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Corvis
Corvis

Sep-29-2005 09:57

Where can i locate a person that the client (or anyone else) informs me that is a suspect?

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R Anstett
R Anstett

Oct-1-2005 14:29

I use Firefox at home and am stuck with IE at work. Both work fine, but Firefox does not get the tool tips on the XP needed for case levels. That is the only thing I have noticed different.

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

Oct-1-2005 18:39

As Makensie shared, your first question should always be,"Ask if he knows anyone who had a motive to commit this crime," then after you've obtained your list of suspects, "Ask him if he has an alibi." Once I have the alibi of each suspect, I question the merchants about the alibis, but this is up to the agent. What helps is solving cases you're equipped to solve, meaning possessing the skills needed for your arch type, whether "smart, charming or tough," to force the client to talk. However, regardless of your skills, there'lll be cases you'll have to quit because you can't make the client talk, and of course there's cases with bugs. I still have client's in almost impossible case that clams on me & I have to quit it. Anyway, whatever the case, hang in there my friend & good luck! (*_*)

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

Oct-1-2005 19:00

To make it more clear above, don't open a case that's too hard to solve, & for sure if you don't possess enough skills to help strengthen your arch type & help make the client talk. It doesn't take that long go start with the Easy cases and work up to the Almost Impssible level:)

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Oct-6-2005 21:13

It's important to get your full suspect list, as DaRu says, by asking each person about others with a motive FIRST. You'll get to know how many suspects will complete your list on each level, as there is a range. I think in easy cases it's 5-6 suspects. You can confirm this also by paying the fortune teller $20 to find out if you need to talk to anyone else. The FT's messages are somewhat cryptic, but not too hard to figure out after a while...

I wouldn't necessarily say that you have to ask about alibi as your second question. Some people do, and in the beginning it might be your best bet as you likely will not find all the evidence until your smarts skills increase, but my method of solving doesn't have me ask about the alibi until later in the process, so just wanted you to know there are different options there.

Whereas getting the suspect list to be complete is pretty critical. If you don't get a complete suspect list, and your killer isn't on it, and the suspects and townspeople are all clammed up, there is no way to get more suspects and then case will not be possible to solve.

There are some subtle exceptions to this with the right help from a faction or in an agency, though.

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