Ploid 3.0
Member
My first slot character is still not there. The new second slot caught up already though.
It sucks that they nerfed replaying good money missions. I could have made it there if my characters didn't keep vanishing.
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Grand Theft Auto: Online |OT| The Stimulation Has Began!
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My first slot character is still not there. The new second slot caught up already though.
It sucks that they nerfed replaying good money missions. I could have made it there if my characters didn't keep vanishing.
brokenbeans
Banned
I was down for a crew until then.
I think you're mistaking what is currently available in the game for "long term prospect" when it's not. A few months for hundreds of thousands? No way. Playing properly right now you'll probably make that in a week if you're playing the game regularly. The reason people are spamming 9k paying jobs is because it helps elevate the feeling of grind from losing 2k every time you die anywhere. As you increase in rank and get more options the missions start to pay more and more. Grinding 9k missions where you have to kill tons of dudes and risk dying is no different from grinding races. So "celebrating" that they disable one but not the other is stupid. Have you considered that some people also like playing co-op missions more than competitive ones?
Anything that is in GTAO right now is meant to be attainable very quickly. Anything that is "long term" for months ahead is not in the game yet, because Rockstar will be adding them. Once they add Heists in, it'll probably throw the entire economy out of wack immediately.
brokenbeans
Banned
Yeah they need to fix game saving.
If I spend money on a card to buy a 400k apartment and I loose it as well as having the money debited from my account I'd be pissed.
computers putin'
Member
For me at least I had no problem making money. before my character got deleted I had about $60,000 just from doing deathmatches and races alone. Money came in steady for me since the payouts from winning were pretty decent.
So, tell me this. How is the playing with friends? How does playing with other people work in general? you join the world and get put in a 16 player server? Is there anything to do in the overworld? If you want to do some mission or whatever, does it connect to the overworld or do you end up in a seperate mission bubble or whatever? Deatchmatch and racing sounds so.... Dull. What else is there to do?
Also how is transitioning between sp to mp and vicd versa?
Also how is transitioning between sp to mp and vicd versa?
If your money was in the bank, it should still be there when you make a new character, it doesn't always display your bank balance correctly on the character screen.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Ah ok, i see, thanks for the info. I hope that they will add some quick-join thing for co-op missions
There is, isn't there? On the phone, second row down on the left. The Quick menu. Races, deathmatch and... missions? Not at home right now so can't check but sure it's there.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I think you're mistaking what is currently available in the game for "long term prospect" when it's not. A few months for hundreds of thousands? No way. Playing properly right now you'll probably make that in a week if you're playing the game regularly. The reason people are spamming 9k paying jobs is because it helps elevate the feeling of grind from losing 2k every time you die anywhere. As you increase in rank and get more options the missions start to pay more and more. Grinding 9k missions where you have to kill tons of dudes and risk dying is no different from grinding races. So "celebrating" that they disable one but not the other is stupid. Have you considered that some people also like playing co-op missions more than competitive ones?
Anything that is in GTAO right now is meant to be attainable very quickly. Anything that is "long term" for months ahead is not in the game yet, because Rockstar will be adding them. Once they add Heists in, it'll probably throw the entire economy out of wack immediately.
Car mods are incredibly expensive and are level locked. The high end apts are really pricey, I don't anticipate being able to buy them for weeks. I base my timing estimates on the usual, grown-up idea of being able to play maaaayyybe an hour a night every couple of days. Folks who are level 25 already... I try not to think about those weirdos
All I know is that if I went into a server and everyone was spamming the same mode and would not play in a natural manner, I would get annoyed fairly quickly. I also love the co-op missions and play them whenever possible. I just don't like grinding the same content repeatedly. To do that just to get an arbitrary currency is pointless when you'll earn it eventually.
I do however agree that the death penalties are too high - there should be no death penalty in missions IMO.
georgetheplushie
Member
Missions aren't necessarily missions. There's stuff like Last Team Standing and some other competitive games mixed in there. Confusing, I know.
cleveridea
Member
PS3 version working flawlessly for me now, although its still early in the day so the real test is later as load increases
Did they bring back GTA$ at all? I didnt see an option to buy in the online menu.
Did they bring back GTA$ at all? I didnt see an option to buy in the online menu.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Yes, but less so. They patched PS3. Xbox still waiting, as far as I know.
Oh, mate, besides co-op and survival there are some hilarious modes: parachuting (with guns!), fighter jets vs dirt bikes, protect the VIP, tank death match, GTA race, CTF (with cops on)... There's loads.
Coke Run or whatever is a lot of fun. The game modes are so much better than IV; I've had so many great, cinematic moments. My only complaint is that it's still kinda hard to get a full game for missions. I think it's because I'm hitting auto-invite instead of skilled players, since auto-invite invites people I played with and skilled brings in all new people.
Yes, for a bunch of different reasons.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Wow, I haven't noticed that setting yet. Is it really called Rubberbanding?
although to be fair, I used to hate it in GTA4 where you'd make one mistake and may as well quit since there was no chance of even placing. I like how you get something even if you place far down now.
IMO, there should be no death penalty at all. It really hurts some of the fun of just dicking around and having fun in the free roam world. It should only apply if you have undeposited cash and, even then, I think it should only be a percentage of what you have on you.
People are actively avoiding any confrontation in the free roam world which boils everything down to missions that, while fun, aren't really what I want in a multiplayer Grand Theft Auto.
People are actively avoiding any confrontation in the free roam world which boils everything down to missions that, while fun, aren't really what I want in a multiplayer Grand Theft Auto.
I guess I'll just sell this bitch then.
Downloaded the patch earlier, and played a good few games.
I'm not sure whether my first character has returned, but my second has gone beyond it now anyway. Just throws me straight in as this character,
I have played a few games around this time on previous days though, then run into problems going into late-afternoon and evening. Though, I didn't get stuck in aerial view once, or lose my character - so that is good.
It still sucked trying to get into a decent lobby though. The first random one which I went into had a lot of people, but one guy just said "joining", so the game couldn't be started. People started to leave, and the host migrated to me. Finally we started 2v2 - and played a few games with 4 and 3 people. It seems impossible to get people into your games though, I have tried every option, but other than if people on your friends list want to join - that seems about it.
I'm not sure whether my first character has returned, but my second has gone beyond it now anyway. Just throws me straight in as this character,
I have played a few games around this time on previous days though, then run into problems going into late-afternoon and evening. Though, I didn't get stuck in aerial view once, or lose my character - so that is good.
It still sucked trying to get into a decent lobby though. The first random one which I went into had a lot of people, but one guy just said "joining", so the game couldn't be started. People started to leave, and the host migrated to me. Finally we started 2v2 - and played a few games with 4 and 3 people. It seems impossible to get people into your games though, I have tried every option, but other than if people on your friends list want to join - that seems about it.
IAmRandom31
Banned
I was running with someone last night, walked into a gas station together and tried to rob it. Well, what I do is fire at the bottles and stuff behind him, this always gets the money faster and makes them intimidated.
Instead of firing though, I turn around and pistol whip the dude with me lol. Yeah, wasn't expecting that.
I found a secret I think too. I tried a new character last night and could not get in. Then realized my setting was changed to aim-assist during one of the jobs i did before on a previous online game. Well, I changed my setting back to free aim and bam, im playing again.
I think the population in the free aim servers are MUCH lower then those of the aim assist.
Instead of firing though, I turn around and pistol whip the dude with me lol. Yeah, wasn't expecting that.
I found a secret I think too. I tried a new character last night and could not get in. Then realized my setting was changed to aim-assist during one of the jobs i did before on a previous online game. Well, I changed my setting back to free aim and bam, im playing again.
I think the population in the free aim servers are MUCH lower then those of the aim assist.
King Tubby
Member
I just got my first bad sport warning. During a mission I accidentally caused a chain reaction of explosions (by shooting a car's gas tank) that ended up destroying my teammate's personal vehicle. Whoops.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Still loads who can't get on too. When it's fixed, I'm sure more folks will be playing.
No, it's called 'Catchup'. I'm fine with coming in last if I make a mistake, makes them more intense.
Yea, I think he just wants to incenivize me to play since I dont really want to since losing my character.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Auto aim TDM is so pointless lol.
Ay, it is annoying as hell, on my 5th one now, I think If I kept losing all my money I would have given up by now. Not getting on I can deal with generally, but constantly losing progress every day is starting to get me down.
So this is the character I've been using since my old one vanished and hasn't returned.
Worked out pretty well I think compared to my old attempt, which went overboard with the makeup and the crazy haircut.
Signing off for the night, hopefully this one stays longer than the old one.
Worked out pretty well I think compared to my old attempt, which went overboard with the makeup and the crazy haircut.
Signing off for the night, hopefully this one stays longer than the old one.
SpookyFries
Member
Can somebody give a brief rundown of what the patch does? I'm really afraid of playing this seriously because my characters keep disappearing
Just played my first shooting mission (LTS), and yeah, it's terrible.
Well sure. Somebody level 4 in a chopper came at me and I riddled him with my SMG (Level 5 unlock I think) and stole his stuff.
I say let them waste money.
Also, this makes me laugh more than it should.
Pre-game Taunting
Whaaa.. I've only ever gotten 1k from it. Still my most played mode cause it's so damn fun, with 9k payout I'd play nothing else.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Is there a way to reliably do that every time?
In single player, set your aiming to free aim; when you join a lobby, you'll be matched only with people using free aim and if you go to a game/mission/server where there's assisted aim, they'll let you know if you want to continue.
http://prod.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/2994/Cy35jKu8zUWMURrVBDRLzg/0_0.jpg
Quick selfie in-between shots. is there anyway to resize the snapmatic photos?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Change your SP setting to Free Aim. Automatically puts you in. I've only ever played auto aim when joining friends, even then it warns you. If you do that, you'll have to return to SP and change it again (which is bollocks).
BEATEN.
Go into your SP game and change it to free aim, then when you join a lobby that is going to change it, hit no.
Aaaaaand beaten.
cleveridea
Member
First time PS3 game has worked flawlessly for me this morning, but its relatively low load so remains to be seen how well it does later today.
So far, by far the best aspect for me is that I have quit and rebooted many times and every time my character loads without problems. Before this patch I ALWAYS lost my character to corruption.
They fixed the first tutorial missions so you play them by yourselves, so from now on people should always be able to start games and get into the free roam portion of online. I imagine this also means that solo mode will always be playable even if servers are hammered (though would still need to retrieve character of course).
They added a lot of new tip screens now which should help novice players.
Guess so, although it would be a nice option to be able to change your aiming mode while online.