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mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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It's been a while since I've played this and I find myself between single player games so I guess the Casino came out at a good time.

I have about 2m in cash, what should I look up instructions for to make some more money solo and start back in on the casino stuff?

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mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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OwlFancier posted:

If you have literally nothing bought I guess I'd suggest buy yourself a bunker, the one left of Zancudo base is probably the best, and start doing gunrunning.

It's easy to do solo cos with upgrades, one batch of supplies for 75k will turn into 200k and change of sale value, and you only get one vehicle if you sell one batch of production at a time.

The biker businesses are basically like that but not quite as profitable I think, and also more fiddly. The nightclub is useless unless you own a lot of businesses, and cargo/crates are uh... well the airfreight cargo is miserable and I've never done crates.

A lot of people like the executive car sales thing but I've never done that either. I gather that's quite profitable too though you need to be able to drive good so as to not smash them up on delivery, the bunker stuff you can usually just drive it to where it needs to go and I've had virtually no hassle doing it in public lobbies for the bonus cash.

To do gunrunning you'll need to be either a CEO or a motorbike club prez, personally I really like MC because you can spawn motorbikes on you instantly and it's cheap to start up.

Yeah I definitely have no businesses bought, I did some heists and bought a couple of cars and things and that's about it.

I'll start reading up on the gunrunning stuff, thanks!

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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geeves posted:

What am I going to do with 1000 ships? Sail after Helen?

write a lot of fanfics

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Yeah I did get the Twitch Prime Penthouse claimed which comes with $250k, but I missed out on the $1.5m that was active until a few days ago.

I guess I'll just have to win the car on the wheel then huh

e: https://twitch.amazon.com/prime/loot/gtaonline

mp5 fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Jul 24, 2019

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Does the cooldown on spinning the wheel last a full 24 hours regardless of when you spin it, or does it reset at a specific time of day?

Calaveron posted:

Why are they limiting your access to chips and poo poo

my first guess would be making it less likely that a news article will come out about "some kid stole mom's credit card for Actual Video Game Gambling" as opposed to loot boxes

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Hugh Malone posted:

laziest money making scheme:

run the hangar, bunker, coke, meth, and counterfeit cash out of your nightclub. go afk by watching security cameras or a TV while the you sleep. sell the nightclub once a day for 3/4 million dollars then goof off or help friends do stuff

the payout on the sale negates any upkeep fees, just don't be a ceo or mc while afk to reduce the cost

As a returning player who hasn't played since early on in the Heists I have no loving idea how any of this works, which is probably by design so I buy a Shark Card

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Clavavisage posted:

This still is the best answer to GTAO and still currently possible without any ban risk :ssh:

:allears:

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Hugh Malone posted:

oh you just need a motorcycle clubhouse, the 3 MC businesses mentioned, a bunker, a hangar, and a nightclub. that's all!

if you buy that stuff with shark card money you can then easily make money in-game from there on out

unless you have lots of gently caress-grinding money irl, in which case just buy shark cards to buy what you want and have fun.


e: oh and everything FBR said, that's a quality post

I feel like I missed a week of school somewhere where it talks about how to actually do all this stuff, and also I only have about 1.8m in cash. Shark Cards are not on the menu

I started playing this for the Heists but basically never got into anything else, I barely know what being a CEO or MC President is in this game

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Isn't the vehicle supposed to change every week?

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Fart.Bleed.Repeat. posted:

The wheel space marked VEHICLE yes is supposed to change weekly, presumably with something of new content for the next few weeks. This is in discussion of the MYSTERY space though. If you land there, there are 7 types of prizes- clothes, ammo, snacks, vehicles, discounts, etc, and then a list of possible prizes for each category. The Lost MC Slamvan is one of the very very few (non police or utility) vehicles in the game that there is no legit way to purchase or steal, so its a rare commodity to be able to get one

Oh yeah my question had nothing to do with the mystery space. Sorry if that was confusing.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Yeah mine took like 4-5 days but I also got my refund for the penthouse. Buy it and host the missions, you'll make about 1m more

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/61060/The-Vysser-Neo-Sports-Car

casino story missions 2x rewards
A new luxury car of some kind, the Vysser Neo
The Grotti Turismo classic is the car on the wheel this week
X80 and FMJ cars 30% off (40% off for twitch prime)
Twitch Prime users who linked before July 29th get 70% off the Mammoth Thruster jetpack and the TM-02 Khanjali tank

I'm definitely interested in the jetpack at least

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Zigmidge posted:

This is a good decision. It's also a way better buy than the oppressor mk 2 which serves the same purpose. Fly it in first person for maximum fun points.

I mean I still want the Oppressor more than I want the jetpack, partly because I don't really want the Facility yet either, so if I don't get it this week such is life

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Otacon posted:

Facility was my worst purchase as of yet. I've been inside of it twice and never bothered doing any of the Doomsday heist setups since you can easily find people running Bogdan repeats which is (in my opinion) the only thing worthwhile about the Facility.

(Unless you have hacker money and don't mind spending half mils on your orbital cannon)

How much money does it cost per in-game day for upkeep?

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Otacon posted:

Okay, yeah, that is also a worthwhile use. I don't have any of those vehicles.


Someone on Reddit said the only upkeep is $50/day for your facility mechanic... so basically nothing I guess!

I guess I better look at a facility soon so me and my friends can do the doomsday heists then!

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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I got the car this week, it owns

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Hugh Malone posted:

well, they said they would rotate, so I'm hoping the first week stuff comes around again

I'm guessing the stuff will rotate within a few weeks.

First week the casino mask shop had Jack masks, this week has Kings, so we'll definitely have Queen masks and perhaps even Aces or Jokers.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Hugh Malone posted:

the king mask is a must-have, so when a friend goes in their computer you can put it on and do the creepy Burger King commercial bit when they log off

All four are good in different weird ways

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Sarah posted:

The racing lockout is from going in and backing out to refresh to get better odds. It’s a 1 hour lockout. If you exit game and reload or switch sessions it clears.

Backing in and out to refresh your odds is more like a 3-4 minute timeout. It was cleared by the time I walked from Inside Track to the high limit blackjack table, played a single hand, then walked back to Inside Track.

If you idle for too long (because you're cheating with a script to automate betting 200 chips on the horses) you get automatically locked out of all casino games as well as your private dealer for 1 week.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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FWIW you move faster if you're in first person on the casino floor

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Yeah and the lighting in them is terrible

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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ickna posted:

Looks like they’re fighting the horse glitch script kiddies by kicking you back to single player after three wins. RIP

Adjust the script so it bets 2000

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Evil Badman posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_DVS_303kQ

Max bet on 3 card poker and dashboard when you lose.

Doesn't work on PC, the money gets taken out of your chip count as soo nas you make the bet (in my experience)

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Pope Corky the IX posted:

I’m finally playing GTA Online again after a few years on Xbox One, what should I be joining so I don’t get cornholed?

I don't know what the console scene is like these days but PC is a real hoot

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Hangars are worth it because I like flying the B-11 that was on Twitch Prime Clearance Sale this week

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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FuturePastNow posted:

Plus you can take people who don't own a hangar there to Zancudo and kick them out of your car in front of some troops

Har har

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Their support articles explicitly say “if you just had money dropped on you don’t worry about it”

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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It's rewards for these additional goals:

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/61087/The-Diamond-Program-Expansion

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/61099/The-Ocelot-Locust-Sports-Car

Big week for selling bunker & nightclub stuff.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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We will see when I sell my 1.2m nightclub tonight

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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As long as you can get it for ten bucks or less the Criminal Enterprise Pack is a decent deal.

Also I sold 21 million worth of crates this week and never want to run crates again, but the double money made it worthwhile

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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PantsOptional posted:

Picked up the game not too long ago and I just had something happen that I haven't seen yet - when I went to go to my counterfeit cash factory it wasn't showing up on the map and I didn't have an entrance for it. Quitting the MC and starting it up again didn't do anything. Googling the problem wasn't much help either. Am I missing something here?

did you actually buy and set up your factory? is it the one from the enterprise pack?

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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On the other hand once your goods get over 1 million worth, Tony's cut maxes out at 100k so it's all profit from then on

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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TheTofuShop posted:

I ground out the money for a non trade price Akula the week before it went on sale :smith:

at least I was able to earn it all through the horse racing, but it still sucks

Should have bought a Prime Akula during the sale and sold your full price one back this week

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Clicking my Xbox controller sticks in on PC doesn't seem to do my quick action anymore and i'm upset

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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The Krieger is an excellent supercar and you all should own it

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Medullah posted:

How does it compare to the Deveste 8?

I'm not a car doctor but with all the upgrades it feels like it accelerates faster and it most certainly handles much better.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Wolfsheim posted:

So I finally went hard on properties and entered into that MMO grind loop but could use a little advice on what I should do next?

I had about 3mil from various promotions and stuff before and the free penthouse + casino missions drew me back in, so I ended up getting;

-A high-end apartment just to store vehicles, because it was still cheaper than the casino garage-add on by about $850k
-An office with a small crates warehouse
-A bunker with all the supply upgrades (it was on sale)
-A nightclub (also on sale) with two technicians eking out a meager profit

I know I probably went somewhat out of order but what should my next purchase be? I only have about 1.3mil and I'm not sure if I should get an MC club for the passive nightclub income (I assume the businesses are pricier than than club's 200k price by a bit), a vehicle warehouse, or what? I dont even own a helicopter or anything and I've never done any heists :shrug:

The order I used and would recommend is very generally

High-End Apartment to unlock the original Heists and give you some seed money for an Armored Kuruma or Buzzard and your CEO Office
CEO Office, Maze Bank West costs only 1M
Vehicle Warehouse, La Mesa costs 1.5M and is right by a highway exit
Bunker
MC Businesses (only Coke, Meth, Cash and all three in Sandy Shores; both Weed and Documents are poor uses of your money so I ignored them and never bought)
A Special Cargo Warehouse, ideally the cheapest one in the game to allow you to accrue Cargo goods in your Nightclub
Nightclub, getting five Nightclub Warehouse Technicians to generate goods from Cargo, Bunker, Coke, Meth, Cash. Buy a Pounder Custom for your Nightclub, do not buy a Mule Custom.


Sleekly posted:

Whats the vehicle trick? Something about the last 2 spots I think?

There are 32 possible unique cars that you can source, though some have variants you can mostly ignore. 10 Standard, 10 Mid-Range, and 12 Top Range cars. If you have one of each of the Standard and Mid-Range cars in your Warehouse, you will only source Top Range cars, guaranteed, because the game will not give you duplicate cars until you have them all.

THe only way for you to mess that up is if you complete a set of the 1-32 cars, then source a new dupe, say Car 1B, then sell Car 32A. At that point the game thinks you are working on two sets of cars again and will just give you whatever, which you want to avoid.

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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Pontificating rear end posted:

That's a lot of value, it took me a while to get that stuff together back before the big sales. Bunker is EZ money #1 if you ask me, here's what I do:

- Optionally wait for a 2x $ week, you'll get almost $2mil for a full bunker. $1.8 I think with no bonus
- It's pretty possible to do full bunker missions by yourself. Start the mission, and it will give you sometimes 4 vehicles with 15 minutes and you are hosed, so just do find new session. Basically there are missions where it gives you only 3 drops (as opposed to 15, randomly), so there is time to do it yourself. The bunker doesn't lose much value when you do 'find new session' so you can do this like 10 times without losing too much.

Takes a long time to fill up though.

Bunker stats assuming full upgrades:
Supply purchase cost 75k
140k for each 20%, so 700k for a full bunker
Each 20% takes 2h 20m to fill up and 10 minutes for supplies to arrive, so 2h30m total of time you must be in Freeroam mode.

Sell value (always sell to Los Santos):
210k for each 20%, 1.05m for a full bunker
420k and 2.1m during a 2X week like the one we just had
This equates to 135k profit on the sale even when buying Supplies, assuming no High Demand bonus.

If you close application to get a new bunker sale you lose 1% of the bunker's value (140k becomes 133k)

I personally would only sell single vehicles solo even with the Chumash bunker, and tbh most of the time people don't bother going after Gunrunning sales anyway. If I ever get stock accumulating I'll enlist help from the Discord.

You get a 1% bonus per rival player in the lobby when the sale is completed (the High Demand bonus), so I always try to sell in a lobby with at least 10 rival players. It's honestly easier than it sounds, even with a dumb sale like the 5 Dune Buggy drop.

When selling solo, always be a CEO so you can use Ghost Organization. 3 minutes of total invisibility is more than enough time to get the Phantom Wedge from Chumash down to the docks, for example. Ghost Organization costs $12k to use , which if you're selling a single vehicle in a lobby with even 6 other players in it, will be paid for by the multiplier you get at the end. When selling in a group, you can still be a CEO, or be in an MC if you want your friends to get a 30k bonus for helping you sell.

I spend most of my time solo and the Bunker is a super easy way to make reliable money. You can mix in Vehicle import/export and VIP missions to get more cash while you wait for your Bunker to fill up to 20%, and those don't get a multiplier for more players in-lobby.

The High Demand bonus on a 2.1m bunker is 21k per rival player, which if you have a squad of goons helping you sell is a very realistic thing and free money. You should experiment to find the method that works best for you though

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mp5
Jan 1, 2005

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the moral of the story is to only sell the bunker solo when it's at ~140k in displayed value to get a solo sale

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