Does it make sense for Solo players to buy an Office if they already have an Agency?

[GeneralDee]

I do have to buy a Buzzard to not have to spend money on requesting it? Or did I miss something?

 

As far as garage space goes, I'm sure it will come in handy once I start buying up cars. I still have a ton of space left between my Penthouse, Autoshop, Casino Penthouse, My first house and now the agency. So far most of the cars I own were gotten free or won at the casino (won this week's car...really nice btw). Buying the Armored Karuma in the beginning was a must and I bought the regular Karuma before they nerfed it. But one day I will really start car shopping.

 

And not having to type my organization name every time I register is very welcome. I do want to try out some work from the office but how do you do that solo. I'm very animate about not grinding in random public lobbies, only if I'm with some friends I know.

Edited January 7 by GeneralDee

[SummerFreeze]

2 hours ago, GeneralDee said:

I do have to buy a Buzzard to not have to spend money on requesting it? Or did I miss something?

Yes

  

2 hours ago, GeneralDee said:

And not having to type my organization name every time I register is very welcome. I do want to try out some work from the office but how do you do that solo. I'm very animate about not grinding in random public lobbies, only if I'm with some friends I know.

Look up how to create empty public / solo public lobbies; there are different methods for each platform.

 

Crates are still good pay if you fill up a large warehouse and save it for a x2 sale. (Storing 78 or more crates will trigger raids though.)

 

Import/Export is pretty fun in my opinion, but one of the best aspects --customizing the cars before you export them-- Rockstar messed with back in the Tuners update. Now you can only do a few changes and don't even get bulletproof tires, so trying to escape the NPCs (which you get in solo sessions) when exporting is no longer an option.

Edited January 7 by SummerFreeze

[Felon Forever]

36 minutes ago, SummerFreeze said:

Now you can only do a few changes and don't even get bulletproof tires, so trying to escape the NPCs (which you get in solo sessions) when exporting is no longer an option.

 

Bulletproof tires ? Who needs 'em ? Just get airborne and deliver (and source !) the cars with a Carbobob chopper. And before I wised up to that method, I just parked the car in a safe niche when the baddies spawn (they are very predictable) and gunned down the 3 waves before I continued the delivery.

[SummerFreeze]

1 hour ago, Felon Forever said:

Bulletproof tires ? Who needs 'em ? Just get airborne and deliver (and source !) the cars with a Carbobob chopper. And before I wised up to that method, I just parked the car in a safe niche when the baddies spawn (they are very predictable) and gunned down the 3 waves before I continued the delivery.

It's so boring to use the Cargobob though... I used to be quite good at evading the NPCs and averaged under $1000 damage when exporting supercars.

[justinlynch3]

7 hours ago, Black-Dragon96 said:

VIP is active indefinitly aswell.

Did they change it at some point?    I thought you only had a certain amount of time in VIP while a benefit to CEO was you could run jobs for as long as you wanted.

[GeneralDee]

26 minutes ago, justinlynch3 said:

Did they change it at some point?    I thought you only had a certain amount of time in VIP while a benefit to CEO was you could run jobs for as long as you wanted.

Been playing VIP for months before getting the office and never had any time limits. VIP gives many benefits too.

[awesomefoot]

I never go in my Office but I use the CEO Vehicles some.

 

The Buzzard is handy once you buy it and call in the CEO version for free. Less useful now between Broomstick and Sparrow.

 

The Sanchez is nice when the Mechanic spawns your car far away from the dirt road you're on since Sanchez will spawn closer and you can drive over. It's also nice for if you collect NPC modified cars (although really a waste of time now) since you can park your car near the location then use the Sanchez to travel back and forth. Plus it's fun if you just want to let off some steam doing back flips on cliffs. And if you do Daily Ojectives and get Wheelie for 10 seconds.

 

The Free cars have been nice too for the Payphone Hit where you need to run over Trolls. (Although you can just use NPC vehicles)

[GeneralDee]

13 hours ago, awesomefoot said:

The Free cars have been nice too for the Payphone Hit where you need to run over Trolls. (Although you can just use NPC vehicles)

I remember being upset when for the first time I started a payphone mission just off Grove Street and the trolls were out in the desert. I ended up calling my Sparrow and jacked cars at every location lol.

[Foxwolfe]

Another bonus about the office garage auto shop is you can do Benny's upgrades there, not a necessary thing but definitely can be convenient.

[Zak Ras]

On 1/5/2022 at 9:16 PM, No Homing said:

They got rid of the limited time frame years ago.

On 1/7/2022 at 9:09 PM, Black-Dragon96 said:

VIP is active indefinitly aswell.

On 1/8/2022 at 5:40 AM, GeneralDee said:

Been playing VIP for months before getting the office and never had any time limits.

 

I didn't quite believe you three, so I made a second character and checked just to be sure... f*ck me, Rockstar kept that change hella quiet, not even the GTA Wiki has been updated to reflect that, the latest update it got was that minimum amount of money required to register is only $50k now

 

That changes so much from well established money guides that advise new players getting their hands on an Office or even a Motorcycle Club in order to remove the (now-former) VIP time limit on the far better paying gameplay that requires you being in an Organization or MC. Now players can completely skip the 2016 content updates in favour of getting right into the important stuff like a Kosotka, a Bunker, an Agency, an Arcade.

 

Not to mention, while I did cheat and use a 120 Rank Clone to skip the tutorial/intro to GTA Online just to check this one factor, the presentation of all the content updates that game has had over the years is far more presentable and importantly digestable for new players as of The Contract update. By putting them as Gold Icons on the map with a little description window in the top left? Chef's kiss.

[Black-Dragon96]

5 hours ago, Zak Ras said:

I didn't quite believe you three, so I made a second character and checked just to be sure... f*ck me, Rockstar kept that change hella quiet, not even the GTA Wiki has been updated to reflect that, the latest update it got was that minimum amount of money required to register is only $50k now

Its been that way for about 3 years I think. They changed it from having 1 Million in the bank for 4 hours VIP to 50k and unlimited.

Since then I have been using my secondary character more often. The only properties she has are appartments and garages and so no longer needing an office to enjoy the same benefits that my main has was really great.

[No Homing]

13 hours ago, Zak Ras said:

 

I didn't quite believe you three, so I made a second character and checked just to be sure... f*ck me, Rockstar kept that change hella quiet, not even the GTA Wiki has been updated to reflect that, the latest update it got was that minimum amount of money required to register is only $50k now

 

That changes so much from well established money guides that advise new players getting their hands on an Office or even a Motorcycle Club in order to remove the (now-former) VIP time limit on the far better paying gameplay that requires you being in an Organization or MC. Now players can completely skip the 2016 content updates in favour of getting right into the important stuff like a Kosotka, a Bunker, an Agency, an Arcade.

 

Not to mention, while I did cheat and use a 120 Rank Clone to skip the tutorial/intro to GTA Online just to check this one factor, the presentation of all the content updates that game has had over the years is far more presentable and importantly digestable for new players as of The Contract update. By putting them as Gold Icons on the map with a little description window in the top left? Chef's kiss.

I guess GTAF is better than the wiki xD

[Jammsbro]

If you just want to grind cash, probably no. If you want to open up as many options, missions and things to do in the game then buy and play it all.