GTA Online Thread (Useful Links in OP)

[iMikeTheKing]

I just robbed 6 stores in a row to counter the money I spent on upgrades for my weapons. Though, Every time I think about money in GTA Online It reminds of this article. The guys brings up many great points.

My first extended play session with GTA Online did highlight some potential complications that weren’t apparent before, however. Most of its issues right now are technical, but I get the feeling that there may be more enduring problems with the in-game economy. The way that money works right now makes it difficult to earn much – for me the sum total of a day’s work yesterday was about 7k, and I got curious enough about where on earth all my money was going to examine the Maze Bank transaction log for evidence. You’re charged anything from $600 to $1000 for medical expenses every time you die (I couldn’t quite figure out whether that applied just to the open world or to Jobs too, but I presume it’s the former), and there are hidden entry fees for jobs that range from $200 to $300. Ammo, meanwhile, costs $60 per box of rounds, and you get through it quickly.

It might not sound like much, but when you’re typically earning $500-1500 per Job it adds up fast to erase most of your profits. The cheapest garage in Lost Santos is $25,000 and property values are upwards of $125,000 for a small apartment – new guns, cars and especially boats and planes are as expensive as you’d expect, too. I don’t mind working hard for expensive stuff, but I resent being charged for dying. That surely discourages messing around and experimenting in San Andreas, and grants impromptu police chases or gang wars potentially ruinous financial implications.

In other words, it impugns exactly the kind of chaotic fun that GTA’s open world encourages. Now that I know our little adventure earlier cost us about $4,000 in medical and bail fees, not to mention my wrecked car, it’s tainted the experience.

It also makes me feel like I’m being pushed towards paying real money for GTA dollars, which rankles me. Rockstar has temporarily suspended microtransactions, presumably because large sums of money and indeed entire characters are regularly disappearing from their servers at the moment, but they’ll be back. Rockstar is correct in its claims that you can’t pay to win, but given that you can use GTA dollars to buy yourself car and weapon modifications after you’ve ranked up enough to unlock them, you can definitely pay to give yourself a small advantage.

 

[KM964]

To everyone I'm playing with, bear with me as I don't have a mic yet. Plan on getting one soon
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Also, anyone know when you can buy cash cards?

 

[ildd]

When I had 30k in the bank, I lost about 1750 when I died. I believe that counted towards death matches, too, Which is why I don't do those. I might be wrong though.
Edit- you lose $10 when you call a friend/person in lobby

 

[Patrick]

To everyone I'm playing with, bear with me as I don't have a mic yet. Plan on getting one soon . Also, anyone know when you can buy cash cards?

They said you can buy cash once everything is stable, so around Christmas.

 

[Traviizter]

I had a lot of fun doing GTA races with Kitten, Daz, Trav, Olly, Maccer, JacobJa etc and I've now got $40k stashed in the bank. Those GTA races were pretty hilarious, especially at the airport.

Those races were hilarious haha. Shooting out peoples tires and watching them steer wildly off the road gives me too many laughs

What am I supposed to do after I tune my personal car?

I think you get a mission from either Lamar or Gerald. Drive around a bit and either one of them will call you.

When I had 30k in the bank, I lost about 1450 when I died. I believe that counted towards death matches, too, Which is why I don't do those. I might be wrong though.

I just did a deathmatch and I didn't notice any cash lost (I did only die once but still). I'll check again tomorrow.

And to the guys I was playing with today (Kitten, Jacob, StreetKing, Katie, Daz, Maccer, Olly etc.) that was too fun haha. Must play again tomorrow, now I'm hooked

 

[SuperShouden]

Leveled up to Level 5 and finally a mission from Simeon popped. Then a mission from Lamar...and now another one from Simeon but the game won't download the next mission for me.

 

[Traviizter]

The game won't download the next mission for me.

Do you have any mission icons on your map? If not can you start one through pause menu or phone?

 

[Kitten]

And to the guys I was playing with today (Kitten, Jacob, StreetKing, Katie, Daz, Maccer, Olly etc.) that was too fun haha. Must play again tomorrow, now I'm hooked

Had a blast to, most fun ive had on PSN in a long time 👍

 

[Gerarghini]

Did the cloud servers go down AGAIN?

Nevermind

 

[KM964]

They said you can buy cash once everything is stable, so around Christmas.

Hopefully sooner. lol

Also, found a mic.

I'll be back on later. Screen froze on me earlier (sorry Kitten and Sonic), plus I have 20 more UFO parts to collect.

 

[sonic378]

Hopefully sooner. lol

Also, found a mic.

I'll be back on later. Screen froze on me earlier (sorry Kitten and Sonic), plus I have 20 more UFO parts to collect.

Its fine. The only thing making me mad are the NPC and their extreme skill to shoot a strand of my while I'm in cover, repeatedly.

So close to the 125K house though. That's neat.

EDIT: Actually, no. GTAO wanted to freeze then delete my level 14 character. I was 4k away.

 

[GTMail]

If anyone is interested in playing I'm on right now. PSN-cahilldomination

 

[Gerarghini]

Went on again to see my character gone. Are the cloud servers down? Ifruit app says my character still exists. Really don't want to make a new character.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

You tried to foil my race Trav, but success was mine! When we were spit back out into freeroam, one of the non-GTP guys spawned about 100 feet from me, just outside the Zancudo walls. After a little bit of standing still, he wandered up to me with a knife drawn. Shotgun blast to the face took care of that... and then I had to jog all the way to the highway, with him shooting off in the distance.

Had a fun time earlier today with a very angry Brazilian girl. I was about to rob my 20th store when she barreled towards it, so I walked just inside the doors. She pushed past and held the man up, so I figured I'd train my sawn-off on him too, to make things faster. As soon as the bag was on our side of the counter, I may or may not have let out two rounds. She chased me half way across the map after that!

 

[lintels123]

I just lost my 3rd charcter that i have put time and effort into ranking up. Rockstar... seriously? This is getting to be too much. If this happens again, i won't be playing online at all...

 

[Traviizter]

You tried to foil my race Trav, but success was mine! When we were spit back out into freeroam, one of the non-GTP guys spawned about 100 feet from me, just outside the Zancudo walls. After a little bit of standing still, he wandered up to me with a knife drawn. Shotgun blast to the face took care of that... and then I had to jog all the way to the highway, with him shooting off in the distance.

Had a fun time earlier today with a very angry Brazilian girl. I was about to rob my 20th store when she barreled towards it, so I walked just inside the doors. She pushed past and held the man up, so I figured I'd train my sawn-off on him too, to make things faster. As soon as the bag was on our side of the counter, I may or may not have let out two rounds. She chased me half way across the map after that!

:/ Fun races! Haha. 👍
Never betray angry Brazilians. Never.

 

[sonic378]

I just lost my 3rd charcter that i have put time and effort into ranking up. Rockstar... seriously? This is getting to be too much. If this happens again, i won't be playing online at all...

Exactly! I've kept my money ,but that is it.

 

[Traviizter]

Oh also, to anyone having 'lost' their character, check the Rockstar Social Club (provided you signed in) since they updated it 1-2 hours ago to show your online character and stats now.

 

[Gerarghini]

Oh also, to anyone having 'lost' their character, check the Rockstar Social Club (provided you signed in) since they updated it 1-2 hours ago to show your online character and stats now.

For me it only shows money made, races won, and 2 stats but that's it. It shows my playtime as 0, level 0, etc. The Los Santos customs app still shows my personal car and all it's upgrades though.

 

[Kitten]

Cloud is now dead again .

 

[ildd]

I've been doing races for 3 hours now. According to social Club.Com or whatever is Ben updating

 

[Niyologist]

Cloud is now dead again .

There's a retry button. It usually works on the first attempt.

 

[Jahgee]

Hey guys, I'm beginning to download GTA:V now (At 1% 30 minutes in), and I'm going to be powering through the story so that I can get online with you guys ASAP.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Just had my first death due to other asshat players. Thing I'll hate about this game online.

 

[KM964]

Just had my first death due to other asshat players. Thing I'll hate about this game online.

More reason for me to play solo or with GTP crew members.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Most of them are staying in town, so I'm not.

 

[Gerarghini]

For those of us that have lost our characters, Rockstar has stated the following.

Question: My online character, rank, items, apartments, and/or cash are suddenly missing. How can I get them back?

Answer: We have received reports from some players who experienced losing characters, progress, items, and/or in-game cash during the first few days after release. We understand how frustrating it is to lose gameplay progress and are working diligently to identify and correct the causes for these losses, as well as to establish how best to restore any lost progress and value. If you would like to receive an automatic email notification as soon as there is more information about this, please log into the Support Site and click Subscribe at the top of this page. You do not need to do anything else, and you can continue playing in the meantime.

 

[ildd]

Bought the $128k apartment with 6 car garage. Definetly worth the 5 hours of racing
it's the 501 Spanish drive or something. Awesome garage, ugly kitchen, 70 inch TV(with security camera outside) and some presents on the bedroom floor.

 

[m8h3r]

Little heads up. Do the stunt jumps in Multiplayer. It's counts them off as completed and you get some RP too. Not sure how much, I just completed two by accident and it went up both times.

 

[Speedy6543]

I had a good time with some of you last night.
Also just before I went to bed me and Kitten did a gang thing (don't even know how the game was called) on hard. We had to go through very easy but eventually it payed off well, 9k $ and 1k RP.