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Fire Princess
Fire Princess
Well-Connected

Sep-2-2011 10:26

I always thought that favor cases were NOT supposed to involve standings with political factions. Two days in a row, I have had favors where the politics were affected. The following is copied from my favor case:

Victim: Edwin Smit, age 36
Difficulty: Incredibly hard
Favor For: Shoe Maker
Politics: Order of Socrates (Positive)
La Cosa Nostra (Negative)

Please explain.

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Night Queen
Night Queen
Old Shoe

Sep-9-2011 10:35

It may be that the issue is with quitting the favor cases. I am sure most sleuths don't voluntarily quit favor cases. Of course even I run across one now and then I simply can't solve.

I just solved one where the standings were not affected involving the Eastern Triads and the Circle of Light. I didn't care about the politics, but I did pay attention to my standings.

Night Queen
Night Queen
Old Shoe

Sep-9-2011 14:53

As I suspected, it is related to quitting a favor case. I just quit (choke, gasp) the following favor:

The Baffling Mystery of the Horrendous Phantom
Victim: Shan Zirger, age 27
Difficulty: Incredibly hard
Favor For: Bartender
Politics: Order of Socrates (Positive)
Eastern Triads (Negative)

And YES!!! It really did change my standings politically.

I also believe that it is related to the poor programming that does not total your solved favors on the "Plus" side of the Weekly High Scores", and does include your favors (negatively) if you quit a case.

I know Ben is a busy guy, but these favors really should be fixed. They are integral to the game.

Lawliettine
Lawliettine
Trusted Informer

Nov-13-2012 21:56

Reading this thread now, almost at the end of 2012, and hoping that it's been fixed. So many people have reported this & it's most definitely a bug. I would hate to have to quit a favour case that I can solve simply because I want to get in the good books of a faction.

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