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The Annihilator was great in TBoGT
Best/Worst You've Dealt With in GTA Online
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Dan
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Grinding contact missions with @ExoSphere64, we ran On Maneuvers with him in the Annihilator and me in the Buzzard on defense. Attacking Lazer and Buzzards are downed and we get to Sandy Shores but he disappears while hovering over the heli pad (I suspect PSN dropped him, as has happened to the both of us before). The Annihilator's engines cut out and it goes into a terrifying spin...but lands safely where it needs to be.
Funnily enough, I actually had to get into it (after removing his lifeless body) to trigger the delivery.
On a side note, am I the only one who thinks the Annihilator is absolutely useless? It's slow, not terribly well-armored, has limited range, once your target is actually in range you need to offset the sight because most things are narrow enough that the rounds just pass by when centered and the rounds aren't even explosive!!!
The only logical use for the Annihilator at the moment is if you need to transport five other players across the map. Even then, it's a sluggish helicopter. It needs buffs all around. Acceleration, top speed, manueverability, explosive rounds, and countermeasures like flares or chaff.
It was my favorite helicopter in GTA IV and TBoGT because it was faster than the Buzzard, and could shred through any vehicle you could think of. In a standard helicopter dogfight, the Annihilator would easily outclass the Buzzard. The only time a Buzzard could have an advantage over the Annihilator is in the city where the Buzzard could easily move between buildings. Finally, it was the most fun to perform the crazy death dives where your nose is pitched down at the ground beyond 90 degrees, so the tail rotor is actually leaning forward further than the rest of your chopper.
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Grinding contact missions with @ExoSphere64, we ran On Maneuvers with him in the Annihilator and me in the Buzzard on defense. Attacking Lazer and Buzzards are downed and we get to Sandy Shores but he disappears while hovering over the heli pad (I suspect PSN dropped him, as has happened to the both of us before). The Annihilator's engines cut out and it goes into a terrifying spin...but lands safely where it needs to be.
Funnily enough, I actually had to get into it (after removing his lifeless body) to trigger the delivery.
On a side note, am I the only one who thinks the Annihilator is absolutely useless? It's slow, not terribly well-armored, has limited range, once your target is actually in range you need to offset the sight because most things are narrow enough that the rounds just pass by when centered and the rounds aren't even explosive!!!
Full PSN meltdown! That sucked... Coming in for a smooth landing and POW! I am glad you were still able to complete the mission!
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It's actually pretty powerful as far as weapons. The problem is that it has an extremely small effective range because the cannons are difficult to aim and it's too slow to avoid missiles unless they miss completely. Then, you have the Lazer, Hydra, Savage, and Valkyrie which negate this completely.
A Cargobob or Luxor will actually will actually be better for that since you need two missiles to take them out.
Dan
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When a level 177 and 250+ insist on hosting the Fleeca Job...
(you have other better paying heists, you know...)
(you have other better paying heists, you know...)
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When a level 177 and 250+ insist on hosting the Fleeca Job...
(you have other better paying heists, you know...)
Actually, when you consider how much money you make over time, Fleeca could possibly be the best heist in terms of money - sure, the payout is miniscule as something like the Prison Break, but it takes less than half the time to finish and you have 2 less people to split the payout between. Plus, whilst this isn't really possible with randoms, a competent team can easily get the Elite challenge done on a fairly consistent level (whereas the challenges for other heists are much more annoying) and make an extra 50k per heist - that's 120k per person (not including setup costs and setup rewards) for a heist that can easily be done in less than half an hour.
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While I agree about the time:money ratio if you complete the elite challenge, it's not really a viable strategy for me since I know how incompetent most players are (i.e. 90% of any Fleeca lobbies I join). The one and only time I've ever completed the Fleeca Job Elite challenge was with a level 300+ and have never been able to achieve it since.
Back to the payouts: (even with semi-competent players) I kinda feel like Humane Labs finale is actually the best time:money ratio for me from my experience since it's quick and the only way you can really mess up is landing the chopper to pick up the ground team.
Disregarding the time:money ratio: (with capable players) Pacific Standard will always be the best heist/job for money. Also since there's a cooldown period before you can replay the heist it wouldn't matter how quick it gets done (unless you actually take longer than 48 minutes)
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Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, you're barely ever going to complete an Elite challenge with randoms. Most of them aren't aware of the pro strats and/or are just too incompetent as either the Driver or Driller (the latter in particular, oh god). Elite Challenges are best done with people you know and have good communication with.
It's probably between Prison Break and Humane Labs for me if I'm doing it with randoms - it all depends on whether I'd rather put up with having to complete Humane Labs: Deliver EMP with randoms, or the possibility of getting put in the Prisoner role and never having any ammo for the entire Prison Break finale.
Yeah, Pac Stan is definitely the best if you just want some quick cash instead of grinding for it. It's the most fun heist as well.
I wasn't aware of the cooldown period - does that apply to all heists, or can you replay another heist before the cooldown for the previous heist ends?
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I'm 99.9% sure the cooldown only applies to the last heist you played. You will be able to play another heist while waiting for the last one's cooldown period to end. If you completed all of them then they would cool down in the respective order you've last completed them in.
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Dunno about next gen, but on last gen you had to rebuy weapons after dropping them - I distinctly remember dropping the regular Assault Rifle for someone who was like lv3 during a setup mission, then having to go out and drop like 10k+ on a new one (which I did, for some reason. I'm not sure why)
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To be honest, $10,000 isn't a whole lot in this game. One round of Trash Talk will net you at least $15,000.
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So I got this text from a wonderful person a few days ago whilst doing VIP work with @xXKingJoshXx and friends.
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Well, at least they're being creative.
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Had some decent sessions that actually last. Also, taking out 2 high level players, max stats and all, multiple times. The best was when I was scoping on a rooftop by the Pier and one tries to ambush me in a Maverick of all things. As he tries to land, I take him out with ease....and earn a 5 grand bounty at the same time.
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Gonna start this one off with a question: Does leaving a contact mission increase your "Bad Sport" reputation in the way that leaving a heist/setup does?
Anyway...
I hate The Los Santos Connection with an absolute passion.
Air support, while not crucial with some decent players, is certainly something good to have on this one, but why is it there's always some idiot with a ricockulously expensive car (T20/Osiris) who decides to park it right where my rockets are landing? I don't think I've ever not blown up another player's car during this mission when I'm in my Savage.
Oh but clearly I can't take part in this mission without providing air support, either, as when I drive to the depot and take out the enemies, nobody else is willing to hack the console. Then when I try, I get killed because the :censored:hats don't cover me.
Now, regardless of how lucrative a run has been, when this job gets selected...I'm GONE!!! And when I join a random contact mission to find this is the one chosen, and an imbecilic rank 38 host starts it [faster than I can back out] with them and myself being the only participants...I'm GONE!!!
Anyway...
I hate The Los Santos Connection with an absolute passion.
Air support, while not crucial with some decent players, is certainly something good to have on this one, but why is it there's always some idiot with a ricockulously expensive car (T20/Osiris) who decides to park it right where my rockets are landing? I don't think I've ever not blown up another player's car during this mission when I'm in my Savage.
Oh but clearly I can't take part in this mission without providing air support, either, as when I drive to the depot and take out the enemies, nobody else is willing to hack the console. Then when I try, I get killed because the :censored:hats don't cover me.
Now, regardless of how lucrative a run has been, when this job gets selected...I'm GONE!!! And when I join a random contact mission to find this is the one chosen, and an imbecilic rank 38 host starts it [faster than I can back out] with them and myself being the only participants...I'm GONE!!!
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You can use the Boxville or any large vehicle as cover while you're doing the hacking portion of the mission. The enemies will only come from behind you, and it takes forever for them to kill you if you block their field of view.
Also, there is a health pack in one of the shipping containers, which should last long enough for the hacking either way.
Also, there is a health pack in one of the shipping containers, which should last long enough for the hacking either way.
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A Kuruma makes The LS Connection much easier. Yes, it's cheap, but you cannot deny that it's very useful for missions.
Also, I ran into a player in the "Grove Street Families" crew. His character looked like one of those Ballas scrubs we kill all the time, and he sounded like... Let's just say I phoned Lamar to compare and noticed no difference
These wannabe gangsters really tick me off.
Also, I ran into a player in the "Grove Street Families" crew. His character looked like one of those Ballas scrubs we kill all the time, and he sounded like... Let's just say I phoned Lamar to compare and noticed no difference
These wannabe gangsters really tick me off.
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You know you piss off a group of high level (not legit of course) by killing them over and over...when it's me against 2 others. I take my usual vantage point, a buiilding, and continue to snipe them as others around provide distraction. One has to go passive to 'creep' up on me to try get me, but it doesn't work. Passive sets a bounty on me earlier so I can't play the Passive card. Even though Passive tries to sneak up on me I can still snipe him with good vantage points. I go to the only safe place to take a break, in my garage by LSIA. Passive gets mad hanging around outside and sends me colorful msg's. Not sure why some of these 'need' their ridiculous user levels anyway, one was over 7000 earlier.
Yesterday had more stable sessions. Today I had a some disconnects and a couple "Please return to GTA V"
Yesterday had more stable sessions. Today I had a some disconnects and a couple "Please return to GTA V"
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Last night I did a game drivers vs snipers, which is a dumb LTS btw, and I had a couple of Italian opponents. It was one of those games where everything went right. I had 2 kills before they even got to the first time jumping. And the good stuff continued throughout the game, I ended up with 11 kills and not a single death.
Game was over and I received Italian swear word messages and more I couldn't understand. Quite a few of them. This kept on going until I sent one message back. ENGLISH (SAMUEL L. JACKSON QUOTE)
And then I received a message in English.
Hacker.
Game was over and I received Italian swear word messages and more I couldn't understand. Quite a few of them. This kept on going until I sent one message back. ENGLISH (SAMUEL L. JACKSON QUOTE)
And then I received a message in English.
Hacker.
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I did an LTS on a bridge a friend made and actually managed to not suck in it. I had to play with a 30 and the other team had the friend who made it and another friend who is the best fighter in our friends group. It was awesome trading rockets back and fourth and actually being able to not look like a stormtroper with rockets.
I also did another LTS with the same people and lost because same creator put in a few "secrets" and fell off at the end trying to blow up a secret. I also tested a couple troll Miljet races that resulted in everyone either blowing up other miljets or blowing up their own. The biggest irony is that everything I did last night (both mine and not mine) was made just to piss off a friend who complains about doing virtually anything anymore. He now has I think 5 people blatantly making things to troll him, so we're going to have a nice playlist around sooner or later for him.
I also did another LTS with the same people and lost because same creator put in a few "secrets" and fell off at the end trying to blow up a secret. I also tested a couple troll Miljet races that resulted in everyone either blowing up other miljets or blowing up their own. The biggest irony is that everything I did last night (both mine and not mine) was made just to piss off a friend who complains about doing virtually anything anymore. He now has I think 5 people blatantly making things to troll him, so we're going to have a nice playlist around sooner or later for him.
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I was goofing around in freemode when Hold the Wheel came up, so I stole a vehicle to get to it. Which put a $7000 bounty on me. Great. I called for my Zentorno and made a mad dash for the pier where my yacht was moored. As soon as I arrived at the pier up rolled an obnoxious lime green Osiris, with a sticky in the driver's hand. What followed was a bit crazy; I got out my rifle with him approaching at full speed and the moment he was about to throw the sticky I shot it and blew us both up. The game gave me the kill and counted my death as a suicide, I got charged for the Zentorno's insurance and he got charged for the Osiris. He respawned on the bridge and I spawned under it, so that was a lucky break right there. I immediately went off radar, tried to get as far as possible and called the captain to deliver the Dinghy. I rushed to my yacht and took cover, only to get disconnected less than a minute later. 
Later, one of my friends came over and I let him play some GTAO in invite only. At some point, he was fascinated by an Infernus he saw at a traffic light and tried to steal it; as he walked up to the car he got the bounty money from earlier. Only to have another one put on his head by the former Infernus driver So now I've got a $1000 bounty to survive. Might make it into a nice story.
Later, one of my friends came over and I let him play some GTAO in invite only. At some point, he was fascinated by an Infernus he saw at a traffic light and tried to steal it; as he walked up to the car he got the bounty money from earlier. Only to have another one put on his head by the former Infernus driver
So now I've got a $1000 bounty to survive. Might make it into a nice story.
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Wanna know how to passive kill someone ? Drive at them in a car , then quickly jump out , then they can be killed by it as another player is not operating it ,
Or if they are in a stationary vehicle or in front of a wall , get a car off the street ,plant stickys on the front bumper , jump out , BOOM.
Off course , you out have to pay the hospital fees.
Wanna know how to passive kill someone ? Drive at them in a car , then quickly jump out , then they can be killed by it as another player is not operating it ,
Or if they are in a stationary vehicle or in front of a wall , get a car off the street ,plant stickys on the front bumper , jump out , BOOM.
Off course , you out have to pay the hospital fees.
