Passive Mode Update makes me rage

[HollywoodVice]

^ being forceably removed from your passive mode is something I have to be skeptical about...some say it happens, others not. Personally, not, as well.

 

I've gone an used passive, and it still works like it ever did for me.

 

Sorry if I don't believe everything everybody has beef with.

[Infinite2324]

Yea this passive mode thing is a problem. They might as well take it out now because it's useless now. I mean when you engage passive mode and you walk down the street and get "shot down" by so and so, it's frustrating.

[8up local]

^ being forceably removed from your passive mode is something I have to be skeptical about...some say it happens, others not. Personally, not, as well.

 

I've gone an used passive, and it still works like it ever did for me.

 

Sorry if I don't believe everything everybody has beef with.

well i didn't really believe it either till it happened to me, but so far it's the one time i have no known reason for it disabling.

 

Yea this passive mode thing is a problem. They might as well take it out now because it's useless now. I mean when you engage passive mode and you walk down the street and get "shot down" by so and so, it's frustrating.

i still have yet to be shot or blown up directly while in passive, even in war zones with guns and explosions going off all around me, only unless it's an NPC/gang/cops or i am standing next to an exploding vehicle or in a vehicle like it is supposed to be. will check it out some more tonight i guess.

[Shaundi.]

I think passive mode has been definitely nerfed on accident.

 

Exit a vehicle = passige mode deactivates.

Enable passive mode, take cover & leave cover = passove mode deactivates

Get killed by cops in passive mode = passive mode deactivates when you respawn

[Infinite2324]

 

 

^ being forceably removed from your passive mode is something I have to be skeptical about...some say it happens, others not. Personally, not, as well.

 

I've gone an used passive, and it still works like it ever did for me.

 

Sorry if I don't believe everything everybody has beef with.

well i didn't really believe it either till it happened to me, but so far it's the one time i have no known reason for it disabling.

 

Yea this passive mode thing is a problem. They might as well take it out now because it's useless now. I mean when you engage passive mode and you walk down the street and get "shot down" by so and so, it's frustrating.

i still have yet to be shot or blown up directly while in passive, even in war zones with guns and explosions going off all around me, only unless it's an NPC/gang/cops or i am standing next to an exploding vehicle or in a vehicle like it is supposed to be. will check it out some more tonight i guess.

I think it's just randoms times. I know that if you are in a car and kill somebody it will take you out of passive. For me it happened a couple times just walking around after just engaging passive.

[wuarpz]

"Passive mode" should have never been introduced to the Grand Theft Auto franchise. What a hoax.

[Shaundi.]

"Passive mode" should have never been introduced to the Grand Theft Auto franchise. What a hoax.

Joined 5 minutes ago. No surprise someone this new would say this.

[wuarpz]

 

"Passive mode" should have never been introduced to the Grand Theft Auto franchise. What a hoax.

Joined 5 minutes ago. No surprise someone this new would say this.

What's the problem with saying that? I'm not new to the game.

[Valdorien]

I really wonder what R* was actually trying to do with the passive mode?

 

It failed pretty epicly by transforming the passive mode into a super trolling machine.

 

I really doubt it was intended but I hope it will be fixed soon because I am never sure when I am safe or not when mister Rhino or sir Lazer decides to visit me.

[AndyC-M]

ive tried being in passive mode, whatever its meant to be doing isnt working, i dont get it!

[BoJack Cognac]

Passive Mode now works like this ---------------->

 

Every player gets 1 regular Passive Mode per session. That means a good old-fashioned Passive Mode that works just like it did prior to 1.17

After disabling that 1st Passive Mode, Passive Mode is nerfed for the rest of that session.

You will then leave Passive Mode after exiting any type of vehicle.

You will then leave Passive Mode after entering an apartment or a garage.

Upon respawning after death, choosing "Enable Passive" will give you a countdown timer from 10 seconds, and then you will have to choose "Enable Passive" to successfully be in Passive Mode.

Quick Tip - The quickest way to successfully enter Passive Mode after respawning is to select "Enable Passive", then immediately select "Kill Yourself", and then after you respawn, select "Enable Passive"

It will work then.

[Furry_Monkey]

Passive Mode now works like this ---------------->

It's shagged. Don't rely on it until they fix it.

[BoJack Cognac]

 

Passive Mode now works like this ---------------->

It's shagged. Don't rely on it until they fix it.

 

I will definitely attest to that.

Nothing is 100% reliable.

[Channing Taintum]

Guy kills me in a jet, crashes, goes passive, leaves.

 

In a good location for attacking, passive dude walks right up, messages me, I think "Oh hes friendly" I respond against my better judgement and he goes off passive and blasts me, respawn rpgs me, leaves.

 

Tank kills me, I think tactically and park my most expensive ride in front of his and hide in the tattoo parlor, he blows me up through the wall without hitting our cars. He dies, leaves.

 

My fury knows no bounds when I do not get my revenge. (This happened yesterday)

 

I had a guy in a session Beg Us not to down his Lazer, so we foolishly allowed him to fly in the air with us. We were doing stunts and eventually crashed, on our way back to Fort he swoops down and kills us.

 

That was his first mistake. His second mistake is sending me a message gloating about it. He then left, of course, but I wasnt done with him. I followed him into another session, grabbed a Lazer, and taunted him for 45 minutes while reminding him that thanks to his gloating I have the next 30 days to keep tabs on when he returns and make his GTA life miserable.

 

Long story short, if you feel you are owed revenge, go get it.

[houstoneagle]

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*.

 

Before the current update, it was like that, which is how it should be. To come out of passive mode, you should be a sitting duck for 10 seconds or it's impossible to defend against it. Now it's very complicated, and a lot of times you have to go passive then quickly go passive again when the timer runs out. I'm sure it's a bug and that it will go back to the way you think is sh***ty.

 

 

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.

 

 

I agree with your post, and would just add that what you're seeing about them still having the bounty--if you pay attention for 3 to 5 seconds the bounty head goes away. On a somewhat related note, I had a guy who probably did a hard shutdown of his xbox a split second after I earned (and boy did I work hard to earn it) the $9k bounty on his head. Boy was I pissed off when I didn't get the $9k and he was gone.

 

Aww, poor kids and their "passive mode"... Pahaha!

 

If you don't want to be messed with there is this little place called a solo/invite only session. Try it sometime.

 

Otherwise don't step into the lions den and complain when you get attacked. Again...pahahaha!

 

You have a pattern where most of your posts are filled with bad ideas, ignorant perspective, sarcasm, and just general 100% wrongness.

Edited October 12, 2014 by houstoneagle

[houstoneagle]

 

 

I'm fine with the new Passive Mode now that I know exactly how it works.

I'm getting killed exactly the same amount of times per session now as I was before 1.17

It's called "adapting".

 

LOL @ "new Passive Mode".

 

It's f*cking bug!! Don't get used to it the way it is as it will be fixed, probably back to exactly how it was before.

 

I would welcome that, but I would like everyone to take notice of how mature I have been throughout this entire ordeal.

It reminds me of how I speak to others on the new headset I got a few days ago. I had never owned a headset until Saturday night, and in my first session, I told a little boy that he should be more respectful, especially when everyone was being respectful towards him. He got upset and told his 34 year old mother that some old man was saying bad things to him, and she gets on the mic, accuses me of something, and I calmly tell her what, exactly, her son said to me, what I said to him, and how I think he could use a father figure. Granted, that "father figure" line could be considered immature, but I meant what I said. By the end of this little conversation, this kid's mother, Michelle, apologized for accusing me of anything and the kid left the session shortly after that. Most likely of his own volition because he heard everything.

 

Is that considered off-topic? Oh, well.

 

 

It's rated M for mature, so that kid shouldn't even be playing it anyway. I'm 42, and if I had a kid, I wouldn't let him play it until he was 18 and out of the house.

 

Every patch brings more problems, they are dumb as f*ck to cater to people who like to grief.

 

Agreed this last patch has brought more problems, but contrary to your claim, it actually makes griefers pay very dearly in 6 figures of insurance premiums every session and bad sport points galore. I for one would like to see balance restored by a little more catering, not less.

[houstoneagle]

 

Passive mode should just make you a ghost to everyone, much like non-contact races.

this

 

 

yes, it should be just like non-contact...wax-on, wax-off...retain the 10-second vulnerable delay when changing to non-passive, of course.

 

I really wonder what R* was actually trying to do with the passive mode?

 

It failed pretty epicly by transforming the passive mode into a super trolling machine.

 

I really doubt it was intended but I hope it will be fixed soon because I am never sure when I am safe or not when mister Rhino or sir Lazer decides to visit me.

 

Why do you have a made up stat signature (impossible stats and rank)? Is it to sarcastically make the point that stats don't matter to you?