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Apr-6-2004 09:41

Hi, can folks help compile a list of what they know about different difficulty levels?

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VERY VERY HARD
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8 suspects
3 with real alibis
5 without
1 fake alibi explained by city hall research

3 pieces of evidence at crime scene
1 piece of physical evidence pointing to murderer
2 pieces of verbal evidence pointing to murderer

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INCREDIBLY HARD
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8 suspects
3 with real alibis
5 without
1 fake alibi explained by city hall research

4 pieces of evidence at crime scene
? pieces of physical evidence pointing to murderer
? pieces of verbal evidence pointing to murderer

Apr-6-2004 11:07

On incredibly hard I believe I've had as many as 6 fake or non existent alibis (with only 3 physicals). I've only ever seen one physical pointing to the guilty party. But then that may be because I don't ever try to find a second one.

Apr-6-2004 15:04

-Very hard-

8 suspects
4 with real alibis
4 without
1 fake alibi explained by research

2 pieces of phsy. evidence max at crime scene
1 towards murderer
3 verbal total
2 verbal towards murderer

i think thats right; im tough so there could be more physical if you have smarts

Apr-7-2004 00:53

jwonie2 said: "im tough so there could be more physical if you have smarts"

You're right about that. There are usually 3 pieces of physical evidence in very hard cases.

Apr-7-2004 02:07

On a few occassions, I've had 3 pieces of physical evidence on a very hard case even though I have no smarts skills. So it's definitely not 2 max, even though 3 is very rare (and quite useless) without special skills.

Apr-7-2004 14:14

r u sure its always the same numbers?
i'm pretty sure i had some hard cases with 8 suspects and some with 7. also in intermidiate i had always 6 suspects but in intermidiate favor i had 7...

Apr-7-2004 14:42

i think very few of the rules for difficulty are absolute. but it's good to know what probably will happen