OliverTwist
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Apr-15-2005 12:38
Actually, I think the number of skill points it costs you depends on whether you're very tough or very charming. For instance, I played a very charming detective once and it would have cost 12 points to get pickpocketing but only 8 to get hypnotism. It cost this detective (OliverTwist) only 8 points to get pickpocketing because my character is Very Tough. So, you should try to get in good with the faction that teaches a skill that's most congruent with the skills you already have.
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Greyling
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Apr-15-2005 12:50
Yeah, you've got a point there, Oliver, but the equipment they sell don't seem to correlate with the skill type in terms of how many points they'll cost you - so could be worth going for a faction that sells equipment suitable to ones type of character too :)
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Moonshh
Well-Connected
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Apr-15-2005 20:57
Malfait, you have somewhat of choice, because you can stop doing little jobs for the DAB and try to get in with another faction.
But I think it's worth reminding the new players that ALL the faction skills are really non-essential compared to basic interviewing and evidence skills, by which I mean all levels of interrogation/intimidation for the tough players and all levels of sweet talking/rule bending for the charming ones, plus crime scene skills, followed by research and lock-picking.
At least, this is the strategy I followed in the Mop Men competition, in which we had to start a new, unsubscribed character and see who could get the most points in a week without getting retired. I came in third, so it was an effective strategy, I think.
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