The Waiting Game

[Judas0ne]

I go to the job I want to join on the map and it puts me in a lobby by myself. I click join and not the host option.

 

Theres your problem. Choose Host job next time and then open the matchmaking, auto invite and play, invite all players form current session, invite Friends, etc.

 

I never have a problem finding people willing to join a Job when my Crew isn't on.

[Judas0ne]

 

 

 

 

I made a topic a while ago to discuss emphasis on mission markers. Because you launch missions from your map, or even from the job selection menu in the menu, there is little motivation to actually travel around the map. The only things to actually do in the main meta map is stuff like buying new weapons and mods, clothes, and car mods. Basically while you do that, you might bump into some spontaneous event like a crate drop or important vehicle.

 

This is all very well but there needs to be way more stuff to do other than customization, and travelling to actual jobs would be one of those things, it would also be an incentive to buy property next to your favorite job locations. Downside is my point above, there is simply too many jobs so people will just be sitting by themselves.

I agree with you completely. I also was kind o disappointed with the fact that we can buy all clothes at all stores. It would have been useful to have different stores have different items.

 

I.e. sandy shores having redneck clothes

 

But that's just nitpicking on my part I suppose.

 

Good point, I remember walking into a radically different clothes store and finding the exact same gear. At first I was relieved that I wouldn't have to do so much travelling, then I kinda got dissapointed.

 

To extend my point, basically what I feel GTAO is lacking is immersion with the map itself. I want to feel like when I purchase a new property, I am actually moving into the area, not just acquiring digital storage information for cars. I want to feel like im travelling into a new area, I want to be rewarded for exploring. I spent the first few weeks of GTAO with the radar off for this purpose, to learn the map properly. Might start playing like that again tbh, ignorance is immersion for games like this, isn't that the whole point of games anyway?

Very well put. I agree about the apartments, I had a run down two bedroom I spent more time in/around than my 10 car garage one. They gave us little incentive to care about the world around us... I mean i never expected skyrim but I wanted a more dynamic landscape. I wish that I had a reason to WANT an apartment in Paleto bay but as it stands it would merely be anther location. I also wish that smaller apartments also had planning areas, because I prefer the run down look for my characters "personality".

 

I also wish that they would have allowed more ability for interior exploration through incentive. I love Chefs lab and I know the bank is for heists but if there was a reason to go it would be great. Say, the hammer is found in Chefs lab or something...

 

One last thing, with so many open, empty spaces it would be awesome to have incentive to utilize them. I do often, but generally they're empty. A triathlon or dynamic race or yoga or anything that would bring players to the vast wilderness in Free roam would be greatly appreciated... But as the saying goes " que sara sara"

 

 

 

For now what im doing is trying to get bounties (either from players or NPCs) and going to an area that is pretty cool and unexplored, and using those bounties to lure players out of the city and start killing and doing stuff in new areas. I think the game would be way better if most of the players moved to the northern most garages, think how much different the game would be if all the showdowns happened there instead of in the city. Hell I might move there right now just thinking about it, f*ck the city.

 

Might add some new rules such as no radar, no doing jobs from phone or pause menu, do everything from free roam. I have been doing this with a few locations so far, its pretty fun. Im trying to give it like a month between each safe house.

 

 

If you wanna showdown north of the city just wait around Sandy Shores Airfield. Im not sure how many full on battles Ive had out there.

[Varios Los Aztecas]

Kudos to OP for Prison Mike grav. sh*tty thread though.