I finally decided to man up and plunge into the harsh world of GTA Online. I’ve heard the stories of players being total dicks to eachother.
\nBefore I could, I got another PS4 software update. Got that done. Thought Sony screwed me again as my sounds stopped working. Didn’t realize I accidentally tapped my speaker power off. Tapped it back on and heard sounds again.<\/p>\n
Launching the game into Online mode, I set up my player character to something that somewhat looks like me. Then it asked me if I wanted to run the tutorials. I picked the Yes option, then got dropped into the world somewhere in the city.
\nI see no tutorials? I picked the Yes option. Where are my tutorials?!<\/p>\n
I’ve been trying of what I can make out. Can still steal a car or whatever and drive it to wherever I want. But this is what I don’t know;
\n-How to buy an apartment.
\n-How to talk to other people, as trying to talk directly in the mic of the controller doesn’t seem to work.
\n-How to turn off hearing other players speaking (if there’s even an option).
\n-How to get money that doesn’t involve doing heists. You know, legit work.<\/p>\n
EDIT: Reading the wiki helps. It answered most of my questions;
\n-You need money to buy an apartment. Around 80k at least to own something.
\n-I still can’t figure out how to talk to people. It says to use the mic. I assume the flimsy thing I got when I got the PS4 that has an ear piece and a mic.
\n-You can mute players.
\n-Ways to make money involve doing heists, working with others to do a single mission, or racing against other people (for a legit way to make money) via bike\/car\/plane.
\n-The tutorial SHOULD had kicked in! Yet from what I read, it’s good I wasn’t forced to do it. As much as it would had helped with my starting balance, it’s best I just had done what I did (to save me the stress.. you had to do a street race before you could continue).
\n-You can actually play by yourself when it comes to races, and get the full payout. I’m not exactly sure if this is ‘legit’, but it just gives me the option. However, after the 3rd race, the game picks a new Host. Unsure why it does that. Even when I play with others(when I’m the Host), it picks a new host on the 3rd race.<\/p>\n
So after playing awhile after I had arrived on the street corner, I was walking around trying to find something to do. I suddenly started hearing the wailing of police sirens in the distance.
\nSaw two cars go by on a street near me. Ran over to an empty parking lot to see what was going on. Suddenly one of them turns around, enters the parking lot I’m in and then starts honking their horn at me.
\nRemembering that it’s often never a good idea to get in a car with a stranger (even in a game) I ran away like the pussy I am. Guy eventually drove away and did its own thing.
\nHere I thought of “getting” a ride, and tried to steal a bike that someone(an NPC) was driving(who was stopped at a light). Since I haven’t played in a long time, I forgot the button on my controller to go forward and the guy threw me off the bike and then proceeded to beat me up.
\nI ran away from him, not wanting my health to drop and die like a total n00b. Guy finally gave up, went back to his bike and drove off.
\nAnother biker showed up. Stole his bike and floored it, now remembering that R2 is to go forward. Thankfully the cops didn’t chase me. Wanted to go up to Mount Chilliad and see if anything’s going on there.
\nMaking my way there was no problem. I first went to the ski lift to see if that’s actually a thing… turns out it wasn’t, and I waited a good hour waiting for a tram to show up. So I had to slowly make my way up to the mountain. Could had just gone to the airport, stole a Helicopter and flew there. But I wanted to keep a low profile.<\/p>\n
And then GTA Online either decides to crap on me for losing my 3rd race in a row (in last place, DNFs everywhere), or said “Wow, you really suck! You are BANNED FROM PLAYING ONLINE!! We’re not even going to give you the option when you load the game! Enjoy being stuck in Story Mode, loser! ~R”
\nOr maybe it was just a fluke. I dunno. But if the game literally does that for sucking at it, then I guess it’s time to uninstall and forget ever playing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I finally decided to man up and plunge into the harsh world of GTA Online. I’ve heard the stories of players being total dicks to eachother. Before I could, I got another PS4 software update. Got that done. Thought Sony … Continue reading