Optimal clbum equipment:

Red Strap-Ons™

* Max Sexiness +75

* Offense +5

* Defense +5

* Luck +5

Professor Tightly’s Old-Fashioned™ Corset

* Max Sexiness +250

* Charisma +7

* Luck +7

* Defense +7

Glbumes are no longer relevant as they are actually cheaper to buy at auction than the store for a person of average frugality.

Starter pack:

Who’s That ****?™ Starter Pack

* Charisma +5

* Offense +1

Total bonus: +9 offense/+12 defense.

Compare this to Trolls:

Tumorous Kidney

* Max Douchebaggery: 600

* Offense: 10

* Defense: 35

You Little ****™! Starter Pack

* Defense +8

Total bonus: +10/+67

Trolls have insanely high base damage, and the low offense granted by their Eq doesn’t make a lot of difference once you factor in .moar files. The high defense just means that they can put fewer points into egomania than other clbumes, and don’t need to spend as much time healing.

Emokids:

Lobe Stretching

* Max Tears +325

* Offense +8

* Defense +8

Nautical Star

* Max Tears +225

* Offense +5

* Defense +5

First Cut is the Deepest™ Starter Pack

* Charisma +1

* Offense +4

* Defense +3

Total bonus: +29/+25

Emokids start off with mediocre DPR, but their damage bonus to damage quickly boosts their output. They are the only clbum that can’t wear glbumes, but if they could it would be enough to make them unquestionably the most powerful clbum.

Hackers:

Beast0r High-Speed Cables (x4)

* Defense +15

* Offense +15

* Luck +10

Total bonus: +60/+60

Hackers can get enough PP from .moar files to make up for using x4 cables, and they don’t have to sacrifice much (if any) offense to do it. That gives them a serious stat advantage that more or less offsets their low base attack power.

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I’m pretty certain that I have close to the best equipment known to exist in the game, both for my clbum and in general, and I STILL can’t manage to kill a thread in CC or ESFE in less than three rounds (At least, not without leaving my HP so low that I get killed in 1-2 hits).

I think it’s safe to say that camwhores are pretty mediocre at this point; average base damage combined with the lowest stat boosts make for a weak contender. The fact that charisma is capped so harshly has made it so that they don’t even have the high income advantage they once did; worse still, they are the only main clbum that still needs to but ego restoratives, and the significant cut that makes into their profits and makes them the least profitable clbum! Camwhores need a buff. Maybe bringing their best attacks up from 225/200 to 250/225?

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The fix to hackers is to make their starter kit to give a bonus to egomania instead of to ego. That would make it useful at every stage of the game without ever being overpowered.