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gaining contacts in a new city

topkebab
topkebab
Lucky Stiff

Dec-30-2007 19:33

i wonder, if i move from city A to city B before i get all my contacts in city A, then if i subsequently move back to city A, where do i start from in terms of getting contacts again? do i effectively start from scratch in city A or do my previous cases (in city A, +/- in city B) count towards it?

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David Adams
David Adams
Red-Nosed

Dec-30-2007 21:27

One city has no real effect on a second, really. Gaining contacts is a completely arbitrary process, and there's no way of really telling when you will get a contact in a particular city. Contacts supposedly come quicker after earning 150,000 exp points if you haven't gotten one before that, but many earn several by the time they reach that point.

The things that do influence if and/or when you do earn a contact include the number of favors you successfully solve (the more solved, the higher the chances of a contact), whether you're going after a particular contact (going after a specific one usually takes much longer than going with any one you get), and the amount of overall experience you gain (the higher the exp, the more likely you are to earn a contact).

If you do choose to go after a particular one, you'll need to quit all associated favors for the W/E or P/E townspeople you're NOT looking for.

cfm
cfm
Nomad

Dec-31-2007 08:02

But your if you are wondering how traveling effects your favors, that's a little different. When you travel, your case count toward favors starts over IF you have a favor waiting. So just make certain you don't need to do a little footwork for someone before you leave town.

topkebab
topkebab
Lucky Stiff

Dec-31-2007 13:45

thanks both.

Sleuthgirl Ciara
Sleuthgirl Ciara

Jan-1-2008 01:10

ok but im still not sure i dont have apartments or even 1 but if i subscribe do i get a partment and is is coming with the contax bcuz i heard there is a foshminger in one of the cities and i don't know but i always eat trout or what everz my dad can shot from the pond so i like fish and i wonder if i cna have a contax to anal-ise fish evidence?

I red about the sleuth helper and there was no fish evidunce there so if so you should change it ok.

If u subcarb. Can you go away from new york every day or is it just one time .

i don wanttp waste my cristmas money if I dont no, ok?

<3 Ciara

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Jan-1-2008 14:40

Before someone strangles you with a large-mouth bass, Ciara, I'll try and do my poor best to explain.

Apartments have nothing to do with this thread, and can be discussed elsewhere. Go do a search if you want more info on them, please.

There is no such thing as a 'foshminger', in English or any other language, as far as I know. A FISHMONGER, however, is a kind of butcher that specializes in selling fish, trout or otherwise. The fishmonger in Sleuth can be found in Shanghai. There is no 'fish evidence' to deal with, because he is a Witness Evidence Contact townsperson, and does not deal with Physical Evidence.

When you SUBSCRIBE, you may leave New York whenever you like at any time, but it will cost you cases. You've been told repeatedly about the various other perks of subscribing, so I won't bother going into those here. As for 'subcarbing', I have no clue what that might be. You'll have to ellucidate further if you want an explanation about that.

As for your fish story, congratulations. Lots of Omega-3 in fish. S'pposed to improve brain function in humans. Shooting fish in a pond shouldn't be that much harder than a barrel, I would think. I do hope you like fish. Lots.

Sleuthgirl Ciara
Sleuthgirl Ciara

Jan-1-2008 17:16

tanx kitkat! i think i undurstand now.

so if i use my cristmas moneytp SUBSCRIBE i get a apartment in Shanghi with a FISHMONGER that has trout or large-mouth bass (i dun't know what that is but i m exited to get 1). its purfect. i lyk fish lotz. but does do i have 2 buy the trout from the FISHMONGER or do i get 1 in my apartment? i have no monies anymore becuz of shaddy.

i jus ate a fish from my pond from my dad. it wuz goood. do u lyk fish kitkat?

1 moor thing. can you xplain ellucidate. i dun't no wat that is and i don't know if i want to do it yet. is it lyk a villan hunt? somone told me i cant do that yet ether.

<3 Ciara

Amira Diamond
Amira Diamond
Old Shoe

Jan-4-2008 08:49

hi Ciara..I think you are misunderstanding what people are trying to tell you...

so let me try...

first of all to travel you need to be subscribed..being subscribed also allows you to join an agency and participate in treasure hunts...getting assistance from other agents with your cases, access to the crimelab, equipment locker and all those good things...

being subscribed also allows you to participate in villain hunts...remember though you should have your contacts in each city before venturing into hunts..they can be extremely expensive...

you need money to purchase an apartment and furniture which is
expensive...

the merchant has nothing to do with you purchasing an apartment...the merchants are there to assist you with your suspects..(answering questions for you)...

you dont need the fish monger to get an apartment...again just cash..

so...subscribe and enjoy your travels...join an agency and participate in treasure hunts if you wish...and save your money and buy you an apartment...simple as that...

Breitkat..it is obvious that foshminger was just a misspelling of the word...


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