Detectives on Import/Export

[Doktor Vic Tim]

So, I killed the two detectives on the coke boat heist and the investigation didn't go down (Was at 9% since earlier I completed the Jupiter side story). I killed them during stealth and ate the strikes, but I wonder if killnig them in stealth makes it not count against investigation progress?

[Unknown Knight]

I believe only the detectives in Import Export are just extra flavour to the heist and do nothing to investigation, and only those on the main map (badge icons), do anything to investigations.

The latter ones have to be killed by going loud on a mission in the same turf where the badges are, then wait till they show up.

[Doktor Vic Tim]

Ah, okay. THat makes sense. Would've made the Import/Export quite an "OP" heist since you get to kill 2 detectives and lower the investigation twice as much if that was the case.

And I had such a nice way to off them as well using Berserk Equipment... Oh well, I guess the better tactic is to speedrun the heist, then.

[TheNightglow]

Originally posted by Unknown Knight:

I believe only the detectives in Import Export are just extra flavour to the heist and do nothing to investigation, and only those on the main map (badge icons), do anything to investigations.

The latter ones have to be killed by going loud on a mission in the same turf where the badges are, then wait till they show up.

hmm they do show up as killed detectives in the Sheriff Norris Overview, and it also seems like the detectives arent unlimited generic characters but actually predefined ones
so I guess the detectives u kill at the boat are detectives that can no longer be called in later to clear a turf

but honestly I never paid attention to the investigation score right after killing a detective, I just know that I have always ended up with 0% Investigation after giving the imported cocaine to Norris and having Khan arrested
I also always kill the 2 detectives on the boat in stealth but not sure if it does anything besides not allowing Norris to call them in to clear turfs later

but the 2nd point you are making is wrong btw, they do not have to be killed on the same turf,

any turf any mission will spawn a detective if:
- you have at least 2 heat when you started the mission
- the mission gone Loud
- there is a detective badge somewhere on the map (doesnt have to be the same turf as the mission)

[Unknown Knight]

Originally posted by TheNightglow:

but the 2nd point you are making is wrong btw, they do not have to be killed on the same turf,

any turf any mission will spawn a detective if:
- you have at least 2 heat when you started the mission
- the mission gone Loud
- there is a detective badge somewhere on the map (doesnt have to be the same turf as the mission)

Nice this is really great info, since a lot of players struggle with investigations in their earlier runs, this can save quite a bit of money from bribes.

[Unknown Knight]

Originally posted by TheNightglow:

hmm they do show up as killed detectives in the Sheriff Norris Overview, and it also seems like the detectives arent unlimited generic characters but actually predefined ones
so I guess the detectives u kill at the boat are detectives that can no longer be called in later to clear a turf

This is also really a cool piece of information. Maybe we can kill them all off to have no detectives spawn in the "Escape from Sherriff Norris" mission.

[TheNightglow]

Originally posted by Unknown Knight:

Originally posted by TheNightglow:

hmm they do show up as killed detectives in the Sheriff Norris Overview, and it also seems like the detectives arent unlimited generic characters but actually predefined ones
so I guess the detectives u kill at the boat are detectives that can no longer be called in later to clear a turf

This is also really a cool piece of information. Maybe we can kill them all off to have no detectives spawn in the "Escape from Sherriff Norris" mission.

maybe, though so far I have never seen more then 4 detectives being used in one campaign
after the Norris overview showed 4 dead detectives no new ones seemed to spawn...
but i m also not entirely sure what causes detectives to spawn, I typically do everything as stealthy as possible, so maybe thats why I dont get any more detectives then 4 per run