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May-31-2007 07:06

I have advanced Thread & Hair analysis, but 2 cases so far are not using the advanced level. Ex: PE is thread, not thread from male clothing.

Should I report this as a bug or does this just happen occasionally?

JM

May-31-2007 10:02

JM I also think that it depends on your smart points e.g. if your cothes give you smart score of 12 you have more chance of getting the advanced analysis than it your smart is 3.

May-31-2007 10:59

That's absolutely true, but even with full smart gear giving you a boost of +29 or +30, you still occasionally get non-specific PE...not all that often, but it happens.

Jun-1-2007 14:37

Hi. I want to know whether smart points, for example, or any other points for that matter, count as 1 per cent (when improvin gmy chances of finding a clue or unclamming a suspect or a witness) or is there some other system behind the points? What is the highest number of points you can gather in a game? (if you are unsubbed, as I am)

Jun-1-2007 21:22

There is no real limit to what you can gain, but a practical one is that you can not get the best gear because that is available only on the Villian Hunts. You can still get close to a +20 tough/charm or smart

Yes the points are the equivilent of 1% point each.

Jun-1-2007 22:18

R Anstett, I'm not sure that each point is worth 1% as with the charm tough interview skills it is possible to achieve scores of 140-150. (Values seen using the Judge of Character skill.)

Jun-1-2007 23:46

V Buster, I thought that too a while ago; check it out:

http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/post.spy?id=12039

Even though numbers can exceed 100, they can still be considered percentages. A test score of 100 is the only sure guarantee that a suspect will answer you (many of us have had people clam at 99). Numbers higher than 100 relate to the chance that a suspect will answer additional questions after the first one asked. I'm too lazy to paste in the whole deal, but scroll down a bit and read from the book of Ben.

Jun-2-2007 06:54

OK thank you guys

Jun-2-2007 07:10

However from a purely mathematical point of view there is no such thing as a percentage over 100. Anyway the comments from Ben in that thread are helpfull.

Jun-2-2007 18:38

Does experience, in and of itself, actually help in cases. Sometimes I think it does and then I think maybe I'm just better at solving the cases. (And I don't mean in the sense of getting more skill points.)

(And this is splitting hairs but I think from a mathematical perspective there is such a thing as percentages greater than 100% since percents are merely a way of representing ratios/fractions using 100 as the denominator.)

Jun-2-2007 18:39

I meant the first sentence above as a question.