Is there a better way to buy snacks?

[hsthompson]

We all know it's important to be stocked with snacks when starting a heist.

 

I find that when I'm out of P's&Q's I gotta visit 3 stores to fill completely up.

 

Sometimes that can be a chore especially since the stores get robbed or you run over a cop because someone else has a 4-star wanted level and cops are everywhere.

 

So am I doing this wrong? Is there any other way to fill up on snacks?

[The Gator]

Stores are the only way to buy snacks (although we should be able to buy all snacks before a heist/job). If you don't want to run into other players, buy snacks in an invite only session.

[Gaffa]

I hear a lot, even amongst friends, about restocking "P's and Q's"...

Why? You can carry 10 Super Heavy Amour, 10 eCola, 15 EgoChaser/ Meteorite (forget which one), 5 Meteorite/ EgoChaser (forget which one) as well as your 30 P's and Q's - the latter of which refills the smallest amount of health.

 

If you're running out of all 10 armour and need to go into snacks, you're putting yourself in too high-risk locations or if not, you're probably not being as tactical as you could. P's and Q's are a last resort and the others should be used in preference...
And as a result of using things that refill more health, but you can carry less of, you should always be able to fill your entire supply just from one or two shops.

Edited April 13, 2015 by Gaffa

[UnsentSoul]

I hear a lot, even amongst friends, about restocking "P's and Q's"...

 

Why? You can carry 10 Super Heavy Amour, 10 eCola, 15 EgoChaser/ Meteorite (forget which one), 5 Meteorite/ EgoChaser (forget which one) as well as your 30 P's and Q's - the latter of which refills the smallest amount of health.

 

If you're running out of all 10 armour and need to go into snacks, you're putting yourself in too high-risk locations or if not, you're probably not being as tactical as you could. P's and Q's are a last resort and the others should be used in preference...

And as a result of using things that refill more health, but you can carry less of, you should always be able to fill your entire supply just from one or two shops.

Not everyone can carry 10 body armors. I just recently became allowed to hold 6. So that's a cop out. Instead of saying "get better" maybe offer a unique solution or avoid the thread.

[gregu]

GTAO needs a sams club so i can buy this stuff in BULK!

[Vik]

You can sometimes pick up snacks from dead NPCS.

[hsthompson]

Well, f*ck. Guess I just learned you can hold more than 1 body armour.

 

No, I didn't know that. I'm guessing one just goes to Ammo Nation and buy it over and over, right?

[CrazyRay]

1. Call Lester

2. Select Cops turn blind eye

3. Annihilate NPCs

4. Collect money and snacks

 

It's the more expensive way, but it's also the more funner way

[DannyMan]

Rock star ,my friend, should put a feature when you can store 200 packs of food in the fridge so you can grab at any time

[JustinR512]

The stores are the only way to BUY snacks, but not the only way to GET snacks. They also sometimes drop from dead NPCs, both in and out of missions.

 

Tip: Start a mission from Gerald, go down to the shops along the beach, and start killing people. You won't get a wanted level in a Gerald mission, so you can kill and kill and kill and kill without getting interrupted by the fuzz. Pro tip: if your shooting skill isn't maxed yet, use firearms; if your strength isn't maxed out yet, kill them by hand; if your stealth skill isn't maxed out yet, do stealth kills.

 

Second tip: Since you can only buy a few at a time, don't wait until you're out. Stock up more often.

[statistic]

I hear a lot, even amongst friends, about restocking "P's and Q's"...

 

Why? You can carry 10 Super Heavy Amour, 10 eCola, 15 EgoChaser/ Meteorite (forget which one), 5 Meteorite/ EgoChaser (forget which one) as well as your 30 P's and Q's - the latter of which refills the smallest amount of health.

 

If you're running out of all 10 armour and need to go into snacks, you're putting yourself in too high-risk locations or if not, you're probably not being as tactical as you could. P's and Q's are a last resort and the others should be used in preference...

And as a result of using things that refill more health, but you can carry less of, you should always be able to fill your entire supply just from one or two shops.

 

 

Body armor costs $500. Snacks are $1. I choose snacks. And often P's & Q's since they are on the top of the list and I'm usually in a 'quicker is better' state of mind when grabbing snacks.

[JustinR512]

1. Call Lester

2. Select Cops turn blind eye

3. Annihilate NPCs

4. Collect money and snacks

It's the more expensive way, but it's also the more funner way

This is wasteful. Just do a Gerald mission, where the cops won't come after you anyway. This saves you the money and gives you an unlimited amount of time without police interference. Plus, if you actually finish the mission, you'll MAKE money instead of giving it to Lester.

[ShiviSRT-10]

....anyone know how to get more than the allowed amount? I have like 120 smokes, but can only.carry 5 egochasers? Wtf.

[saintsrow]

I hear a lot, even amongst friends, about restocking "P's and Q's"...

 

Why? You can carry 10 Super Heavy Amour, 10 eCola, 15 EgoChaser/ Meteorite (forget which one), 5 Meteorite/ EgoChaser (forget which one) as well as your 30 P's and Q's - the latter of which refills the smallest amount of health.

 

If you're running out of all 10 armour and need to go into snacks, you're putting yourself in too high-risk locations or if not, you're probably not being as tactical as you could. P's and Q's are a last resort and the others should be used in preference...

And as a result of using things that refill more health, but you can carry less of, you should always be able to fill your entire supply just from one or two shops.

Having to buy the Ps & Qs piecemeal really pisses me off, since it takes 5 store visits usually.

 

Snacks are useful (and more effective than the crappy one-shot armor). The first time I did the Humane Labs finale, I didn't know about the rebreather, couldn't find it, and so I decided to swim for it, without the rebreather. My full load of snacks thankfully got me through the long underwater tunnel.

[Chesse_cz]

Maybe you are lazy.....

[statistic]

....anyone know how to get more than the allowed amount? I have like 120 smokes, but can only.carry 5 egochasers? Wtf.

 

yeah, you can pick them up off dead people.

[ShiviSRT-10]

 

 

....anyone know how to get more than the allowed amount? I have like 120 smokes, but can only.carry 5 egochasers? Wtf.

yeah, you can pick them up off dead people.

Does not work for snacks in FR at least...I've tried this past week to.prep for CM challenge

Edit- does not work *past the limit* imposed...smokes you're only supposed to be able to carry 10/20 of, but I have 100 iah

Edited April 13, 2015 by ShiviSRT-10

[Gaffa]

 

I hear a lot, even amongst friends, about restocking "P's and Q's"...

 

Why? You can carry 10 Super Heavy Amour, 10 eCola, 15 EgoChaser/ Meteorite (forget which one), 5 Meteorite/ EgoChaser (forget which one) as well as your 30 P's and Q's - the latter of which refills the smallest amount of health.

 

If you're running out of all 10 armour and need to go into snacks, you're putting yourself in too high-risk locations or if not, you're probably not being as tactical as you could. P's and Q's are a last resort and the others should be used in preference...

And as a result of using things that refill more health, but you can carry less of, you should always be able to fill your entire supply just from one or two shops.

Not everyone can carry 10 body armors. I just recently became allowed to hold 6. So that's a cop out. Instead of saying "get better" maybe offer a unique solution or avoid the thread.

 

 

Yeah, I was taught in school how to read between the lines, but nowhere am I implying that people need to get better, but I can see how that could be easily thought. People - in game and in real life - make silly and hasty decisions which cause them to have negative consequences. Considering the OP is specifically in reference to "Heists", I don't think I would want to be the one to die and mess it up for everyone else.

 

And allow me to negate the Body Armour argument.... Well you can still hold the same amount of (different types of) snacks as you can P and Q's, all of which refill more health than P and Q's... So the cop out "solution" has been reversed.

 

 

I hear a lot, even amongst friends, about restocking "P's and Q's"...

 

Why? You can carry 10 Super Heavy Amour, 10 eCola, 15 EgoChaser/ Meteorite (forget which one), 5 Meteorite/ EgoChaser (forget which one) as well as your 30 P's and Q's - the latter of which refills the smallest amount of health.

 

If you're running out of all 10 armour and need to go into snacks, you're putting yourself in too high-risk locations or if not, you're probably not being as tactical as you could. P's and Q's are a last resort and the others should be used in preference...

And as a result of using things that refill more health, but you can carry less of, you should always be able to fill your entire supply just from one or two shops.

 

 

Body armor costs $500. Snacks are $1. I choose snacks. And often P's & Q's since they are on the top of the list and I'm usually in a 'quicker is better' state of mind when grabbing snacks.

 

Fair enough, but snacks don't cost $1. They may do in some or most stores, but it's an inaccurate statement - I've been charged $2 for P and Q's more than I've been charged $1.

Quicker is always better of course, but when 1 other snack refills 2 - 3x more than P and Q's, I suppose that allows you to get back into the fight a bit quicker (if you're not in cover or aiming whilst snacking, and therefore doing the animation).

Edited April 13, 2015 by Gaffa

[saintsrow]

....anyone know how to get more than the allowed amount? I have like 120 smokes, but can only.carry 5 egochasers? Wtf.

Indeed. I can carry 9999 ammo for 10 guns, but only 30 Ps & Qs, WTF???

 

 

 

1. Call Lester

2. Select Cops turn blind eye

3. Annihilate NPCs

4. Collect money and snacks

It's the more expensive way, but it's also the more funner way

This is wasteful. Just do a Gerald mission, where the cops won't come after you anyway. This saves you the money and gives you an unlimited amount of time without police interference. Plus, if you actually finish the mission, you'll MAKE money instead of giving it to Lester.

 

Every once in a while, I remember / rediscover that you can get so much done on a lot of the missions, with no police to hassle you.

 

Seriously, "Mission mode" is almost a better mode than free-roam. And, like you say, you actually make money. Assuming you choose to blow away all the bad guys and complete the mission, and meanwhile spend 12 minutes or so running around to stores, or causing massive havok with no police retaliation, and you make the max money for the mission. It's a GREAT mode.

 

PS: I expect Rockstar will figure out some way to nerf it soon.

Edited April 13, 2015 by saintsrow

[Khelandros]

 

1. Call Lester

2. Select Cops turn blind eye

3. Annihilate NPCs

4. Collect money and snacks

It's the more expensive way, but it's also the more funner way

This is wasteful. Just do a Gerald mission, where the cops won't come after you anyway. This saves you the money and gives you an unlimited amount of time without police interference. Plus, if you actually finish the mission, you'll MAKE money instead of giving it to Lester.

 

 

Or go to the Merryweather warehouse and kill all the guys there over and over. Raises your shooting stat plus if you unequip your weapon after your first kill and pick up the weapon that is dropped, you never waste ammo due to using the weapon that all Merryweather uses.

[Hyperglide]

Convenience Stores only stock 10 of each item per session per day. If they are sold out you gotta wait an in game day. It really sucks when you and a few crew members come back from a Mission or Heist Set-up and y'all need snacks. Or even worse, someone recently robbed the store. The lock pad (sold out) will be there for a while. If you don't want to wait just join another session.

[Lord_Smasherton]

Maybe you are lazy.....

This is a video game. It's the definition of laziness to play it.

[streetx1xracer]

 

Maybe you are lazy.....

This is a video game. It's the definition of laziness to play it.that's like saying reading a book or watching a movie is being lazy.

[statistic]

 

 

Maybe you are lazy.....

This is a video game. It's the definition of laziness to play it.

that's like saying reading a book or watching a movie is being lazy.

 

 

Sounds like we're all in agreement then.