Quote Originally Posted by JWaLLz View Post
Just started playing yesterday, level 10 $1810 IPH 335 atk/345 def. Following these 2 guides: http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthre...new-crime-city and http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthre...hlight=camping.

1) Now I got most of the free app deals and am sitting on 150 gold. Have 2 ice cream shops. This dynasty case questline has dropped on me and I currently have 1/10 with 17 hours left. I started with about 21 hours left afaik. Is it worth me spending gold to ensure I get the 1588/1300 gun? If not, what should I spend the gold on/save it up for?

2) I currently have 2 of nearly every money building available to me (excluding gas station, basketball court, techno club, gun shop, mansion, empire theater, barbershop, electronic store and t-shirt stand). Should I get any of those? And should I gradually upgrade all my current buildings or focus solely on tattoo parlours, houses and Italian restaurants?

Cheers!
It's 15 gold for a gold case open. 150 gold is nowhere near enough to ensure you get the gun with 9/10, let alone 1/10 (you're misunderstanding how the gold opens work, I presume: a gold open guarantees a "successful open", meaning you will get something-- cash, loot, or the "twin swords"-- it does not guarantee that you will get the twin swords needed for the item. In fact, the common slap in the face at high levels is to spend 15 gold for a gold case open, and receive $10k cash-- a terrible exchange rate! I don't know what the new odds are, but it used to be the case that you could spend an entire vault of gold (1500 gold) and STILL not get that 10th item (in this case, twin swords).

As others said, your best bet is to just keep using cash opens every hour. Save your gold.

Quote Originally Posted by JWaLLz View Post
What do you mean by "ride your game in to overtime for the event"?

Also, how can I get in a quick Syndicate to ensure I get a prize from this upcoming event?

Also, the 100% gold opening option is 15 gold so I could ensure that I get the gun? That's why I'm wondering it it's worth say doing 5 gold openings if I have 6 hours left with 5/10.
"Overtime" is when the event has technically ended (which I believe is something 15 hours from now), but you don't close your game or update or do anything that involves restarting your game. After 15 hours from now, it will say "Event Ends: SOON!", but so long as you don't close your game, you can keep opening cases every hour. Personally, I haven't been very lucky with this, as it's usually just a matter of time before my game crashes (and hence the end of "overtime"). Worth a shot, though. There will be many events, don't rush to spend your gold now.

You might be too weak to be of any value into a syndicate, but you could try requesting to join syndicates from the in-game syndicate menu, or you can check the syndicate recruitment forums here.