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May-13-2006 12:45

Ok I just had a big problem. I falsely accused once again, and now I've got 2 false accusations. Shady wants 1700!!!!!! I've only got a bit more than 9 and I'm SCARED. What do I do? I cant retire after going so far.

I've been using the following info as my sleuth bible. I just did my 5th ridiculously hard and got a false accusation after a long long time. Tell me, can the following info be fully trusted even at such high levels :-

Easy = 5-6 suspects, fake / no alibi,
Intermediate = 6-7 suspects, 3 fake/ no alibi
Hard = 8 suspects, 3 fake / no alibi
Really Hard = 8 suspects, 4 fake / no alibi
Really Really Hard = 8-9 suspects, 5 fake / no alibi
Incredibly Hard = 8-9 suspects, 5 fake / no alibi,
Stupendously Hard = 9-10 suspects, 6 with fake / no alibi
Ridiculously Hard = 10-11 suspects, 7 with fake / no alibi
Almost Impossible = 10-11 suspects, 7-8 with fake / no alibi

If not, do tell me cos the last thing I wanna do is sell all my equipment (including a 12000$ silver handed cane) straight away to pay shady his fees.

May-13-2006 13:06

thanks. I just found out there had been an error in my calculations (GOD! HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO STUUUPID) due to which I hadnt taken a suspect in account.

I'm so used to finishing cases as fast as possible, that I let such crucial things pass by. SLOW DOWN, jai, SLOW DOWN.

May-13-2006 13:09

Again, sorry, Jai. But, unless you are subcribed and in an agency, there is no way for you to borrow money. Agency teammates can send money back and forth to each other and do. It's one of the benefits of subbing. :)

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May-13-2006 13:19

One slight correct to the formula Rhiemma gave.

WE + WE = guilty there is no need to also find PE to correctly accuse.

May-13-2006 14:44

Jai, just do easy or intermediate cases, following the above formulae, until you make the money. It'll be okay. And for God's sake, quit beating around the bush and SUBSCRIBE ALREADY!!!

And there is at least one error in the above list. AI cases have 7 suspects with fake/no alibi.

May-13-2006 15:43

Also your stats for Intermediate, Hard and Really Hard aren't quite accurate either ;)

May-13-2006 18:10

Just go back down and do them, Nephi. After a certain point you can't open beginner cases, but you can open easy cases and above whenever you like.

May-13-2006 19:16

As I've said before on the message boards, those stats for each case level are COMPELTELY untrustable. They are old information and are post-update. There was an update that made things random. Before, those were always right. Now, they are only sometimes right. NEVER trust them to save you from a FA.

May-14-2006 01:17

I trust my list of levels completly. Jojo was there a change recently? I know the list in sleuth helper is not fully adapted, but I thought mine was. Unless something has changed in the last few weeks.