iMobsters Equipment Guide

Equipment Overview
Equipment is a very important part of iMobsters and is used when Completing Missions or Fighting. As your character increases in level, more powerful equipment become available.

In iMobsters, equipment is grouped into four categories:

• Weapons
• Protections
• Vehicles
• Additional (certain mission loot items)

This is important to understand because when fighting, each mob member can ONLY use up to 1 of each category of equipment (except the "Additional" catagory where ALL items can be used in addition to the rest of your equipment).

Example: I have 3 mob members and 9 Weapons, 2 Protections and 7 Vehicles. When fighting, my mob will only use 3 Weapons, 2 Protections and 3 Vehicles. The extra equipment are NOT used.

Equipment have the following components:

• Attack: Used to calculate your Attack points when Attacking
• Defense: Used to calculate your Defense points when Defending
• Cost: Purchase Price (can be sold for 50% of cost)
• Upkeep: ** IMPORTANT ** The amount that it costs to maintain that equipment per income cycle.

Equipment Strategy
The upkeep costs associated with equipment make them one of the most important strategic elements of the game. Deciding when to buy equipment and which equipment to buy can significantly impact your long term success in the game.

Upkeep versus Income
The primary purpose of building a large income stream is to enable the purchase and upkeep of equipment. However, most higher level equipment has an upkeep cost that directly reduces your income stream. This lost income can never be recovered and it occurs every income cycle which means that a total upkeep cost of 10,000 per income cycle would result in losing at least 240,000 per day in lost income. Upkeep costs are commonly calculated as a % of your income stream. I personally like to keep my upkeep at no more than 10-20% of my income - but this can vary depending on your playing style.

Slow Down - Build Income
If you find that upkeep costs are having a significant impact on your income, then it may be time to slow down your character leveling and allow your income to build. This problem will only get worse as you advance in level and the costs grow geometrically (and your opponents are much stronger). This problem is compounded when you realize that each level that your character advances would require you to purchase up to 15 additional equipments (5 of each) assuming you want to maximize your fighting potential.

Purchase Strategically
When deciding what equpment to buy, you need to carefully consider the equipment's Upkeep, Attack and Defense and whether it is even necessary to upgrade your equipment. Assuming you can afford to buy the equipment, cost should not be a factor in your decision making as it is only a one time expenditure. Keeping in mind the reduction in income from upkeep, it does not always make sense to buy the best available equipment.

If you are winning most of your fights with your current equipment, then it may make more strategic sense to not increase your upkeep and allow your income to build at a faster rate.

Maximize Your Fighting Potential
Because the game allows each mob member (up to 5 per level) to use 1 of each equipment type when fighting, you should always make sure that everyone has at least 1 piece of equipment from each category that can be utilized in a fight. It does not have to be the best available equipment, but they should at least have something to fight with.

Attack and Defense
Each equipment item has an attack and defense score that is used to calculate the results of a fight. Only the attack score is used when you initiate an attack while only the defense score is used when you are attacked. If you are losing fights that you initiate, it may make sense to purchase equipment that increase your attack score in order to increase your chance of success. Conversely, if you are losing when you get attacked, you may want to increase the defensive point value of your equipment.

Doubling up on Equipment
If you look closely at the attack and defense values for the different equipment, you will find that some of them are more attack orientated or defense orientated. This means that you may find it makes sense to "double up" on certain equipment in order to maximize both your attack and defense potential. This makes strategic sense because the game automatically chooses the best available attack equipment when you are attacking and the best available defense equipment when you are defending.

Example: I have 10 mob members and 10 Beretta 92 (Atk 3, Def 1) and 10 12-Gauge Shotgun (Atk 2, Def 3). When I attack, I will automatically use the 10 Beretta 92 because of their higher attack value. However, when I defend I will automatically use the 10 12-Gauge Shotguns because of their higher defense value.

It is important to remember that there is no "perfect" strategy for acquiring equipment. These are just guidelines that every player can adapt to fit their own playing style.

Equipment Table
The following is a complete list of all equipment available in iMobsters including those that can be received as Loot for completing missions. Please note that promotional equipment is not included because they can not be acquired within the game.

Updated Weapons List:

Level	Weapon	Cost	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
1	Metal Pipe	300	0	1	0
1	Machete	700	0	1	1
1	Revolver	1,000	0	2	2
1	9mm Pistol	1,500	0	3	1
2	Pump Shotgun	2,000	0	2	3
3	Piano Wire	3,000	0	5	0
4	Molotov Cocktail	700	0	10	0
4	Uzi	5,000	0	3	3
5	Tommy Gun	8,500	150	5	3
6	AK-47	12,000	300	6	4
7	HK PSG1 Sniper Rifle	28,000	800	8	6
9	Flamethrower	100,000	2,000	12	10
12	Chain Gun	150,000	3,000	14	13
14	Stick Grenade	17,500	1,100	23	0
17	RPG-7	450,000	6,000	15	20
19	Stick of Dynamite	55,000	3,300	33	0
22	Elephant Gun	650,000	13,000	24	14
25	Advanced Assault Rifle	800,000	15,000	25	19
30	Time Bomb	130,000	7,800	45	0
35	AT4 Rocket Launcher	1,800,000	35,000	40	18
40	CornerShot Rifle	3,000,000	60,000	42	28
45	Tripwire Bomb	360,000	22,000	64	0
50	CheyTac Sniper Rifle	4,250,000	85,000	46	32
60	MK-19 Automatic Grenade Launcher	6,500,000	120,000	51	40
70	Remote Detonator Bomb	750,000	45,000	85	0
100	Knight's PDW Tactical Rifle	10,000,000	200,000	110	55
150	M32 Grenade Launcher	15,000,000	300,000	170	60

Updated Protections List:

Level	Protection	Cost	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
1	Helmet	200	0	0	1
1	Bulletproof Vest	6,000	0	2	4
3	Armored Suit	16,000	200	4	8
5	F1 Fire Helmet	50,000	1,000	6	10
7	Guard Dog	100,000	2,000	9	9
10	Reinforced Kevlar Vest	185,000	3,600	6	17
12	Bullet-Proof Duster	280,000	5,600	8	20
14	Hired Thug	100,000	20,000	13	26
16	Riot Gear	550,000	11,000	9	25
18	Advanced Tactical Armor	750,000	12,000	10	28
27	Security Observation System	1,800,000	36,000	12	42
32	Armed Guard	375,000	75,000	18	50
37	Torq Body Armor	4,000,000	80,000	12	62
42	Personal Bodyguard	900,000	180,000	29	55
47	Bomb Squad Suit	7,000,000	140,000	27	67
52	Corrupt Cop Escort	1,300,000	260,000	32	78
	Red Flexion Armor	10,500,000	210,000	24	90
	Crooked Federal Agent	1,800,000	360,000	36	95
	Aramid Fiber Armor	12,500,000	250,000	44	100
110	Hired Mercenary	3,000,000	600,000	55	165
175	Personal Assassin	5,000,000	1,000,000	87	263

Updated Vehicles List:

Level	Vehicle	Cost	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
1	Thunderbird	20,000	0	3	3
1	BMW 335	40,000	0	4	5
5	H2 Hummer	60,000	150	4	6
7	Bulletproof SUV	90,000	450	6	7
9	Limousine	180,000	1,500	9	10
10	Maserati	400,000	2,000	10	12
13	Big Rig	750,000	7,000	12	26
15	Lamborghini	1,000,000	10,000	20	24
19	Mafia Cruiser	1,500,000	20,000	27	23
24	Armored Limousine	2,700,000	40,000	26	32
29	Helicopter	5,000,000	55,000	34	33
34	Armored Lamborghini	6,400,000	85,000	36	34
39	Patrol Boat	9,800,000	130,000	32	48
44	Knight XV Armored SUV	11,000,000	165,000	50	40
49	Private Jet	12,000,000	190,000	62	40
55	ULTRA Armored Patrol Vehicle	16,000,000	240,000	53	57
	Luxury Yacht	20,000,000	300,000	70	60
	TNC Vehicle	21,000,000	320,000	85	45
	Marion Hyper-Sub	23,000,000	350,000	72	78
125	Armored Yacht	39,000,000	580,000	140	110
200	Armored Jet	60,000,000	900,000	225	175

Updated Mission Loot List:

Level	Catagory	Loot Item	Mission Name	Sell	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
2	Vehicle	Honda Civic EX	Grand Theft Auto	4,000	10	2	2
3	Additional	Prison Map	Start Protection Racket	25	0	0	0
6	Protection	Riot Shield	Prison Break	4,500	0	2	5
8	Additional	Bank Schematic	Infiltrate Mob Base	50	0	0	0
10	Additional	Enemy Plans	Take Out Snitch	50	0	0	0
11	Weapon	M4 Carbine	Steal Weapons From Mob	7,500	750	7	5
31	Vehicle	Fire Fighting Tank	Burn Down Casino	900,000	35,000	40	18
37	Vehicle	High Tech Swat Van	Expand Your Influence	1,500,000	60,000	42	28
45	Additional	FBI Command Center	Escape FBI Lockdown	2,125,000	85,000	46	32
55	Weapon	FMG 9 Folding Machine Gun	Destroy Shipment Trucks	3,250,000	120,000	51	40
	Vehicle	Stealth Copter	Import Illegal Goods	3,750,000	160,000	80	48
	Vehicle	AN-225 Air Transporter	Drive Out Russian Mob	4,500,000	190,000	95	57
90	Vehicle	Bridge Builder Truck	Blow Up Rival Mob HQ	5,500,000	220,000	111	67
100	Additional	Godfather Pinky Ring	Kill Enemy Godfather	6,000,000	240,000	123	74