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jldcat
jldcat

Jul-30-2004 20:49

I am smart and charming and I already have: thread, rule bending, lock picking, research and sweet talking. What would you suggest I get next?

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Fonzie
Fonzie

Jul-31-2004 12:16

but she can still solve the case without it, besides, it's not very helpful if you cant get the townie to tell you who they think the piece of evidence belongs to because you dont have the proper charm/tough skills to make them talk

jldcat
jldcat

Jul-31-2004 14:22

wow, thanks for the help everyone, it's nice to have other people's views sometimes

Greyling
Greyling

Aug-1-2004 09:27

I'm with Elsey here, if you don't have basic hair and thread analysis then you'll never find those types of evidence and you'll often find yourself in the same situation as you posted about earlier where there wasn't a piece of physical evidence pointing to the guilty suspect ;)

Of course it is possible to work around it, but it's easier if you have the basic smarts, the advanced smarts are good to have on the higher levels especially if you're NOT in an agency, but if you're in one those are among the skills you can wait with till later :)

Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled

Aug-1-2004 09:41

Don't need physical evidence if you can ask suspects enough questions. Physical evidence still requires getting the info out of someone if you want to use it. Everyone has a slightly different method, but it seems only logical that you want to max out how many questions you can ask, then max out your evidence analysis skills. Seems pointless to find evidence that you do not have the influence to ask about.

Greyling
Greyling

Aug-1-2004 09:59

The other way round worked fine for me ;D
But I do agree that there are more ways than one to go about solving cases, just a matter of choosing one and sticking with it :D

Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled

Aug-1-2004 10:12

Ah, yes, that is the key. Choose one method, and stick to it all the way through. Then move on. (My point of view is skewed due to the fact that I have no evidence contact yet and I am "very tough".)

It has been said many times but bears repeating, the one method you stick to first should match your character type.

jldcat
jldcat

Aug-1-2004 18:18

Well I have the advanced smooth talking and I still get people clamming up on the easy level. I've had to quit a couple cause no one would talk to me and the favors (them being intermediate and me still on the easy cases) are almost impossible. I must be doing something wrong.

Elsey
Elsey

Aug-1-2004 19:10

be sure that you are wearing clothing that will accentuate your skills... suspects still clam up on me, they clam up eventually on everyone. you have to find a way to work around it.

Dogberta
Dogberta
Nomad

Aug-2-2004 08:07

Sorry - I didn't quite get it. I DO agree with Elsey you need basic hair and thread right from the start or you will never find clues. I think your starter kit should be those two plus your basic (tough or charm) questioning skills.
You just don't want to mix tough and charming skills - pick one or the other depending on your basic type. Other smarts (adv. thread, adv. hair, foot, thread) are nice but can be deferred.

Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

Aug-2-2004 08:43

As the levels get harder, even with advanced sweet talking and very charming clothes (total score +18) you can only get two or three questions out of some suspects, sometimes only one. You really need a combination of smarts and either charm or tough skills.

I agree that starting out you should go for hair and thread skills first, then sweet talking and rule bending (or their tough equivalents).

Being tough and charming seems to be the only bad combination of attributes.

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