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Kenjataimu · 22-08-2014 3:41pm

KeshFM93 wrote: »

I'll test that one out later if there's anyone on, well it couldn't be any worse anyway.

Taken from reddit.

Zero-Cool · 22-08-2014 3:42pm

My God, that is worth the update alone!

Grayson · 22-08-2014 4:13pm

gnarbarian wrote: »

Hi I just signed up and was wondering if anybody had any freezing problems on xbox360 since the last update?
Since I downloaded the update last tuesday I can only play for about 15mins before the whole console seizes up

It's happeded once a night for the last three nights. I had to restart the xbox each time.

IanMc666 · 22-08-2014 4:38pm

This Flight School event playlist is actually quite fun! On 4 of 6 now. Some madness hahaha

gnarbarian · 22-08-2014 4:47pm

Grayson wrote: »

It's happeded once a night for the last three nights. I had to restart the xbox each time.

At least its not just me with this problem! Its coming to a point now that I dont even want to load up the game anymore, I hope this gets fixed soon.

KeshFM93 · 22-08-2014 4:54pm

I have two more parts to go in the flight school . fair play to anyone to get gold on these missions (bar the first two)

I'm stuck on the one where you collect the targets/checkpoints. I keep crashing (so what else is new) bet ya to it proco

Randomfriend · 22-08-2014 5:19pm

Serious auld money to be made from the event too, made about 200k off it from 2 runs

djflawless · 22-08-2014 5:53pm

I had freezing issues too!!
Thought it was just time to humanely dispatch the Xbox with the 12gauge!!
But must play the sh!t out of it with all the xp bonuses for the weekend

Will I Amnt · 22-08-2014 5:58pm

Billy86 wrote: »

Meh, I don't get why people complain about that a lot. The updates Rockstar are doing have all been free, which is pretty great all things considered and makes it pretty difficult to label them as 'greedy'. Those planes etc were not there before the update so it's not like you're missing out on anything otherwise.

Also as some have mentioned the missions pay out a lot more now than before, obviously to help people get more money and play something other than rooftop rumble and potshot all the time. If you're trying to grind up some money, at the end of the mission just before you reach your final destination, Park up and browse online, or just go and make a cup of coffee. You can make around 20k even off simple missions doing this (so long as you are playing on hard) with more money if others are in the mission too.

The updates may be free but they're designed to part you with the dollars you already have.
If they put some actual missions in the updates instead of just races and death-matches that people can make themselves anyway then you might have a point.

Billy86 · 22-08-2014 6:23pm

Will I Amnt wrote: »

The updates may be free but they're designed to part you with the dollars you already have.
If they put some actual missions in the updates instead of just races and death-matches that people can make themselves anyway then you might have a point.

Actually my point was that a lot of games charge for updates, and Rockstar don't. And nobody could have made flight school, if that had not been included in the update then maybe you would have a point.

And if you are so eager to buy the planes etc that came with this free updated that didn't cost you a penny, they have also increased the payout for the existing missions considerably, including the quick and easy ones for Simeon, Gerald etc from the start of the online game. You can easily rack up 100-200k in an hour now because of this.

Will I Amnt · 22-08-2014 6:41pm

Billy86 wrote: »

Actually my point was that a lot of games charge for updates, and Rockstar don't. And nobody could have made flight school, if that had not been included in the update then maybe you would have a point.

And if you are so eager to buy the planes etc that came with this free updated that didn't cost you a penny, they have also increased the payout for the existing missions considerably, including the quick and easy ones for Simeon, Gerald etc from the start of the online game. You can easily rack up 100-200k in an hour now because of this.

So Flight School, yay, fair play to them there.

Sorry but I play games for fun, I don't grind out the same missions over and over again so I can afford a new car or plane to keep up with everybody else.

BTW, I don't know of any game that charges for updates, plenty charge for DLC but that usually has new content and it's often free in other games where there are in-game purchases. Rockstar are not doing anything groundbreaking here.

The game has been designed to bleed you of your dollars from the start.

IanMc666 · 22-08-2014 7:19pm

Game froze on me mid mission

First time in a long time that's happened. Have acquired the High Flyer and Irish flag parachute bags though

That new Coquette isn't a half bad car.. Took it for a spin in the race Under The Wing. Considering purchasing it.

C.M_jc · 22-08-2014 9:24pm

IanMc666 wrote: »

Game froze on me mid mission First time in a long time that's happened. Have acquired the High Flyer and Irish flag parachute bags though That new Coquette isn't a half bad car.. Took it for a spin in the race Under The Wing. Considering purchasing it.

I'm having a lot of trouble tonight! About four connection errors and one freeze. Also, twice the Lazer I was using just blew up.

Kenjataimu · 22-08-2014 9:42pm

C.M_jc wrote: »

I'm having a lot of trouble tonight! About four connection errors and one freeze. Also, twice the Lazer I was using just blew up.

If it just blew up without anyone near it could be a hacker.

IanMc666 · 22-08-2014 10:05pm

C.M_jc wrote: »

I'm having a lot of trouble tonight! About four connection errors and one freeze. Also, twice the Lazer I was using just blew up.

And on that note, I'm gonna return to single player to continue working on my 70 gold medals. Watching the Rockstar live stream right now will have to do for now :P Might try get back on later. Really enjoying it when I get on though, some buzz on that playlist.

C.M_jc · 22-08-2014 10:36pm

Proco Jr. wrote: »

If it just blew up without anyone near it could be a hacker.

If it was they were probably saving me from embarrassment anyway. No wall/pole/tree/mountain/road/bridge is safe when I'm flying.

jackrussel · 22-08-2014 11:31pm

sorry i didnt join ye flying tonight lads, im just sh!t at it unless its a buzzard so not much point. good laugh sniping from the roof of the plaza by LSC, loving the teleport thing

TherapyBoy · 22-08-2014 11:31pm

This one is new for me. Playing in a session when all mission markers/players etc disappear. There are still people in this session says the pause menu but I can't find anyone. I can't access the phone either.
End up in a shoot out with the cops near LSC, I can choose weapons but no health bar showing up. When the cops finally kill me I just collapse onto the ground and stay there. I've been lying in a pool of blood 'dead' now for the last 5 minutes or so. I can still hear the traffic moving around & every now & then a NPC or a cop walks past me. :pac:

I think it's time for Netflix.

jackrussel · 22-08-2014 11:36pm

TherapyBoy wrote: »

This one is new for me. Playing in a session when all mission markers/players etc disappear. There are still people in this session says the pause menu but I can't find anyone. I can't access the phone either.
End up in a shoot out with the cops near LSC, I can choose weapons but no health bar showing up. When the cops finally kill me I just collapse onto the ground and stay there. I've been lying in a pool of blood 'dead' now for the last 5 minutes or so. I can still hear the traffic moving around & every now & then a NPC or a cop walks past me. :pac:

I think it's time for Netflix.

ya, you were in the same session as me. the screen flashed and said people left. thought it was my connection but the guy i was sniping against was still there. i seen him roll out from behind cover and take aim at me. i got the kill shot but his name wasnt above him. the race/deathmatch/parachute/mission makers were all missing from the map. weird stuff, i left

PlanIT Computing · 23-08-2014 1:14am

Ah a sticky suicide

that was fun

dasdog · 23-08-2014 10:45am

Break out the Breaks [2300 RP]. About 4 minutes but its interesting in the sense that you want to beat your last lap.

Grayson · 23-08-2014 1:42pm

Only just read about the "rape" mod.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNmGSXLOh1o

apparently it's been all over the news recently. Here;'s the obligatory daily mail link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2723912/Grand-Theft-Auto-lets-players-rape-Tool-allows-gamer-trolls-simulate-having-sex-opponents.html

I haven't seen it yet, but really I've hardly seen any modding at all.

Billy86 · 23-08-2014 1:54pm

Grayson wrote: »

Only just read about the "rape" mod.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNmGSXLOh1o

apparently it's been all over the news recently. Here;'s the obligatory daily mail link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2723912/Grand-Theft-Auto-lets-players-rape-Tool-allows-gamer-trolls-simulate-having-sex-opponents.html

I haven't seen it yet, but really I've hardly seen any modding at all.

To my mind that is a big reason why heists, etc have not come out yet. There was another glitch that caused people to throw all their money (not sure if just cash) or money in their banks too) in the air and not be able to pick it up themselves. Those two things, especially the rape glitch, obviously are the type to put literally everything else on the back burner while getting rid of them. From a PR perspective and a game that courts a lot of controversy as is, they just couldn't afford to have that glitch in there.

They also got rid of that giant metal trash compactor crushing all the cars in my 10 car garage... which was nice.

Grayson · 23-08-2014 3:52pm

Billy86 wrote: »

To my mind that is a big reason why heists, etc have not come out yet. There was another glitch that caused people to throw all their money (not sure if just cash) or money in their banks too) in the air and not be able to pick it up themselves. Those two things, especially the rape glitch, obviously are the type to put literally everything else on the back burner while getting rid of them. From a PR perspective and a game that courts a lot of controversy as is, they just couldn't afford to have that glitch in there.

They also got rid of that giant metal trash compactor crushing all the cars in my 10 car garage... which was nice.

Are you PS3? I'm thinking the hacking must be more on that platform because I'm seeing nothing on xbox.

Max Mafioso · 23-08-2014 4:03pm

Hey folks, just joined the Boards Crew, my Gamertag is MaxMartello on PS3 and 360 but mainly play on PS3

Billy86 · 23-08-2014 5:56pm

Grayson wrote: »

Are you PS3? I'm thinking the hacking must be more on that platform because I'm seeing nothing on xbox.

Yeah just got the loan of a friends for a while since I'm finished in work and finalising stuff for Canada, so too much spare time on my hands!

I didn't notice too many glitches either (it's probably more rife in the 'bad spirt' player pool) but noticed it the odd time. The garage glitch was apparently a virus, if you played in a game with someone who had it, you caught it off them even if they didn't mean to and had caught it the same way. It's gone since the update though thank Christ... didn't ruin the car, just smashed up the front and windscreen a bit. Pain in the ass though since I only have one quality car (should be 2 by tonight!) and was using it to stash piles of oracles and phantoms to sell.

KwackerJack · 23-08-2014 7:29pm

Floating swift is pretty cool :-)

Do move to suddenly or she sinks

Kenjataimu · 23-08-2014 8:03pm

My ps3 just froze for the first time in months.

Max Mafioso · 23-08-2014 8:10pm

Met up with some other Boardies in the game, we were trying to kill some guy but he kept getting us so we went on passive to see where he was hiding. The fecker had been exploiting some glitch that made him go through the wall, he could see and kill us but we couldnt do anything to him.

He then asked me how was I able to not die and wanted to know how to do it, told him I was just in passive mode

Randomfriend · 23-08-2014 8:20pm

Proco Jr. wrote: »

My ps3 just froze for the first time in months.

Lorcy put a curse on you after last night :P

My name is URL · 23-08-2014 8:30pm

What do yiz think of the event playlist? First one I've actually enjoyed really. Have been playing it all evening.

Adamcp898 · 23-08-2014 8:53pm

My name is URL wrote: »

What do yiz think of the event playlist? First one I've actually enjoyed really. Have been playing it all evening.

Don't like this one actually, fairly meh air and land races in it and sick of people in the Besra race at the end lowering their plane on top of you and sending you crashing while they just fly on.

IanMc666 · 23-08-2014 10:26pm

Great fun tonight with CM Jc trying to snipe down two fighter jets in the airport. The absolute chaos taking place in the airport the last few days is incredible.

Kenjataimu · 23-08-2014 11:34pm

Having problems staying in sessions tonight.

C.M_jc · 23-08-2014 11:41pm

IanMc666 wrote: »

Great fun tonight with CM Jc trying to snipe down two fighter jets in the airport. The absolute chaos taking place in the airport the last few days is incredible.

That was a good laugh alright! Before I got that connection error there was only the one jet flying around but by the time I got back there were people hopping into Buzzards, the two jets and I think for a short time there was a tank outside too. Like some sort of a war-zone, I dunno why they were all trying to get us though. Pity I was kicked that second time.

Max Mafioso · 23-08-2014 11:46pm

I was having fun at the Airport too in my session, there were 6 others and it was just us all flying around with choppers killing each other, seems thats where all the action is though a lot of the time everyone is gunning for me since there isnt another Crew member on there

C.M_jc · 23-08-2014 11:50pm

Proco Jr. wrote: »

Having problems staying in sessions tonight.

It seems like Rockstar didn't really fix things at all and just benefited from the smaller volume of players online before the update. I was having problems earlier as well.

keano25 · 24-08-2014 1:38pm

What headsets are people using? I hear some of the boards crew with perfect clarity(sorry can't remember names) I got this gioteck piece of **** from argos the last day.

Gonna go buy a different one. Any suggestions?

sean1141 · 24-08-2014 1:59pm

anyone else having trouble singing in on psn??

Max Mafioso · 24-08-2014 2:13pm

sean1141 wrote: »

anyone else having trouble singing in on psn??

Yup but seems to be fine now

My name is URL · 24-08-2014 2:44pm

Max Mafioso wrote: »

Yup but seems to be fine now

Not for me. Haven't been able to sign into PSN all day.

Apparently they and a few other services are under dDos attack

http://www.shacknews.com/article/85951/blizzard-playstation-network-and-more-under-wide-ddos-attack

Veloce · 24-08-2014 2:47pm

My name is URL wrote: »

Not for me. Haven't been able to sign into PSN all day.

Apparently they and a few other services are under dDos attack

http://www.shacknews.com/article/85951/blizzard-playstation-network-and-more-under-wide-ddos-attack

Same here. Had a few connection issues last night and haven't been able to sign in all day.

Fecking double cash on those flying missions too, typical!!

On another note managed to find a Bravado Duneloader in Sandy Shores. I've two of them now! Cool glitch where players can stand on the flatbed and not fall off when the truck is moving

Joeseph Balls · 24-08-2014 4:15pm

Anything interesting in the special event crates?

Max Mafioso · 24-08-2014 4:19pm

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Anything interesting in the special event crates?

Just the usual it seems, i got a couple thousand RP and Cash and the odd Mini Gun

Kenjataimu · 24-08-2014 4:20pm

Max Mafioso wrote: »

Just the usual it seems, i got a couple thousand RP and Cash and the odd Mini Gun

I got the same and a crappy t-shirt.

Joeseph Balls · 24-08-2014 4:30pm

I'll never get a beer hat

C.M_jc · 24-08-2014 4:36pm

Looks like it's down again. Just signed me out and I'm getting an error warning when I try to sign back in.

TherapyBoy · 24-08-2014 4:39pm

C.M_jc wrote: »

Looks like it's down again. Just signed me out and I'm getting an error warning when I try to sign back in.

Same here, got signed out & having problems getting back in

Edit: just able to sign back in now @5:13pm

Rgb.ie · 24-08-2014 6:04pm

Does the new plane spawn in multiplayer mode? Am on level 50 ..

TacoMan · 24-08-2014 7:17pm

PSN down again? Sorry Proco, I left right after that survival to watch the match so never sent an invite. Can't sign in now :mad:

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