Gaining experience?

[Granolaboi69]

Am I missing ways to gain experience? I'm really stuck in the game at this point. Have talked to everyone I possibly can, have a bunch of failed white checks that require leveling but they are capped. I know I can use substances to raise the caps, but I still need XP to get skill points. Close to nothing is giving me XP. Anyway to grind out a bit? I really don't want to start over with a different build

[Du-Vu]

What day and what time? More stuff will open up on each day, so just going to sleep is valid. Reading books or your case files will pass the time if needed. You can read books more than once, as well, and time will still pass. Repeating the same dialogue generally doesn't pass time, but choosing new answers does, plus you might stumble onto some new clues, passive checks, and extra XP along the way.

Note that thoughts which increase a skill also count for unlocking white checks, if you've got any room or can think of any checks you haven't gone back to because you were waiting on XP.

Have you been in the apartments and the backroom of the bookstore, or are those some of the white checks you're locked out of? Been through all of Joyce's reality lowdown?

[Granolaboi69]

Hmm ok maybe I'll work more on passing time. I have read a few books currently, and have been going back through old conversations trying to pick up options I missed. No room for thoughts currently unfortunately.

Did do the backroom stuff and seems like I went through the reality stuff with Joyce (She has a white check I can't retry just yet as well)

[Du-Vu]

It sounds like you made it through Day 2 with 20 real for your room? Money is the harder thing if you're not taking bribes. On Day 3 things open up and there are a bunch more quests and conversations.

If you want to cheese it a little, Art Cops get the most XP, through the Actual Art Degree and Wompty-Dompty-Dom thoughts (Conceptualization and Encyclopedia passives generate +10XP each, Encyclopedia also gives you +2 real)

[Granolaboi69]

Yeah I'm on like day 4 or 5 I think? Just have been doing a really bad job at where I put my skill points I guess and have wasted a lot potentially