well they lost Santos mercenaries updators hit Grand Theft Auto online and it’s bought
with it a swath of new vehicles new content and some quality of life updates not the
least of which are tweaks to GTA online’s take on the Osprey the mammoth Avenger
hi and welcome back my name’s Dan and I’m an old grumpy gamer the Avenger is one of the best
tanky boys in the game allowing you to Reign merry hell from above with front top and rear
mounted turrets sporting explosive rounds and a few different types of bomb including the ever
popular cluster bomb we also have front-facing guns and missiles now available with the mercs
update too not to mention that according to the game files you can fit an entire Lobby’s
worth of players in it 30. I mean there’s only a few places to sit but a whole damn Lobby the
only real drawback is its paywall so let’s go through how much money you need to buy a new
Mammoth Avenger now the Avenger is well mobile so we don’t need to worry about a location it’s
simply stored and modified in your facility so that leaves us with a base price of three
million four hundred and fifty thousand dollars next we have some options for the crew and cargo
hold starting with the decor looking at the color scheme we have a few options to choose
from with the base option included in the price or you can pick from one of the other options at
a flat 137 500 next up let’s take a look at the weapons and functional upgrades starting
with the turret station this little add-on will set you back 200 000 and is an absolute monster
this little lighter will rain down at 50 cal explosive rounds at a really good rate and
with the different angles available they’re pretty damn good defensive measures too the
vehicle Workshop is up next and this allows you to upgrade and modify most standard size Vehicles up
to and including the Insurgent custom and night shark handy but not absolutely necessary if you
have somewhere else you can make the mods if you go for this one it will set you back 755
000 finally the weapons Workshop this is great for restocking Mark II ammo and upgrading weapons
if you have a bunker but only if you have a bunker if you don’t own a bunker don’t worry
about spending the additional 245 Grand it will be a waste of money now because this is a vehicle you
also have the regular aftermarket options too armor EMS upgrades liveries Etc but there are
also some unique weapon add-ons including bombs countermeasures and additional 50 cal turrets
Rockstar have been a bit cheeky though because in addition to all of this you will need to buy some
additional gear to unlock the latest DLC you can find these under Charlie’s upgrades once you’ve
got the machine in your Hangar or your facility but you’ll also need an operations terminal at 1
450 Grand and homing missile launches at at least 240 Grand and a few other handy things as well
you can grab a Thruster for 1.25 mil autopilot defenses at 350 Grand and forward facing machine
guns for another 350 Grand so we can get away with the absolute minimum of 3 million of 450 grand for
the base model with no accessories but all the Avenger is at that point is a glorified transport
the config I’d recommend assuming you don’t have a bunker is the Avenger itself gun turret cluster
bombs shaft countermeasures additional turrets handling and engine upgrades and Ops terminal new
offensive weapons and autopilot Defenders which will set you back around 6 million four hundred
and thirty thousand dollars if you own a bunker and have done a few bits of research then adding
the vehicle workshop and the weapons Workshop is a solid investment bringing you to just shy of
before the summer 2023 update in order to own an Avenger you also needed to own a facility
and before you could buy a facility you needed to be a CEO or an MC Club president at least to
be able to do anything useful with the facility so that meant sticking at minimum 1.5 million on top
of that but if you wanted an upgrade facility and a CEO’s office it was more like 6.8 mil at
least now we can skip the facility if you want to although upgrading the Avenger without a facility
or a hangar is not possible but yet a fully kitted Avenger from scratch including having
to buy a CEO’s office and upgraded facility used to set us back an eye-watering 11 million nine
hundred dollars so a bit better with a budget of around seven five for the Avenger including some
upgrades or just shy of 3.5 mil for the base unit as always there is a full Guide to the hangar and
the facility below by the way so if you wander into the cockpit of the Avenger while you’re in
your facility or hangout you’ll get a prompt top left which will take you to the customization menu
and this is where you can add the aftermarket weapons and defenses as well as all the usual
stuff like engine upgrades handling improvements paint jobs and liveries you can call in the
Avenger using your interaction menu so that’s M on your keyboard double squares on your Xbox or swipe
on your PlayStation once you’re there head down to Services then Avenger then request a venture
you can also call in a personal vehicle from here if you have it stored in the Avenger itself
now the first time you’re Airborne keep an eye top left where you’ll see controls covering the
bombing system this is a bit different for every platform so be sure to pay attention oh and once
you’re Airborne you can switch between hover and forward flight mode by tapping e on your keyboard
or right on your d-pad while you’re in flight though if your attitude gets a little low the
game will automatically switch between flight and hover mode which can have some interesting results
yeah if you’re playing solo and want to hover so you can bring the pain you can also drop the
Avenger into autopilot mode now to do that you’ll need to head your interaction menu again then into
Avenger services and engage autopilot oh and you can set up cockpit access and hold access while
you’re here too transport next so you can drive a personal vehicle into the back if you need to
this is great if you want to transport something from one end of the map to the other in addition
you can drop vehicles from low altitudes which can be super handy you can see here we’re moving
at speed with wallaby in the pilot seat I’m in the back with my Insurgent custom so I can jump
into the Insurgent and start driving which will instantly drop me onto the highway we’ll be facing
the right way but this is brilliant for dropping weaponized Vehicles into hot zones and with a bit
of practice you can do touch and go pickups too the Avenger is a bit of a tank so if you have a
friend who can fly yours into a Hot Zone you can load up whatever vehicle you’re in within
reason of course and then get moving in seconds just one little caveat though both the Avenger
and the vehicle you’re driving must be owned by you directly you can’t drive into your friend’s
Avenger nor can your friends drive into yours straight eventually your friends can’t even drive
your cars into your Avenger which is a bit weird but ah what are you gonna do while your vehicle is
in the back you can activate the vehicle workshop and customize your vehicle as well and if you’ve
unlocked specific upgrades via bunker research you can install them here too if you’ve been grinding
bunker research you’ll also have unlocked some upgrades for your weapons now the weapons Workshop
allows you to upgrade eligible pieces to Mark II which increases Firepower and opens up options
for different ammo types so you can refill your mark to ammunition and change ammo types as well
as regular weapon purchase this is super handy if you’re miles away from your bunker or agency
because let’s face it those Explosive Rounds only have very limited mags and who doesn’t like a Mark
II sniper with thermal and e-rounds it’s great fun also one of the most fun things for free roam is
the anti-briefing measures it’s better if you have two or three friends but you can jump in the back
and use the mounted cannons to take out clones if you’ve got a bit of a patience and a good app
these have explosive rounds or a round similar to the Moc too so so they’re always a good time and
given that you can gain serious altitude with the Avenger and move it around really readily it means
you can Reign merry hell down from the heavens taking out any really annoying Griefers that
camp on the top of the Maze Bank Tower with ease is it worth it though look it’s a good fun vehicle
and it’s kind of neat but the things that made it special back in the day that weapons workshop and
the vehicle Workshop have all been replicated somewhere else at a much lower entry point so
if you hang out in public lobbies and you have a spare five mil or so and you love causing chaos
then yeah absolutely if you just like to do your own thing in invite only or crew sessions though
yeah not so much and thanks for watching stay safe wash your hands we’ll see you in the next video
