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May-9-2006 06:19

I just had my first one.

Jul-27-2006 10:00

I've had about 4 - was so shocked at the price when I went to shady for the 2nd time that I decided I was never going back!! However, I have quit about 30 cases - only solved about 70 - Doh!!

Jul-27-2006 22:45

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MADE 1st FALSE ACCUSATION ON MY 7th CASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jul-27-2006 22:55

lol. don't let it phase you John. By the time you've paid Shady 10 or 11 times, and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to that disreputable gentleman, you'll be saying a lot worse than Noooo (to the power of oooooo) when you get a false.

Rem. that clearing 2 falses costs the same as 1. So you don't have to break the bank & sell all your gear first up. Sure the price to pay Shady will go up with your Experience points, but you'll get a bit more time under your belt to amass some $'s.

I think, from memory, I made a false on my first or second case. :) so welcome to the club. :D

Jul-28-2006 01:37

That's because your new John Mcgee. That and your not suscribed. Newbies, they think they know everything.

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Jul-28-2006 02:42

john, don't worry, as Secret_Squirrel said. obviously from this thread, it happens to lots of people, newbies or the very experienced. and it happens for good reasons and dumb reasons.

i made a false on probably my 5th case. I made my second (and last) false after like 150 cases and the nooo went to the power of oooooo (lol, SS) really fast as soon as i found out what it cost to clear it : )

anyway, glad to have you here.... stay good : )

Jul-28-2006 02:50

hello! ehm..false accusations....a lot..had like 3 detectives with revoked licences..now I've started again..<looks like this game is addictive..> and still haven't made any false accusations..have like 9 solves and 2 quits..I started the free featured case...damn that one was blurry... Can someone..ehm..explain what's the deal with Shady? I didnt know you could erase your records..or is that only for the paying detectives?

Jul-28-2006 03:20

Nope it's for all :) if you visit the bar in New York, and then approach Shady when you have a false, he'll offer to wipe it from the Sleuthville records if you pay him $'s. $'s are based on your experience points. It's somewhere between 20-25% from memory. ie 100 exp = $20-25 (I think...)

Jul-28-2006 06:34

Also... it's cheaper paying Shady in Delhi. London or New York are the most expensive.

Jul-28-2006 08:58

It is MUCH cheaper to pay Shady in Delhi! I saved 80k on my last one. (and hopefully it will BE my very last one!)

Although I will say that it is only cost effective for the more experienced detectives to pay for traveling to Delhi. So, if you owe Shady $1000, it doesn't make sense to pay $2, 3, or 4,000 to travel to save $100 or so.

Jul-28-2006 09:12

Secret Squirrel... This is what Ben said about Shady and his prices, it's from one of the Subscriber Center threads.

"Your experience determines the price for clearing your record. It is not, however a linear formula. When a detective has relatively lower experience, they will often have to pay a price higher than their experience level. At higher experience, the ratio actually drops. That is, the rate of increase of the price does not keep up with the rate of increase of experience. So, at a certain point, the price drops below the detective's experience.
The reasoning behind that drop is, the monetary rewards for cases is basically a linear function, while the experience rewards are geometric. Therefore, a detective completing higher level cases earns relatively more experience than money, when compared to a detective doing easier cases."