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Feb-16-2008 08:16

If during a case I decide to change equipment, would the new equipments' adjustments take effect immediately?

e.g. If when I start a case I put on smart equipment to give the best chance of searching the crime scene would it then be possible for me to simply change into tough equipment for the interviewing part of the case and have those adjustments take effect?

I am just wanting to be 100% on this before I go and spend money on some smart equipment.

Feb-16-2008 12:41

Thank you for the replies, you confirmed what I needed to know.

Feb-17-2008 02:45

Breitkat, are you sure about the Surveillance one? My experiments with this showed no difference between smart and other equipment. (Admittedly this was quite some time ago.)

Cheers
V Buster

Feb-17-2008 03:24

Oooo Brietkat, (Hand shoots up in class), does that mean when I get surveillance, I wont be able to use it unless I change my tough gear to smarts, and what if i'm not in my agency city, and have no access to the locker, does it become a defunct skill.

Feb-17-2008 04:13

As Breitkat said, your chances of success using the Surveillance skill are significantly higher when wearing Smart clothes; however, it can still work while wearing regular clothing. As always, the "random element" exists.

Feb-17-2008 04:17

Random, indeed! When playing Sleuth Sindy I have probably about a 90% success rate with Surveillance - even when wearing no smart clothes. But when playing an alter-ego, I have about a 90% failure rate - even when wearing full smart gear. :) Go figure. Perhaps it is tied in with the detectives experience points, too?

Feb-17-2008 12:16

Will you be able to use it? Absatively, the button still works, whatever clothes you choose to wear. Will it work? Ehhhhhh....that's another story.

At home, in NY, I routinely change from my normal outfit (what you see me in now) to the Agency's smart gear. I go from a smart stat of either -3 or +2 to +29 in the agency stuff. With my normal stuff on, I have a success rate of somewhere around 50% (this is also what I use when traveling). With the smart stuff on, the success rate shoots up to between 90-95%. I've had similar results with different detectives, so there does seem to be some substance behind the theory.

And yes, like many things on Noir, the ease and success of it does tend to get better with the more experience you have. ;-)