best cash, respect & farmable weapons as of May 2013

[johnny boy phd]

Hi all,
I am not an active poster of the forum, but more of a reader instead. This is my first thread and I decided to do a little bit research on the current best weapons one can get for cash, respect, and from PvE drops.

Ideally whenever I get to the end game I will have these equipping henchman #499, and my goal to compile this list was to figure how much should I go deep into the LTQ event to start to get weapons that will mater in the long term. Drop rates are calculated with respect to best drop per xp earned. I included the boss prizes of the last 4 maps (difficult to farm) and also the best common farmable items.

I got the info from either White Frogs's spreadsheet or MXZ's. Link here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqX4lDb5cyUvdHl6RXFncTlLVDY5NjdvQ3FZWmF3e Wc#gid=8. Cash explosives from somewhere else. It would be great if more experienced players could confirm these for me.



classtypenamecostattdefnotes

Guns$Siege Laucher6,800,0007042lvl ???

Sentry Gun4,400,0003050 lvl ???

RPinpoint Sniper8,000 7258lvl ???

EHood Enforcer6% @ 8420 xp8337FB: devyn bronte @ trackside slums[/color]

Prized Pistol22% @ 9380 xp5925FB: grabriel monette @ 5th avenue

Midway Shooter22% @ 8160 xp5223FB: marty sanski @ empire fair

Gooch's roaster???4218loft @ office park *

Gentelman's Revolver40% @ 798 xp 3215jude taylor @ 5th avenue

Eastern Justice 40% @ 680 xp2926ken kobayahsi @ japan town

Melee$Deadly Shuriken 3,300,0004227lvl 157


RClean End6,750 6138lvl 130

EGang Chain22% @ 8420 xp5624 FB: devyn bronte @ trackside slums

Ceremonial Katana25% @ 364 xp3518nobu makoto @ japan town

Serrated Tonfas40% @ 592xp1634arm

Armor$Infiltrator Suit2,500,0003751lvl 158

Impenetrable Suit4,400,0003390lvl ???

RAssassin's Coat 10,000 55 126 lvl ???

E Shogun Armor 6% @ 8420xp 47 98 FB: ren nori @ japan town

Skate Gear 30 % @ 387 xp 20 25 lottie esmee @ cartel compound

Face Guard???1248left of loft bay harbor beach *

Snakeskin Jacket 15% @ 172 xp 14 30 executive car @ 5th avenue

Vehicle $ Battle M1A1 27,500,000 70 95 lvl ???

R Nitrous Cruiser 7,200 68 55 lvl ???

E Luxury Limo 6% @ 9380 xp 70 68 FB: grabriel monette @ 5th avenue

Sideshown Monster 6% @ 8160 xp 65 69 FB: marty sanski @ empire fair

Dragon Racer 22% @ 8480 xp 52 46 FB: ren nori @ japan town

Rusted Racer 15% @ 447 xp 27 24 rufus marshall @ trackside slums

First Class Ride 40% @ 704 xp 25 27 bank @ 5th avenue

Explosives $ Sarin Gas Grenade 325,000 30 0 lvl 145

Land Mine 150,000 0 25 lvl 115

R Doomsday Frag 28,000 100 40 lvl 1

Disease Grenade 22,000 48 84 lvl 1

E Japanese Firework 25% @ 460 xp 31 15 stretch limo @ japan town

The Last Call 25% @ 226 xp 25 18 tere anita @ cartel compound


* extra info kindly provided by OBAMASMAMA below
level info provided by BigMoney below


My thoughts about this are:
- boss event common items, except explosives, are generally not that good and will be replaced by items from all around the table
- second prize of LTQ was a deadly shuriken, 3rd prize a siege launcher, after those, items would beat these
- farmable items suck, with an exception made to Japanese Fireworks (non-consumable and rp explosives too expensive) and maybe the TLCs (just because non-consumable)
- cash M1A1 clearly better than RP cruiser and all farmable cars (single item that covers att and def)
- Assassin's coat better armor of all (even better than japan's town boss farmable prize), clearly the best investment of RP
- RP Clean End, best melee attack and defense (2nd best RP investment)
- RP Pinpoint sniper is the best gun, but only slightly when compared to cash options.

Please discuss. Thanks

[murf]

Nice list....summed up perfectly. Although Boss Common Items aren't that bad, e.g. last Boss the 2 melee commons were 63/46 and 55/54 which beats the cash weapons, so if you are spending RP on armor, it will be years before you get to the Clean End to replace these.

Shock Rod has defense of 18 not 55.

[Georges]

At this way of att/def item inflation, common boss event will twice the best stats of those items in two months so keep your RP is the best option for better stats items in some weeks... So I think, and I'm low lvl...

[Timmaaay]

I also agree, the assassins coat is the best place to put all your RP's.

[Lurker]

Nice work. Useful thread here.

[PawnXIIX]

- farmable items suck, with an exception made to Japanese Fireworks (non-consumable and rp explosives too expensive) and maybe the TLCs (just because non-consumable)

They aren't good because GREE/Funzio never intended to have items be farmed in the first place.

[OBAMASMAMA]

Nice work could use a little touch. Missing a few items with drops

Gun E gooch's roaster. 42. 13. Loft office park
Melee. E iron fist. 30. 19. Hotel to right of loft bay harbor beach
Armor. E. face guard. 12. 48. Left of loft bay harbor beach
Explosive E. homemade TNT 31. 15. Aaren pierce trackside slums

I'm a MAJOR farmer and these are what I have done. Currently gonna be working on increasing my defense with face guards. Yes, there are better loot weapons, and yes I'll post them whenever. Ok?

[BigMoney]

I guess I can help fill in some of the level requirements. Clean Ends at 130, Deadly Shuriken at 157. Shock Rod is 17/18, not 17/55, but it becomes available at level 121. Infiltrator Suit at 158. Sarin grenades at 145. Could be mistaken about this last one, but I think Land Mines are at 115.

[tehlolkid]

Last Call is the only explosive i farm.

[johnny boy phd]

Thank you all for the appreciated input. I have updated the initial table for further reference.

The changes are:
- included level info provided by Bigmoney
- included PvE loot provided by OBAMASMAMA
- corrected def stat on shock rod and hence dropped out of the list (Deadly Shuriken becomes the best cash melee defense weapon too, please do confirm)
- corrected link to spreadsheet that was not working

I remark:
- the spreadsheet I have does not have the last two maps after Japan's town. It would be great if loot and drop rates vs. xp and vs. energy could be worked out to infer if new best attack loot gun (gooch's roaster) and best defense loot armor (faceguard) have drop rates that are workable or if they are items resulting from boss rare drops.

- i have not included homemade TNT as a farmable explosive because it seems that japanese fireworks - same stats - drop rate is better for less xp earned

[Bala82]

unless you are on android it's 100% drop rate all loot item :)

[murf]

This is the biggest thing people miss when farming. You need to earn as many henchman as possible then use limited gold to buy the rest. It will give you a true defense score and max your attack out when you get to 499 total henchmen.

Good luck to you as it takes a while! I just finished gettting 499 henchmen finally and I've been playing a year.

I can't tell if this is written as a joke or serious...

[panty sniffer]

The Last call explosive is better farmed from Cartel Compound -Limo due to cost of all the equipment to start the mission is a lot lower. If you're rich I guess it doesn't matter though.

[Bala82]

Is there any point in farming when LTQ give you good weapons every 2 weeks ?

[panty sniffer]

only if you're looking for something specific, i'd say. Otherwise, Bala, I agree LTQ is better for the most part. Farming might be slightly less EXP gain because you're only hitting one target where as LTQ gives better equipment. Not sure exactly how that evens out. Your level would be a factor.

[Bala82]

Farming might be slightly less EXP gain because you're only hitting one target

If you are planning to get 500 Last call you get give more experience than LTQ.

[BigMoney]

The Last call explosive is better farmed from Cartel Compound -Limo due to cost of all the equipment to start the mission is a lot lower. If you're rich I guess it doesn't matter though.

If you're on Android, it doesn't matter-- I farm TLCs from the limo there because it costs less energy than Tere does. If you don't have that benefit however, this is bad advice if you intend to farm a significant number of TLCs, because the difference in drop rates is significant. You can farm more TLCs per day from Tere Amita, and that quickly overcomes the difference in buy-ins for the job (not that you can put a price on the nonconsumable, but even treating it as a comparable consumable explosive like Napalm + Hazard grenade or something, e.g. if the TLC was worth just a $100k, you'd cover the difference in buy-ins by 230 TLCs, but we all know TLCs are worth far, far more than $100k).

[jackblf]

Home made TNT 31/15 aaron pirce interigate dealer trackside slums
this is the only exsplosive i farm it comes 100%!

[panty sniffer]

I vote STICKY on this thread. Lots of useful info and contributions will increase it's value more and more over time.

[lucky83]

I vote STICKY on this thread. Lots of useful info and contributions will increase it's value more and more over time.

Agree 100%

[Snot]

sticky this - good info

[kenneth2001]

I'll add to the list :

Office Park :

Burt Reilly - Intimidate - 2x306 energy = Rugged Infiltration Vest - 15 Att / 48 Def (I have 216 of these, really helped boost def)

Pickup Truck - Carjack - 3x257 energy = Getaway Runner Plus - 21 Att / 37 Def - good all around vehicle

(I aso farm Gooch's Roaster, doesn't give me anymore def, but is still adding positive attack)

Flea Market:

Emery Chase - 2x302 energy = Paddy Wagon - 25 Att / 17 Def

[Juan Jose]

When I was able to access Soho during my early level I was able to farm Top Hat though pretty low with stats but it did help me.

Now I am farming The Last Call with 85 pcs in my inventory.

Im not a camper and I level up between 3 to 5 days, if there is a event that requires consumption of XP and/or stamina I level up sooner.


Level 142 now but hopefully I could level up during the next battle.

Proud member of THC Mafia. I have gone through 3 battles already with THC Mafia and I am not a syndicate shopper as many has been doing lately. Bad Beak is our leader and doesn't ask much from us except to enjoy the game!


If you have a syndicate leader like that I prefer to stay. We have maintained to have reached the Top 500 for the past 3 battles. I wont post my stats here, nothing to boast of.


The Last Call can be found at the Cartel Compound, upper right corner limo near the big house. Oh you need a couple of items purchased to farm The Last Call. I spent almost 3M for the required items. (ouch!)

Invite code: 425-062-633 = I accept all levels! I have enough vehicles to accommodate 300+ requests.

[Juan Jose]

They aren't good because GREE/Funzio never intended to have items be farmed in the first place.



Search for my post in this thread.

Title is I am a dedicated farmer. Cheers!

[BigMoney]

To help fill in some more gaps for the level requirements:

Siege Laucher - Level 169
Sentry Gun - Level 153
Pinpoint Sniper - Level 161

Impenetrable Suit - Level 174
Assassin's Coat - Level 166

Battle M1A1 - level 165
Nitrous Cruiser - Level 158