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You won't find healers on any of those "Outstanding Players of Torn" threads, but you WILL find us cuddled up to those players in wartime, like the dirty little secrets we are...
Revivers: We are the Sally Hemings to your Thomas Jefferson; the Monica Lewinsky to your Bill Clinton; the Marilyn Monroe to your JFK. We are the ever-vigilant mistresses trading our special brand of love to Torn's most powerful and wealthiest, factions. Sure, we love getting showered with pretty trinkets and spending money, but for many of us, the real reward is in the pillow talk.
If you were to ask revivers what made them decide to forego the glory of warring for the less conventional reviving path, you'll get all kinds of answers. Some people do it for the money they charge or hope to receive, others just like to play dress-up as a nurse. My favorite answer comes from Jeez, the leader of the mega-revive faction Emergency Room.
"I just enjoy helping others! You never know who is having a difficult day and needs just a little bit of random kindness to feel better about things. Some people do send tips in money or Xanax, but those daily messages of 'thank you, I really appreciate it!' brightens my day. Be kind whenever possible. It is ALWAYS possible."
Money was my motivation in the very beginning, after realizing that a full stack of revives would net me $34m - $40m in a heartbeat. But a couple of weeks into the reviving business, I was struck by how competitive the industry is - much more so than trading. Literally everyone and their multi-brothers are playing Florence Nightingale these days, with the minimum being $250k per revive, and the maximum typically anywhere between a Xanax and $1 million.
However, as Jeez's comment implies, some people perform revives just for the sake of doing something good. The truth is, reviving for cash is a difficult business. That's not to say it's impossible to make good money reviving - read some of this paper's previous revive articles and you'll see just how lucrative it can be - it's just that most of the money earned by revivers comes from war contracts, and these can be tough to obtain outside of a healing faction.
Moreover, the fulfilment of a revive contract can feel like a full-time job, rather than the fun gaming experience it really should be. If you are subject to a revive contract, you will be expected to heal members of a certain faction or factions for a set price. During this contract, you'll have to be super active and fast on the draw to revive fallen players, lest you face the wrath of those who are wallowing in the hospital.
Pictured: One very angry patient who just can't wait to get back on the wall and defend that Truck Stop racket.
Contracted healers spend a lot of time watching their target faction's roster, waiting to see when their members get hospitalized. Often, that feels a lot like watching your beard grow in the mirror... boring as f**k! But then, suddenly, you'll see an online member get hosp'd, so you pull up the profile as fast as your Wi-Fi will allow and press your revive button... just in time to see a message advising that the player isn't in the hospital anymore. Sorry, too slow Joe! Somebody in your faction beat you to it. And yes, I'm looking at you, Shiroe-.
It's insane how competitive revivers can be. Even during our "Holiday Heals" campaign over Christmas, where we had hundreds of revivers smashing out revives for free, many were left feeling as though they weren't cut out for it due to the level of competition there was to revive individual players. When it's hard to revive someone for free, it's small wonder that many don't stick with paid reviving for very long - it can be brutal!
Whereas my original motivation for reviving was financial, I now find motivation in the same place that Jeez does, with my reason for continuing being the many "thank you" messages received along the way. This is true of many of us within our revive faction, Surgical Precision, as we've realised there is no better feeling than helping an underdog win their wars, and being praised as the turning point for them.
Not that we ever claim credit - we're just the side-piece keeping our lover's sheets warm - but it feels good to know we're appreciated, ya know? While we do charge for revives sometimes, we will give up our services for free occasionally if you promise to say nice things and cuddle us afterwards. Although you'd have been hard-pressed to find a single Surgical Precision reviver alone in Torn this Valentine's Day, as our members barely had time to wash their hair and change their underwear before moving on to the next client!
Pictured: Bonus discounts if you bring a bear into the cuddle equation.
With this year's changes to Love Juice, revivers received a 15 energy cost reduction for their services for the 5 - 7 hours it remained in effect. If you were willing to spend $20m buying it in the item market or you were lucky enough to find it by the docks, Love Juice was an invaluable resource for revivers this year, having previously been the preserve of those who like to make holes in people, rather than repair them.
Only a few of SP's revivers found it in the city, and a couple of others paid the inflated rates just to stay competitive, but those of us who used it did get a pretty big payout when we billed for our Valentine's Massacre contracts. Instead of the usual 40 revives for a full stack, we were able to smash out 100 with the same 1000e. Thank you Ched, for allowing us to love so many more people this year!
If this article has made you interested in reviving, then take a look at Unown's article from last year, which explains in detail what it takes to succeed in this business. And who knows, perhaps the love we show will inspire someone in the way that Divalicious has inspired jscar of White Rose Cartel, who had this to say about her:
"When I was a very young player someone revived me for free when I really needed it. There was no way I could afford to pay for one and I was blown away by that act of generosity... It sounds cheesey but the reason I revive is because of that single kind act by Divalicious nearly two years ago."
All joking aside, there isn't any better legacy to leave behind than one of kindness. Sure, we don't get fame and recognition for all the hard work and energy spent, but we do earn some high praise along the way, and that's definitely the icing on the money cake.
If you were to ask revivers what made them decide to forego the glory of warring for the less conventional reviving path, you'll get all kinds of answers. Some people do it for the money they charge or hope to receive, others just like to play dress-up as a nurse. My favorite answer comes from Jeez, the leader of the mega-revive faction Emergency Room.
"I just enjoy helping others! You never know who is having a difficult day and needs just a little bit of random kindness to feel better about things. Some people do send tips in money or Xanax, but those daily messages of 'thank you, I really appreciate it!' brightens my day. Be kind whenever possible. It is ALWAYS possible."
Money was my motivation in the very beginning, after realizing that a full stack of revives would net me $34m - $40m in a heartbeat. But a couple of weeks into the reviving business, I was struck by how competitive the industry is - much more so than trading. Literally everyone and their multi-brothers are playing Florence Nightingale these days, with the minimum being $250k per revive, and the maximum typically anywhere between a Xanax and $1 million.
However, as Jeez's comment implies, some people perform revives just for the sake of doing something good. The truth is, reviving for cash is a difficult business. That's not to say it's impossible to make good money reviving - read some of this paper's previous revive articles and you'll see just how lucrative it can be - it's just that most of the money earned by revivers comes from war contracts, and these can be tough to obtain outside of a healing faction.
Moreover, the fulfilment of a revive contract can feel like a full-time job, rather than the fun gaming experience it really should be. If you are subject to a revive contract, you will be expected to heal members of a certain faction or factions for a set price. During this contract, you'll have to be super active and fast on the draw to revive fallen players, lest you face the wrath of those who are wallowing in the hospital.
Pictured: One very angry patient who just can't wait to get back on the wall and defend that Truck Stop racket.
Contracted healers spend a lot of time watching their target faction's roster, waiting to see when their members get hospitalized. Often, that feels a lot like watching your beard grow in the mirror... boring as f**k! But then, suddenly, you'll see an online member get hosp'd, so you pull up the profile as fast as your Wi-Fi will allow and press your revive button... just in time to see a message advising that the player isn't in the hospital anymore. Sorry, too slow Joe! Somebody in your faction beat you to it. And yes, I'm looking at you, Shiroe-.
It's insane how competitive revivers can be. Even during our "Holiday Heals" campaign over Christmas, where we had hundreds of revivers smashing out revives for free, many were left feeling as though they weren't cut out for it due to the level of competition there was to revive individual players. When it's hard to revive someone for free, it's small wonder that many don't stick with paid reviving for very long - it can be brutal!
Whereas my original motivation for reviving was financial, I now find motivation in the same place that Jeez does, with my reason for continuing being the many "thank you" messages received along the way. This is true of many of us within our revive faction, Surgical Precision, as we've realised there is no better feeling than helping an underdog win their wars, and being praised as the turning point for them.
Not that we ever claim credit - we're just the side-piece keeping our lover's sheets warm - but it feels good to know we're appreciated, ya know? While we do charge for revives sometimes, we will give up our services for free occasionally if you promise to say nice things and cuddle us afterwards. Although you'd have been hard-pressed to find a single Surgical Precision reviver alone in Torn this Valentine's Day, as our members barely had time to wash their hair and change their underwear before moving on to the next client!
Pictured: Bonus discounts if you bring a bear into the cuddle equation.
With this year's changes to Love Juice, revivers received a 15 energy cost reduction for their services for the 5 - 7 hours it remained in effect. If you were willing to spend $20m buying it in the item market or you were lucky enough to find it by the docks, Love Juice was an invaluable resource for revivers this year, having previously been the preserve of those who like to make holes in people, rather than repair them.
Only a few of SP's revivers found it in the city, and a couple of others paid the inflated rates just to stay competitive, but those of us who used it did get a pretty big payout when we billed for our Valentine's Massacre contracts. Instead of the usual 40 revives for a full stack, we were able to smash out 100 with the same 1000e. Thank you Ched, for allowing us to love so many more people this year!
If this article has made you interested in reviving, then take a look at Unown's article from last year, which explains in detail what it takes to succeed in this business. And who knows, perhaps the love we show will inspire someone in the way that Divalicious has inspired jscar of White Rose Cartel, who had this to say about her:
"When I was a very young player someone revived me for free when I really needed it. There was no way I could afford to pay for one and I was blown away by that act of generosity... It sounds cheesey but the reason I revive is because of that single kind act by Divalicious nearly two years ago."
All joking aside, there isn't any better legacy to leave behind than one of kindness. Sure, we don't get fame and recognition for all the hard work and energy spent, but we do earn some high praise along the way, and that's definitely the icing on the money cake.
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