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Apr-30-2004 11:17

I posted an update today. There are a bunch of little tweaks included and typos fixed. Some of the bigger changes:

* Fixed Double Father Bug in Random Mysteries
* Added two levels of difficulty
* Favors now go up to Incredibly Hard level for experienced players
* A bunch of new favor items were added
* Detectives are now automatically booted from agencies if they become retired
* High scores are now divided by detective age
* Fixed duplicate contact bug
* You are now allowed to use the detective shop while working on a case
* Session timeout from inactivity increased from 5 minutes to 15

Please post any comments or bugs specific to this update here.

May-1-2004 13:42

My learning curve is starting to fade nicely. I have a good number of skills under my belt - enough to get me by on Hard and Really Hard cases - but it is going to take me a long, long time to get all the skills I want/need, let alone ALL the skills. And thats exactly what I want!

If you think about it, you don't want to get your skill points too quickly. If you racked them up as quickly as you did when you were a rookie, then you'd have the full set in a week or two and the game would be more boring more quickly.

As it stands, it will be a month before I have all the skills I want. [And even then there will be more to learn, more XP to gain, more treasures to hunt, fun cases to solve, friends to help out, etc etc etc.. tons of replayability here.]

~S.A.M.

May-1-2004 13:51

By the way. I am working on adding a few new skills. The trick is to do so without disrupting balance too much.

May-1-2004 15:05

It happens to me alot too Shane. All I can tell you is tough it out until you can afford more charm skills - It's frustrating, but it seems to be our only option.

May-1-2004 15:20

Im thinking I just hit a bad patch. I changed my tactics a litte, and its been all good so far. If I hit it again, I'll drop myself back down a level.

May-3-2004 10:21

Ben, I have so many questions about the new politics change. Can you tell us more? How much change is there? How much opportunity for change aside from the daily "little job" and daily "decay" is there? At what levels do the "decay" changes kick in? An automatic point a day loss seems to be rather large considering I can only add two a day. It appears that a new detective has to play every day for at least 20 days to be able to initiate hunts. Do I understand that correctly?

May-3-2004 12:21

I'll increase the standing points yield for daily jobs.

The new rules are primarily meant to keep the standings levels within spitting distance of zero. I'm going to add advantages to being the player with the highest standing in a specific group soon, and I didn't want it to me the case that newer players could never hope to get there. So, the further you are from zero, the more drastic the decay.

May-4-2004 01:53

Hmm, my politics points no longer add up to 0, is that supposed to be the case?

May-4-2004 07:36

Yeah, I realised that could happen. Not the end of the world. It still should be pretty much impossible to have all three factions positive, which is kind of the point.

May-4-2004 07:54

It will be nearly impossible to have two positive. Certainly you cannot move yourself forward in two so the only way to be positive in two is the luck of the case draw, or quitting cases that don't add up. Since the cases don't come as fast as the decay and simple maintenance subtractions, it seems very improbable that anyone will be able to maintain more than a point or two in a second faction.

May-4-2004 08:18

Since Little Jobs are now giving you 4 points, it should be pretty easy to stay positive in two, once you are there. Seems pretty tough to get positive enough in two, to be able to start alternating though, doesn't it. One would need to be at least at 6. Hmm. Maybe I should make those random mystery events change your standing more, and reduce the amount that the little jobs give you?