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May-8-2006 07:48

Currently I have:
Research
Sweet Talking
Rule Bending
Flirting
Footprint Analysis
Hair Analysis
Thread Analysis

I was thinking of buying the following skills (in that order):
1) Pick Pocketing
2) Intermediate Sweet Talking
3) Advanced Rule Bending
4) Advanced Sweet Talking
5) Advanced Thread Analysis
6) Hand Writing Analysis
7) Hypnotism
8) The rest of the skills
Do you think I'm making a mistake somewhere, and if so - where?

May-8-2006 08:37

I think the answer would almost be universal [lol hopes so] that pick pocketing would be bottom of the pile nearly. It's hit and miss, and for however many times your client is the suspect, it's not really worth it. It's nice to have later on down the track when you're doing cases worth more, but meh, you can defintely live without it right now.

You're smart and charming, so you're concentrating on the right skills. People will differ in opinon next, it's purely subjective, but I reckon the order you have - with pick pocketing at the end - is pretty good :)

May-8-2006 09:40

*bangs head against the wall*

Pick Pocketing? Pick Pocketing? PICK POCKETING? What was I thinking when writing that? I meant Lock Pcking (how did I manage to confuse these two?)

Sorry about that - I completely agree on Pick Pocketing. I was thinking about getting Lock Picking next('cause I'm tired of Locked doors - I get at least one per 2 cases), but somehow wrote Pick Pocketing instead... I feel so stupid right now...

May-8-2006 11:55

Yes on Lock Picking to be the next skill. (and in full agreement on the confusion that I made twice now in the past few days)

You will get the two free questions per case with Lock Picking that will help out for a long time to come.

May-8-2006 14:16

Also, it might help to pursue hand writing analysis sooner. Until you get this skill, you want be able to find notes. This can especially be helpful on the harder cases.

May-8-2006 15:28

Despite Pickpocketing being Lockpicking I'd still go for the advanced interviewing skills first and the lockpicking :)

Oh, and Handwriting will just let you know the type of hand - the ability to find notes is one of the skills available from the start :)

May-8-2006 18:35

Opps, sorry! I guess it has been a while since I got handwriting. I could have swarn it wasn't given to you. Thanks Greyling for clearning it up:)

May-9-2006 00:59

Only thread and hair cant be found without the basic skill.

May-25-2006 04:03

I have these..

Stress Detection
Interrogation
Rule Bending
Flirting
Hair Analysis
Thread Analysis

And I'm smart and charming. What should I get next? I have 10 to spare now...

May-25-2006 04:28

I think I'd either go for Research or Sweet Talking (although you already have Interrogation (and getting an intermediate interviewing skill would help with the suspects), but you also have Rule Bending and of course you could have one since (the tough one) for suspects and one side (the charming one) for townies, but you also have charm gear and Flirting which adds to Sweet Talking and Rule Bending when used on the opposite sex. So since you don't have Interrogation and Intimidation, I think I'd switch to getting the charming interview skills instead) :)