Training Method

Why is happiness so important in training low stats(hank's premium option #1) and at what point are the stats gains from stacking energy at max happiness(or close to) the same as training with energy alone(taking 3 xanax daily)? Will your property affect when the effect of max happiness drops to a point where it's not worth using?

Moved to to Q and A.

Happiness always has an effect on your training, even when your stats are capped. It's just a lot more noticeable when your stats are lower. Somewhere in the region of 56k it's more effective to train just using xanax than ecstasy.

Xanax training is also more effective as you get to unlock better gyms faster as it requires energy to make progress to unlocking better gyms.

Yes, as already mentioned already happiness always has an effect on your gym gains even when they're capped. If affordable it's better to stay in a property that has higher happiness for a better effect on your gym gains.

Hmn, im going to (slightly) disagree with the ''happy always helps out''.
After I got a stat at 55M or something I OD'd. Well happens. 0 happy. Got revived, trained a few times and wrote down the different stagains.

After a rehab I trained again a few times, wrote down the stagains once again. Compaired the outcomes. It was rather 1 on 1
So when its something like 0,0000000001 extra gains, its not worth the upkeep.

Difference between 0 happy and 2775 happy (in my case) is between 10 and 11 gain per stat per 10 energy. Not much but in the bigger picture it makes a difference after all

That actually is worth the upkeep. In my situation the gains were rather exact up to the 3d digit.

so , are u suggesting that below 56kstats, i should use ecstacy?

Hank's guide is a great tool to use. I'm not saying how you should train, just pointing out that the gains from xanax from around that point are better than the gains would be from higher happiness. That might not be the case if you have max happy in which case this figure would probably be closer to about 100k before switching.

It's your choice to make. If you can afford to train using Hank's guide, go for it. Otherwise stick with what works for you

Confirmed, if you have access to a PI/high happy, and are at lower levels, consider doing only your daily 3 Xanax/Ecstacy (40k stat)/LSD (drug free) with refills, and consider changing your job to Army for job points to trade for increased defense stats at once in the 1500 job point range 1500=+1M Defense. Bank the money you would have spent at high interest with compounding, and use for training later with 5 eDVDs/FHCs/cans/SEs (follow Hank's guides) when you get your stats to a level for significant gains per train. Upgrade your gym for training also for higher stat gains per train/ trrain one at time, by training all your stats balanced.

wait what?
I have a PI with 5,000 happy, 100m+ on stat, is it all to waste?

No. As mentioned happy gives additional gains. It's just less noticeable once you've capped a stat. Stay happy. lol

thanks mate for clearing this out... was almost to sell the island and move back to the shack there for a second ;)

Well besides the happy, a PI comes with a vault.

No idea how you play this game or how you stand in this game, but the vault is one of thé most ''happy bringing'' features to this game.

However if you have a PI with yacht, why not sell it and buy a PI back without the yacht upgrade?
The 600/800M you would gain of it you could invest in something that would give you better payouts in the long haul than just a very long long long low digit payout in traininggains.

Not to mention the airstrip on the PI....