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thefritz
thefritz

Oct-22-2004 21:17

How do I get contacts?
How do I improve my political standings?

Somehow my own progress seems to be quite slow - I saw a detecive (age 2 days) who already has more than 1000 experience points and a 10+ political standing?
How does one do that in two days?
Do I overlook something in the gameplay?

Thanks for answers.

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bigdoc
bigdoc
Nomad

Oct-22-2004 22:44

Contacts 'appear' as you move up the experience ladder - random but roughly on your 5th and 15th favor.

You can improve a political standng by doing a little favor for the faction (gotta be better than neutral). Standings in one affect standings in the others so its hard to be 'good' in more than one. You can also quit cases if they are moving you the wrong way in a faction you want to improve in.

Progress slows down as you get more experience . It takes more experience points to earn a skill point. Agents who join agencies can be helped by their teammates - for instance, they can get to solve much harder cases or even have faction cases saved for them - so that might explain how a 2 day agent is getting ahead so fast.


thefritz
thefritz

Oct-22-2004 23:18

bicdoc, thank you very much for your reply.
It answers pretty much all my questions.

Thanks also to BigLuna (?) - I messed up my reply somehow...
(was not logged in when I sent it)

Slim T
Slim T

Oct-23-2004 03:11

and when you subscribe you get more cases, so more experience when they are solved

Rheia Alexandria
Rheia Alexandria

Oct-25-2004 03:15

I've seen some detectives that are already retired.

Even if I'm only 3 days old, I was wondering...how do you retire, or get inactive?

Um...thanks for any answer.

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Oct-25-2004 09:28

Rheia, watch out for false accusations. Three, and your sleuth is history! You can pay off the shady character in the bar for one or two falses (cheaper to wait until you have two), but if you get a third, whammo! That's it! So it's safer to quit a case you are unsure about, rather than guess.

Rheia Alexandria
Rheia Alexandria

Oct-26-2004 03:10

thanks!


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