Originally Posted by blatantninja
I was about the same as your first play-through, PJ.

The only thing that really ticked me off was that at my trial, Shandra Jerro, despite my seemingly constant agreeing with her all the way through (never lost influence once), wouldn't testify on my behalf. Stupid heifer.

there's easy way to gain influence with shandra right before the trial begin. just talk to her and be really sweet to her. as in, talk about your childhood and deagun freely. that will add about +6 influence with her at once. that was always enough for me to get her back up during the trial. I actually quite liked the whole trial thing. rather interesting. probably the best part of the game IMO.