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Aug-25-2011 09:05

Have you just had your best day of Sleuthing ever? Solved your first AI case? Got your last contact? Picked up your first treasure? Found a spoon? Finally got into the Prince's Palace?*

This is the place to share the joy, have a 'woot' or two and be congratulated by your fellow Sleuths.

Or maybe you've just had to pay Shady enough cash to finance a small war. Or reached screaming point with the tailor in Delhi. Or been pirated twice in a row. Or fallen into a trap three times running. You can share the woe, too, and we'll commiserate. We've probably been there too.

Me? I'm just happy that after two days' worth of 'south of the race track' I've finally got out of Shanghai :)

(* If you don't get the references, never mind. You could ask someone. Or you could just wait and see what the world of Sleuth brings you further down the line...)

Mar-10-2023 07:28

I do believe the game has it's algorithms. For the simple fact that otherwise treasure hunts theoretically could last endless. And that overall you get much more cases with PE where your contact is of no use.

Mar-12-2023 05:22

I have taken part in THs that go on *forever* before even the first required favour drops. So yes, there are algorithms, but in terms of contacts required with specific townies, it seems at they are often set to make the one you need extraordinarily elusive.

Mar-13-2023 12:24

Yes and then when that contact finally comes out the next favors you'll get will be or that contact. Like the game poking fun at you.

Mar-14-2023 06:24

That sounds familiar. Now I'm finding exactly the same thing in Delhi. Everyone but the Tailor (the person I need) is willing to offer favours. The game definitely needs a tweak.

Mar-14-2023 11:24

The game is on skeleton maintenance. I doubt anything in regards to game play will change in the foreseeable future.

Mar-16-2023 11:30

Maybe the townies are trying to become more self reliant.

Mar-19-2023 02:15

Still no Tailor. At this rate it will take another 6 months to finish my nemesis hunt.

Mar-20-2023 08:06

SO far I received 37 clues in my nemmy hunt. But no anchor clue amongst them.

Mar-21-2023 03:38

Badass, that's so annoying. Sometimes you can play around with your clues and get the solution - even without an anchor - but doesn't always work.

And I finally got the Tailor in Delhi - but of course I met with 3 traps in the catacombs so back to square one. How long will this go on?

Mar-23-2023 20:41

I had a favor case with two suspects named Caesar and Cleopatra. Happily reunited after two millennia.