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shadowblack
shadowblack

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?

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Sara Lou
Sara Lou

May-25-2006 12:28

Okay.... Thanks Greyling and shadowblack!! You guys are awesome!! Hair analysis it is then!!

Jolyn
Jolyn

May-30-2006 03:02

Stress Detection
I have the following so far...

Sweet Talking
Interrogation
Rule Bending
Thread Analysis
Hair Analysis
Flirting

I have the shoe maker as my contact. THANK GOD!! I almost bought footprint analysis. What should I have next? Research or lock picking?

Greyling
Greyling

May-30-2006 03:29

Research!! :D

shadowblack
shadowblack

May-30-2006 04:32

Definitely Research!!! It can be used in every case while Lock Picking is used only if you encounter a locked door (and in some cases I didn't find even one locked door) and there's no guarantee what you'll get will be helpful - over a dozen times I picked a lock and found a list of people the person suspects... AFTER I had a complete list of suspects.

Serena Siren
Serena Siren
Well-Connected

May-30-2006 20:46

I vote research too...I find it to be one of the most helpful skills in the game, as it elemenates one suspect.



bluemchen
bluemchen

Jun-9-2007 02:58

so here's another 'which-skill-next-help-request".

I'm smart and charming, subscribed, and most likely staying in NY for the next time. And I've got a nice amount of smart and charming points with my equiment.

I've got:
Hand Writing Analysis
Research
Advanced Sweet Talking
Lock Picking
Advanced Rule Bending
Advanced Thread Analysis
Advanced Hair Analysis

the two I'd like to get next are:
footprint and hypnotism

which one would be more suitable?
I sometimes still have problems with people clamming up and finding evidence, so I really can't decide which one would be better. I'd also like to move somewhere else and build it up with another faction in a reasonable amout of time.
I'm up to realla really hard and finding incredibly hard quite OK most of the time too.

Any suggestiongs would be highly appreciated - I'll need time to build up on the points needed though anyway.

bluemchen
bluemchen

Jun-9-2007 03:23

oh and I'll get flirting too, but only after the more expensive ones. Actually I'm thinking about getting the two mentioned above (although I'm not sure about the order and needing help with that) and trying for underworld afterwards.

any thoughts on that???

AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Jun-9-2007 05:11

I would actually get flirting and then footprint analysis. Flirting will give you a serious edge (+20) when questioning suspects of the opposite sex. Hypnotism is useful but it's a much better idea to get your standard smart & charming skills before getting faction skills.

bluemchen
bluemchen

Jun-9-2007 10:26

but wouldn't it be better to get the more "expensive" skills before the cheaper ones?

bluemchen
bluemchen

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