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Sep-10-2004 15:10

Congratulations Underground - two treasures in 2 hours 32 minutes!

Sep-23-2004 16:36

my question - relating to Bens other post about unlimited cases - did any of those relate to the quickly solved hunts? If so, it shouldnt be a problem now..

Sep-24-2004 00:32

Yesterday I opened a hunt, and since my spouse and I share Goldfinger, and we've brought in another character to help our agency, this gives me three characters in which to solve cases and three chances in getting favors to the hunts. Also, I have permission to use three other Agent's characters, when they are not online. So yesterday, each of the agents had the keys needed, all except for the last one, and if it hadn't of been for an interruption, I would have solved this hunt on my on in a short amount of time, which proves to me it can be done if the keys falls into place. Anyway, congratulations to "The Undergrounde Detectives," Oh yes, I don't recommend working on treasure hunts all alone..hehe. It's too much work..hehe, but hey it was fun.

Sep-24-2004 01:50

I have double characters in the same agency, but I never had the unlimited cases and it seems no one in our agency did - so The Underground's treasure is all legit. And on that key hunt, DaRu, we got lucky with several people's favors coming together when we were online together. Being online together definitely helps us solve the hunts and is more fun, although sometimes we can't because we have to do silly things like work and sleep....

Sep-24-2004 05:59

DaRu and Moonshh, you're both absolutely right. Sometimes they fall into place, other times you get so close and fall short it'll make you scream, but the key really is teamwork. A few agents working together can make short work of a hunt, and that is not a bad thing, it's just reality. The Underground (and many other agencies) have put their time in and now they have a pretty well oiled machine and they reap the rewards. There is justice in the universe! :-)

Sep-24-2004 09:38

i can see how it is done.. it makes sense if a number of people are online at once (or you have access to just as many) - i was just curious.. Either way - i dont have any problem with it as it is part of the game and thats the way it is.. I jsut wish our agency members were on enough to actually have a chance at that kind of teamwork!! :)

Sep-25-2004 17:15

No, I'm almost certain that our agency didn't see any benefits from the unlimited cases bug. We just had all of our favors line up just right. It does take a lot of work to coordinate that many agents, whether you have a lot of players or each person plays a couple of agents. It does pay off in the hunts, especially the longer ones where you need a favor from most of the townsfolk at one point or another.

Sep-25-2004 23:12

Would it be at all possible to make it so that a new hunt started as soon as the old on finished? to make it so that the hunts don't ALWAYS start at noon and midnight? (since as someone pointed out, not everyone is able to be on at those times)

Sep-26-2004 00:04

Hmmm.....the system as it stands has been working very well for us at The Underground lately, but I must admit I kind of like Elsey's idea...possibly I might get a little more sleep that way, which might have a beneficial impact on the minor, unimportant non-sleuth aspect of my life....

Sep-26-2004 07:14

On the other hand if you had a new hunt starting every time another finished, people within certain agencies would probably get even less sleep than they already do ;)

Sep-26-2004 12:53

perhaps so, but if they put allllll thier effort into completing ONE hunt, likelyhood that they'll have enough cases to complete the one that starts right after that would be lower, so it gives other agencies the chance to complete one.