Advantages of buying gold for items

[Hugh Bris]

I'm trying to get people's opinions here that are more experienced than I am. I have been reading up on the forums and one piece of advice given was that the smaller gold weapons collectively add up to more attack/defence based on the stats of each and this seems logical.

Would I be better off buying many of the smaller items like the wasteland pistol at 16A/16D and the turbor viper at 39A/23D rather than spend a larger about of gold on the gatling gun 89A/72D or a telsa roadster 65A/57D?

The basic math adds up the I will get more bang for my buck by spending less gold per multiple items and getting better stats than to go for the big stuff and seemingly waste my gold since there can be only one gun, one, melee, 1 armor, and 1 vehicle. As long as it's only the true stats that matter it seems like I would be better off spending my gold on many smaller items than going for the large ticket items like so:

200 gold = 1 Crusher Gatling Gun with 89A/72D
8 x 25 gold = 200 total for 8 wasteland pistols with combined total of 128A/144D

Aren't I better off stocking up on the 8 pistols rather than blowing my 200 gold on the one gatling gun?

Please tell me if I'm right or wrong on that one (assuming that just 8 mafia are in involved just as an example)

Does the single gatling gun come into play better than several smaller guns that add up to more?
I have 5453 total mafia attack and 6001 defence so I know that matters somehow but shouldn't matter too much for my question.

Sorry to be so long-winded but THANKS for looking!!

[Garrison64]

Personally I wouldn't get the Wasteland Pistols simply because it can be replaced with the rocket launcher for 1000 respect. That's a lot of respect but it's still free and to me has better stats than the pistol. I wouldn't spend real money on something unless it is impossible to replace it with anything free in the game.

And unless you're willing to pony up the cash to buy a ton of those gatling guns you are better off purchasing more of something that costs less. You'll be replacing your lowest weapons with the new ones and it can still be something that can't be replaced for free in the game. For instance 2 Famas G2's are better stat-wise than 1 Crusher. And there's no free weapon in the game that can touch the Famas.

And when I say free I hope it's obvious I mean you didn't have to spend real world cash. It's still a good deal of work in the game to get those upper end cash and respect weapons.

[Hugh Bris]

Awesome!! Thanks so much for the advice! I'll still buy a little gold just to support the game but I won't go crazy and just buy a weapon and some money buildings.

[khung003]

IMO, having a (1) real strong weapon like veyron is much better than having multiple weapons with equal att/def power.
Imagine 8 mafias with 8 real cash gun (suppose it's equal to a veyron) v.s 8 mafias with 1 veyron. No difference isn't it? No, it's different. 8 mafias with a veyron still can be equipped with 7 more gun, (game cash guns, loot items, etc) and they are surely stronger.

IMO, the biggest advantage fo playing with real cash money is if you accept to pay at the very beginning and play attack (strategy) from very soon, you sure be strong and powerful mob later. And especially if you keep your mafia low, you can be invincible.

[Garrison64]

IMO, having a (1) real strong weapon like veyron is much better than having multiple weapons with equal att/def power.
Imagine 8 mafias with 8 real cash gun (suppose it's equal to a veyron) v.s 8 mafias with 1 veyron. No difference isn't it? No, it's different. 8 mafias with a veyron still can be equipped with 7 more gun, (game cash guns, loot items, etc) and they are surely stronger.

IMO, the biggest advantage fo playing with real cash money is if you accept to pay at the very beginning and play attack (strategy) from very soon, you sure be strong and powerful mob later. And especially if you keep your mafia low, you can be invincible.

That is a good point although I would stick to the same category and pick something like the Missile Launcher since the Veryron is a car and wouldn't take a weapon slot anyway. But yes if you had 4 mafia and equipped them with one Missile Launcher and 3 mid/high end respect weapons, they would be more powerful than the 4 mafia equipped with 1 Famas each. For me personally that's too much cash to drop on a game like this. $50 or so to get either the Veyron or the Missile Launcher. Yea I just can't see that happening. I'm sure some people with money to burn have no problem with it though.

[Kirbnite]

I can tell you I am level 69 and I am very weak for my level. Most of all rivals in my list (after looking through their inventory) have spent over 3000 in gold on items and buildings. That's minimum of $200-$300 it is insane. O don't know what to do. Based on this I will not spend any cash on the game knowing I will not spend $200-$300.

[Max Power]

I have spent about $45.00 on gold and don't see myself spending any more. Since I leveled up waaaaay too fast, I bought buildings as they seemed like a better long term investment. Just using the buildings as a way to bridge the gap.

At my level (53), gold is mostly for people who are impatient. At higher levels, I imagine even patience isn't enough for many non-gold buyers.

[rustbinlid]

I think it is fair to support the game. I have spent $60 on gold but will not spend any more. (Hopefully)

[Garrison64]

I supported the game with the basic $5 gold purchase because I've played it quite a bit and I enjoy building games like this. I think that's fair considering the usual price of most iPhone games. I really dislike the trend towards paying real cash for items in these games. If that was the only way to advance in this game I would never have played it. But that's how they hook people I guess.

[khung003]

I haven't spend any bucks yet. To me, it's more challenge to play with those who spend real cash (more advantages).

If I spend real cash, it will make me stronger but the game becomes less challenging.

[Joeycool]

I have spent about $45.00 on gold and don't see myself spending any more. Since I leveled up waaaaay too fast, I bought buildings as they seemed like a better long term investment. Just using the buildings as a way to bridge the gap.

At my level (53), gold is mostly for people who are impatient. At higher levels, I imagine even patience isn't enough for many non-gold buyers.

I agree. If you buy gold items they will give you a short term gain. If you want a long term gain invest in buildings and increase your economy and defence.

[khung003]

That is a good point although I would stick to the same category and pick something like the Missile Launcher since the Veryron is a car and wouldn't take a weapon slot anyway. But yes if you had 4 mafia and equipped them with one Missile Launcher and 3 mid/high end respect weapons, they would be more powerful than the 4 mafia equipped with 1 Famas each. For me personally that's too much cash to drop on a game like this. $50 or so to get either the Veyron or the Missile Launcher. Yea I just can't see that happening. I'm sure some people with money to burn have no problem with it though.

Sometimes people talk to each other in different way of understandings, so it must be hard to understand each other.

IMO, this game, such kind of games, have VIRTUAL levels of DIFFICULTY that player may not aware. Some people accidentally choose the EASY way to go, some choose INTERMEDIATE and some choose (also accidentally - without knowing) the HARD way to deal with. I may not explain in detail.

Imagine you have large-scale of mafias, 300+ henchmen behind you. Your rival - the one you hate most - same number of mafias, buy 3 veyrons (210 x 3 = 630 attack points) and start attacking you. Man, he's tough guy. But you have many many respect points, just equip 30 men with Chain Whips and your attack point already overcome his veyrons, you only need to equip the other 270 men to be as strong as his 297 men. Each of your mafia is about 1.1 times stronger than each of his, not a big deal. The more mobs the easier.

Same problem but with small-scale of mafias, 60 henchmen in your team. Same issue different way to solve. With 3 veyrons? Equip 30 men to be strong as 57 men??? How ? Each of your mafia must be double stronger than each of his, how ? Can you solve it by respect point weapons ? How ?
I would not try to answer that, I just want to tell you that the different views give the different questions and different answers.
And Developer don't sell real cash weapons for nothing.