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Washington Jones
Washington Jones

Jan-3-2007 16:25

SPOILER







I read (on more than one agency page) lists where it says how many suspects and how many of them have an alibi for certain dificulties (ex 8 suspects, 3 withut alibis on hard). Therefore if I foudn 8 bad or no alibis I stopped askign others. This past case I had 3 that were no or ba d(at least I thought), I accused who I thought it was and I was wrong. The guilty party was someone other than the 3 I thought had no alibi. Obvisouly aince I was worng on my guess I couldhave been wrogn in my alibis but Ithink I have seen this before. So anyways, does anyone know if the X suspects, Y alibis equation stillworks?

I'm sure the end problem is my bad sleuthing but knwoing how many no alibis sure helps a lot.

thanks.

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Ranier Peperhaut
Ranier Peperhaut
Washed Up Punter

Jan-4-2007 07:34

Jonathan Williams:

Is it possible that you are playing based on the old Sleuth Helper's numbers, and just automatically looking for 8 fakes? I know that's what I was doing for months and months, and it wasn't until recently after a couple conversations that I was informed there are only 7 fakes on an AI, not 8.

I didnt trust it at first, was constantly verifying everyone's alibi, etc. but it turns out it has been true for me.

I didn't even notice. If no one had said anything, I would have continued to look for that 8th fake person, who I (apparently) never would have found, and never would have noticed.

I do hope this turns out true for you, because MAN when I found that out, I started solving almost all my AIs, where before I was quitting at least 1 of every 5 I tried to solve.

AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Jan-4-2007 07:40

*peeks out from under the bed*

I'm beginning to get a wee bit frightened here. SS said something about a case with too many real alibis. What is *that* about?! Ben, have you changed anything recently? I just wiped out my FA's a month ago, having to carry another one around would make me a sad panda.

Washington Jones
Washington Jones

Jan-4-2007 08:41

Wow, thanks for all the answers.
If you need me I'll be hiding under the bed with Ara.

StrangerDanger
StrangerDanger
Nomad

Jan-4-2007 10:47

Since I started playing this game, I have written everything down (and yes, I have killed my fair share of trees because I just refuse to use the helpers).

In all the hundreds of AI cases I've worked, I have NEVER had more than 7 false/no alibis. The ONLY thing thats ever changed for me was the number of real alibis, which has always been 3 for 10 suspects and 4 for 11.

Everyone seems to be getting all nervous, but if ALL but one of us is saying the same thing, I think its gotta be pretty accurate, right?

Ranier Peperhaut
Ranier Peperhaut
Washed Up Punter

Jan-4-2007 13:10

I do tend to think that 7 fakes is still correct. Since I have started looking for only 7 fakes, I've captured another 6 Villains averaging about 45 AI cases each time. That's 270 cases, plus I have to have done at least another 40 or 50 from my normal cases, just trying to gain skills points for those darned faction skills... That makes the equation true for my last 320 cases...

And I'm just one lowly detective!!! My 320 plus everyone else's hundreds of cases... It's got to correct still, or we'd all be retired!

God knows if it was wrong, we'd never believe it and keep solving that way until we all got our 3 FAs.

Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams

Jan-4-2007 13:21

Wow, do I feel on my own!

I have had 8 fakes before on AI cases, mostly with a couple of older detectives. It wasn't all the time, but I know I have had them before. I have often been sat in front of a list of 7 right handed suspects and 3 lots of right handed notes.

And that's because I have used research. I definitely remember seeing a few with my latest detective too. It would make sense to have 8 fakes from 11 suspects, as most of my IH favor cases have 8 suspects and 5 fakes, with 4 pieces of evidence.

Tz_BG
Tz_BG
Well-Connected

Jan-4-2007 14:30

You are not totally on your own. I feel like I have seen an 8:3 case as well. Problem is that this is based on my somewhat shoddy memory of a case done a couple hundred cases ago. Unfortunately, I've recycled my notes from that time as I too prefer killing trees and keeping records by hand. Since this topic got mentioned on the boards a while back, I've been keeping more accurate track and have not seen an 8:3 case since. So I'm going with poor memory on my part. However, in the off chance someone runs across such a case, take lots of screenshots. The screenshot of a case with 5 WE certainly opened eyes.

E_d_W_a_R_d
E_d_W_a_R_d

Jan-5-2007 11:57

every single difficulty has a constant nmber of fakes EXCEPT intermediate and hard cases , they both can have 3 or 4 fakes , depends on ur luk :P

E_d_W_a_R_d
E_d_W_a_R_d

Jan-5-2007 11:59

well , noone should actually get nervous , just play as u think is right , 7 fake 4 real for 11 suspects in AI's, secure the fact that u have 0 or 1 FA and alls ok , theres always a first time ;)

Will Carbon
Will Carbon
Well-Connected

Oct-3-2007 16:02

ok, can some of you experts stop talking in code and tell us what
AI and IH mean

and any others that spring to mind as well please.

y. s.
*baffled newbie*

swak

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