Is there any benefit if you choose not to use drugs?
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all the info everyone listed is great but the deciding question you need to ask yourself is do you care about fighting, faction warring, getting stronger? if the answer is yes to any, you should probably take drugs if you …
Is there any benefit if you choose not to use drugs?
There is no benefit besides bragging rights except:
If you take less than 50 xanax and 50 ecstacy (more is considered pushing your luck), you can unlock the Sports Science Lab which is the "best" gym.
For just a tad more info:
https://www.torn.com/wiki/Gym
There's benefit yes, but I'd say it has more disadvantages. You will always have reasonable passives, meaning you'll have an edge over people using xanax (who have horrible passives).
You can also join the Sport Science Lab after some time, which has the biggest gym gains in the game. Aside from fight club, but we're not allowed to talk about that!
Haha rule #1. Great! Thanks for your help!
You can use the money for other things.
You never have to worry about your battle stats being reduced due to addiction levels.
You never have to worry about overdosing.
You won't ever run the risk of getting kicked out of a course you're taking.
You can train (eventually) in the Sports Science Lab.
I considered going drug-free for a little while, and spoke with one of the top drug-free players in the game about it. In the end, the advantages of drugs for a new, lower-leveled player greatly outweigh the disadvantages of using/benefits of remaining drug-free, so I started taking them as I did not want to needlessly handicap my development.
Thank you for the info, Dagrims! :)
all the info everyone listed is great but the deciding question you need to ask yourself is
do you care about fighting, faction warring, getting stronger? if the answer is yes to any, you should probably take drugs
if you don't give a crap any of the above in the question then there is no need to take drugs. IE you play for friends, money, or just dont care much about being a strong player, etc
The biggest downside to not taking drugs is you will always be fairly weak and you could have gains 2-3x more stats if you had just done drugs and the biggest place you hinder yourself is in the faction warring department you will probably not be able to fight any strong players and you will not be able to do as much as drug users in terms of how useful you will be during war.
For completion's sake, there's also a difference between not taking any drugs, and being "drug-free" enough to still eventually join the SSL. You can load up on LSD all day for training and Vicodin for warring, as long as you take less than 150 total Xanax and Ecstasy.
In this middle ground you'd still be weaker than a full-time Xanax user, but stronger than with 0 drugs while not breaking the bank. LSD also has some decent passive stat increases and boosts Awareness, though you'll overdose occasionally too.
Very good to know!! I'm still undesisive about which I'll choose. However, I plan to stick around for much longer. It'll come to me eventually. Very appreciative for everyones knowledge! Thanks again :)
i started using drugs late into my torn life and wish i started sooner, sure od's and cost or rehab is a pain but defo worth it in my opinion