What is your guys opinion on mugging?

First of all sorry for mistakes in grammar and my formatting , my mother tongue isn’t englisch so I have problems formulating long coherent sentences and I hope this won’t show too much in this post.

If you read this you’ll already have read the title so let’s get to the point :

What are your thoughts about muggers and mugging in general ?

To be clear I’m not asking weither or not it’s a good game mechanic or if it’s worth it , I’m more interested on how the general census on people mugging is.

I normally avoid mugging bc it’s not really helpfull to make enemies when you have my stats, but there always has to be some spare Energy I don’t want to go to waist which can’t really be spend on anything usefull (except if you consider hunting usefull , I don’t but maybe I’m just doing something wrong) 

Of course it’s annoying to get mugged especially by someone you can’t really fight back. But I still don’t want to do any drama or message them afterwards cause in the end it’s a normal part of the game and why should I be a mad at someone using that mechanic?

Still, it seems there are people doing exactly that : drama after being mugged

In the end it’s of course just a personal thing and people will have their own opinions on that.

This is just something like a survey for myself on how common certain opinions are.

Im looking forward to your opinions ,which I can’t say about you filthy scumbags who will give a practical demonstration ,but well, I guess that’s on me.

Have a great day

Mugging? Part of the game - Cheds made it difficult enough to get money without using you credit card

Mugging with a readilable script? Meh... OK, not ideal, so be it

Mugging with a script only a select few have?  Cheating IMHO

I have no strong opinion on how anyone else chooses to play their pretend-money game in their own spare time.

Started to reply yo this and saw that you had been mugged!  Guess that's what you get for putting up forum post asking about mugging!

Having a look at your flying, you're not really doing any long flights so you really shouldn't have any "wasted" energy.

However I have seen you've over 60 lost defends abroad which probably means you're not flying back straight away?

So if you're doing a long flight like to SA, you may as well use 100-125e on mugging as then you should land in TC with a full energy bar to train.

If you've sat offline when having landed in a 2hr flight country, mug so you've got about 75e left, then land back in TC with full bar!

As for mugging in TC, I'd advise against it while your stats are still so low, you really don't to want to be making too many enemies!

Admittedly I've removed over $4billion from careless people, mostly xanax runners, but that is down to how my online time used to work out around my real life commitments!

Hate to be mugged for large amounts. Love to mug for large amounts. Its a crime game and mugging is part of it.

I probably should have specified that when I talk about wasted energy I’m mostly talking about Xanax. Most of my energy goes into training but since you can’t go above 1000 energy , I usually take the first Xanax once my dc is down and then end up with 900 Energy. I know that a lot of people just train at this point , but I don’t have that much money so I try to get some of it back after I had to pay for Xanax by doing the duke missions and mugging till I have 750 energy.

That way I trade some stat gains for less cost for training , which then allows me to do a proper happy jump.
Honestly I don’t think it’s that good to do it like this (someone do da math)  but it allows me to make happy jumps more frequently.

Me getting mugged after this is totally my fault :) but I accounted for it so I don’t really have any money on me.

I use all of my E before I take the first xanax. In the end there's no difference between [use E >> 4 xan] and [3 xan >> use E over 750 >> 1 xan], but the first one is just simpler for me.

There is. You lose less energy if you overdose.

True, I hadn't thought about this before

You mention having spare energy, that is a problem. In my opinion, if your goal is to get stronger, then ALL of your energy is dedicated to training. No spare energy then... 

Now, to answer your question... I really need to start mugging one of these days, but damn my bleeding heart..xD I think it is a fun aspect of the game, and really I should be taking advantage of it, but my E is for gym gains and RW. 

It is part of the game.  But if you get caught and piss someone off, that is also part of the game.  Learning how to protect your $$$ is also part of the game.  Fly, land, buy and get out FAST is the best protection but 75% mug protection, from a 7* or better Clothing Store also helps.   I happen to own one.   :-)   

I nearly jacked it in as I was relentlessly mugged. For ages. I only started mugging other players around new year this year. I feel bad cos it’s shit logging in and you’ve lost money. But like other players say, it’s part of the game. So just make sure you don’t have millions on you lol.

So you guys even put the natural energy in stat training ? Maybe I should try that too, but like I  said : I’m too broke to pass the oppurtunity to get some of that sweet cash, even if it might not be worth it xD 

I enjoy it, sometimes.

And tbh, I don't even mind being on the receiving end. ESPECIALLY if it brings a funny interaction. Part of the game. 

I chase player interactions and fun/funny moments over completely min/maxing my money or stats, and it has been incredibly rewarding, I highly recommend it. 

It's become way to much hard work with the scripters and ability to self hosp

Honestly mugging always used to be an integral part of the game, now.... It's a minor distraction 

Just so you know, Ebergy is the most vital thing we have in torn. It's used in the gym to build stats and also to fight in wars. People will use 3 Xanax to stack their energy to 1k for wars (and also to use in the gym on a single stat to get huge gains). Energy is priceless

Ooos. Never mind the above lol. You fully answered this above . That's what I get for jumping to reply before reading a whole thread first. Usually I don't jump to reply right away and read so I know what's going on. You def know what you're doing where e is concerned :) 

And yes, always use the 150 natural e in gym before starting to stack so it ends at 1k E. The only time you don't wanna do that is when you'll be doing nat E + xan trains (400e total in gym each time. Then for the xan cd, if your e will fill in (for example) 3 hours and xan cd is 6 hrs, do a few bounty collections so you can get e fill and xan cd to end as close together as you can. Or adjust the numbers in the gym by the stat you want to train and put it to 10 (or 5 if you're still in gyms that do 5e per lift) and do a single gym lift, see what the time to filled is compared to xan cd time, do another single gym lift and check again. Once the two timers are close as they can get, let it fill and cool down naturally. Best use of E without letting e just sit there not working for you. Get gains or money. Also don't forget to change the gym box back to like 700 once done so you can use all e on the stat with one tap. If you leave it at 5 or 1 or whatever the number is, it'll take eons to train. Would have to tap the train button a ton to use all the e. So make all 4 boxes by each gym stat at like 700. One tap, all e trained. Easy peasy. 

bro, I put ALL of my E into training. I do my best to pop 3 xan a day + E refill, and I try to use all of my nat E on training as well. The only time I deviate is an event like Halloween and for RW. If you are in a decent faction and are active enough, you should be able to make enough money to cover your drug costs and PI costs with earnings from wars. Thats what I have essentially done since day one. 

Buy stocks, gamble, mug, fly, trade, forget the touch of grass...win!