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Is there a reason paper/radio contacts have no phone?

Captain_Photon

By Captain_Photon,
Posted on: 2009-09-26 22:07 in Player Questions

 

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I'm just curious if there's ever been given a particular reason why we have to hoof it to our paper/radio contacts to get the bank missions.
Seems like a pain in the butt which was purposefully done, but why?

 

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Originally Posted by Chaos Creator View Post
I'm just curious if there's ever been given a particular reason why we have to hoof it to our paper/radio contacts to get the bank missions.
Seems like a pain in the butt which was purposefully done, but why?
The Detectives? Yeah it gets annoying over time. I guess it would be some kind of violation to broadcast on the police channels, so you have to go downtown to see what's going on? lol

 

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Originally Posted by Chaos Creator View Post
I'm just curious if there's ever been given a particular reason why we have to hoof it to our paper/radio contacts to get the bank missions.
As far as I know there's no official explanation. IMO, the most logical assumption is that it's a time sink. They used to design all sorts of those into the game, back in the day. It was part of Jack's Vision of Gaming Nirvana.

 

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It might be related the their looping progress bar. Since phone numbers are handed out based on your progression with a contact and your progress with a Detective/Broker is reset when you complete a safeguard/mayhem, it could be that you would immediately lose the ability to call him/her and have to go talk to him/her again after 1-2 paper missions.

Icelock - Ice/Storm Controller
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Originally Posted by Icelock View Post
It might be related the their looping progress bar. Since phone numbers are handed out based on your progression with a contact and your progress with a Detective/Broker is reset when you complete a safeguard/mayhem, it could be that you would immediately lose the ability to call him/her and have to go talk to him/her again after 1-2 paper missions.

I'll second this. It may not be the right answer but it sounds pretty reasonable.

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