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P0RN0
P0RN0

Dec-4-2005 11:46

We have a thread about the favourite skills, but which one is in your opinion most useless? Or not the best choice at the beginning?
I would say i don't understand the reason to use Judge of character...i think it may be useful when you have got Charm and Tough equipment in agency, but you still have to go to agency,change clothes, go back to suspect who can clammed up as well...

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Colonel Shanty
Colonel Shanty

Dec-4-2005 13:08

I don't know. . . aren't all skills useful in some way?
I think the ones that I have are useful. That's all I have to say.

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Nomad

Dec-4-2005 13:09

None of the faction skills are necessary in the beginning, with one exception. If you are in an agency and you need safe cracking. Judge of Character is definitely not something you need at the beginning, you really need to focus on whether you want to be tough OR charming and stick to it.

I can only think of one skill that I'd catagorize as useless, so much so that I actually had to go look it up! That would be stress detection. I understand that it is supposed to help you decide if you really want to ask someone a question. It just seems silly to me since I attempt not to ask useless or unecessary questions.

Chelsea Bando
Chelsea Bando
Well-Connected

Dec-4-2005 18:04

Research is useless 0:)

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Nomad

Dec-4-2005 18:29

You are evil, evil, evil Chelsea! That halo of yours is far from being straight!

Big Sherlock
Big Sherlock

Dec-4-2005 19:38

research rocks


Effie Mae
Effie Mae
Old Shoe

Dec-4-2005 23:44

What exactly does research do?

Greyling
Greyling

Dec-5-2005 00:59

Research allows you to rule out one suspect with a fake/none of your business alibi :)

Andy702
Andy702
Pinball Amateur

Dec-5-2005 06:07

I don't think I'd really call any skill useless, though most can seem that way if a skill type isn't available (like if you have a low number for the charm rating, and don't have a way to raise the number, you'd likely find Sweet Talking useless - however a detective with a high number for a charm rating would find the skill very helpful). So the usefulness of most skills just depends on a detectives statistics. Some, like Judge of Character, always seem to work though.

reda
reda
Well-Connected

Dec-5-2005 09:32

I think stress detection is pretty useless. Judge of character and faction skills are usefull but I would only get those after you have almost everything else.

tollo
tollo
Old Shoe

Dec-5-2005 10:40

i´d say stress detection is very useful. After sweet talking (or rule bending for townies) I can always tell if suspect (townie) is willing to answer one or two questions more. for example I have 2 Curly Hair, and I want to ask Barber. So with Stress Detection I know if he´s willing to ask one or two questions more.
for me Judge of character is useless, it always turns to "being nice".

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