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What skill should I choose next?

Roger Hawkins
Roger Hawkins

Aug-16-2006 02:39

Hi guys,
I joined on 15th August. I have a detective who is Very Tough an has skills -> Lock Picking
-> Interrogation
-> Intimidation
-> Stress Detection

Which skill do I choose next?
-> Sweet Talking
-> Advanced Intimidation
-> Intermediate Interrogation
-> Flirting
-> Hair Analysis
-> Thread Analysis
-> Rule Bending

Thanks guys
RoK On!

Replies

Greyling
Greyling

Aug-16-2006 02:57

Thread and Hair Analysis - those 2 skills will enable you to find threads and hairs at the crime scene thus ensuring that you get all the potential physical evidence for every case :)

reda
reda
Well-Connected

Aug-16-2006 03:00

Its recomended to stick to one type of skills either charm OR tough (atleast in the begining). So I would say deffinatly NO to sweet talking, rule bending and flirting. They wont help you much now.

Get higher levels of interogation and intimidation. Also dont forget you wont find any hair or threads in the scene without the basic skill. So you need those soon.

after that I think research. Its a very nice skill to have and good for all types.

R Anstett
R Anstett

Aug-16-2006 04:27

I will add a word for Research here even if it is not on your list.

It costs more than most of the other skills and at the early part of your detective's career the skill points come much faster. It the highest recomended skill to get, buying while you are "young" will help you out later on in your career.

AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Aug-16-2006 06:20

This is from the Welcome Newbies thread; I had posted this section on our agency message board a while back. I was bumping it up for our newbies, thought I'd c/p it here:

WHICH SKILL SHOULD I GET NEXT?

Every detective is different has another strategy. But you will need a combination of interview skills and smart skills.
No one can tell you exactly which skill you will enjoy the most. But the general opinion is:
1. Get the basic smart skills (hair and thread) - without those you cant find all the evidence.
2. Get either charm or tough interview skills to begin with. Later you can try both, but its not recomended before you have most skills.
3. Get research! and if you can- lockpicking.
4. Wait with faction skills till you have most basic skills. The faction skills arent necessary in order to solve a case.
4a. The only exception to the waiting on faction skills is Green Hand's Pugilism for the tough detectives which for all intents and purposes is tough's version of flirting. Other than that one exception it is best to wait before purchasing faction skills.
5. Dont get safe cracking unless you are in an agency.
6. Dont get judge of character unless you have both charm and tough interview skills (not for beginners).
7. Read the other threads that begin with this topic..."WHICH SKILL SHOULD I GET NEXT?"


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