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Apr-5-2006 13:45

This is my first case.
I have no clue what to do next!! No one will tell me anything else and I've pretty much visited all the places on the map. Somebody help me!! I have no clue what to do!!

Apr-5-2006 15:09

Becareful of guessing. 3 False Accusations and your detective will be retired.

Apr-6-2006 13:39

Oops! I didn't know that. Thank you so much!!

Apr-6-2006 13:47

when you gave me those formulas you said
Liar/none + WE = guilty
This may sound really dumb, but what exactly is witness evidence?

Apr-6-2006 13:53

When a suspect says, I saw someone wearing the victim's watch or trying to escape the crime scene. You get WE you ask the suspect if you saw any reason to Suspect someone else.

Apr-6-2006 14:05

Oh ok. Thank you.

Apr-6-2006 14:10

To compliment that idea.

When you talk to the townies there is the question if they know anything about the case.

They will sometimes give you a suspects name and say that they know or do not know something.

If they say the person does not know anything then you can avoid asking them questions they know nothing.

If they say the person does know who it is you know they can give you WE.

WE can be misleading. You can NOT accuse only on WE or on WE + PE you will still need to verify the alibi.

Every case has three WE possiblities. 2 point to the murderer and 1 points to an innocent person.

Apr-7-2006 16:02

Thank you somuch, you are probably annoyed with all my dumb questions. You are a lot of help!! I just have one more question. How do I get a new skill.

Apr-7-2006 17:27

By solving cases, you'll get skill points. After you have several skill points. Go to the DETECTIVE area and there click on the number of UNSPENT skill points. It will give you what you can afford with your number of skill points.

Apr-7-2006 17:33

As you do cases you get skill points. When you have enough you can 'buy' a skill. Go to your detective page and click on the number there that says available skill points it'll be a single or double digit number in red. That will bring up a window to tell you what skills are available for the points you have to 'spend'. I recommend that you get your initial evidence skills, (footprint analysis, thread analysis, etc first) Then go for either tough or charming skills depending on what your character stats are. (ie: Tough and Smart would go for tough skills first.) And Research is a very good one to have. It's one of the first ones I got. It's best to get the 'expensive' skills out of the way while points build fast.

And the only dumb question is an unasked one. *grin*

Apr-8-2006 10:17

Ok Thanks!!