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mave nave
mave nave
Old Shoe

Oct-27-2005 14:46

Seriously, how can I ever advance if I don't get any skill points!?!

In the last 16 days I have taken 53 cases; one wrong accuse and maybe 2 quit; from which I have earned 3 points. Is this normal or am I being punished for some reason?

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Colonel Shanty
Colonel Shanty

Oct-27-2005 14:51

Sorry, mave nave. This is how the game goes. The higher experience you have, the less skill points you're going to get. Now it takes skilled detectives to even buy the simplest skill - like Flirting. Explore Newbie Questions, and have fun out there!

Colonel Shanty
Colonel Shanty

Oct-27-2005 14:52

Err . . . let me re-phrase part of it *Now it takes skilled detecives even longer to buy the simplest skill - like Flirting*

Crash Walker
Crash Walker
Old Shoe

Oct-27-2005 15:51

It takes me several days of solving just Almost Impossible cases, just to get a single point.
Are you tackling cases too low for you? If you spend all your time solving "low"-level cases with little experience gained, you'll take a long time to get a skill point.

mave nave
mave nave
Old Shoe

Oct-28-2005 00:04

That means Crash that you are getting them faster than I am; which seems grossly unfair considering your experience and mine (1184750 vs 21720)!

I use the level of 'favours' to determine what case level I "should" be doing. My favours are "really really hard" and I am doing "really hard" cases...

Surprisingly, when I was poor and naked, I did Intermediate cases for a couple of days and it's there that I got 1 skill point very quickly...

mave nave
mave nave
Old Shoe

Oct-28-2005 00:07

Maybe if I give you all my stats you can help?

experience: 21 720
total skill points: 94
Cases Quit: 37
Cases Solved: 268
False Accusations: 1

Sorry about the double post!

ichiban
ichiban
Well-Connected

Oct-28-2005 01:45

Mave Nave you must understand that you only get 3cases a day compared to 10 for being subscribed plus being in an agency has perks and is the only way Crash Walker could have the amount of points he has that quick, you must join an agency to find out about that.
Other than that I would suggest that you work on the highest case level that you can even if it is a little hard and you have to quit a few cases, There is big difference between being in agency and not when trying to build your det.

reda
reda
Well-Connected

Oct-28-2005 03:58

Its better not to use the favors to decide which level you do. The favors level goes only up to inc hard. the favor level will change when your exp grows. But if you do "too" easy cases your favor level will change slower. Try doing harder cases. If you see that its too hard go down a level and wait till you get more skills.

Arabella Parker
Arabella Parker
Well-Connected

Oct-28-2005 05:32

I think you are doing really well to have 96 total skill points at 21,720 exp points. I have 149,800 and only have 120 total skill points. It starts taking more and more exp points to earn 1 skill point. One time I kept count and it was about 10,000 exp points to earn 1 skill point. (I stopped counting after that) Keep working at it, you are doing fine.

An Zo
An Zo
Well-Connected

Oct-28-2005 06:02

My stats:
483820 exp points
134 skill points

I think that you're not being punished, it's normal.

gradbeth
gradbeth
Well-Connected

Oct-28-2005 06:23

Ara, once you hit that 150,000 it slows down more. I am up to 20K for one skill point, i have 318,000 exp

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