Lvl 11 here — First, let me say I’ve read the guides and forums. I’m just a bit overwhelmed at the volume of info on the game. Here are a few questions:
1. Does strength only impact melee damage?
2. Are there pros and cons to a stealth build (speed+dexterity as primary stats)?
3. How should I prioritize spending money? Found and sold a love juice for $8m and put it into a better house for higher happy. I bought some better gear. I didn’t want it sitting around in case someone mugs me. But for my next windfall, where should I put it? What should I NOT spend money on?
Curious - what’s the point of holding levels? I’ve been trying to find inactive accounts to help with leveling. Occasionally I’ll find someone close to my level and when I attack them, their stats are jacked. They completely negate my damage and then hit me for like 900 points in the head.
In this case, is it better to take the loss and hospital time or time out?
Perhaps I’m confused (likely)… why so much hate on the dump? Ways to earn are severely limited for brand new players and I’ve made far, far more from crap I’ve picked up at the dump than my pathetic crimes ($12 for bootleg cds?). I’ve found weapons, armor, pepper spray, Vicodin, masks, blow gun, gold rings. I might spend my last 10 or 15 energy searching there. Sure, sometimes it’s wrapping paper or plushies but they still sell for more than my crimes bring in. I spend 90% of my energy at the gym but that last 10% has paid off for me. Once you have more options it’s probably not worth it but for newbies, I think it is.
I am NOT COMPLAINING. I asked TWO questions: Why do people hold levels when there’s obviously benefits to leveling up and whether it’s better to time out or take my beating and go to the hospital. THIS is exactly what I’m talking about…
I didn’t ask for leveling targets nor complain about being hospitalized. I didn’t say I was going to hold levels. I wondered why other people did, especially when they are so strong. Asking a question isn’t complaining or bitching or being negative.
Reading comprehension isn’t its strongest in a forum, I get it. But this kind of BS when someone asks a question is why I have no interest in joining a faction, why I won’t be posting in the forums again, why I don’t want to interact with this community.
I’m sorry I don’t want to follow a paint-by-numbers walkthrough, step by step instructions on how to be the coolest and best player in Torn.
Guess what? I don’t care about flying or making money or wars or factions. I get all my Vicodin and pepper spray from the dump. I’m not power leveling defense. I will not be renting a private island and no I don’t care about maximum happy.
You don’t know me or my vision for my character, how I like to play, what my goals are here. Because I don’t do what every one of the last 24,000 players to join Torn did I’M PLAYING THE GAME WRONG, wah.
And god forbid I interrupt the circle jerk with a question in a forum called Questions, I am complaining or an entitled bitch or whatever. Like a critical thinker, I read the guides and I use what makes sense for my gameplay. Good luck y’all. If the grind doesn’t drive off new players, the attitude of the community certainly will. ??
I spend all my energy burglarizing print shops trying to find the items I need for lvl 25+ items in forgery which my faction needs for organized crime. It’s been weeks now and not a single one of the things I need has dropped. I get the same selection of items over and over and can’t progress. yes, I can just buy the items for 10x the price on the market, but that’s not the point, right? I should be able to find the items I need as listed in the wiki? Is there a drop rate somewhere? Is this pure RNG? I am level 88 in burglary and have the window breaker. Fwiw it’s sucking the joy out of the game to waste my energy on the same thing every day to get the same results and remain stuck with all these half finished forgeries. I’d like to be able to make the items my faction needs.
I spend all my energy burglarizing print shops trying to find the items I need for lvl 25+ items in forgery which my faction needs for organized crime. It’s been weeks now and not a single one of the things I need has dropped. I get the same selection of items over and over and can’t progress. yes, I can just buy the items for 10x the price on the market, but that’s not the point, right? I should be able to find the items I need as listed in the wiki? Is there a drop rate somewhere? Is this pure RNG? I am level 88 in burglary and have the window breaker. Fwiw it’s sucking the joy out of the game to waste my energy on the same thing every day to get the same results and remain stuck with all these half finished forgeries. I’d like to be able to make the items my faction needs.
I am NOT COMPLAINING. I asked TWO questions: Why do people hold levels when there’s obviously benefits to leveling up and whether it’s better to time out or take my beating and go to the hospital. THIS is exactly what I’m talking about…
I didn’t ask for leveling targets nor complain about being hospitalized. I didn’t say I was going to hold levels. I wondered why other people did, especially when they are so strong. Asking a question isn’t complaining or bitching or being negative.
Reading comprehension isn’t its strongest in a forum, I get it. But this kind of BS when someone asks a question is why I have no interest in joining a faction, why I won’t be posting in the forums again, why I don’t want to interact with this community.
I’m sorry I don’t want to follow a paint-by-numbers walkthrough, step by step instructions on how to be the coolest and best player in Torn.
Guess what? I don’t care about flying or making money or wars or factions. I get all my Vicodin and pepper spray from the dump. I’m not power leveling defense. I will not be renting a private island and no I don’t care about maximum happy.
You don’t know me or my vision for my character, how I like to play, what my goals are here. Because I don’t do what every one of the last 24,000 players to join Torn did I’M PLAYING THE GAME WRONG, wah.
And god forbid I interrupt the circle jerk with a question in a forum called Questions, I am complaining or an entitled bitch or whatever. Like a critical thinker, I read the guides and I use what makes sense for my gameplay. Good luck y’all. If the grind doesn’t drive off new players, the attitude of the community certainly will. ??
Got it, thanks. I guess it doesn’t matter either way then. Unless the hospital time is short than for a brutal loss.
There weren’t many low targets on the lists I found (I’ve read the forums and the guides) and I got tired of waiting around for them to get out of the hospital. I’m not trying to skyrocket to the top of the game. My understanding is this game is a marathon not a sprint. I’ll get to lvl 15 when I get there. I’ve had good luck finding and occasionally mugging my own targets that haven’t been beaten down by every new player. The weird hostility about not taking people’s unsolicited advice and following the guides to the letter is really off putting as a new player.
No shade, but this game is a 20 year old sausage fest with declining player numbers, so people could be a little more chill especially in a forum called Questions and Answers. (Not directed to you personally RedBud, I appreciate your reply, it’s not my first post, but it is my last)
Thank you. I was just curious if there was some advantage to holding that I was missing. I also don’t think I ended up in the hospital for timing out. At least it wasn’t in the log.
I asked two questions. That’s not complaining. People like you are why people like me don’t post in forums or ask for help. All I said was I like to find my own targets so now the game isn’t for me so I should quit… okay.
Curious - what’s the point of holding levels? I’ve been trying to find inactive accounts to help with leveling. Occasionally I’ll find someone close to my level and when I attack them, their stats are jacked. They completely negate my damage and then hit me for like 900 points in the head.
In this case, is it better to take the loss and hospital time or time out?
Lvl 11 here — First, let me say I’ve read the guides and forums. I’m just a bit overwhelmed at the volume of info on the game. Here are a few questions:
1. Does strength only impact melee damage?
2. Are there pros and cons to a stealth build (speed+dexterity as primary stats)?
3. How should I prioritize spending money? Found and sold a love juice for $8m and put it into a better house for higher happy. I bought some better gear. I didn’t want it sitting around in case someone mugs me. But for my next windfall, where should I put it? What should I NOT spend money on?
Perhaps I’m confused (likely)… why so much hate on the dump? Ways to earn are severely limited for brand new players and I’ve made far, far more from crap I’ve picked up at the dump than my pathetic crimes ($12 for bootleg cds?). I’ve found weapons, armor, pepper spray, Vicodin, masks, blow gun, gold rings. I might spend my last 10 or 15 energy searching there. Sure, sometimes it’s wrapping paper or plushies but they still sell for more than my crimes bring in. I spend 90% of my energy at the gym but that last 10% has paid off for me. Once you have more options it’s probably not worth it but for newbies, I think it is.
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