Passive Mode Update makes me rage

[TreFacTor]

What is passive mode.....I've never used it.

[Solo Wing Pixy]

I never EVER used passive mode. Trust me OP i've been in situations like you where the buzzard is going to send you to hell.

 

I have 2 options to solve this problem and works 90% of the time:

 

- Call a buzzard from pegasus

- Get a tank delivered from Pegasus

 

Thr only thing that the update pissed me off is the blowing up PVs. I loved the system in 1.16, why did they have to remove it in 1.17?

[flyboy7]

All we ask is that if Passive Mode is enabled, you're invincible, your personal vehicle is indestructible, players cannot fire at you even with tanks, buzzards, and jets. The same goes for you - no weapons, can't kill anyone by any means even hitting with vehicle.

All we ask is that if Passive Mode is enabled, you're invincible, your personal vehicle is indestructible, players cannot fire at you even with tanks, buzzards, and jets. The same goes for you - no weapons, can't kill anyone by any means even hitting with vehicle.

All we ask is that if Passive Mode is enabled, you're invincible, your personal vehicle is indestructible, players cannot fire at you even with tanks, buzzards, and jets. The same goes for you - no weapons, can't kill anyone by any means even hitting with vehicle.

[LL Cool L]

I'm guessing it's a bug with 1.17

[ugotsmoked]

Just man up.

[BoJack Cognac]

Well, I HAVE figured out something. If you respawn and want to turn on Passive Mode, the 10 second timer will start to count down.
Kill Yourself as soon as you see the timer, and when you respawn, you can turn on Passive Mode and it will work.
I also figured out that Passive Mode works like normal when you first start a session, and only begins turning off and doing the random countdown timer after you've used Passive Mode once and turned it off yourself.
Sort of like Rockstar establishing that if someone really intends to be Passive the entire session, they will let them.

But once you exit Passive Mode, they nerf the hell out of it.

So once you've been in Passive Mode and then disabled it, it gives you the countdown when you exit a vehicle. It also sometimes just takes you out of Passive Mode.
But so far tonight, just killing myself when I see the timer, then respawning and enabling Passive Mode seems to work fine.

[Headdogg81]

Based on some of the complaints and MantisFangs comment I think I might like the update.

[BoJack Cognac]

Confirmed (by me) - You get 1 un-nerfed Passive Mode use per session.

After you have used Passive Mode and disabled it once, it is nerfed the rest of the session.
You will have to wait 10 seconds after exiting a vehicle to turn it back on.
You will have to wait 10 seconds after being killed in order to turn it back on.

You are welcome.

Edited October 8, 2014 by BoJack Cognac

[LambentBunny]

Its all around leaving vehicles and the random deactivate is what happens when you enter a car and leave it then turn passive mode on its weird.

Sometimes it does it then others it don't

[Headdogg81]

EDITED: BoJack Cognac must have changed his mind at how awesome he was.

Edited October 8, 2014 by Headdogg81

[Ayylien]

Isn't it a glitch? It's only to me once before (it lasted the whole time I was in that session), once I switched sessions, passive mode would no longer count down after getting out of a vehicle.

[BoJack Cognac]

How do I convert O Great BoJack Cognac. Show me the way.

I dunno, but I finally figured out how the new Passive Mode works. I edited a post to explain it before realizing anyone had responded. I wish had posted it here.

Long story short - You get 1 regular Passive Mode use per session.

After that, it becomes nerfed.

Isn't it a glitch? It's only to me once before (it lasted the whole time I was in that session), once I switched sessions, passive mode would no longer count down after getting out of a vehicle.

1 regular Passive Mode per session.

[immature shitposter]

one is all you should need tbh

Either you want to fight or not

[Lesbian_farts]

We might be playing Rockstars game but trust me they are playing us, they are f*cking us right over.

[BoJack Cognac]

EDITED: BoJack Cognac must have changed his mind at how awesome he was.

lol - I'm just glad I know how it works now!

It was killing me not understanding what was happening.

But I figured it out, and now I will just have to adapt.

I am fine with this now.

[Heists]

I haven't really faced the issues described in this thread, but what I have seen is this bug where whenever you exit passive mode everything is normal except the fact that other players can now kill you during the 10 second count down.

 

You can't draw a weapon and are sitting duck. Pile of sh*t by R* this is, I hope this wasn't intentional as it shows awful decision making is going on at R*.

[smokingndriving]

Confirmed (by me) - You get 1 un-nerfed Passive Mode use per session.

After you have used Passive Mode and disabled it once, it is nerfed the rest of the session.

You will have to wait 10 seconds after exiting a vehicle to turn it back on.

You will have to wait 10 seconds after being killed in order to turn it back on.

You are welcome.

 

That is absolutely the most bizarre, ridiculous thing I've heard in ages - and it's probably (and seems, based on what I've seen) right. And you know what? It will probably change next patch.

 

I'm tired of the constant changes to things like bs/insurance (it's bs/insurance if the car is parked and empty, then back to bs/insurance, I'm sure at some point it will be something ridiculously specific like it's only bs/insurance if the car is parked, empty and it's raining outside.) It's ridiculous the amount of idiotic tweaks some of these features have had for one and two, who the F is thinking of things like that when you go off radar it's broadcast to the entire f'ing lobby?

 

It's saying something that I still find the game tremendously entertaining despite all of the incredibly stupid choices (every patch brings new ones) that R* has made. If only they could get it right and have it stay that way rather than some dumb new tweak that makes every patch one step forward a few steps back I can only imagine how great it would be.

 

Bounties seem randomly screwed up since 1.17 too, btw. I've noticed a number of instances where people appear to get the bounty on someone and the person still has the bounty. I've seen people with a bounty stand there being wasted again and again and still have the bounty.

Edited October 8, 2014 by smokingndriving

[Fail_At_GTA]

Good, now I can kill those little kiddies who quickly run into passive mode. You have no idea how many times a kiddie attacked me from behind, failed, got killed by me, then went into passive mode.

 

Personally I never use passive mode unless there's a jet and I'm in the open or there's a tank and I'm on foot.

[splorsh]

I just want to drive my moped without being killed.

[fw3]

Why does r* have to be the stupidest people in the world?

 

Because volleyball net.

 

B*tch & Moan. /thread, plz!

 

Edited October 8, 2014 by fw3

[Furry_Monkey]

the major change is that Rockstar now takes you out of Passive Mode

 

 

LOOOOOL

 

 

It's just a bug. The logic is wrong, but it's doing what they've told it to do with their spaghetti code. Working on this game is clearly like playing Kerplunk or Buckaroo.

 

They'll fix it.

[BoJack Cognac]

^ That photo is hilarious.

[robboy18]

Oh did i not mention 2 buzzard players spamming rockets into me while police running me over listen i get about 70+ kills and maybe a few deaths a lobby but my internet was acting up so i was left alone in a lobby then people came in buzzards out of no where spamming rockets while i had no chance considering they were out of my sight from any weapon i could use so yes i used passive mode but this update ruined the passive mode thing they might aswell remove it

 

 

Bullsh*t. Maybe a few deaths? Stop being full of yourself.

 

 

Of course after the 70 kills it was the internets fault you died. Obviously.

[8up local]

last couple days i have not noticed passive being disabled for no reason. except for when i'm in a vehicle and get killed or kill someone, the rest of the time i have not gotten disabled unless i wanted it disabled. even after switching sessions it is still enabled for me. i have yet to see any thing weird or wrong with the way it is and plus R* changes stuff all the time, so get used to it and adjust with it.

 

 

FYI, killing people while in passive is quite fun and tends to really piss people off a lot.

[scubadave]

[FriendlyFireOFF]

BRING BACK IV'S FREEMODE FILTER OPTIONS R*

Edited October 8, 2014 by FriendlyFireOFF

[Halal Cyborg]

 

Take a deep breath...

 

... And switch sessions

Take a deep breath and sell your game, is more like it.

 

I sold my game back in February. Problem solved.

 

sell your game and continue to post on a forum dedicated to said game...rock n roll

[sweat pants boner]

they need to just remove pussy mode

[8up local]

they need to just remove pussy mode

or maybe people should quit playing follow the leader like a bunch of lemmings who can only run around in FR killing everything in sight.

[k33g]

Honestly 'passive mode' doesn't belong in this game and should be replaced with passive lobbies. Essentially,

 

BRING BACK IV'S FREEMODE FILTER OPTIONS R*

Edited October 8, 2014 by Keegeroo