10-15-2013, 11:44 PM | #3001 |
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Something fun in a freeroam where everyone has very little to no money and can die as many times as they want:
Put a bounty on two dudes. Those dudes hijack and stay on the train. The rest of the lobby hunts them down. I did this with ECG the other day and it was fun. It was also fun to be the one on the train with the bounty. I wish we could edit our own missions and set our own parameters. Could have people start on motorcycles, some start on helicopters, some HAVE to attempt to parachute onto train, one flies a cargo plane kamikaze style into train. While I've mentioned it, that is my favorite thing to do online in random lobbies is to scare people with that cargo plane. I dunno if scare is the right word but I definitely like to fly as close as I can to them and hopefully startle them. A cargo plane has to be the last thing you're expecting if you're somewhere downtown. I've landed it on the freeway once and someone drove up on it, got out, and was upset the back didn't open to store his car (I'm kind of annoyed by that too) and started kicking the back. I joined him. Then we flew off together and were best GTA buddies for at least 40 mins. And while I'm on that: Why doesn't the back open on the cargo plane? Why doesn't the hook lock on to/pick up anything in the cargo helicopter? Why can't co-pilots have bigger role i.e. aim the guns or make that tracking camera useful? Why isn't there a stun gun/put someone in the trunk option? Why isn't there an "escape from trunk" mini game? Or maybe call someone (a crew member) to tell them you're stuck in the trunk? It's impressive but it's starting to get boring and I kept out of previews so I didn't really have any expectations. I definitely thought there would be some kind of mission editor though. |
10-15-2013, 11:44 PM | #3002 |
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I wanna play tonight if anyone wants to play.
Tomorrow too probably. |
10-15-2013, 11:50 PM | #3003 | |
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Everyone goes passive first and then call a firetruck. You can still get shot/killed if you're in a vehicle so be aware of that. And then go around firehosing everyone. If a fire breaks, the fire becomes the priority first. |
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10-16-2013, 12:39 AM | #3004 |
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i think mission editor will be added later
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10-16-2013, 12:50 AM | #3005 |
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You can pick up cars with the cargo copter, but its really finicky. You have to hook it just right.
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10-16-2013, 01:30 AM | #3006 |
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10-16-2013, 02:48 AM | #3007 |
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I've barely earned 45k.
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10-16-2013, 02:48 AM | #3008 |
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Nothing tests friendship like a $10,000 bounty.
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10-16-2013, 03:23 AM | #3009 |
"Steven, your fossa!"
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The game froze as I did an online mission...again.
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10-16-2013, 06:50 AM | #3010 |
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It froze on me twice yesterday. Thought it was more my xbox than anything else tho.
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10-16-2013, 07:08 AM | #3011 |
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You can't put a price on that much fun, though.
Although, I did get a bit fed up being constantly killed by the same player. Feel like you should spawn a little further from the action. A few times I was gunned down before I got my bearings. That said, I also fell of the roof and killed myself. |
10-16-2013, 08:37 AM | #3012 |
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How come i cant put a bounty on some players who have a higher rank than me?
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10-16-2013, 12:28 PM | #3013 | |
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The Titan mission is a pain, solo. I wipe out the guards and more magically spawn. Not in the distance to give the illusion that re-enforcements are arriving but right beside you because the game really doesn't want you to win. |
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10-16-2013, 12:40 PM | #3014 | |
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10-16-2013, 12:59 PM | #3015 |
"Steven, your fossa!"
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They need the comical "fireman hanging on the back and flapping around like a flag" thing from the old slapstick movies.
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10-16-2013, 02:32 PM | #3016 |
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I need to stop karate chopping people when robbing stores with them, done it three times, now I just don't even go to shoot, which is my intended action.
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10-16-2013, 02:33 PM | #3017 |
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I need to stop driving my car in real life directly after playing.
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10-16-2013, 02:43 PM | #3018 | |
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I got a reply from R*.
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Might jump online in a bit. Throw me an invite if anyone else gets online. BTW, has anyone dialed 5550184 or 5550164 on their ingame phone, online? |
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10-16-2013, 02:45 PM | #3019 |
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Someone was robbing a store and I went to run in and shoot him but forgot that you put your gun away as you as you run in and only punched him. Freaked out and ran with him shooting me in the back.
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10-16-2013, 02:48 PM | #3020 |
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I stood outside while someone robbed a shop. The guy ran out through the doors and got my shotgun unloaded into his face. I picked up the cash $1000+ and ran for it.
I'm looking forward to bank robberies being added and having our crew wait for another crew to rob the bank, we gun them down and run off with the cash. Actually, I really really hope bank robberies are in freeroam and not labeled as "missions" so outsiders can't interfere. |
10-16-2013, 03:16 PM | #3021 |
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Not even sure it's higher level. There are a couple times I've been able to do this and I've been the highest level player in the room. Kind of dumb that I can't put a bounty on a player who is harassing me or my friends.
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10-16-2013, 10:48 PM | #3022 |
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Get on
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10-17-2013, 12:58 AM | #3023 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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That would be an easy way to have collusion in games. Let's put a bounty on and then kill em. That would be way too easy to transfer funds.
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10-17-2013, 01:09 AM | #3024 |
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but.... entirely pointless since you can just transfer funds....
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10-17-2013, 02:08 AM | #3025 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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you can give people money? interesting.
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10-17-2013, 02:13 AM | #3026 |
"Steven, your fossa!"
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I was just playing online and getting a ton of hassle from these two guys at the airstrip, out in the desert. Two against one. I did manage to take them both out one after the other once but, on the whole, they were bothering me.
That's when I saw Kalyx parachuting in. "Yeah, re-enforcements!" I thought. Kalyx then proceeded to shoot me...a lot. Why, Kalyx, why? |
10-17-2013, 02:29 AM | #3027 |
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Some prick tried to kill me when i was putting in a car for Simeon. I got the car in and then he killed me after I got the car in the garage. Only netted like 5k.
He then invited me to Survival so I put a bounty on his ass. He died and learned a valuable lesson not to lurk near Simeon's garage. |
10-17-2013, 02:41 AM | #3028 |
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You attacked my Crew mate and his friend. Surely the AP25 tag reminded you. We thought you went AWOL and required an object lesson.
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10-17-2013, 02:52 AM | #3029 |
"Steven, your fossa!"
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A text would have sufficed. I thought that might have been why you shot me in the helicopter but, after that, I'm not sure.
You had a blue ring around you because you were in your other crew. I'd have thought if you had a ring around you, maybe your other guys would. Actually, maybe they should add that. That way, you know who is in what crew at a single glance of the map. When I look at the list of people in the room, all I see is a white rectangle next to the name. Still not got an HDTV and it's another disadvantage to playing this game in SD. You'd think they'd have thought of that when they were spending $170 million on their big all-inclusive game for a generation of consoles with HD and SD settings. Nobody yell at me to get an HD TV because it's 2013 etc etc. I have more important things to do with my money. |
10-17-2013, 03:02 AM | #3030 |
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Blue Ring - XBL Friendslist
Crew Colored Ring - Crew And yeah, you do need an HDTV but if you have more important things to do, you simply have to expect misunderstandings like tonight. Also, you can check out detailed info on people on the session tab of the pause menu where you can see Crew emblems. My crew rocks that bird thing. |
10-17-2013, 03:36 AM | #3031 |
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I thought the blue was your other crews colour.
I still don't get why so many developers overlook SD now. I know it's 2013 but the PS3 and 360 were designed to be played on both types of tv. Xbox One and PS4, fine, I totally understand them being HD only. It's not like it'll take anything away from the game or be mind blowingly difficult for them to add a "text size" option to the menu. The mission objective text is perfect (Get to the airport) etc. Something that size or maybe a tiny bit smaller would be perfect. Rare patched Nuts & Bolts to fix the text issue in that game so I'm sure R* could. I still can't see crew emblems anywhere. I can't see them on myself or my car and the closest I get is a sort of orangy mesh square where other peoples crew logo should be. Like in the Down the Drain race yesterday. All I saw on your back was that mesh thing. |
10-17-2013, 03:41 AM | #3032 |
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If anyone wonders what your character does when you log out of Online, I can tell you that they get out of their car and run for their lives.
I was playing with RoXer last night and he left. His guy then got out of his car and ran into the mountains. I chased him to see what he did. If he vanished or started acting like an NPC. He never stopped running. I managed to catch up with him and snap a few photos: After the last photo, I was unable to interact with him and left him as you see him, there. It was fun watching him barrel roll down the side of the hill. |
10-17-2013, 03:50 AM | #3033 |
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Because SD no longer 'now'. More than likely the number of players using SD is an acceptable loss for them, something they may not care to spend resources on. And making text larger is more complicated than you think, as it alters the entire UI to do so.
Hope you get a break soon because I'd be surprised if anything readable in SD next gen. |
10-17-2013, 03:53 AM | #3034 |
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If that's the case, an "HD Required" symbol on the back of the box would be helpful. I got a full refund for Skyrim because it required HD but never told me that on the box. If we have to warn that you require a hard drive, why not tell us we require a certain type of tv?
I'm happy with my Wii U for future gaming. Nothing is really enticing me to go with the next Xbox or whatever. If and when that happens, I should have HD. |
10-17-2013, 06:21 AM | #3035 | |
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10-17-2013, 08:07 AM | #3036 |
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Am I right in thinking that you automatically become WANTED if your crew is WANTED?
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10-17-2013, 08:33 AM | #3037 |
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Ended up on a mission with 3 other dudes yesterday where we had to go to a plane and take out some laser stations at the airport. They all bailed on me so I continued alone, drove all the way to the plane, flew to the location, realised you can't shoot whilst you're flying a plane, landed, got out, failed the mission.
Between that and getting taken out as soon as I spawn/for no reason, I got a little fed up with online yesterday. |
10-17-2013, 09:12 AM | #3038 |
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10-17-2013, 09:15 AM | #3039 | |
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Ignore me again though and we'll be done, profesionally |
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10-17-2013, 10:45 AM | #3040 | |
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They were designed almost a decade ago. Things have changed. The environment has changed. SDTVs are a pretty small minority in gaming now. |
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