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Paranoid_Android
Paranoid_Android
Story Teller

Dec-1-2005 04:47

This is from a Newbie Thread [me being the newbie] someone suggested I pose here... >> So...
I was toying with the possibility "that wouldn't it be gr8 if your 'PE' [contact] just answered you straight up... eg. "Penelope Pins knew my time was important to me so she didn't beat aound the bush, the thread you've given me belongs to Joe Bloggs".
Having thought about it some more, it is kind of an authentic response too, in the sense that someone you'd built a realtionship up with, wouldn't 'stuff you around' by making you ask about A,B,C...

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Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

Dec-1-2005 18:00

Slightly too easy*

Prof Mortiary
Prof Mortiary

Dec-1-2005 18:15

I wish they were.

Moon Lighter
Moon Lighter
Well-Connected

Dec-1-2005 18:19

I dont see how it can make it easier... merely faster. I believe he is refering to only giving our "PE contact(s)" this ability. If it were given to all PE townies then yes it would make things too easy. But given only to our contact simply makes getting the answer you will eventually get by clicking down the list a little faster.
Am I misunderstanding what Paranoid_Android asked?


Paranoid_Android
Paranoid_Android
Story Teller

Dec-2-2005 03:25

Nope Moon Lighter...you are spot on :) Only your PE CONTACT. Certainly not making the game easier by doing it. Like i said it even adds an air authenticity to your relationship with your contact. [Sorry 'bout not knowing this had been asked previously.]

Dark Raven
Dark Raven
Trusted Informer

Dec-2-2005 06:07

I agree, if he/she is your contact, you should be able to just go and ask them, they could be able to just give you the answer.

Moon Lighter
Moon Lighter
Well-Connected

Dec-2-2005 09:34

Well as long as I am understanding correctly I think its a great idea.

R Anstett
R Anstett

Dec-3-2005 11:31

It make it easy not faster.

Right now you find a thread. Then you build a list of suspects. Then you go to the tailor and check each name on your list. Maybe that person is not there becuase you did not get all the suspects yet.

With this change, I do not bother to make a list of suspects. I go to the tailor ask who the hair belongs to, and then go talk that person about alibi.

Easy and fast.

The other point is that mistakes happen. You forget to check a motive or alibi. Forcing people to walk through all the steps each time forces them to be careful or else.

Di_Newton
Di_Newton

Dec-5-2005 12:58

hey! we got the same face lol!


Di_Newton
Di_Newton

Dec-7-2005 15:08

That Joe Bloggs guy was a soilder in WW1(allied side), he got shot though.

LastTrain
LastTrain

Dec-8-2005 12:25

R Anstett, that could be solved the same way the Research skill solves it.

If you haven't yet discovered that suspect, the message you get is vague to the extent of letting you know that suspect isn't yet on your list.

I agree with the general consensus, it doesn't need to make the game easier, just faster. The incredibly high number of page clicks is one of very few drawbacks to this game. Anything to help reduce page clicks is highly desirable, IMO.

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