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Remi Steele
Remi Steele

May-21-2007 12:05

I understand that you lose things if you get 3 FA...what doesnt make sense to me is the choices you have...what happens if you just start with a new P.I. name...you still lose everything...so what's the purpose..

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R Anstett
R Anstett

May-22-2007 08:26

This is something has has created a new wrinkle in the game. There is now a real stategy to picking a teammate to be retired to help out the agency.

If you are looking for a particular contact for your agency, you just keep retiring the detective until you earn the correct one. With everyone willing to pitch in cases to help rebuild the XP and Skill points it is much easier to build up the right mix of contacts in an agency now.

Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

May-22-2007 09:03

Actually Ran, I was right. To correct you again:

Taken from the city hall updates:

3. Loss of Skill Points commensurate to Experience Points lost. Since no skills are lost in the process, this usually means the detective WILL start with NEGATIVE AVAILABLE SKILL POINTS.

Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

May-22-2007 09:11

Ms HC, your right, it seems people do not read the updates, and even when they do, they apparently leave out info:

Taken from a quote here:

Ran said:
NO, you only loose the skill points commisserate with the XP loss not all unspent ones

as you will see that after that it specifically says in updates....

3. Loss of Skill Points commensurate to Experience Points lost. Since no skills are lost in the process, this usually means the detective WILL START WITH NEGATIVE AVAILABLE SKILL POINTS.

He convieniently forgot to leave that part out, which is a vital piece of information!


R Anstett
R Anstett

May-22-2007 09:13

Sorry Jas.

Here is the simple math for everyone.

8,000,000 XP and 320 Skill points (49 unspent because all available skills are already purchased.)

Retire your detective

Reactivate your dectective

Lose 2,000,000 XP and 40 skill points.

So that person still has:

6,000,000 XP and 280 skill points (9 unspent).



Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

May-22-2007 09:16

Where on earth are you getting the formula, there is no formula stated there. And we all know that most people that get retired do not have that many skill points, especially the one who started the post.

So what I stand by, is correct, they will start at negative skill points!

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

May-22-2007 16:59

Oy! Roamieeeeee. Can you retire your detective to see what happens to your left over skill points for us pleaaaaase :D

Azhrael
Azhrael

May-22-2007 19:40

I do have one question about factions. It talks about losing most faction standing, but I've reactivated twice (I'm a gambler, what can I say? I know I need to stop) and the first time everything was reset to -3, though my faction levels were uneven. This time around things were reset to -5, which was actually an improvement to my faction standing with one or two.

Is there just a limit as to how low your faction can get when you reactivate or what?

R Anstett
R Anstett

May-23-2007 06:26

Sorry can't help on that one.

I do not pay attention to faction standings because as part of an agency you can get the help to change them so quickly. I would suggest looking into finding a good fit for your self with one, there are several that work well even for lone wolf types.

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