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[See You Next Wednesday]

God Damnit, I'm holding off playing the game because I don't want it to end.
I'm 50 missions done & 18 left, I think.
I keep telling myself that online will unlock in a few days, but that's a poor consolation.

Do the last 20-ish mission take much longer than the earlier, mid mission take?

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

God Damnit, I'm holding off playing the game because I don't want it to end.
I'm 50 missions done & 18 left, I think.
I keep telling myself that online will unlock in a few days, but that's a poor consolation.

Do the last 20-ish mission take much longer than the earlier, mid mission take?

Not really. Go ahead and finish it so you can finally see what lies beyond the black bars.

 

[Nameless]

My goodness the south eastern coast is gorgeous.

 

[GrayGrey]

Overheard a prostitute complaining about her student loans. Damn. The struggle is real.

 

[TurboLibre]

Are you sure it was Chop because a lot of dogs in the world use that same model. I made the same mistake in a small town. Saw what I thought was Chop, went over to it, and it started going at me and I ended up with another 5k hospital bill.

Could have been another dog. At first I thought he was guarding the area, but he was friendly and just walked off the premises into the horizon.

And the exploration bug has finally set in. I spent a couple hours today just checking out random areas. Found a boat that gives me scuba gear and drove it up the creek to Trevor's area. Went and searched for that plane under the water and found a bunch of awesome weapons/body armor that respawn pretty damn fast.

If you need an RPG, grenade launcher, or a high powered sniper rifle, you should search that place out. Still haven't even touched north of Blane county yet (past the missions).

 

[criesofthepast]

Question about the therapist:

Spoiler

after the last session with him he escaped and I didn't get to kill him. Can I track him down again or was he supposed to get away? I've wanted to murder him since the beginning.

Fucking autosave saved just before I could quit and re-start that too.

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

Kicking myself for not discovering the complex reticle sooner. I can actually go free aim now that I can see where I'm aiming. So much more fun an rewarding.

Wait, what's this about a new reticule?
How do I get it? I don't like the tiny red dot. I have to use the lock on option to be able to shoot anyone, since I can't tell if I'm aiming at someone or not.

 

[Dead]

Just did a hooker and when she got out she got a call regarding her std check

It was

Spoiler

negative

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Wait, what's this about a new reticule?
How do I get it? I don't like the tiny red dot. I have to use the lock on option to be able to shoot anyone, since I can't tell if I'm aiming at someone or not.

Go to options and change the aiming reticule to complex. you will now see what you're aiming at.

 

[GQman2121]

Been having shootouts with police regularly as of late, but tonight was the first time I noticed the AI say officer down and then drag the body away as if he was trying to save him. So many things to see and hear. Just incredible.

 

[Chance Hale]

Been 48 hours in-game time and the Kliflom mission hasn't come back :/ And I checked every car and they didn't pop up with a mission. Think it might be bust, bust. Fuck.

 

[Fjordson]

Been having shootouts with police regularly as of late, but tonight was the first time I noticed the AI say officer down and then drag the body away as if he was trying to save him. So many things to see and hear. Just incredible.

Yeah, the cops have some neat AI reactions.

I saw a shootout last night between two cops and some random dude. They chased him until he crashed, and that's when they started shooting. One the cops died and the other yelled "officer down!" and then the guy started to run down an alley and the officer said (I guess to his radio) "pursuing on foot!" and went chasing after him.

 

[TurboLibre]

So the other day I had the most epic showdown with the cops. Started with a random event where some gangbangers were firing on cops. I was role playing Trevor so I cut down the police. This started a chase that turned into a five star rampage that lasted thirty minutes and traversed land, sea and air. Something that would have been an amazing ending to a movie, but only happened because of a random event.

I was a little disappointed to find out my game glitched and my Trevor was invincible though. Not sure how I did it, but I did learn it's probably impossible to avoid the cops with a five star wanted level. I had to turn the game off eventually because I couldn't die and the cops wouldn't give me an inch.

But still. One of my favorite gaming moments of the year.

 

[Concept17]

Game froze. Now its taken nearly 10 minutes to load back up. Anyone else have this happen?

 

[Eusis]

You get enough money later that $500 is pittance. If you return money, one of the guys is a millionaire and rewards you with $100k in shares lol.

I think I had that happen with a bike return. Not that I needed a damn bike that badly, if I did I'd just steal one from the beach place or something.

Actually I might've gotten 1 million out of that if I didn't miscount my digits. Funny how this game has possibly the biggest rewards for the "good option" of any game with morality choices, despite being one of the most amoral games around otherwise.

 

[XAL]

I stock market'd my way up to 1.8 Billion on each character

Now to work towards hitting the 2.1 Billion ceiling...

 

[Angst]

I stock market'd my way up to 1.8 Billion on each character

Now to work towards hitting the 2.1 Billion ceiling...

No, now you need to write a guide on how to do it.

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

Go to options and change the aiming reticule to complex. you will now see what you're aiming at.

Dag nabbit, I thought that meant it would make the weapon wheel more complex/added descriptions the whole time.

 

[Bunta]

Made a compact for myself:

 

[malfcn]

I stock market'd my way up to 1.8 Billion on each character

Now to work towards hitting the 2.1 Billion ceiling...

Pronto with the details. That's a lot of dough.

 

[george_us]

Spoiler

Reuniting the Family

was an oddly touching mission.

The story in GTAV overall feels like it has a lot more heart than the other games.

 

[Dahaka]

Hey guys, sorry for being offtopic but I need a new harddrive for my ps3 k-model slim and prefer to have the fastest with the biggest possible size.

Are 1TB HDDs fully working? What models do you recommend?

 

[XAL]

No, now you need to write a guide on how to do it.

Pronto with the details. That's a lot of dough.

otays

STOCK MARKET STRATEGURY

The only way you can get vast amounts of money quickly is by maximizing your investments before and after Lester's assassination missions, so some spoilers regarding those missions in the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VLK0HCFWmfb7uG4_tzurGGBVY1WZBxF-2iKRwNojZRs/viewform

I'm on the 7th investment opp atm, the only thing this guide doesn't take into account is:

1. When the stock hits bottom (and what is the lowest value)
2. When the stock hits its peak (what is the highest value)
3. How long it takes to reach 1 or 2
4. How long the stock stays at its bottom or peak

Basically you will be utilizing the bed save with Franklin a lot to pass the time so the market moves faster (some stocks will take 1 or 2 saves to bottom out/max out - others will take 12+ to hit peak as an FYI) Also you can invest will all of your characters, not just Franklin:

I wrote down a few of the expected highs/lows/returns just so you can better maximize your earnings (all of the other guides I've seen don't have any of these written in, some have maybe one or two expected results tops):

Spoiler

I think Debonair tops out at ~51% return at ~$1066 a share (or maybe I mixed it up with Redwood)
Redwood tops out at around 300% return (after it rebounds save one or two more times and it will explode to around 300%)
Facade maxes out at 33% return at $570 per share ($202 low point)
Vapid tops out at ~147% return at ~$500 per share.
Gold Coast tops out at ~82% return at ~$250 per share.

The thing to mention here is to have a save prior to accepting his mission WITH YOUR MONEY CASHED OUT!!!!!! and keep that save in case you mess up or sell too early/too late.

Because BAWSAQ, though affected by your offline decisions is still an online-tied/dependent market -- so if you miss the boat on a stock peak it will drop and keep dropping despite reloading a previous save post-mission, in this case you have to make a note of the peak price and reload the save before the mission and do it over and then sell at the peak you jotted down.

Also, if you played these missions already and didn't max out your investments with all characters you CANNOT replay them and play the stock market game, you would have to start a new game to take advantage of this banking strategy.

For me, right before doing the

Spoiler

Vapid Bus

mission I was sitting on a little over 400 million (1 billion after post-mission trading) and by the end of the

Spoiler

construction

mission I had 1.8 billion.

So if you're at that or higher you're in good shape (I did not get to do the

Spoiler

Aug insurance

double dip thing after the first assassination so I missed out on that money).

 

[Bishop89]

this game, I swear is so amazing. When michael is calling trevor a hipster, my god that dialogue lol also the mission with the oneil bros

Spoiler

where ur in the chopper and using thermal scope to hunt them, I saw that "big foot" pic which has been circulating. I put my scope over the figure and then it just disappeared! Rockstar them trolls!!

 

[dreamfall]

Spent the last two hours base jumping.

This game is so glorious. I like base jumping through checkpoints! Made me appreciate pieces of Los Santos I hadn't seen!

 

[malfcn]

otays

STOCK MARKET STRATEGURY

Spoiler

The only way you can get vast amounts of money quickly is by maximizing your investments before and after Lester's assassination missions, so some spoilers regarding those missions in the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VLK0HCFWmfb7uG4_tzurGGBVY1WZBxF-2iKRwNojZRs/viewform

I'm on step 7 right now, the only thing this guide doesn't take into account is:

1. When the stock hits bottom (and what is the lowest value)
2. When the stock hits its peak (what is the highest value)
3. How long it takes to reach 1 or 2
4. How long the stock stays at its bottom or peak

Basically you will be utilizing the bed save with Franklin a lot to pass the time so the market moves faster (some stocks will take 1 or 2 saves to bottom out/max out - others will take 12+ to hit peak as an FYI):

I wrote down a few of them just so you can maximize your earnings (all of the other guides I've seen don't have these written in, some have maybe one or two expected results tops):

I think Debonair tops out at ~51% return at ~$1066 a share (or maybe I mixed it up with Redwood)
Redwood tops out at around 300% return (after it rebounds save one or two more times and it will explode to around 300%)
Facade maxes out at 33% return at $570 per share ($202 low point)
Vapid tops out at ~147% return at ~$500 per share.
Gold Coast tops out at ~82% return at ~$250 per share.

The thing to mention here is to have a save prior to accepting his mission WITH YOUR MONEY CASHED OUT!!!!!! and keep that save in case you mess up or sell too early/too late.

Because BAWSAQ, though affected by your offline decisions is still an online-tied/dependent market -- so if you miss the boat on a stock peak it will drop and keep dropping despite reloading a previous save post-mission, in this case you have to make a note of the peak price and reload the save before the mission and do it over and then sell at the peak you jotted down.

Also, if you played these missions already and didn't max out your investments with all characters you CANNOT replay them and play the stock market game, you would have to start a new game to take advantage of this banking strategy.

Thanks. I take it the LifeInvader mission just sets up these right?

 

[Jamie OD]

this game, I swear is so amazing. When michael is calling trevor a hipster, my god that dialogue lol also the mission with the oneil bros

Spoiler

where ur in the chopper and using thermal scope to hunt them, I saw that "big foot" pic which has been circulating. I put my scope over the figure and then it just disappeared! Rockstar them trolls!!

Regarding the spoiler

Spoiler

It didn't disappear for me until I tried to shoot it.

 

[XAL]

[/SPOILER]

Thanks. I take it the LifeInvader mission just sets up these right?

Correct, well, that's technically a story mission and not Lester's first contract - the first one has to do with a

Spoiler

big Pharma scheme

and I actually think that one is required for the story to progress so you can't save it for post-final heist, every contract after that you can do after the game.

(crap gotta go back and spoiler tag the mission names I guess)

If you miss the first double dip opportunity immediately after that don't worry, I did and I was still able to get near-max money.

 

[Gorillaz]

this game, I swear is so amazing. When michael is calling trevor a hipster, my god that dialogue lol also the mission with the oneil bros

Spoiler

where ur in the chopper and using thermal scope to hunt them, I saw that "big foot" pic which has been circulating. I put my scope over the figure and then it just disappeared! Rockstar them trolls!!

There is another mysterous easter egg too. Its under the sea tho

 

[Concept17]

Game froze. Now its taken nearly 10 minutes to load back up. Anyone else have this happen?

Searched and it looked like I should restore the file system and reinstall the game.

Now the install isn't installing. Its gone from 314 to 318 in five minutes.

...wtf

 

[SirNinja]

do all golds in flight school do anything? i don't see it on the 100% checklist

For 100%, you only need to earn a bronze or better on each lesson.

Question about the therapist:

Spoiler

after the last session with him he escaped and I didn't get to kill him. Can I track him down again or was he supposed to get away? I've wanted to murder him since the beginning.

Fucking autosave saved just before I could quit and re-start that too.

Spoiler

He's a dead man either way. If you don't kill him before he drives off, he gets killed a few days later (keep checking the news on your phone)

.

 

[malfcn]

Kind of wish I knew what the challenges were before a mission. But I guess that is for re-playability and achievements.

 

[lazybones18]

Got the chance to do the No Country for Old Men scenario again. This time, I survived.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

HAL keeps on rising, some hours ago I was up 2 million, now I'm nearing 5 million.

 

[turtlesbonanza]

As a bit of a gamble I put 150 million from each character on HAL today when it was already at $1.92. It's now at almost $2.50. So that paid off. Just gotta determine how long do I hold on for now!

 

[Arcteryx]

Spent the last two hours base jumping.

This game is so glorious. I like base jumping through checkpoints! Made me appreciate pieces of Los Santos I hadn't seen!

Yea I spent a couple hours today trying to find unique places to base jump from: found a sweet ass bridge and managed to land on top of a semi...badass.

 

[dmg04]

Hitting the final heist now.

Questions:

Spoiler

1. Which one is considered "easier"?
2. Do either choices produce "more money"?
3. Which one is more fun?

 

[XAL]

As a bit of a gamble I put 150 million from each character on HAL today when it was already at $1.92. It's now at almost $2.50. So that paid off. Just gotta determine how long do I hold on for now!

I think you can save, cash out your gains and save, then reload the pre-cashout save and keep saving over that one to see if it peaks higher than your cashout save.

That is if HAL is on LC index and not the bawsaq

 

[ShaperofStories]

Just finished the game and now attempting to get Gold on all the missions.

My kingdom for a Restart Mission option.

Any tips for making this process less arduous?

 

[criesofthepast]

For 100%, you only need to earn a bronze or better on each lesson.

Spoiler

He's a dead man either way. If you don't kill him before he drives off, he gets killed a few days later (keep checking the news on your phone)

.

Ah okay thanks.

Spoiler

wish it was by my hands still

 

[turtlesbonanza]

I think you can save, cash out your gains and save, then reload the pre-cashout save and keep saving over that one to see if it peaks higher than your cashout save.

That is if HAL is on LC index and not the bawsaq

HAL is on the BAWSAQ. So it'll go up independently of my game.

 

[brokenbeans]

HAL is on the BAWSAQ. So it'll go up independently of my game.

I was gonna leave it till the weekend to check out my profit but I don't think I'll be able to help my self.

Gotta check tonight!

 

[XAL]

The guy that plays Trevor had a small cameo in the first episode (of season 3) of Person of Interest the other night in the beginning just before the bar fight.

The guy that plays Michael had a small cameo as well in the first episode of SVU last night about 28 mins in.

 

[TheDanger]

Hitting the final heist now.

Questions:

Spoiler

1. Which one is considered "easier"?
2. Do either choices produce "more money"?
3. Which one is more fun?

Spoiler

The obvious one is more fun IMO, maybe a little bit harder. Don't know the take difference.

 

[TheSoviet]

Seems stocks are going missing as well as cars now. Lost my UFO car earlier. Gutted.

 

[turtlesbonanza]

Hitting the final heist now.

Questions:

Spoiler

1. Which one is considered "easier"?
2. Do either choices produce "more money"?
3. Which one is more fun?

Spoiler

Subtle is easier. It has a smaller take per character as it requires a larger crew. You make about 26 million per character using the subtle approach and about 32 million using the obvious approach.

 

[dmg04]

Oh.

Fuck.

Looks like I went with the wrong route.

 

[PhantomZone]

Really need to devote more time to this, have not played it since last weekend

 

[spekkeh]

Just played the Yoga mission. Omg lol, this is what was missing from GTA IV.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

this game, I swear is so amazing. When michael is calling trevor a hipster, my god that dialogue lol also the mission with the oneil bros

Spoiler

where ur in the chopper and using thermal scope to hunt them, I saw that "big foot" pic which has been circulating. I put my scope over the figure and then it just disappeared! Rockstar them trolls!!

I took him down with a headshot, but yes, vanished.

anyone getting golds on any missions? I haven't replayed any as there is just too much game here, but I probably get silver in 90% of missions. once I'm done with the story and chop is exhausted from finding me all the hidden stuff, I'm going to replay through missions going for gold. headshot ones are going to be tough though.