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Jun-19-2006 07:21

first of all i was wondering which skill would be best to get first hair analisys or footprint analisys? second is how to get faction points for the order of socrates? becuase ive done missions where i can either gain or lose standing with la cosa nostra and the arcanum brotherhood but none with the order of socrates. please reply. :)

Jun-19-2006 07:55

1. Get basic hair first. It will enable you to find hairs at the crime scene. Also basic thread if you don't have it, for finding threads. You can already find footprints at the scene, so getting hair & thread will be more helpful. Then you can get any of the other smart skills (adv thread & hair, ftprint & handwriting analysis)--it's a toss-up at that point.

2. Every now and then you'll get a case where it tells you that your standing with one faction will improve if you solve a case, and with another faction will get worse. The factions chosen for these are random, so eventually you'll get one for OOS.

3. After a certain number of experience points, beginner cases are locked out.

Hope this was helpful!

Jun-19-2006 07:57

Cfm & I crossposed, whoops!

Little jobs are when you visit the faction that you are "in" with, you'll have an option to "offer to do a little job" for them. It will increase your standing with them by 4 points, and you can do one little job per day. It involves answering questions about mystery authors/books.

Jun-19-2006 08:00

ok thanks to both of you! :)