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Nomad

Apr-9-2006 22:34
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WARNING GAME SPOILER!!

If you wish to enjoy the adventure of figuring out this game on your own, DO NOT read the rest of this post.

If you are too lazy to read through a page or two of threads to see if your question has already been asked a zillion times, then PLEASE read this first!

Welcome to Sleuth, and your new addiction.  There is no cure, so just accept it and enjoy it! Here are a few tips and hints that you should find helpful, and are among the FAQ of the newbie boards.

First, a great place to FIND ANSWERS and cool history threads about Sleuth is in the Moderator Picks Board. The Mods have picked out their favorite bits and made them easy to find. In addition to personal favorites, try looking over the Newbie FAQ. This can be found on the bottom of most pages as a tiny little grey link. Also the Help file at the upper right of most screens is packed with little useful tidbits.

HOW DO I SOLVE a case? First off…we recommend that you try the tutorial found on the front of the case page. It won’t count against your daily caseload, and it will give you an idea of how the game works. It’s not set up to walk you through the most efficient course through the game, but to show you how the game works, leaving you to find your own strategy. The following formulas will help you find your murderer.

PE+Fake/"none of your business" Alibi=guilty
WE+Fake/"none of your business" Alibi=guilty
2 WE = guilty

PE=Physical Evidence WE=Witness Evidence

Having a clammed suspect that will not give you an alibi is not the same as a fake/none alibi.

PE+WE DOES NOT = Guilty



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Razamatazz
Razamatazz

Nov-19-2007 10:25

OK I found what I was looking for on here...
"Just remember that to safely accuse someone you need to have either: .....
someone with an unknown alibi + 2 other persons suspecting that person to be the killer "...

This is what happened....(Intermediate level)
As a favor...
The first guy I interviewed , Only 1 question I could ask him...so to find more suspects (all I thought I could do) I asked the obvious question.."Do you know anybody...." OK he gave me a list of ppl. Then I went back to ask for a alibi....he clammed up, even after interrogating him (advanced interro skill)clammed up, I couldn't get a alibi)..
So I go through the other suspects and 3 PE's from crime scene.
I had 1 PE and 1 WE pointing to the first guy that clammed up (UNK alibi)...Well after all the townies and suspects clammed up..I went ahead an accused the first guy.
It turned out to be a false accusation, he supposedly had a valid alibi, huh? Well the dude clammed up...Now according to the formula above how could that happen?
Not enough skills? Asked the wrong question? That would be interesting if I asked him for an alibi and that was it, I would be stuck with 1 person because he clammed up.
So what would happen if I had only one person that clammed up and no other suspects? This is the first confused question I have...If it's a repeat question I'm sorry...Love the game though, and I will subscribe I promise! heehee


Razamatazz
Razamatazz

Nov-19-2007 11:17

Nevermind I found the answer to the first question..I need 2 WE...Sorry about that.

Myrtle123
Myrtle123

Dec-12-2007 08:06

How do I delete a Retired Detective? I want to use the name again . . . .

Myrtle123
Myrtle123

Dec-17-2007 03:54

I now have a WE Contact. If I do favors for otherWE townspeople, do I run the risk of getting TWO WE Contacts? Or should I only now do favors for PE townspeople?

David Adams
David Adams
Red-Nosed

Dec-17-2007 20:28

Myrtle, there is no way to delete a retired detective. Your options are to either reactivate that detective and start over again with a clean slate, or to transfer your possible subscription to a new detective, but this detective will have to have at least a slightly altered name from the old one, ie--Myrtle12. As for contacts, all detectives get one W/E and one P/E contact in each city, no exceptions, ever. So your W/E contact is set in stone in NY until you go and retire your detective again. As for the P/E contact, favors for W/E contacts will have no effect on who you potentially get for a P/E contact (and never have). If you choose to try and go for a specific P/E contact (ie--the Barber), you'll need to QUIT any P/E favor you get that isn't for the Barber (ie--the Shoemaker, Tailor, or Banker), until you hit paydirt with the Barber. It may take a very long time, but that's the only way you can be certain of ensuring you get the specific contact you want. If any P/E contact will do, then fire away with the favors.

Solving it, the only real way to earn money around here is to work and solve cases and favors. Favors pay off an average of five times more than regular cases do, but you need to do cases to get the favors, so you gotta do one to get to the other.

There are a couple of special missions that do offer money for their completion, but they're only offered to Subbed detectives, and the traveling costs to complete them outweighs the rewards you get for the missions. Cases and favors are your best bets.

Hope that helps a little. Good luck, you two. :-)

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Jan-3-2008 12:48

If all of your suspects and townspeople have clammed on you, the best option you have really is to quit the case and try again on a new case. Sorry.

Agatha!
Agatha!
Old Shoe

Jan-5-2008 03:10

i cant find the tools you say they exist.... plz help

[quote]There are also several tools listed on the Community Sites page that have been specifically created by Sleuth players to help with the game. [/quote]

David Adams
David Adams
Red-Nosed

Jan-5-2008 03:19

Check the Automated Sleuth Helper thread on the Sleuth Talk board, and the various other helpers on the Community pages. The others aren't automated, but they're all built on the same guidelines. They're all designed to give you a hand in working on cases, but ultimately, you're still responsible for making decisions.

Agatha.
Agatha.

Jan-5-2008 08:44

thank you again david!

Lucika-Bucika
Lucika-Bucika

Apr-30-2008 04:56

Hello!
A few questions:

1. Is it good to ask the FortuneT. for 20 dollars about a case? I never had use of it.
2. Is the following technique go0d: 1. Townie says XY knows who the killer is. 2. I ask XY about 3 people (4 has no/fake alibi) 3. At the 4th XY clams up. 4. I accuse the fourth suspect without alibi. It works if XY has a valid alibi. Does it work when XY has a fake alibi?
3. What can I do with a book? It's OK that my detective will improve, but how? (had no books yet.)
4. How much is the discount at a faction with 30+ standing? There is sg what costs 85000$ at 1 standing, how much will it be at 30?

Thanks for the answers.

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