BlakeTheDrake
Posts: 237
5/26/2015
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I recently finished the whole 'Featuring in the Tales of the University' storyline. A nice, solid whodunnit with a few pleasantly creepy twists... since I always liked the university, however, I kind of feel the need to discuss the storyline - and particularly, the ending of it. So... spoilers ahoy, I suppose!
Mostly, I'm just a bit... discontent at the binary nature of the final choice. Either you destroy your academic reputation and sacrifice your connection with Summerset to bring the guilty party to justice, or you frame an innocent woman, without provocation, just in the hopes that a few important people might approve.
Some other options might have been nice, is what I'm saying. Like blackmailing the Provost to gain additional influence and funding for your new department. Or (perhaps with some extra work) writing the whole thing off as an elaborate suicide, enabling you to bury the matter without the need to sacrifice a scapegoat. Frankly, the bit that bugged me the most - having chosen the 'pragmatic' option - was that the Provost seemed so... singularly ungrateful that I'd saved him from the consequences of his foolishness. I would've enjoyed squeezing him more... directly.
Incidentally - if you actually choose the idealistic option, does he even get punished? Something about the whole setup makes me doubt it.
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BlakeTheDrake
Posts: 237
5/28/2015
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Well, the details of what happens if you choose to expose him are sadly unsurprising... so yes, I still find myself wishing for at least a couple more options, perhaps requiring additional investigatory work to pull off:
A: Deliberately blackmailing him with your information (and the fact that the Masters won't protect him) for an increased payday, but taking a hit to your reputation (and probably Connected: Constables) due to officially 'failing' to solve the murder.
B: Deciding that he's unlikely to face proper justice, you instead conspire with Anarchistic elements to ensure that this... 'tool of the Masters' is properly disposed of. The Dean disappears, and you subsequently reveal him as the murderer, leaving most to theorize that he simply fled from justice. Since he wasn't captured, your direct reward is lessened - but you gain increased Connected: Anarchists and Connected: Benthic (always nice to see academic rivals humiliated), and take only a moderate loss to Connected: Summerset, since the disappearance of the Provost allowed them to at least PARTIALLY save face... and his successor has an obvious reason to be grateful to you.
...but that's just my thoughts. I know I'd go for the blackmail-option if it existed, since my character tends to be rather... profit-motivated. And I'm sure there's plenty of unsavory elements around who'd be eager to take justice into their own hands. Shame it's unlikely to happen - with all they've got on their plates, the devs aren't likely to spend much time updating or expanding already-finished stories, eh?
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One of these days, I will remember to record interesting things in my journal...
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Passionario
Posts: 777
5/29/2015
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BlakeTheDrake wrote:
Some other options might have been nice, is what I'm saying. Like blackmailing the Provost to gain additional influence and funding for your new department. Or (perhaps with some extra work) writing the whole thing off as an elaborate suicide, enabling you to bury the matter without the need to sacrifice a scapegoat.
Or confess that you were the one whodunit. Depending on what choices you made in the Jack storyline, that might even be true.
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
5/29/2015
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No, you see, the victim, the pasty, the Provost and the Principal are all Benjamin Villein, rewarding you with notoriety and fame with this one-man show.
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Estelle Knoht, a juvenile, unreliable and respectable lady.
I currently do not accept any catbox, cider, suppers, calling cards or proteges.
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