Questions for the $1M/h Players

[dudeman]

This is mainly directed towards the people here who's economy exceeds or will soon exceed $1 million per hour. Just a few questions I've been wondering recently.

Do you all have Nightclubs and/or upgraded Nightclubs?

Have you seen, or do you know of, anyone with an income above $1 million per hour who does not own at least one Nightclub?

When you shift your focus away from upgrading Lofts and MTs, what do you upgrade instead? Upscale Clubs? Condos? Gold buildings?

I'm at the point where my MTs will be done in the near future if I keep going with them, and I should be able to easily afford another upgrade for each of my Lofts, maybe even two more. I haven't given much thought about "what comes next" because it was a long way off, but now it will be time to upgrade something else sooner rather than later. I want to choose upgrades that I can afford, will help get me closer to $500k/h (and eventually $1M), and won't complete while I'm sleeping!

Any advice or constructive input is welcome, but I am hoping to hear from a lot of the people who already have extraordinary economies going.

[AppleMacGuy]

This is mainly directed towards the people here who's economy exceeds or will soon exceed $1 million per hour. Just a few questions I've been wondering recently.

Do you all have Nightclubs and/or upgraded Nightclubs?

Yes, 2x L3.

Have you seen, or do you know of, anyone with an income above $1 million per hour who does not own at least one Nightclub?

No.

When you shift your focus away from upgrading Lofts and MTs, what do you upgrade instead? Upscale Clubs? Condos? Gold buildings?

Well, in my case I never really had a focus on Lofts and MT - mine are only L3 & L6 respectively. I built Lofts particuarly late in the game. I'm focused on upgrading the top-end 24hr buildings at the moment. I'm just waiting my last hotel L2 upgrade to complete - that upgrade will offically put me in the $1 million/hour club! . After that, I'm debating whether to upgrade Offices or Casinos to L2, or go for L4 NC upgrades.

[Fricco]

Mac,

are all of your other buildings upgraded at least once ?
PT, RC, G club ?

[dudeman]

Well, in my case I never really had a focus on Lofts and MT - mine are only L3 & L6 respectively. I built Lofts particuarly late in the game. I'm focused on upgrading the top-end 24hr buildings at the moment. I'm just waiting my last hotel L2 upgrade to complete - that upgrade will offically put me in the $1 million/hour club! . After that, I'm debating whether to upgrade Offices or Casinos to L2, or go for L4 NC upgrades.

That's very interesting, what did you focus on instead of Lofts and MTs? I would like to focus a lot more on upgrading my 24 hour buildings and eventually my Office Buildings too, but my problem is that the first couple upgrades don't take long enough for me to save for the next upgrade. I'll finish doing some lengthy upgrades with a good chunk of banked cash, but I don't want to blow it on the most expensive upgrade available if it means I will have difficulty doing another worthwhile upgrade immediately following the expensive upgrade.

Also, lately I have been thinking that I want to reach $1M/h without the Nightclubs. Mostly to see if it can be done, but if I end up being the first to do it then that's cool. I only need to increase my economy by a little over $630k/h to get there!

[Euchred]

Nightclubs 2 at level 3

When I shifted from MT and lofts I did longer upgardes like the creamatoriums and brownstones as I saved up for nightclubs. I basically went down the money buildings list and followed ROI to a degree. Since then I've been focusing on getting all my gold buildings to level 3. I have one more gentlemans club to go then I might save palm hotels until after my NCs are level 4 or 5.

I'll be at 990k in 20 hours.

[AppleMacGuy]

Mac,

are all of your other buildings upgraded at least once ?
PT, RC, G club ?

None of the 8 hr or 6hrs except NC. Nor Condo or Office.

[AppleMacGuy]

That's very interesting, what did you focus on instead of Lofts and MTs?

Rock Cafes, Churches, Upscales, and Anchor Imports. I think I didn;t like the rather long upgrade times on Lofts in particular, and after getting MTs to L6 it was not worthwhile to upgrade further for me as the contribution to $/hr was negligible...same could be said of Lofts.

I would like to focus a lot more on upgrading my 24 hour buildings and eventually my Office Buildings too, but my problem is that the first couple upgrades don't take long enough for me to save for the next upgrade. I'll finish doing some lengthy upgrades with a good chunk of banked cash, but I don't want to blow it on the most expensive upgrade available if it means I will have difficulty doing another worthwhile upgrade immediately following the expensive upgrade.

I don't worry about that really. I go on the basis that I'll have the money when I'll have it have TBH. Personally, I use 'dead' time to upgrade defence buildings....I got plenty of those lol!

Also, lately I have been thinking that I want to reach $1M/h without the Nightclubs. Mostly to see if it can be done, but if I end up being the first to do it then that's cool. I only need to increase my economy by a little over $630k/h to get there!

That would quite an achievement, and it wil take a while...I'd give yourself a break and get those NCs built and upgrade to L3!

[dudeman]

I don't really want the NCs because I dislike 6 hour buildings.

I don't know how long I will be willing to crawl along without them though. I'm going to need to do two expansions pretty soon ($20M & $25M), and I currently have two available 8x8 spots that I had planned to use for NCs prior to having the idea of reaching $1M/h without them.

I think I could probably afford my first NC by the time my second Office completes on Friday if I decided to build one. I would have to scrap my current upgrade plan though and go with some cheaper upgrades.

Damn, I started this thread thinking I might get some helpful insight and now I'm thinking I need to rethink my whole plan. Lol.

Thanks for the input guys.

[Whoopdido1980]

I'll be able to start building my first nightclub tonight. My next collection tonight will get me up to $40 million. That'll push my hourly income up to $215K once it's complete.

Should I upgrade my nightclub to level 2 right away BEFORE I build my second one? Is that the "correct" course of action? Assuming I don't collect 100%, it'll take me an extra week or so to collect the extra $28 million to do the upgrade rather than build the second nightclub.

[AppleMacGuy]

I don't really want the NCs because I dislike 6 hour buildings.

Ah, yes that is often quoted statement! In fact, I put off building NCs until the very end for similar thinking (just before Casinos). But, in hindsight, that approach is just plain wrong. The fear of not having a 100% rate should be ignored in favour of being able to collect 2/4 or 3/4 - the income is still substantial. I'm fortunate that I can do 4/4 90% of the time so I get pretty much the max. income benefit.

Something else to consider...currently my 2 x NC L3 contribute 40% of my hourly income...that is a significant income you're missing out on. It's been written many times, mostly by the much missed Tramp Stamp that the NC is the best income building in CC which should be purchased and upgrade to at least L4.

I don't know how long I will be willing to crawl along without them though. I'm going to need to do two expansions pretty soon ($20M & $25M), and I currently have two available 8x8 spots that I had planned to use for NCs prior to having the idea of reaching $1M/h without them.

See above...just...do it...do it, do it...

[QUOTE=dudeman;201760]I think I could probably afford my first NC by the time my second Office completes on Friday if I decided to build one. I would have to scrap my current upgrade plan though and go with some cheaper upgrades.

Damn, I started this thread thinking I might get some helpful insight and now I'm thinking I need to rethink my whole plan. Lol.

Thanks for the input guys.

Well, to balance out, some additional input from some of the other top income guys would be a good read all round.

[AppleMacGuy]

I'll be able to start building my first nightclub tonight. My next collection tonight will get me up to $40 million. That'll push my hourly income up to $215K once it's complete.

Should I upgrade my nightclub to level 2 right away BEFORE I build my second one? Is that the "correct" course of action? Assuming I don't collect 100%, it'll take me an extra week or so to collect the extra $28 million to do the upgrade rather than build the second nightclub.

Yes, that is the generally accepted 'correct' sequence...upgrade first then build the other.

[Dreno33]

How come you all resort to longer payout buildings?

Is it ONLY the simple reasoning of preventing more robberies and more convenient playing schedules???

[Fricco]

Damn, I started this thread thinking I might get some helpful insight and now I'm thinking I need to rethink my whole plan. Lol.

Thanks for the input guys.

i refused to build night club due to 6hrs collect, the return was to tempting and i broke down did it about 2 weeks ago, went right to lvl 2 (gave me 525 iph) then did my 20 mil expo, currently sitting on 55 mil will have that banked for Casino 1 (current lvl 176) while doing all this i took both brownstones from lvl 3 to 5 and current project is 2x lvl 2 crem to 3.
i would of gone for NC earlier i had really seen the benefit like i do now.

[Whoopdido1980]

Yes, that is the generally accepted 'correct' sequence...upgrade first then build the other.

Thanks. When did you build your office buildings? I was planning on building 2 office buildings pretty much back to back and THEN build my nightclubs while I'm waiting for the casino and palm hotels to open up. I just got to level 135 yesterday. I had a bunch of money saved up by the time I hit 135, so I just decided to keep going and build the nightclub rather than build 2 office buildings. Now, I'm wondering when I should build the office buildings. After I upgrade the first nightclub but before I build the second, after I've built and upgraded both nightclubs, or just skip them completely and use my money to upgrade as much stuff as possible between now and when the casino opens up?

[AppleMacGuy]

How come you all resort to longer payout buildings?

Is it ONLY the simple reasoning of preventing more robberies and more convenient playing schedules???

Yes and yes...but also they are the best income buildings in the game...NC excepted. Anyway, I have built all of the other worthwhile buildings down to 8hrs also although I haven't started on upgrading any of them yet.