The point about him being sane making the his investigatee in more danger if revealed is, to me, obvious. The mod has told us that we know without a doubt that his investigations are accurate. Usually, the cop's sanity is in doubt and the mafia could leave a player investigated as "innocent" alive as no one knows what the investigation really means. In this case, we know that the exposed innocent will have a huge target on him/her (and that's assuming that HM even tells us the truth -- something at which we can only guess).
As for HM's statement here...
...I find it rather inflated. Why should someone become a sacrifice to keep him alive? We don't know whether or not he's innocent. And, again, what if the innocent he exposes is a hidden power role? Isn't it more worthwhile to KEEP that role hidden? As mole pointed out, Dourgrim already has to choose whether to protect himself or HM -- do we really want him to have another innocent thrown into the mix so that it becomes a 33% chance that he'll protect the right one rather than a 50% chance (actually 25% from 33% as the deputy's pretty important, too)? Let's have a little example here: what if I'm the one HM investigated...and what if I'm, say, an undercover cop or doctor? What's more valuable? An out-in-the-open cop/doc or one that the mafia doesn't know about? I argue it's the latter and exposing an innocent will probably force him/her to expose their hidden role if they have one.HairyMezican wrote:Plus, if they kill the person I reveal to be innocent, that leaves me alive for one more day to try to investigate somebody else, until I actually find mafia.
But, whatever. I'm not gonna keep arguing the point -- I'll just content myself with having my opinion on record and pointing out that some of the people arguing are probably not pro-town. If you're convinced revealing is the way to go and have the support of a few others, I doubt my thoughts will carry much weight.
