New Enemies in free roam?

[Rezurrect]

Over the past few days, I've noticed strange NPC behavior. The first time I experienced something like this, me and a few friends were launching ourselves into the air with the tattoo parlor door glitch and out of nowhere, a red dot on the map approaches us and the NPC's driving it are in a firetruck. They drive at us at full speed, ram us causing us to explode. It wasn't a red blip like the players show up as, it was like how enemies in jobs act where there is a transparent circle with a red outline. I'm pretty sure it wasn't mercenaries. Are these just pissed off NPC's, or did Rockstar add suicide bombers?

 

Next instance was earlier today when having a shootout with a few friends, a random buzzard shows up with NPC's in both seats shooting us and one NPC piloting the buzzard. Since when did NPC's fly buzzards? They didn't use the rockets but they were strangely much more difficult to take down as if their health compared to any normal enemy was multiplied by two at the very least. We did have wanted levels at the time though so maybe that had something to do with it? And no, it wasn't a player because when I got killed by the gunner, it just said I died, simple as that. And killing them didn't result in me killing any player so they were obviously NPC's.

 

Anybody know anything about this? Thanks.

[Diesleman]

Come to think of it, the other day I was at the perimeters of Fort Zancudo on the outside of the fence, sniping a player who was taking off in a jet. Then I got raped by an npc lazer, and yes I'm positive it was an npc. May have always been the go however.

 

Your incidents are quite strange though aren't they?

[MantisFang]

If a player leaves the game on foot:

The player model reverts to NPC and walks away.

 

I am not entirely aware of what happens when a player leaves the game while piloting a buzzard... Could it mean that NPC behaves like any other when threatened?

 

Not sure. Go ask your Pop.

 

Maybe it could also be the glitch police hunting your exploit having ass down like the... not really. I'm not sure.

[hesselgren]

noticed the same thing. npcs seem more agressive.

 

a couple days ago i was just f*cking around, bumping into every car i saw (in sandy shores) and almost every one of them started chasing me and shooting at me.

 

and this one time (at band camp LOL) i was gonna take a albany emperor, stopped the npc car with my car in front of it, got out, then the npc got out and popped a headshot before i could blink.. lol

[em1b16a2]

Maybe it could also be the glitch police hunting your exploit having ass down like the... not really. I'm not sure.

Thats what I was thinking.

Edited October 8, 2014 by em1b16a2

[Vec]

They attacked you while doing a door glitch?

 

Maybe it's...

 

The Glitch Police

They live inside of LS
The Glitch Police
They come to me in my game
The Glitch Police
They're coming to arrest me
Oh no...

[Rezurrect]

It's a harmless glitch guys. Sorry, I should have been more specific. It's the same as any other launch glitch, plus it was in an invite session with just me and my friends. We have no advantage over other players, I am against those types of glitches. I only mess around with fun ones.

[Sky_Light12]

hmm.... that's proably just pissed off firefighters . also due to online glitch , ramming a weak vehicle with strong & fast one could destroy the weak vehicle

[MantisFang]

No defence necessary.. I was just foolin.

However when you bend the fabric of the reality that you inhabit, you may want to anticipate some ripples of chaos seeking to bring order to the contradictions of your endeavors.

It's a harmless glitch guys. Sorry, I should have been more specific.

Edited October 8, 2014 by MantisFang

[CrysisAverted]

Earlier I claimed a bounty and saw a red dot appear on my mini-map about two blocks away, I figured it was merryweather but it was just some dude in a white compact shooting at me with a pistol

[ChrisPerry2]

Maybe someone send mercenaries or mugger at you ?

[CrysisAverted]

Maybe someone send mercenaries or mugger at you ?

I thought it may have been mercenaries but they don't usually send one guy in a compact and muggers don't shoot you from their vehicle. It was like an overly aware sentinel xs driver with a real hard on for me

[kLAMIITY]

The incident with the fire engine... If you’re causing trouble and the firemen see you they then become red dots and come to attack you.

Occaisionally if I hit a badly damaged vehicle at high speeds it will blow up. I’m guessing this is what happened.

 

As for the two NPC’s in the buzzard, if you call merryweather and request helicopter support… that’s the result!

 

 

In response to the 2^nd comment, it’s rare that I see NPC Lazer’s but they’re not new they’re just few and far between, they will attack you if you have a high wanted lvl ?

[Rezurrect]

The incident with the fire engine... If you’re causing trouble and the firemen see you they then become red dots and come to attack you.

Occaisionally if I hit a badly damaged vehicle at high speeds it will blow up. I’m guessing this is what happened.

 

As for the two NPC’s in the buzzard, if you call merryweather and request helicopter support… that’s the result!

 

 

In response to the 2^nd comment, it’s rare that I see NPC Lazer’s but they’re not new they’re just few and far between, they will attack you if you have a high wanted lvl ?

Holy sh*t, I completely forgot about the Merryweather air support! It's extremely underused (I myself haven't even used it). As for the fire truck's attacking and ramming into damaged vehicles, I never knew about that either. Perfect answer, but now I'm rather curious as to this Lazer mystery this other user is having.

[Thelankymidget]

Yeah I think they have, Like the yesterday I parked up and I just got out my car and out of no where a NPC rams into the back of my car smashing it into a wall...then after that she got out and ran away! Was a serious WTF?! Moment.

[CrysisAverted]

The AI driven Lazers tend to be out when they have been deployed after a Jet. From personal experience they will gun you down with their cannons if you shoot at them (This one time when I shot at it, it turned around and blew up me and my car and I had to pay 9k, This other time in the city I noticed it and shot it but that time I took cover)

 

The Merryweather backup heli is useless I mean even as a distraction it sucks. I used it once to help me take out a bounty riding on the train, it spawned inside the Turbine fields and crashed immediately, I used it again during this huge gun battle, got no kills and then they proceeded to casually leave.

[Killzone3265]

the other day, i was in free roam and a helicopter icon appeared on my minimap out of nowhere, it wasnt anywhere close to me so i was confused, opened up the map and the icon was called "enemy helicopter"

it was flying around the middle of the city and disappearred a few seconds later

[Biggie Kaniff]

Happens often when robbing a store. A random NPC outside the store gets pissed and start shooting with a pistol. It shows up as a little red dot on the map.

[KornbreadMaf1a]

I had something similar happen while entering a store yesterday. I walked in to buy some snacks unarmed because I made sure I was unarmed before I walked in as I was just planning on buying some snacks then going back to doing missions with my crew. When I got to the counter the cashier said something about not wanting trouble and a NPC from outside the store starting shooting me. I know this exact situation happens some times when you rob the store but it just caught me off guard.

 

I also didn't have a wanted level, bounty, nor did I rob that store recently. I just chalked it up to a glitch and proceeded to kill the NPC, call Lester to remove my wanted level and drove to the store down the road where I got my snacks without incident.

 

On another note has anybody noticed the store clerks taking longer to acknowledge you when you enter a store and the option to press the dpad to buy snacks not coming up right away? This is happening to me about 50% of the time when I go to buy snacks now. I noticed it after 1.16 and it's still happening. I even have to exit a store then reenter just to get the store clerk to spawn sometimes. It's normally only in full lobbies when this happens so I just figured it's a memory usage issue or something along those lines.

[GE0_B1SHOP]

I was robbing a store the other day (opposite Del Porro (sp?) Heights) when an NPC ran in and shot the sh*t out of me. I'm almost certain he was wearing a black balaclava too. Maybe they're testing NPC aggression in preparation for a zombie/halloween update?

[meatrocket8]

...me and a few friends were launching ourselves into the air with the tattoo parlor door glitch...

 

Can you post a link to this glitch i would like to try it

 

thanks

[Sky_Light12]

Earlier I claimed a bounty and saw a red dot appear on my mini-map about two blocks away, I figured it was merryweather but it was just some dude in a white compact shooting at me with a pistol

white compact , a car ?

this presumably R* buffed the sentinel guy ( normally he/she carries pistol if they're jacked & not hesitate to speeding / hitting any object )

 

or possibly AI bug that causes civilian adept of behaviour armed security guard or armed gang members ( like hillbilies at blaine county , whose aggresive if triggering gunfight )

[fw3]

Volleyball net says that it's good that NPCs are fighting back and it's about time.

Volleyball net only wishes they could take driver education course, though.

[MentalPX]

What's with fw3 and that volleyball net??

[DeadMoonNight]

This can mean only one thing: NPC's are starting to become self-aware and are sick of our sh*t. God help us if they ever find a way into the real world.

Edited October 8, 2014 by DeadMoonNight

[Furry_Monkey]

What's with fw3 and that volleyball net??

 

It's happy - can't you see that?

[Miss Malevolent]

Nah they've always been aggressive.

 

Cops have always snatched someone out of their car when they're in pursuit...seen it long before this update.

 

Random do-gooder-gun-toting citizens will try and help the cops out or shoot at you if you're robbing a store...which is why I turn my body to face the door and the store clerk just in case I have to blast a wannabe cop. That was there long before this update.

 

When you're out in the boonies, (Paleto Bay et al) the hicks out there have always been more aggressive. So you bump into them, expect to be blasted, cause they seemingly always have a gun ready to shoot you. Once again...always been there.

 

And recently (before this and the previous update) I'd related a story of having a firefight over near Zancudo and a tank, manned by an NPC, came out and blasted us. And after that a jet with an NPC spawn killed us over and over again. This was a private session, so it wasn't the ghost image of a player, but a real NPC.

[Agent_Ace]

I was standing still in some neighbourhood (not a gang area), went to answer the phone. come back and I'm getting beat up by this guy. Pull out my bat and whack him

Edited October 8, 2014 by Agent_Ace

[BatFerYou]

'Tis the work of rubber chickens...

[Darth_Rob]

I did have an NPC chase me down in a car the other day as I was driving around in Free Roam. He came out of nowhere, and started ramming into me like cops do. He wasn't the sentinel guy, and it wasn't gang bangers. I have been playing since launch and I had never seen that before.

Edited October 8, 2014 by Darth_Rob