Free Roam is so dysfunctional in the way that it works (or doesn't

[StormerBoy]

Every time you see another player, it's a 50/50 as to whether or not they kill you or you kill them before they kill you.

 

Every time you feel like blowing some sh*t up, the cops come after you and you die or consume all your time/money/energy escaping them.

 

Every time you want a heli/plane, you have to travel half way across the map to get it.

 

It just doesn't work! Why can't you turn friendly fire off, why can't you turn cops off and why can't you get helis and jets more easily available to you?

Edited June 22, 2014 by StormerBoy

[Darth_Zannah]

I know dude. The sandbox should be infinitesimally smaller.

[Maxxeine]

*Post deleted.

Edited August 25, 2018 by The7thOne

[Shadow_Titan17]

I just want the option to turn off the cops. They're so damn annoying, every little thing you get a star.

[MantisFang]

i want the option to turn off the game and put in a new one

[CarimboHanky]

im a freeroamer and i can tell you freeroam could be so much better if they just give us lobby options like in IV, thats it.

 

you dont need to add any fancy modes or cars, just give us the option to join freeroam lobbies that fit our gaming style.

 

heck just the cops off option would make a huge difference in the game.

 

Cops On/Off= apart from bounties and impromtu races there would be no way if making profit in a lobby with cops off. store robberies, armored trucks, simeon cars, etc etc, all that would be disable to prevent exploits.

[BrokenLizard]

No comment.

 

You really thought I didn't have anything to say?

 

As much as I love gunfights in free roam, I just think that most of them should be deathmatches and not free roam. I have nothing against free roam, it's just, what's the point in having deathmatches if you're just going to get into a fight with high level randoms with tanks in free roam?

Exactly. I repeatedly f*ck with free-roamers and tell them to play a deatchmatch instead.

[Pagan Lowrider]

No comment.

 

You really thought I didn't have anything to say?

 

As much as I love gunfights in free roam, I just think that most of them should be deathmatches and not free roam. I have nothing against free roam, it's just, what's the point in having deathmatches if you're just going to get into a fight with high level randoms with tanks in free roam?

you know what...99% of the time I get into a prolonged free roam shoot out with someone they refuse to do a real DM....I dont get the logic.

In DMs you get $ and RP(extra RP for headshots and kill streaks)..in free roma you get nothing...but these guys refuse to join...smh

[CarimboHanky]

 

No comment.

 

You really thought I didn't have anything to say?

 

As much as I love gunfights in free roam, I just think that most of them should be deathmatches and not free roam. I have nothing against free roam, it's just, what's the point in having deathmatches if you're just going to get into a fight with high level randoms with tanks in free roam?

Exactly. I repeatedly f*ck with free-roamers and tell them to play a deatchmatch instead.

i was an avid DM player in IV but in gtao DM mode sucks. we get confined to such a small place that its not even fun.

 

the maps are so small that you can simply stay in one place and camp your way to victory.

 

if DM mode had big places like it did in IV i' play it.

[LazerGunFunk]

I just want the option to turn off the cops. They're so damn annoying, every little thing you get a star.

 

This

 

I especially like when I die and respawn with a wanted level

[thorpey181]

Every time you see another player, it's a 50/50 as to whether or not they kill you or you kill them before they kill you.

 

Every time you feel like blowing some sh*t up, the cops come after you and you die or consume all your time/money/energy escaping them.

 

Every time you want a heli/plane, you have to travel half way across the map to get it.

 

It just doesn't work! Why can't you turn friendly fire off, why can't you turn cops off and why can't you get helis and jets more easily available to you?

 

1. Yeah, it isn't remotely 50/50 unless you're abysmal at the game. It's called awareness and anticipation, both of other players on the minimap and your environment. If you play the game a ton you get to know angles, where to take cover/gain an advantage. Like any other multiplayer game ever.

 

2. I mildly agree that the cops can be annoying, but cops should be annoying for criminals. "Consume all your time and money escaping them", no, you just suck. It's easy to outrun cops, and Lester removes a three star wanted level for a measly $600 which I use frequently.

 

3. It should be like that. How annoying would it be if anyone could call in heli at any time; you'd just get bitches running from every fight or spamming them to get away to a better position quickly. Plus, you CAN call in a heli for a measly $1000. I get the feeling you're broke.

 

4. i. Er go play Animal Crossing ii. The game is called Grand Theft Auto. Jesus christ. iii. Go play Battlefield

Edited June 22, 2014 by thorpey181

[RoyalRedXIII]

OP think about what your saying for a second lol.

 

Of course you have to travel to get these things. There would be no challenge or obstacle making the objectives worthwhile. That's a basic principal of gaming. There needs to be something for you to overcome to make it worth playing. Besides, what other realistic place would you have a fighter jet spawn other than the military base? On top of the Up-N-Atom-Burger? Lol

 

I agree, turning the police off would be nice, they kill me (and take my kills) more often than I'd like, but I can see why they are there.

 

Ther IS an option to turn friendly fire off. You set it to low in your interaction menu lol. The thing is, everyone I each session is not gonna be your friend, nor would they want to be I believe. Everyone can't be friends.

 

 

 

I love free roam fights. I've done DMs, but they are too restricted and not nearly as fun. In free roam, It can be 2 people or 16 involved, people can grab vehicles, use phone abilities, run through the whole city, stop, then Start again, hit the stores, it's a lot of freedom.

 

Nobody cares about money or RP for kills or whatever. Anybody tryna rank up or stack money just grinds a mission. That's the most effective way for that.

 

Maybe there are some changes that can be made to better everyone's GTAO experience, but for now the most any of us can do is deal with it or stop playin.

[RoyalRedXIII]

 

1. Yeah, it isn't remotely 50/50 unless you're abysmal at the game. It's called awareness and anticipation, both of other players on the minimap and your environment. If you play the game a ton you get to know angles, where to take cover/gain an advantage. Like any other multiplayer game ever.

 

2. I mildly agree that the cops can be annoying, but cops should be annoying for criminals. "Consume all your time and money escaping them", no, you just suck. It's easy to outrun cops, and Lester removes a three star wanted level for a measly $600 which I use frequently.

 

3. It should be like that. How annoying would it be if anyone could call in heli at any time; you'd just get bitches running from every fight or spamming them to get away to a better position quickly. Plus, you CAN call in a heli for a measly $1000. I get the feeling you're broke.

 

4. i. Er go play Animal Crossing ii. The game is called Grand Theft Auto. iii. Go play Battlefield

 

LOL WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID

[Shootinalloveryourface]

Oh ffs come on

 

Cops = Extra Cost = Cash Cards

 

If you have a problem, try following that formulae it usually works

[RoyalRedXIII]

Oh ffs come on

Cops = Extra Cost = Cash Cards

If you have a problem, try following that formulae it usually works

Only if you buy the one for $100. Which gives you exclusive access to a free chrome tank with rims.

[GRINCH ASS BITCH]

They should just add passive-mode lobbies that would work the same way that GTA:IV lobbies with friendly fire disabled worked.

[sultangris]

you must be playing with pussies if theres only a 50/50 chance of someone trying to kill you, lol

[AWEMYGOD]

Online has been out for 9 months now, if you still think it's hard to get a jet you need to leave the session, open the disctray, break your GTA5-disc and never return to GTA Online.

Edited June 22, 2014 by AWEMYGOD

[bigbay49er]

 

 

No comment.

 

You really thought I didn't have anything to say?

 

As much as I love gunfights in free roam, I just think that most of them should be deathmatches and not free roam. I have nothing against free roam, it's just, what's the point in having deathmatches if you're just going to get into a fight with high level randoms with tanks in free roam?

Exactly. I repeatedly f*ck with free-roamers and tell them to play a deatchmatch instead.

i was an avid DM player in IV but in gtao DM mode sucks. we get confined to such a small place that its not even fun.

 

the maps are so small that you can simply stay in one place and camp your way to victory.

 

if DM mode had big places like it did in IV i' play it.

 

 

Off topic but I miss turf wars from IV. Man that was so much fun. I have no idea why they would leave that out.

[RoyalRedXIII]

you must be playing with pussies if theres only a 50/50 chance of someone trying to kill you, lol

K/D doesn't prove anything, and it only means something to those that play honestly, but I'd like to believe that it is a good indicator of what kind of player I'm facing lol.

 

A guy with a K/D of 0.63 can still kill me, cause any one can shoot anyone, but id say there isn't a 50/50 chance of this guy killing me. More like the odds are almost 2:1 that he will die if he decides to fight me lol.

Edited June 22, 2014 by RoyalRedXIII

[Gutslab]

They should just add passive-mode lobbies that would work the same way that GTA:IV lobbies with friendly fire disabled worked.

grinch the coward. you can come out from your sheets now, the big bad guys are gone

[Zwenkwiel]

 

No comment.

 

You really thought I didn't have anything to say?

 

As much as I love gunfights in free roam, I just think that most of them should be deathmatches and not free roam. I have nothing against free roam, it's just, what's the point in having deathmatches if you're just going to get into a fight with high level randoms with tanks in free roam?

you know what...99% of the time I get into a prolonged free roam shoot out with someone they refuse to do a real DM....I dont get the logic.

In DMs you get $ and RP(extra RP for headshots and kill streaks)..in free roma you get nothing...but these guys refuse to join...smh

 

 

it's easy, in a DM their targets are prepared

they don't like that, they're just looking for cheap easy kills

[JC Hammer]

OP that percentage is more like 95% want to kill you. FR is not dysfunctional it functions exactly how R* designed it to.

 

Remember the majority of R*'s customers want Free Roam to be a death match. If R* lets everyone opt out who will they have to shoot at.

 

Everything R* does from clustering all the apartments in 15% of the map to the BS system is geared to keep Free Roam an ongoing death match.

 

R* gave us invite only so we do have a way to escape the madness, but your not gonna convince most of the players to be friendly

[Inked 1994]

I really don't know how to respond to this. Free roam works how its intended, its meant that players have the free will to do what they damn well please with the in game features. You're given more than enough resources to avoid hostile players and play how you want to play. Everything that happens to you happens because you allow it. No one forces you to join a public lobby, there's always invite only sessions you can play with yourself in.

[juicy_fun]

OP, you can turn friendly fire off since 1.14.

[KeeNer187]

OP READ THIS: Helicopters are easy to get once you have purchased one and have an idea how the spawning to work. If you are level 42+ you can easily get buzzards to spawn at the airport. Just do huge loops back and fourth past the helipads and eventually one will spawn. I use a standard helicopter for this and works quickly, just make sure you fly/drive far enough away from the helipads and you will get new helicopters each time. They spawn at the hospital and other locations except the Marina but the airport is the easiest/fastest place to get a buzzard as long as you're level 42+.

 

Also if you really can't get a jet call lester and pay the 5 grand to have the Cops Turn a Blind Eye which give you 3 minutes or uninterrupted action from police. You can fly or jump into the base and take any jet you like so long as you don't mess with any army personnel or run into their vehicles. Also if you don't want to spend the money on lester just jump into the base. Get in the jet and without getting up into the air, make your way towards the back fence by the marsh and quickly fly over the fence and get low again over the marsh. Works every time without a jet following you. Only time it doesn't work is if a tank blows you up before you can get out.

[Ninja_Gear]

Every time you see another player, it's a 50/50 as to whether or not they kill you or you kill them before they kill you.

 

Every time you feel like blowing some sh*t up, the cops come after you and you die or consume all your time/money/energy escaping them.

 

Every time you want a heli/plane, you have to travel half way across the map to get it.

 

It just doesn't work! Why can't you turn friendly fire off, why can't you turn cops off and why can't you get helis and jets more easily available to you?

Indeed, FFO is a must.

[FasterThanYou]

Free roam PvP is stoopid because of the blips in the radar. DM, capture and LTS is where the good PvP happens, it's a shame the "reveal other players" Lester thing can ruin it.

[Robaldinio]

you know what...99% of the time I get into a prolonged free roam shoot out with someone they refuse to do a real DM....I dont get the logic.

In DMs you get $ and RP(extra RP for headshots and kill streaks)..in free roma you get nothing...but these guys refuse to join...smh

 

 

For me it's because the more times I jump session, the more likely it is for the game to end up freezing or preventing me getting back to free roam for one reason or another.

 

While free roam in GTA V itself has massive room for improvement, the sandbox concept is what I play GTA for. If I want to play structured and/or restricted death matches etc, I'll play Call of Duty... I definitely don't agree with combining the physics/mechanics of GTA with those types of game modes.

[StormerBoy]

I really don't know how to respond to this. Free roam works how its intended, its meant that players have the free will to do what they damn well please with the in game features. You're given more than enough resources to avoid hostile players and play how you want to play. Everything that happens to you happens because you allow it. No one forces you to join a public lobby, there's always invite only sessions you can play with yourself in.

 

But I don't want to play by myself or only with my friends. I want random people who won't feel as though they have to kill me before I kill them.

 

 

OP, you can turn friendly fire off since 1.14.

 

I think you mean friendly fire as opposed to friendly (meaning ALL other players) fire

 

 

OP READ THIS: Helicopters are easy to get once you have purchased one and have an idea how the spawning to work. If you are level 42+ you can easily get buzzards to spawn at the airport. Just do huge loops back and fourth past the helipads and eventually one will spawn. I use a standard helicopter for this and works quickly, just make sure you fly/drive far enough away from the helipads and you will get new helicopters each time. They spawn at the hospital and other locations except the Marina but the airport is the easiest/fastest place to get a buzzard as long as you're level 42+.

 

Also if you really can't get a jet call lester and pay the 5 grand to have the Cops Turn a Blind Eye which give you 3 minutes or uninterrupted action from police. You can fly or jump into the base and take any jet you like so long as you don't mess with any army personnel or run into their vehicles. Also if you don't want to spend the money on lester just jump into the base. Get in the jet and without getting up into the air, make your way towards the back fence by the marsh and quickly fly over the fence and get low again over the marsh. Works every time without a jet following you. Only time it doesn't work is if a tank blows you up before you can get out.

 

Thanks, but it's more the fighter jet or Buzzard that I want easy access to. And both of those require lots of travelling, inconvenience of calling up Potagus (sp), then having to destroy the heli once I have used it so I can order another one later in the game, costs, etc etc etc.