I may need to stay away from the Bookie if I ever want to be able to afford these methods, but baby steps ...

This is aimed at players who are relatively middle-class and trying to get ahead in terms of Battle Stats. You're flying or trading to make money and so are reliably able to pop 3 Xanax a day, use your Energy refill, and stay rehabbed ... all while building your bank a bit at a time. So let's say you eventually get a steady weekly income, or get to $2BN or more liquid, and want to up your training regimen while spending your money as wisely as possible. You think you know that Cans and then FHCs are the next steps right? What should you do first?




So this really compares 1) cost effectiveness of different types of Cans, and 2) MCS BB payouts over longer periods of time. And it's pretty clear: if you have a substantial bank already or are able to guarantee yourself the extra $100M+ weekly income needed to afford it, then adding 12 cans per day will give a huge (25%+) boost to your training compared to Xanax and refill alone. But that's already known and proven ... what I wanted to know was whether MCS was "worth it" and if/when I should try to buy it, instead of buying more expensive cans or FHCs.

Conclusion: if you are planning on sticking around for a while (> a year or so), save up and buy MCS ASAP so that the Energy per cost goes down as far as possible. You can get more total E out of that extra $1.3BN by buying MCS than any other way, at least currently.

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This does not take gym progression into account, but I figure if you're making enough to afford 12 Cans per day anyway, you'll only need to save for a couple months to afford MCS, then you can get back to your Can training. An argument could be made that spending money on getting to George's as fast as possible is better, but I don't even know how to run those numbers.

This does not take into account working in a Restaurant or any other way to drink more than 12 Cans per day. The total E gained per cost is still the same over the long-term and favors MCS.

Also remember, this is assuming a relatively thrifty player and a long-term goal. Torn is a long-term game, but who knows if something else will be introduced or changed in the next year+ that makes you wish you had just bought 1000 Cans of Munster instead.

Finally, I suppose this could also be aimed at non-druggies too. But eew...