At what point can I stop obsessing about upgrading NCs?

[montecore]

Have them both built. First one at level 2, second is 20 million away from an upgrade to level 2. I'd much rather upgrade my Rock Cafes (and the all in one spreadsheet says that's what I should do) but I won't do it because I know upgrading is the "right" thing to do. I suppose I'm supposed to keep going until they're both at level 3. At what level can you just focus on the rest of your hood assuming Casinos and Palm Hotels are several levels away?

A side question about white frog's spreadsheet - with 50MM saved up, the spreadsheet gives an upgrade vs time score of 536.68 for the NC level 2 upgrade and 560.17 for the Rock Cafe level 2 and level 3 upgrades. With 40MM saved up, the NC score drops to 410.16 while the Rock cafe scores are the same. At 60MM saved up, the NC upgrade score goes to 776.

Meanwhile, my estimate is that if i upgrade a rock club it will take 61 days to pay back - 242K added per day. Is the algorithm taking that into account? Or is it the simple fact that because my income per hour is 6.5MM per day (assuming I collect everything every time) that the ROI doesn't matter, as it will be upgraded and I'll have that money back (15MM) in just over two days?

It seems I could follow that logic until my entire savings is gone and building up 66 million isn't as easy as just waiting 10 days regardless of my income per hour.

[sexkitteh]

When they are both lvl10... to answer your question that is...

[jobadass]

I'm not trying to take this OT. I don't have any NCs, because of their collection time. I just finished upgrading my 2nd RC to level 3 and am leaning towards upgrading Gents clubs next.
My point is, I've read a little of the guides, but I think you have to go with your gut. IPH is only a stat, if you miss a collection, you're stats are wrong.

BTW, I don't regret upgrading my RCs, at all.

[<3 Hz]

At some point you won't be able to afford it lol. The upgrade from level 4 is steeeep $$$$$$$!$$$$!!

[jmeijer]

Meanwhile, my estimate is that if i upgrade a rock club it will take 61 days to pay back - 242K added per day. Is the algorithm taking that into account? Or is it the simple fact that because my income per hour is 6.5MM per day (assuming I collect everything every time) that the ROI doesn't matter, as it will be upgraded and I'll have that money back (15MM) in just over two days?

It seems I could follow that logic until my entire savings is gone and building up 66 million isn't as easy as just waiting 10 days regardless of my income per hour.

ROI doesn't matter. Focus on the inc/hr increase. What is the upgrade that takes only 30 hours but adds 10k to your inc/hr? Did you get both of your Upscales to lvl 3? Did you get your Wedding Chapels to lvl 4? UC's and WC's are ideal.

If you really want to go for 66 mil now: saving up for this amount can be boring; I would upgrade your lofts until you have enough. Lofts take a long time to upgrade, but the reward is tempting.

[montecore]

Lofts have very low scores on the goal calculator. I haven't upgrade my UCs. Don't have any WCs, but I do have churches. The UCs come in at 208, below the Rock Cafes and the NC BTW.

I'm already at 43 million so I've come awful close to quit now.

[jobadass]

Upgrade your UCs to level 3 immediately...IMO

[Sir Daniel]

Saving for lvl 7 NCs right now, the obsessing hasn't stopped for me, yet, even though income is worth f all in terms of equipment now. That aside, mix it up with RC, GC, hotel, office and casino upgrades and the saving quickly goes from 7-9 days downwards.

[dudeman]

I put my NCs to level 3 and I'm not touching them for a long time.

Much rather upgrade 12/24 buildings, and they are way more affordable for now (for me anyways, with where I'm at).

[Vile Lynn]

Does anyone have a level 10 NC?

[Euchred]

I'll have a level 10 in about 3 months. Almost saved for my first level 8 just a couple more days to go. Then I'll get the other to level 8, then I'm going to put one straight to 10 and ya should take about 3 months.

There's something incredibly appealing to me about working backwards through the buildings.

[BOS]

I'll have a level 10 in about 3 months. Almost saved for my first level 8 just a couple more days to go. Then I'll get the other to level 8, then I'm going to put one straight to 10 and ya should take about 3 months.

There's something incredibly appealing to me about working backwards through the buildings.

That's awesome, congrats. Without any Econ/Time modifiers.. I have a long way to go! Maybe a year or so, lol.

[Euchred]

I remeber when the dice came out and I tried really hard to get them because I thought that the 10% faster was gamechanging, then they but the boost to 25% after I already got them. The striker is ridiculous though and that's all you can really say about it lol.

[BOS]

My level 7 NC upgrade will take around 840 mil... Just got one to level 6, for a bargain of 519 mil... Now working on the next to level 6, wish I had the striker!

[Euchred]

I got my striker deep into overtime. Almost 24 hours after the event officially ended. I broke down and bought 20$ worth of gold for opens and resets(I'd already spent 50$ at that point) cause I really needed full use of my phone back and I got lucky. It's funny I can remember that full day like it was yesterday.