Hi. I've just recently rejoined the game and my nerve bar hasn't moved a single point. Been stuck with 15 nerve bar for 11 days now. It's actually 16, I did use a merit if it means anything. Following a suggestion from the forum, on the first two days (since I did have 15 NN) I was doing jacket crimes only, which was fairly successful. Mostly greens, couple reds here and there. Thought maybe there was a better way, so I started following Knights' nerve bar.
Did all the shoplifting crimes (except the jeweler) 20+ times without reds, moved on to pickpocketing, did hobo and the kid 20+ times successfully without reds and only a blue here and there. Haven't had quite a lot success with the old lady, around 40% greens so far in around 40 tries, no reds.
The only nerve I've missed since I came back was around 5 hours worth in the night.
Is this normal? 15 NN for almost two weeks now. From what I've gathered 15 NN is pretty damn low. What am I doing wrong?
Well shit, I wasn't aware the nerve bar jumped in the increments of 5, someone could've mentioned that :D That's why I thought it was taking me way too long to jump by 1 point.
Got my 20 NN just now, your posts guys were extremely helpful, thanks!
I've just after I read your post realized you could actually check the detailed stats for more info. So I did get jailed 35 times since I got back after all, I was under impression I was in a lot less. Thanks for pointing that out!
Got nice answers here and things are much clearer for me now regarding the nerve bar, thanks for help guys :)
The reds were all from jackets (not all 30 something), then I decided to follow a guide.
Now I'm getting greens consistently on jackets. Pickpocketing the kid is fine too, I just get a blue 1/5 times. I'll stick to jackets. The amount of jail time came from me being not informed well enough to realize I would lose crime exp.
You have to take into consideration that I don't remember my actions from god knows when. These jail times, I don't recall going in nearly that often and sure haven't busted anybody since I came back. Like I said, on the first day or two I was getting jailed. Could be useful if I could check a recent crime record.
You're mentioning busting, should I do it? I did see it mentioned in the guide but haven't seen too many people "around my level" jailed, and the cost of busting also seems quite high.
I'm well aware it's a slow paced game, no need to get alarmed about that. From everything that I've read people seem to breeze through the first 20 NN. I was just trying to figure out the magnitude of slowness, wondering if maybe my couple year absence messed something up in my progression.
Hi. I've just recently rejoined the game and my nerve bar hasn't moved a single point. Been stuck with 15 nerve bar for 11 days now. It's actually 16, I did use a merit if it means anything. Following a suggestion from the forum, on the first two days (since I did have 15 NN) I was doing jacket crimes only, which was fairly successful. Mostly greens, couple reds here and there. Thought maybe there was a better way, so I started following Knights' nerve bar.
Did all the shoplifting crimes (except the jeweler) 20+ times without reds, moved on to pickpocketing, did hobo and the kid 20+ times successfully without reds and only a blue here and there. Haven't had quite a lot success with the old lady, around 40% greens so far in around 40 tries, no reds.
The only nerve I've missed since I came back was around 5 hours worth in the night.
Is this normal? 15 NN for almost two weeks now. From what I've gathered 15 NN is pretty damn low. What am I doing wrong?