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Jul-13-2004 12:32

Is there a limit to the number of contacts you can have? And is there some kind of pattern to get a contact?

Jul-14-2004 04:31

favors for a certain townie will keep showing up if u just dont do them. so if u dont want someone as your contact you will have to start the favor and then quit it.

Jul-14-2004 07:32

or just hope it doesnt happen

Jul-14-2004 10:05

Oh. Thanks for that correction. I didn't know that.

Jul-14-2004 19:12

Yeah - I've been trying to get the Banker for about 60 favors and all that's happened is that my favors have moved into the excrutiatingly hard cagegory but the Banker has only given me loot in the 8 times I've scored a favor with her.

I have 'researched' a pattern though -using clones. and it looks like your first (non-key) contact appears about your 5th favor, and your key contact appears around your 15th. I don't know when you get a second chance at a key contact. LIke I said, I'm up to somewhere around 60, and haven't gotten it. Maybe you get too old eventually. Maybe I should be checking into the Sunny Vistas home for aging sleuths.

Jul-15-2004 03:41

took me also really long to get the second i wanted. i guess its because of the quitting.

Jul-15-2004 09:18

Yeah, once a favor is available, if you don't want to take it, the only way you can get a new one is to start that favor and then quit it. Simply not taking it will not result in a new favor.

Jul-18-2004 17:54

Ben, I want to make sure I understood you right. If I get the shoe maker, but want something else, I can open it, but not play it, then quit it, that will give me another favor right then to play, or will I have to play and solve three more cases, in order to get a differnet favor?

Jul-18-2004 17:59

The reason I asked is, if I pass up that favor, even though it may not be the one I want, for instance the one that's next in line for the treasure hunt, then I would be losing a gift, or $4800 I could make by selling the gift, plus the experience points. At this time, the only time I quit a favor, is when I've exhausted all resources in finding the killer, then I quit. However, if I can open one, quit it, and get a brand new one, then that's great. Just wondering.

Jul-20-2004 03:30

daru if u quit a favor u'll have to do 4 more cases to get a new 1. what ben meant is if u get the shoe maker as favor and u just ignore it than everytime u ask for favor it will tell u the shoemaker needs u. only if u start it and quit than after 4 more cases u'll get another 1. so u need to decide whats more important to u hunts and gifts or a certain contact.

Jul-21-2004 13:34

Reda, every favor is important to me, because they all go towards the treasure hunts. There's no reason for choosing what's more important, because I sell the gifts I don't want and store the cash to help fund the treasure hunts. I am the one in good standing with the Dies, and therefore I pay and start the new hunts for us. So the monies stored up from the favors won, goes to fund the hunts. By my playing all favors I have had my received and won my share of keys in hunts, and recently won a trophy for our agency. I see no reason to quit any of them, if I can solve it. Again, I see all favors as important to the treasure hunts, because of my stated reasons. I only play solve three cases, then I work a favor. Anyway, I wanted to clearify what I meant. Thank you for replying. I appreicate everyone that tries to give good advice. Take care and happy sleuthing.