Stats

So, I just met this guy who started torn today, and was talking about stats, and he was talking about being the best, I told him about bodybagger....

Question is... Is it possible to surpass bodybagger at this stage of the game?

Anything is theoretically possible given enough time, however with all the changes made to the game, it is no longer possible.

That's a shame, but why exactly is that the case?

To elaborate on Radical's point

BB gained his stats from using stat enhancers, in the past Stat enhancers did not have a cooldown so he was able to use many of them in a short time period. Now there is a 6hr booster cooldown when you use a stat enhancer which limits your growth.

For one he's a new player so bodybagger already has time, money, and stats on his side. Add in newer changes like booster cooldowns which limit how fast you can spam fhcs, stat enhancers etc and he's more likely to die of old age then catch up to bodybagger.

In addition to this he spent over 2 trillion on stat enhancers. Nowadays it’s not possible to make that sort of money.

How did people make so much money during the "old" times of Torn?

I don't know much on that but I remember reading in the past there wasn't a limit to bank investments, so people would group up huge sums of money, invest it, and then get massive returns and then share it all out again. and then the $2-3b limit was put in place.

The old stock system was incredible for making money.

You could drop 80bn into EVL that was around 92c per share, and it would jump up to 93c and nearly a billion profit instantly. And you could pull out straight away.

Some days i would make 8-10% on the money I had, whilst only having to pay out 1/8th -1/10th of that profit...

EVL and LSC were the lowest priced and best return stocks back then. You could easily see half a dozen plus penny ticks per day.

RIP new players

Big question is will it be possible to make such money to fund such train now.

There were flaws in the game mechanics with the stock market and casino for many years. People abused the crap out of them and made trillions.