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Jul-30-2007 03:34

*Archetype:

This only makes the skills associated with it cheaper. (As far as
I know).

So this means, a Very Smart detective could choose to buy only tough skills, only charming skills or a mixture.
Or a Very Charming detective could buy only tough skills.

Here's what Greyling had to say:
Very-something detectives can subtract 4 points from the base cost of skills that match their archetype.

Combined-archetype detectives can subtract 2 points from the base cost of skills that match the 2 types they cover.

Every detective will have to pay full price/base cost for skills that belong to a different "statistic" than their archetype :)

*Gear/Equipment:

Gear enhances the skills you have. If you have only Charming Skills and wear only Tough Gear, you will not get any enhancement from your equipment. As a lot of Tough Gear has negative values to Charming so you are actually penalising your skills.

Smart Gear: This will enhance any smart skills you have, increasing the chances of finding PE evidence at a crime scene AND finding specific PE at the crime scene, that is, a curly hair rather than a hair. You still need the skills first for the gear to be effective.

What people in agencies do, is put Smart Gear on to search the crime scene then switch into their interview gear.

Tough Gear (an interview outfit): Enhances Tough Skills, for example, Imtimidation and Interrogation.

Charming Gear (an interview outfit): Enhances Charming Skills, for example, Sweet Talking and Rule Bending.

*Skills:

There are your tools to being a detective. The gear/equipment only enhanced them.

There is a lot of talk about what skills to get and when.

The very basci rules is too not mix and match early on.
Get your basic smart skills and your basic interview skills (tough or charming not both at first).

Flirting and Puglism: Flirting enhances Sweet Talking and Rule Bending whereas Puglism (a Faction Skill) enhances Interrogation and Intimidation.

Jul-30-2007 08:09

Yes, as far as know Eva.

Your skills and the gear/equipment to enhance them are what matters.

Jul-31-2007 03:00

Remember, do NOT get safecracking unless you're in an agency that does Treasure Hunts. Even then, only some of the hunts will need safecracking.
If someone id the agency already has safecracking then don't bother, get it later.

It is WAY more important to gain other skills first.
It is also a bit of a waste to get Pickpocketing in many people's opinion.

IF you want to buy a faction when you're unsubbed, make sure you have your interview skills and smart skills first THEN go for the OoS one.
After that do the DAB.

I wouldn't bother with LCN's at all.

Aug-18-2007 07:07

Just because you have advanced smarts, it doesn't mean you will always find all the evidence or specific (that is slim rather than just footprint)evidence.
Smart gear when searching the crime scene should increase your chances of finding all/specific evidence but even then you may end up with Curly Straight Right Footprint.

And remember, you archetype ONLY makes skills cheaper.
If you wanted too, you could be a Very Charming detective and buy only tough skills effectively being a tough detective.

(Although this would be silly mmmkay?)

Aug-18-2007 07:14

What is a good rule of thumb when buying clothes and accessories? My character's archtype is very smart, should I stick with items that boost the smart skill? -Feline Magic

Smart clothes will only help you find evidence at the Crime Scene. If you are unsubbed you may want to find items the boost both your interview skill and your smart skill.
Or, not worry too much about the crime scene and find clothes that boost your interview skill.
Myself, I went for the latter, I'd still find some P.E at the crime scene and I could accuse on WE + Fake/None of your Business instead of PE + Fake/None of your Business or even WE + WE.

If you are in an agency, you try to put together a smart outfit which you change into before searching the crime scene.
You search the crime scene then switch into your interview outfit for the rest of the case.

Aug-18-2007 07:15

Great help, thank you :)

Aug-18-2007 07:16

Great help, thank you :)

Aug-18-2007 07:17

Great help, thank you :)

Aug-18-2007 07:19

I have no clue as to why my message just triple-posted, all I did was refresh the page.

I hope they can be deleted, it must be a message board "bug", sorry >.<

Aug-18-2007 07:25

I am a Tough and Charming Detective. What skills should I buy?

Don't worry about the label tough and charming. It just means that you get a discount on both the tough and charming skills. You can use either, or you can pick one side to build up first.

It is best to stick to one side of the skill hierarchy (pick either tough or charming), because as a player who's building up experience and skills, the skill points you accumulate come at a much faster rate than they do for for more experienced players. By the time you hit the 100k exp. mark, you should have enough skill points to get all of the regular (ie. non-faction) smart skills AND the interviewing skills for one side of the hierarchy (ie. the tough skills, incl. pugilism, or the charming skills, incl. flirting).

If you try and go for both sets of interview skills, you won't have enough points to acquire both sets when you reach the 100k mark, and things start getting tougher for you in acquiring skill points and working cases. It doesn't mean it can't be done; it just means that things tend to be more difficult, and waiting to build up the second set of interview points until a little later often makes things a bit easier.

Treschaude would be a great a detective to ask about being tough and charming.

-Arabella Parker, Breitkat and Yoyofoshow.

Sep-17-2007 12:32

I feel like a broken record sometimes and I know there are certain people who disagree with me, but here we go again...

I am tough and charming and think it is the best archetype in the game. You get your discount on the two most important skill sets. Solving cases is based on getting people to talk to you. As tough and charming you have an advantage here. It is NOT more difficult that any other combination. In fact, it's kinda fun.

When your detective was created, you were given Judge of Character. That was not an accident or a mistake or something to be ignored. It was a gift that only tough and charming detectives get on start up. Take advantage of it!

You asked for help on skills. Here's my take on your situation:

1. Flirting first. It's dirt cheap and gives you a +20 with everyone of the opposite sex. Next time you do JoC with a male townie/suspect, do the math and see what a big difference that can make. When you have it and try to build your suspect list, you can start with the men and fill your list faster, more questions before clamming, etc. Batting those eyelashes of yours can go a long way. :)
2. Rule Bending. You need to be able to talk to townies in both ways. Again, combined with flirting, you will have less clamming. Without it, tough had better work or you've got nothing. And who wants that when you don't have to?
3. Research. It's one of those costly smart skills but will make your life a lot easier and worth the wait