Having played this game for some time THERE MUST BE way to boost stats without paying $$$$$$. The answer is YES ... there is. 

Standard GEAR in the game gives attack attribute boosts to Bikers, Bulkers, Shooters and Vehicles ... the ONLY equipment that does not is the Clothes and Pants. This gear typically only provides hospital buff, investment speedups, etc... but NO attack bonus.

If you have been playing “properly” you hit a LOT of mercenaries, particularly SHREDDERS. These Mercs will drop “TOPAZ” gems and of course equipment fragments (which you need A LOT of equipment frags and a few gems to do what I am describing below). 

STEP ONE. HIT A LOT ... A LOT OF SHREDDERS.

STEP TWO - (sorry no pic) Make sure you have collected 100 equipment fragments (CLOTHES & PANTS). Personally I found this rather easy; but particularly you want a CLOTHES BLUEPRINT and PANTS BLUEPRINT. This will require you to collect (100) pieces of clothes and (100) pants fragments to make (1) BLUEPRINT of each. 

STEP THREE - PAWNBROKER

CLICK ON THE “SET” TAB AND SCROLL DOWN TO “TERRORIZER SET”

SELECT THE GEAR PIECE YOU WANT TO MAKE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE I WOULD RECOMMEND THE TERRORIZER’S SUIT AND TERRORIZER’S TROUSERS. 

ONCE YOU SELECT THE PIECE YOU WANT TO USE EITHER WHITE OR GREEN GEMS. YOU CAN USE BLUE, PURPLE, ORANGE, GOLD IF YOU WANT TO ... BUT PROBABILITY OF THE GEAR COMING OUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHITE OR GREEN IS VERY VERY VERY LOW!!!!.

CLICK ON EACH GEM, SELECT THE COLOR YOU WANT TO USE. 

SET THE “FOLDERS” TO (1)

SET THE TOPAZ GEM TO (1)

NOTE: YOU CAN PLAY AROUND WITH THIS SOME ... IF YOU CHOOSE WHITE GEMS, 1 FOLDER AND 1 TOPAZ YOU WILL BE AT 100% PROBABILITY FOR WHITE GEAR. IF YOU USE HIGHER QUALITY GEMS, (1) FOLDER AND 2-3 GEMS ... PROBABILITY WILL INCREASE FOR HIGHER COLOR GEAR. 

PLAY AROUND WITH IT ... JUST DO NOT HIT THE EXCHANGE BUTTON UNTIL YOU ARE 100% SURE YOU ARE READY TO MAKE THAT GEAR ... THERE IS NO GOING BACK ONCE YOU HIT THE BUTTON !!!!!!

NOW ... HAVING SAID THE ABOVE ... I NORMALLY GO FOR WHITE GEAR BECAUSE MAKING WHITE AND GREEN GEAR TO SYNTHESIZE THE GEAR UP COLOR QUALITY IS PRETTY EASY. SO GETTING TO BLUE GEAR IS REALLY NO PROBLEM ... JUST A BUNCH OF CHECKS AND SOME TIME. 

SO ... YOUR WHITE PIECE IS MADE ... NOW WHAT ???? 

NOW YOU NEED TO MAKE (3) LEVEL 25 PIECES OF REGULAR WHITE GEAR..... HERE I HAVE MADE (2) GUNS AND (1) NECKLACE, LEVEL 25 WHITE.THE TYPE OF GEAR DOES NOT MATTER ...ONLY THE LEVEL AND COLOR!!

NOW YOU CLICK ON YOUR AVATAR AND PULL UP THE PIECE OF WHITE TERRORIZER EQUIPMENT YOU ARE GOING TO UPGRADE ... AND REMOVE IT (IF YOU ARE WEARING IT)... AND CLICK ON SYNTHESIZE.

THE GAME WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOAD THE THREE PIECES IN. NOW JUST CLICK SYNTHESIZE ..... AND DONE .... ! 

AND IT’S THAT SIMPLE! 

To keep upgrading .. you just keep making whatever the color is you want to upgrade ... Have green equipment, make the (3) pieces of gear that are the same LEVEL ... and upgrade the color quality of the equipment.