the only two that really consistently help:

1) Read carefully. Unlike the randomly generated intros, the necessary clues are in the story itself. And on that note...
2) Although it's in a game format, it's still a story. The continuity of the plot itself is how you figure out what step to take next.

Feb-2-2006 00:01

It DOES count in using up one of your daily cases, though, even if there's no false involved with a wrong answer on an FM.

And I thought when I started that FM's seemed much harder than the level they were rated, so after some frustration, I waited until I had more skills and gear to work on them, and they got easier. Even so, I am so much in the habit of solving regular cases that they sometimes throw me for a loop just because they are so different.

Feb-2-2006 13:02

That's for sure! The other day, for the heck of it, I did the Red Queen FM, and I couldn't even solve it lol I dont think i solved it when I FIRST did it. Sheesh, some experienced detective I am!! hehe