Company Change full List + ranting!!!!
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Thread created on 12:16:03 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)|Last replied 14:49:09 - 25/09/25 (11 months ago)Hey guys. Just making a thread showing the changes in specials since the last survey. The old special is highlighted in red. I'll be making personal comments in blue about my personal feelings about the specials. Feel free to say what I've missed and I'll update the list.
Hair Salon - Not Changed 1 star Debate Experience (1 job points) 3 star Gossip View someones money on hand (10 job points) 5 star Rumors 50% reduced enemy stealth (Passive) 7 star Cutting corners 30 minute education time reduction (1 job points) 10 star Sweeney's Revenge 20% slashing weapon damage (Passive) Specials seem ok. 20% slashing is a nice boost and with education and money spies it gives nice alternatives to various types of game play. Law Firm- Not Changed 1 star Bail Bondsman 50% decreased bail costs (Passive) 3 star Background Check View someone's stats (20 job points) 5 star Closing Argument Easier to bust more people at once (Passive) 7 star Loophole + 20% organised crime skill (Passive) 10 star Educated Decisions View success chance of potential busts (Passive) Specials are good. I'd personally swap the 7* and 10* specials. An interesting alternative 10* special could be Extradition: Force a player to return to Torn from another location (Requires full flight time) for x job points" Flower Shop 1 star Rare Import + Special flower (3 job points) 3 star Cultivation + 25% illegal production success rate and skill gain Romanticism + 300 happy for you and spouse (10 job points) 5 star Herbal Cleansing - Drug addiction (1 job points) 7 star Over Capacity Able to bring back +5 special flowers from abroad Cultivation + 25% illegal production success rate and skill gain (Passive) (Passive) 10 star Floral Contacts View stock of flowers in all countries (10 job points) Specials are decent. The +5 flowers is a better alternative to the 300 happy. The 10* special is not overly helpful since the same information is already shared on the forums. How many of the non forum readers actively run flowers? I personally have no idea. I'd assume not so many for this special to be worth it for them. Hell the ones that don't read the forums probably won't know about this special anyway. I'd chance 10* special to Flower Reserve: Always be flowers available abroad Car Dealership 1 star Test Drive + Racing point (5 job points) 3 star Discount parts - 75% cost discount on car parts Discount parts - 25% discount on car parts (Passive) (Passive) 5 star Salesman No item market fees (Passive) 7 star Two-Faced + 25% fraud success rate and skill gain (Passive) 10 star Getaway car + 95% run away chance (Passive) Specials are good. The 3* special got buffed which is good since it's relatively weak anyway. Crime bonus and an interesting 10 star special I can see being used for runaway merits. Overall pretty diverse. Clothing Store - Not Changed 1 star Fashion Show + Experience (1 job points) 3 star Nine to five + 100 endurance (10 job points) 5 star Activewear + 25% passive dexterity (Passive) 7 star Tailoring + 25% armor bonus (Passive) 10 star Secret pockets - 75% enemy mug losses (Passive) Specials are brilliant. Not much worth it to spend jop points on. But with passive Dex, armour and mug bonus this ranks as one of the top companies for specials. Realistically since armour is a linear multiplier to damage it should probably be reduced slightly. Maybe to 15 or 10%. Personally this is the company I would probably choose to be in atm. Gun Shop - Not Changed 1 star Sales Discount - 20% standard ammo cost (Passive) 3 star Surplus + 100 random special ammunition (25 job points) 5 star Skilled Analysis Target equipment and ammo is always visible (Passive) 7 star Bandoleer + 1 clip for guns during combat (Passive) 10 star Firearms Expert + 10% primary & secondary weapon damage (Passive) Specials are okay. The damage is a nice multiplier. But other specials have 20% damage. +1 clip is nice for certain weapons but reloading 4 times in a fight of 25 moves seems like suicide. The special ammunition and Target equipment is a wait and see. Game Shop - Not Changed 1 star Ub3rg33k - 50% virus coding time (Passive) 3 star Early Release + Money (100 job points) 5 star Gamer + 100% console happiness (Passive) 7 star Power Levelling View progress to your next level (Passive) 10 star Overpowered + 1 nerve, 5 energy, 50 happiness (1 job points) Specials are dull to you get to 10* which is really nice. I'd personally change the virus programming system to make it more of an interesting rewarding side game than it is now but that's for another thread. It does help getting the virus merit though. The levelling % could be quite useful for testing things but other than that rather pointless (Not many people go to the bother of travelling to china to see.) As far as consoles, I don't think anyones used them since erotic dvds were introduced. The + money is a wait and see. Candle Shop - Not Changed 1 star Warming Therapy + 50 happiness (1 job points) 3 star Illumination + 50% awareness (Passive) 5 star Calming Therapy + 2 nerve (1 job points) 7 star Reinvigorating Therapy + 5 energy (1 job points) 10 star Meditation View someone's true level (250 job points) Specials are good. People will only be interested in the energy and awareness which in fairness is going to be enough of a reason to stick by. Personally I'd make the +2 nerve passive. Toy Shop 1 star Memory Lane + 50 happiness (1 job points) 3 star Jumble Sale + Special plushie (3 job points) 5 star Gamer + 100% console happiness (Passive) 7 star Over Capacity Able to bring back +5 plushies from abroad Toy Importer View stock of plushies in all countries (25 job points) (Passive) 10 star Toy Importer View stock of plushies in all countries 10 star Nostalgia + 25% maximum happiness (Passive) (10 job points) Specials were better before. Same issues as flower company. Viewing stock is pointless. The 25% max happiness seemed like a much better special. No idea why it was changed. If you felt it was OP why not drop to 20% or 15%. The +5 plushies is decent. A special could be Plushie Reserve: Always be Plushies available abroad Adult Novelties 1 star Blackmail + Money (1 job points) 3 star Voyeur + Erotic DVD Reduced from 100 jp's (20 job points) 5 star Party Supplies Pack of Trojans (500 job points) 7 star Bondage - 25% enemy speed (Passive) 10 star Indecent + 100% bonus to Erotic DVD's (Passive) Specials are good. The DVD bonus will definitely add a great starting dynamic to training. Personally it seem like it might be a little OP considering the happy stacking possibilities now with extra booster space for FHC/cans. I think 50% would be fairer. The rest of the specials look good. Cyber Cafe 1 star Ub3rg33k - 50% virus coding time (Passive) 3 star Clone Data + Random virus (25 job points) 5 star Proxy Hacking Cancel a target's virus programming (25 job points) 7 star IP Tracing View lister of an anonymous bounty Dark Web + 25% computer crime success rate and skill gain (Passive) (25 job points) 10 star Financial Phishing View when someone's investment bank account ends
10 star IP Tracing View listers of anonymous bounties on someone (50 Points)(25 job points) Specials are ok. The company hacking still the main one. The 10* special about viewing the bank withdrawal seems a bit pointless since the user still choses when it withdraw, it just doesn't happen when it ends. Grocery Store - Not Changed 1 star Bagged Down + Bag of candy (2 job points) 3 star Fast Metabolism - 10% food & drink cooldown (Passive) 5 star Bottled Up + Bottle of alcohol (5 job points) 7 star Absorption + 10% consumable boost (Passive) 10 star Canned in + Can of energy drink (12 job points) Specials look good. Theater - Not Changed 1 star Stagecraft + Experience (1 job points) 3 star Dramatics Stealth guaranteed on next successful attack (20 job points) 5 star Masked Cannot be targeted by spies (Passive) 7 star Twinlike + 25% forgery success rate and skill gain (Passive) 10 star Disguised Hidden travelling status & destination (Passive) Specials look good. Sweet Shop - Not Changed 1 star Sweet Tooth + 50 happiness (1 job points) 3 star Sugar rush + Bag of candy (2 job points) 5 star Gluttony + 1,000 happiness (10 job points) 7 star Energy Rush + Can of energy drink (15 job points) 10 star Voracious + 4,500 happiness (30 job points) Specials look good. Cruise Line - Not Changed 1 star Bursar + 25 casino tokens (1 job points) 3 star Portage + 2 extra travel items (Passive) 5 star R&R - Drug addiction (1 job points) 7 star Destination Report View stock of all items at a selected country (10 job points) 10 star Freight + 3 extra travel items (Passive) Specials look good. Again I will hate on the view stock special. Possible alternative although other specials make up for this one lacking: Clean Cut narcotics: Drug timer reduced by 10% Television Network 1 star Propaganda + 1 respect for your faction (5 job points) 3 star Scoop - 50% newspaper advertising costs (Passive) 5 star Inside Story View someone's stats & money (15 job points) 7 star Bad Publicity + 25% extortion success rate and skill gain (Passive) 10 star Press Pass Receive special privileges Product placement Increase a company's customer loyalty (100 job points) (25 job points) Specials look okay. I'm personally not up for having the 2 best companies having the best specials. Hard to judge without knowing what the 10* special is. Zoo - Not Changed 1 star Fulfillment + 50 happiness (1 job points) 3 star Animal Instinct + 15% hunting reward (Passive) 5 star Special K + Ketamine drug (5 job points) 7 star Eye of the Tiger + 70% awareness (Passive) 10 star Seasoned Poacher + 25% accuracy (Passive) Specials look okay. 10* special is nice awareness is decent. Others are pretty rubbish. Firework Stand 1 star Audaciousness + 1 nerve (1 job points) 3 star Illumination + 50% awareness (Passive) 5 star Pyromania + 25% flame-thrower damage & accuracy (Passive) 7 star Explosives Expert Random bomb parts (5 job points) 10 star Inferno + 50 random incendiary ammunition Inferno + 100 random incendiary ammunition (50 job points) (25 job points) Specials are hard to judge but I can't imagine ammo will be so expensive to make it worth it unless ammo will be available to sell on the item markets. Awareness is nice nerve is good for a 1 star special. Random bomb parts is interesting. Flame-thrower is still going to be awful Property Broker - Not Changed 1 star Commission + Money (1 job points) 3 star Job Satisfaction + 50 happiness (1 job points) 5 star Vendor No item market fees (Passive) 7 star Insider Trading + Random property (300 job points) 10 star Interior Connections - 10% property upgrade & staff fees (Passive) Specials look pretty bad. Although if the random property works like the HRG bb it could be worth it since it might average out to about 750k a day if the maximum gain is a castle and all properties have the same probability. If PI's are included the average per day could be 1.9m. Furniture Store - Not Changed 1 star Coffee Break + 3 energy (1 job points) 3 star Heavy Lifting + Strength (1 job points) 5 star Removal + 25% theft success rate and skill gain (Passive) 7 star Beefcake + 25% passive strength (Passive) 10 star Brute Force + 300% fist damage (Passive) Specials look good. People will be disappointed at only 3 energy per job point but the passive strength and theft look good next to it. Fist damage is nice for the lols but still doesn't bring it up to the scale of a weapon Gas Station 1 star Machinist + Racing point (5 job points) 3 star Discount Parts - 75% cost discount on car parts 25% discount on car parts (Passive) (Passive) 5 star Arsonist + 25% vandalism success rate and skill gain (Passive) 7 star Molotov Cocktail + Molotov Cocktail (5 job points) 10 star Blaze of Glory + 50% Molotov cocktail damage & duration (Passive) Specials I assume are decent. The Molotov cocktail seems interesting as it will last for a time period, will it do both damage and passive stat reductions or damage over the course of numerous moves. Either way it's a slightly new mechanic. Wait and see. Music Store - Not Changed 1 star Ambience + 50 happiness (1 job points) 3 star Bootlegger + 25% prohibited trade success rate and skill gain (Passive) 5 star High-fidelity - 75% enemy stealth (Passive) 7 star Deafened Stealth guaranteed on next successful attack (20 job points) 10 star The Score + 10% passive strength, dexterity, speed and defense (Passive) Specials are good Nightclub - Not Changed 1 star Criminal Connections + Experience (1 job points) 3 star Target Market + 25% illicit services success rate and skill gain (Passive) 5 star Suppression - Drug addiction (1 job points) 7 star Tolerance - 50% drug overdose chance (Passive) 10 star Restraint Education is unaffected by drug addiction (Passive) Specials look good. Bit ironic that the 10* special lets you avoid getting kicked from education but at the same time if you were that drugged up you'd be negatively effecting the company so much you'd be unlikely to be 10*. Although it would be nice for the directors. Pub 1 star Pub Lunch + 3 Energy (1 job points) 3 star Drunken Master + 10% melee weapon damage (Passive) 5 star Liquid Courage + Refill nerve bar (25 job points) 7 star Lightweight + 50% bottles of alcohol boost (Passive) 10 star Buzzed + 15 maximum nerve Buzzed + 25 maximum nerve (Passive) (Passive) Specials are good. The passive nerve reduction from last update is fair. Gents Strip Club - Not Changed 1 star Happy Hour + Money (1 job points) 3 star Free Drinks + 1 nerve (1 job points) 5 star High Heels + Pair of high heels (500 job points) 7 star Dancer's flair + 25% passive dexterity (Passive) 10 star Aspiring Workout + 10% dexterity gym gains (Passive) Specials are good. Restaurant - Not Changed 1 star Free Meals + 3 energy per job point (1 job points) 3 star Butcher + 10% melee weapon damage (1 job points) 5 star Flambayed + Flame-thrower (50 job points) 7 star Healthy Diet + 2% life regeneration per tick (Passive) 10 star Professional Metabolism - 25% food & drink cooldown (Passive) Specials are good. The 25% reduction in drink cool down would bring energy cans right up near fhc with lots less cost Oil Rig 1 star Danger Money + Money (1 job points) 3 star Embargo Half a target's happiness (50 job points) 5 star Oil Mogul - 24 hours bank investment time Oil Mogul - 24 hours bank investment time (50 job points) (75 job points) 7 star Tax Haven + 10% increase of Cayman Islands interest rate (Passive) 10 star Fat Cat + 50% investment banking limit (Passive) Specials are good if not slightly too strong for such a good company. I'd reduce the 50% investment to maybe 25% or 30% Fitness Center 1 star Healthy Mind - 30 minutes education time (1 job points) 3 star Goal Oriented - 50% happiness loss in gym (Passive) 5 star Roid Rage + Strength (1 job points) 7 star Athlete + 3% life regeneration per tick (Passive) 10 star Training Regime + 3% gym gains Training Regime + 5% gym gains (Passive) (Passive) Specials are good but why reduce the 3% from 5% considering you can boost individual stats by 10% with other company specials. 5% seemed fairer. Mechanic Shop 1 star Machinist + Racing point (5 job points) 3 star Discount Parts - 75% cost discount on car parts 25% discount on car parts (Passive) (Passive) 5 star Junkyard Dog + Random car (5 job points) 7 star Refurbish Lose no car parts after crashing (Passive) 10 star Driver + 50% driving skill gain (Passive) Specials are good for racers. Amusement Park - Not Changed 1 star Dauntless + 1 nerve (1 job points) 3 star Free Ride + 250 happiness for target (10 job points) 5 star Unflinching + 10 maximum nerve (Passive) 7 star Adrenaline Rush + 25% epinephrine effect & duration (Passive) 10 star Thrill Seeker + 10% crime skill and experience gain (Passive) Specials are decent. I'd maybe change the epi special to a 10% damage boost as it would be more useful. Lingerie Store - Not Changed 1 star Lingerie Party + Experience (1 job points) 3 star Nine to Five + 100 endurance (10 job points) 5 star Concealment + 2 extra travel items (Passive) 7 star Born Free + 50% passive dexterity when not wearing any armor (Passive) 10 star Free as the Wind Blows + 50% passive speed when not wearing any armor (Passive) Specials are good. The 50% passive increases are nicely off set by no armour. Weird but cool dynamic. Meat Warehouse - Not Changed 1 star Blood Thirst + 1 nerve (1 job points) 3 star Butcher + 10% melee weapon damage (Passive) 5 star Carnage + 10 maximum nerve (Passive) 7 star Huntsman + 25% hunting skill gain (Passive) 10 star Vampiric + 3% life regeneration per tick (Passive) Specials are quite frankly shocking (I'm bias here as I own one The melee damage is ok considering it's a 3*. The 10 nerve is okay too. The pub outshines this in every way. Hunting skill is rather useless, it's a redundant part of this game that a few people slog through to gain 3 honours. Apart from that it's just multi farming. Life regeneration is quite pointless with the meds now giving life. The company definitely needs some sort of boost. Farm - Not Changed 1 star Fullfillment + 50 happiness (1 job points) 3 star Animal Instinct + 15% hunting reward (Passive) 5 star Special K + Ketamine drug (5 job points) 7 star Fertilizer + Small explosive device (100 job points) 10 star Early Riser + 7 energy (1 job points) Specials are pretty much all about the energy. The 7 energy per job point is OP. I'd reduce this to 5 but give the company a better passive special instead of the Ket one. Software Corporation - Not Changed 1 star Ub3rg33k - 50% virus coding time (Passive) 3 star Proxy Hacking Cancel a target's virus programming (25 job points) 5 star Intricate Hack Hack a company's bank account (250 job points) 7 star Hack the Planet + 25% computer crime success rate and skill gain (Passive) 10 star Corporate Espionage View financial details of a company (50 job points) Specials are good Ladies Strip Club - Not Changed 1 star Happy Hour + Money (1 job points) 3 star Free Drinks + 1 nerve (1 job points) 5 star Thong + Thong (300 job points) 7 star Hench + 25% passive defense (Passive) 10 star Aspiring Workout + 10% defense gym gains
Specials are good(Passive)
Thanks for reading. I have an old suggestion thread with a few alternate company specials that you might be interesting in looking at, adding to or debating with me here (http://www.torn.com/forums.php#/p=threads&f=4&t=15929650&b=0&a=0)Last edited by kyle8048 on 14:55:27 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)
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Posted on 12:25:19 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkgreat post, kyle!
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Posted on 12:30:13 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkgreat work,
really interested to see how all these new company specials work out, might even be enough for me to drag myself out of the army.
Not sure how i feel about being able to see when someone's bank investment ends... -
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Posted on 12:36:45 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkIt will only update companies which have had their 7 and 10 star specials released.
is there a time scale ? i,e 1 company a month , 4 company`s,
a month . The company`s at the bottom of list could be waiting a long timeLast edited by weedforever on 12:38:02 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago),,!,,_(-.-)_,,!,,
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Posted on 12:54:11 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkTrue, but Ched did say "The good news is that, as of today, all companies are now earning experience for their future ratings." So, even if adding the specials lags a bit, each company is already working its way toward them and presumably when they are added the company will jump up to them right away if they meet the requirements.
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Posted on 13:02:04 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkat the rate torn gets updates the hair salons will have the benefits of ten star uogrades years before the ladies strip club ,
i can see company`s at the bottom of the list having trouble keeping the good employee`s,,!,,_(-.-)_,,!,,
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Posted on 13:02:52 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkI was working on my own thread, too, but Kyle was quicker. Kudos to him! xD
There's an easy way around this special (from the target side): you login when your bank cycle is finished but you don't touch it, wait 1-2 hours if you feel unsafe, then move the money where it needs to be. Now that I think of it, is this special even relevant?Recently in the Auction House:
Dune Vest (sold for: 820m),
and Dune Gloves (sold for: 515m)See you next time

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Posted on 13:04:26 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkYou forgot embargo cost is now 50 vs 30. Great update made my day. Welcome to Styx N Stones 2.0!Last edited by PatBenatar on 13:05:13 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)
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Posted on 13:21:46 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkBummer that the Oil Rig - 24 hour has an increased job points cost -_-.
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Posted on 13:36:36 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post link7* Cruise Liner Destination report is a bit of a waste of time..however i cant think of anything to replace it with

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Posted on 13:46:03 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkHow could you possibly know what it even is?

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Posted on 13:49:34 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkYou get more job points per day with higher star rating though.

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Posted on 13:52:00 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkSo it is technically the same not any better for getting the rig in a better position, On that one special anyway

The closer you look, the less you see.
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Posted on 14:01:17 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkThanks for posting Kyle, on a flight from South Africa, don't have a laptop yet, and the link in Ched's message showing the rollout time frame isn't accessible while traveling.
Arrrgh! The only reason I'm in a Fitness Center is to get the EDU perk which got cut in half...but that's not any different than we saw in the proposed changes, so no surprise there, only frustration.Last edited by Mudbottom on 14:01:40 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago) -
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Posted on 14:12:46 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkI agree. 7* cruise line special I will never use unless countries start getting better items.
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Posted on 14:17:37 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkOut of all the companies, property broker got screwed the most with the specials imo.

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Posted on 14:17:54 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkCruising Casino: Allow access to casino when travelling.
I like it. I added it in http://www.torn.com/forums.php#/p=threads&f=4&t=15929650&b=0&a=0 and gave you credit.Last edited by kyle8048 on 14:42:29 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)
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Posted on 14:22:26 - 06/03/15 (11 years ago)Post link copied to clipboard Copy post linkAbout the TV 10 stars special...
10 star Press Pass Receive special privileges (25 job points)
"Receive special privileges"... What the hell is that supposed to mean?!? [:confused:]Recently in the Auction House:
Dune Vest (sold for: 820m),
and Dune Gloves (sold for: 515m)See you next time

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