Should I add supporting vertices?

I'm doing the assault rifle on the concept art provided. While reducing vertices, i noticed that the topology isn't good. There are a lot of edges connecting to a single vert. I was thinking of putting a vert to make it look nicer, but I think it will defeat the purpose of low poly conversion. Is it ok to add verts? 

  • Jonathan Lampel replied

    Sure thing if you find it necessary, but remember that it doesn't matter what your topology looks like for hard surface game assets as long as you get the right shapes.