Torn City: Faction Recruitment

I recently had to make the difficult decision to step away from Torn MMO. More accurately, I had to step away from my long-time faction Natural Selection. I’d been with the specific faction (NS4) since they were the failed revive faction Waste Management so this wasn’t an easy decision, but work and life balance inadequacies were making it difficult to log in multiple times a day. Meanwhile, the faction family, and NS4 itself continues to grow and do greater things. I wasn’t willing to hold them back.

This is, overall, the result of some positive changes in my life. However, positive changes have required more time invested into my real life, and that’s spread me kind of thin in other areas… such as gaming. Oh noes, my browser gaming income. Anyways.

Originally, I thought I’d just… stop playing. Instead, I log on once or twice a day. Do some crime. Smoke a little weed… which in this game gives players the ability to do more crime, but there is a very small chance a player can overdose. Players WANT to overdose at least once in their Torn careers, because there is an honor bar and a merit point associated with doing so. Any faction worth being a faction has perks in place that makes overdosing harder to do, because while players might want to overdose on weed they absolutely don’t want to overdose on Xanax (which in this game, has the benefit of giving 250 energy and every player should be using them as often as possible.)

I had been in a faction for so long that I had forgotten one of the most irritating parts of not being in a faction was… getting random faction recruitment messages. Worse, a number of these are so generic, despite using verbiage meant to convince me that it has been tailored specifically to me. This isn’t too surprising; some of the larger factions use scripts to hunt for players that meet criteria that aren’t in factions and attempt to recruit them, so the statement that they are looking for “a player like me” isn’t inaccurate…

Still, it’s neat to see that in a game that has been around for as long as it has, there is still a focus on not just building community, but building the *right* kind of community that suits a given faction’s needs. And honestly, while some of these messages are likely copied and pasted, the fact that they are being sent by the leaders themselves shows a certain level of hard work, dedication, and willingness to “reach out” that is difficult not to praise.

Following is a list of every recruitment message I have been sent. If you are in Torn and looking for a faction, maybe one of these would be right for you?

“Hey you look like you have potential to become a fighter. Want to join a fast-growing faction? We do ranked wars regularly that provides steady income for members. Great community and good perks (+11% gym gains, 46h booster cooldown, +20% rehab discount, +10 additional travel items, max drug mitigation perks, etc). Please click on the link and apply: link.” ~ Acepac, leader of Valor

“Hey, We Have a Young, Fast growing Faction which needs more experienced players like yourself. Have fun and be Apart of our Young Family as it continues to grow. If you’re bored and feel like a change of pace or another Challenge all together. Feel free to apply. link.” ~ RetroClick, leader of Resilience

“Hey, I’m looking for people wanting to ranked war this week are you currently looking for somewhere to fight?” ~ Mary_Anne, leader of Berserk

“Hey Sethimothy, would you like to join my faction?” ~ Confess, co-leader of WIT-Mayhem

“Hi there, My name is Cheb, I was looking for people with potential to join PT-Family whilst we are warring that are currently not in a faction and I came across your profile, Would joining our faction be something you would be interested in? If so send in an application or message me back, (I am the hiring manager for new recruits at the moment) :p” ~ Cheb, hiring manager (at the moment) for PT-Family.

“Hey, My faction is looking for members like yourself. Paid Wars weekly at roughly 2m per hit and lots of training perks, +8 travel capacity.

We are NOT a cache farm! We had just 198k respect in December and now over 650k. With an aim of 1m before the end of year. We are trying to build a HOF faction here that benefits its members.” ~ DwightSchrute, Leader of Sentinels

“Pls join my faction, no war just training and OC” ~ Robopocalypse, leader of Robopocolypse

“Hi im recruiting for a 210k respect RW based faction! as our next step we are welcoming new members to our rapidly growing family. we offer many perks and 85% Cut to members. Let me know if you would like more information like our management oppertunities and the financial benefits or our paths to help you grow as much as the faction grows! heres a link:click here otherwise have a nice day thanks for your time :)” ~ Kingpinconner, lead of of Peaky f**kin blinders. The name includes those asterisks. Don’t ask me why.

We are currently recruiting members to our faction, and we would love to have you apply to The War Rig. You are looking at perks including +11% gym gains, +50% energy gain from energy drinks, max drug addiction mitigation and side effects reduction, +10 travel item capacity, and many other excellent perks to joining us. If you’re interested, please find the link below. clicky ~ Resination, Consigliere of The War Rig

Interested in joining Resiliance? We are mainly a relaxed training faction. We do the odd chains, Wars are Optional. We are after active members. We have plenty of perks with 2.8 million respect ~ Sethist, Elder of Resiliance, which… is spelled the way I have it typed, even if spell correct thinks it is wrong.

cell-block8, the Warmaster of TBA-Rise Above, sent me this informative mailer:

You can’t read it, less because it’s a screenshot taken on my laptop, and more because it’s a screenshot for ants. If you click on it, it’ll take you to a normal person screenshot.

Splurgle, the leader of Onion Smugglers, sent me a polite message:

I haven’t been responding to most of these, because just reading them can be exhausting! Every once in a while I can’t help myself though. It’s not my fault, my parents didn’t love me enough as a child so I have to overcompensate somehow. This is what happened when ForesterISR, Leader of The Wolverines, sent me a message:

I’m going to miss Torn – it has been a part of my life for only a few years, but it’s been years that have seen a lot of change in my real life. It is rather telling that even now I can’t stay away from it. Too bad I can’t also be on it enough to… grow my stats, or get hits in during wars, or even level weapons.