Relationships and Reputation

[cinder moon]

I think I've seen thus mentioned briefly in others but I feel this would be good to talk about in a whole.

I think relationships with NPCs is definitely needed. Doing bad actions could generate bad karma with characters. Like for instance, if you make a bad name at a company you might not be able to enter it and building up the relationship to be unbanned could be needed (through side jobs or maybe money).

Cops that don't like you might watch you closely. At a crime scene this could be devastating. Might need to pay him off to look away or increase your reputation with the police.

Anger a household? Might not be able to search a house any longer making you break in, pay more money, ect.

If you help people out more often, maybe you can get info easier and asking to enter the house becomes much easier.

I clicked feature request but it glitched. No idea why it's not there.

[shy tartan]

I think the relationship with the detective and the coca cola police is interesting. You're essentially just some random person who drops tips and makes the police look bad while stealing bounties so maybe the police like you less the better you do

[cinder moon]

That's a cool idea. As your reputation goes up as a detective the worse the relationship becomes with all officers. That's something I didn't even think of.

I was thinking that if you're caught illegally on a scene then that cop might trust you less and follow you. The relationship with that cop went down. Same for if you attack citizens or officers, it would go down.

Making jobs more difficult with the police sounds very logical and I am all for that. Who wouldn't hate a guy for making you look bad? Super cool.

[shy tartan]

Maybe in addition to an apartment you could eventually buy a pi office with a frosted glass door and citizens start coming to you instead of police as you make a name for yourself

[cinder moon]

That one is suggested in one of my other threads. Minus the detective office part. ^^

[errant comet]

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[shy tartan]

On the topic of relationships I'd like more dialogue options in general. Maybe a polite introduction with a handshake (sync disk upgrade to covertly scan their prints while shaking their hand?) and a badge flash to hopefully make them more willing to provide information? I also think clients for things like stolen item missions should be way more willing to provide their own fingerprints since I'm trying to isolate the thief