It's likely you all have been discussing these sorts of topics forever, but forgive a newbie his turn. I've only played two weeks and last night marked the third time I've responded to a "general disturbance, possible shots fired" call and wound up smack in the middle of a 360-degree firefight. The first was in rough-and-tumble Southside and I think I wandered into a gang turf squabble. But the second was in swanky Rockford Hills, last night was up in Paleto Bay, and both times they were focused on me. I'm wondering if this is normal gameplay based on the GTA world or is there something I should learn to better handle such situations. (Or maybe both.) I never played GTA - I only bought the game to have LSPDFR.

Thing is, the only response I could make was to empty carbine magazines until there were no shooters left. (I'm still playing in God Mode or I'd have died a thousand deaths already.) The aftermath in each was 8-10 corpses and a half dozen vehicles to clean up, difficult and time consuming. And after searching everything and collecting all sorts of weapons, drugs, and other contraband, I have no one left to charge. If scoring in this game is arrests and convictions and not body count, then I'm at a loss for how to organize a tactical response to these little dance parties.

Interested to hear from the veterans.

1 hour ago, RangerPython said:

It's likely you all have been discussing these sorts of topics forever, but forgive a newbie his turn. I've only played two weeks and last night marked the third time I've responded to a "general disturbance, possible shots fired" call and wound up smack in the middle of a 360-degree firefight. The first was in rough-and-tumble Southside and I think I wandered into a gang turf squabble. But the second was in swanky Rockford Hills, last night was up in Paleto Bay, and both times they were focused on me. I'm wondering if this is normal gameplay based on the GTA world or is there something I should learn to better handle such situations. (Or maybe both.) I never played GTA - I only bought the game to have LSPDFR.

Thing is, the only response I could make was to empty carbine magazines until there were no shooters left. (I'm still playing in God Mode or I'd have died a thousand deaths already.) The aftermath in each was 8-10 corpses and a half dozen vehicles to clean up, difficult and time consuming. And after searching everything and collecting all sorts of weapons, drugs, and other contraband, I have no one left to charge. If scoring in this game is arrests and convictions and not body count, then I'm at a loss for how to organize a tactical response to these little dance parties.

Interested to hear from the veterans.

It's the callout packs you are using. Most have no "stories". Just do one activity and it's over.

7 hours ago, iSwayz said:

It's the callout packs you are using. Most have no "stories". Just do one activity and it's over.

I have Legacy Pursuit, 686 and MC Callouts. I think the firefights came from 686. But I've also done some of those "story" calls that also seem to come from that mod (Photography of station, suspected stalker, fare dodger, high risk escort and such).

I guess what I'm after isn't really an option - dealing with major gun battles in a way where an extended team can converge and make arrests instead of treating the whole thing like the OK Corral. ;) Thanks for pitching in @iSwayz

For my game when I play, I personally hate the firefights, non-stop pursuits, etc, so when I download a callout pack, I usually disable them in the ini file if I can. If there's a day I want to have a big shoot out, I'll force a callout that will give me said that but usually like the lower chaotic calls as I find them more fun.

For the gun fights, I'm not to sure how you're gonna arrest everyone or unless after you neutralize them, you call an ambulance (Like Stop The Ped or Policing Redefined) and see if they can do CPR to revive them and if they are successful, arrest them then. That'd be my only suggestion.

5 hours ago, TrentMU said:

For my game when I play, I personally hate the firefights, non-stop pursuits, etc, so when I download a callout pack, I usually disable them in the ini file if I can. If there's a day I want to have a big shoot out, I'll force a callout that will give me said that but usually like the lower chaotic calls as I find them more fun.

You just taught me something very valuable - thanks! I looked for and found INI files for MCCallouts and 686Callouts and discovered that each one is a true/false setting and I can turn off what I don't want. Yes, I've been frustrated by the endless pursuits as well as the firefights and will do some editing asap. ;)

I only have those two and one called LegacyCallouts, but the INI for that doesn't have enablements for individual items, far as I can see. But now I'll feel more confident about trying new callout packs. Much obliged.