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Mar-12-2010 09:26

I've been wondering for a while now -
What determines whether you get a skill point at the end of a case?
I always thought it was experience points, but now I'm not so sure.

I also haven't been receiving them as fast as I used to. What slows down the rate of acquiring them? I'm trying to figure out a strategy to get skill points without picking up cases that are too hard to solve.

Mar-12-2010 09:41

You're right it is experience that affects your skill points.

As your experience inscreases the amount of experience needed to gain a skill point also increases. As to what that formula is; I know a lot of people have tried working it out in the past but no set calculation has been effectively crafted, at least not to my knowledge :)

Hope that helps a little.

Mar-12-2010 12:15

IF you can do Almost Impossible cases, then you will get a skill point at around 40,000 xp which is equivelent to 8 Almost Impossible cases.

Mar-14-2010 07:27

I usually get 1 skill points after solving about 9-10 AI cases, but sometimes I don't get any at all. You'll get quite a lot at the beginning, but it takes more time later on.

Mar-14-2010 07:27

Correction- 'I usually get 1 skill POINT.'

Mar-14-2010 07:28

You also get 1 skill point at 100000 exp points.

Jul-14-2010 16:25

I'm newbiee and as I understood if i don't take a skill point doing intermediate - I have several options:
- to do more intermediate to take my skill point or to begin solving hard cases to get 1 skill point per case?

Another question - can I cancel one of my skill to get skill points? I did a mistake - took flirting, but character is tough and smart and I have neither sweet talking nor bending rule skill. If I can't cancel the skill, will it be reasonable to take the charm skill just to get work this damned flirting %-)

Please copy the answer by mail, thx!