I was recently talking to a friend about how slow the progress feels at the start of Torn, and how that changes over time thanks to the snowball effect.
He was pretty sceptical at first — and honestly, I remember feeling burned out early on too — so I thought it might help to show what that progress actually looks like.
Below you can see my own journey, from day (not) one until now:
1. November 1st, 2023 — Total stats: 2,405. (Ignore the rest of the graph for now.)
As you can see, the first year is the hardest. But once you push past 10 million in each stat, your growth explodes.
Some experienced players might point out my build is unbalanced — which does help with faster growth, since each energy point gives more return when focused. But I’d argue that past 10 million per stat, it doesn’t really matter. You can take a 10 million stat to 50 million in about a month with Xanax and refills.
To wrap up: If you stay consistent and push past that early grind, the game opens up. Gains feel slow at first, but momentum builds up and everything speeds up.
Keep up the grind!
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Edit: Last 2 months I have been taking 3x Xanax and a refill a day, before that it was somewhat patchy. If someone was sticking to Xanax and refills then their progress could be even faster than mine.
Same goes for happy jumps, done a few, but not as many as I could.
Also for last couple of months I have been at the company that provides 3% boost to training.
Similar time to the last time i reported it 2 days ago too... we are back in the again... so has this been unstuck by staff or there is a bug in the system that keeps it stuck for x amount of time every day at similar time?
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