..::Grand Theft Auto Online Veteran Mode::..

[Hajijju]

First of all, hello!

 

Now I know there are probably tons of posts like this and I apologize if I repeat any of the stuff u guys already posted! I tried to look through a lot of post to make sure I don't repeat anything but I don't have time to go through them all.

 

I would have posted this in the wishlist pot but i feel this is a bit more personal and i won't be able to finish it today. So for the purpose of updating and keeping track of this post i created a new topic, again I'm sorry if it's a big deal.

 

This account was created today but I assure you I've been here for more than 10 years (and I still didn't find Big Foot)blah blah blah lets get on with it!

 

Sry for all the useless blah blah i'll get to the point fast!

 

As a gamer who grew up with GTA I have to say that in my opinion V brings allot of my childhood dreams to life, it is allot closer than ever to becoming the game I always fantasized it will be except for one thing, yep the online part.

 

For me the extreme attention to details,the all round vibe , the ever so subtle R* humor the lovely lovely music and and the near II decades of GTA "lore", all spinning in R*'s amazing universe make the experience of V a very immersive one especially after the introduction of 1st person.

 

All that being said i have but one concern: the direction the game is going.

I mean graphics are getting closer and closer to real life physics the same, and V is right there with it all. The standard is there for at least a few years and thanks to cloud computing, increasing graphics and the game itself with patches is easier then ever.

 

I'm sure that we will see new titles in the GTA franchise but for now i think R* are focusing on expanding the Online universe which brings us to the creation of this thread.

 

Sorry for all the text, i just really love this game!

 

Now the title is "Grand Theft Auto Online Veteran Mode"

 

That means a separate version of online mostly due to the fact that people should be able to chose or at least get used to the changes this mode would bring.

 

I for one wouldn't mind if this mode where P2P(pay to play) because this mode would be for the people who really want to commit to the role play the game would imply ( Remember role play only servers in WOW). Of course there would be options for more casual gamers, but for now let's focus on the hardcore ones.

 

I will try to be as organized as possible with my ideas.

 

Here we go:

 

- No PLAYER TAGS or PLAYER BLIPS on the map

 

This would change the whole mechanic of the game. One word: IMMERSION

 

Not being able to tell by such obvious methods who's the player and who's the NPC brings a feeling I can't describe in words and it would fix allot of Online's problems.

 

First time a finally managed to get online working, i jacked a Dominator and stared cruising around LS looking for a partner in crime, i saw a Manana parked rather crooked so i parked across the street. I slowly made my way t'words the car, carefully blending in with a group of peds, as I approached it my heart started racing "Man this game is awesome!" I thought to myself, each step made my hands sweatier and sweatier till i could barley hold the controller. Then from the alley way behind Ammunation, he came running. I froze i just watched him run pass me wondering of he had a gun and if he would be hostile, but before i could get into the whole thing any deeper, he pulled out his phone started cursing and got hit by a buss. I was so disappointed to realize he was an NPC, but is till thought it was awesome. A few minutes later i realized i was in a private lobby and ever since i connected to a public one and saw all the players on the map, GTA Online just didn't have that charm anymore.

 

In my opinion this should be fundamental to GTA Online, it would make the game much more intense and open up a whole new world of improvements.

 

All my other ideas from now on are based on the fact that the game has no way of indicating the presence of other players (I mean you could walk by one on the street and if they're not goofing around you wouldn't be able to tell that they're a player) and it is locked to Free AIM

 

- Skills Re imagined

 

What that means is that rather than just unlocking some features skills should play an important role in the progression of you character.

 

I think a good MMO has well defined skills that in turn create diverse characters.

That's why we need some sort of a skill tree.

 

1)"Driving skill": Remove it! Unless you're adding Frank's ability at max lvl or paring players in races based on it for fairness it is useless, you're either good at driving in this game or you should learn to do it, no better control or grip or nothing just player skill.

 

You could however replace it with a "car theft skill"(u guys think of a more appropriate name).

 

This would work like so:

You start the game with 0 skill or a bit depends on how u make your character, this means that u have to break the window of any car you're attempting to steal, you would always trip the car's alarm, and hot-wiring should take some time. All this means that a newcomer to LS can't just steal any car off the sidewalk in the middle of a cop chase, and instead should practice his skill and aim for older/cheaper cars in dark parking lots or alleys. Progression of this skill like all others shouldn't be fast but not at a snail's pace either, the more often u steal cars the better u get at it reaching the final levels of stealing a car should mean a pro car thief wont break the window and instead use a (i forgot the name) thing like Franklin does compared to Michael and Trev, they won't trip the alarms even on the most expensive cars, and hot-wiring can be done in an instant.

This could be branched into land,sea and air vehicles, also low level thief's shouldn't be able to do more than smash the window of better cars.

This should apply only to parked vehicles, if u see a Zentorno at a traffic light jack that s**t!(still some stuff I will add later)

 

 

2)Shooting Skill

 

No assisted aim for full fairness and immersion

 

Shooting Skill should simply improve accuracy with each weapon type, reduce recoil, increase reload speed and increase weapon switching speed.

Maybe just to make it more RPGish shooting skill sets the number of weapons u can have

and number of bullets. For example a player that has a higher handgun skill can have all the pistols with a cap of 9000 bluets per weapon type where as a low lvl player can still have all the weapon types at once but only one of each with a bullet cap of 100?

(more to add later)

 

3) Stamina and strength

 

Stamina should increase the time u can sprint/cycle/swim just like it does now but it should take longer to lvl up

 

Strength should increase your unarmed dmg, how fast u can swing punches and it should unlock better body amour. It too should take longer to lvl up

 

A combination of these two skills should result in faster sprinting at max lvls quicker obstacle climbing like it does now with the ladders and should unlock a slightly more powerful jump by keeping the button pressed and releasing, they could also reduce dmg taken from falls melee attacks and almost everything that is blunt and hits u.

 

4) Max health

Fine the way it is

 

5) Stealth

Since we don't know who players are it should just reduce noise made by walking, increase stealth speed

 

That's it for skills now (i'll ad more in the slightly fictitious changes i would love to see in this game)

 

- Mission markers

 

They should just disappear and we should be able to start missions via phone.

Let's say u want to race just call Frank's friend with the underground races and a list of all created races appears

 

That's all I got time for now sorry! I'll try to post more later, I'm trying to figure out how to separate the easier to implement things and the not so easy to implement things(i'm talking factions, classes, a ton of immersion stuff)

 

Please let me know how u guys feel about these changes and please feel free to suggest improvements.

 

Thx and sorry for the long post:D!

PS: sry bout the font next time i'll use wingdings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 28, 2015 by Hajijju

[Crockett and Tubbs]

Red Dead Redemption had a Veteran Mode Playlist.

 

Guess what? No one played it...

[minifat]

Font made me not read it.

[GR Choke]

Why the dumb font?

[LightningLord]

Font made me not read it.

Lol, same here.

[LL Cool L]

dnt start that AA vs FA crap again, people play how they want, neither is superior

 

1 requires better aim

1 requires better defence

[don ovdi' island]

Lol "dumb font im t00 stoop it two read hur"

 

f*ckin idiots.

[Romanotype]

I didn't read it because of the font.

[GR Choke]

Lol "dumb font im t00 stoop it two read hur"

 

f*ckin idiots.

Are you on your period?

[NEONSTAR2000]

i'd rather be red than dead!

[MayoChiki]

What's the problem with the font? It's like some people just say it first to get likes.

[GR Choke]

^ makes my eyes bleed

[don ovdi' island]

 

Lol "dumb font im t00 stoop it two read hur"

 

f*ckin idiots.

Are you on your period?

 

 

why justify such a stupid comment. Typical internet trolls seeking attention and fishing for likes. Like how hard is it to read a post just because it has a different font.

[Jaggs]

What's the problem with the font? It's like some people just say it first to get likes.

 

It's annoying to read, stopped after 5 words just to check how long I had to put up with it. Not worth it!

[LightningLord]

What's the problem with the font? It's like some people just say it first to get likes.

It makes my eyes hurt reading it on mobile.

[GR Choke]

 

 

 

Lol "dumb font im t00 stoop it two read hur"

 

f*ckin idiots.

Are you on your period?

 

why justify such a stupid comment. Typical internet trolls seeking attention and fishing for likes. Like how hard is it to read a post just because it has a different font.

What is the point in changing the font?

[Sussus Amongus]

The shooting skill works litterally the exact same way as you wrote.

[soundism]

I read the OP in it's entirety despite the annoying, hard to read font.

 

-pretty good ideas. I'd play a veteran mode. Actually, I already do (in a way)

Sometimes I turn my HUD and map off in free roam. Players are EASILY discernible from NPCs

 

I really like your "car theft skill" concept. Really really goods idea right there.

[SkyChat]

Red Dead Redemption had a Veteran Mode Playlist.

 

Guess what? No one played it...

I did, it was also the better game.

[Hajijju]

I read the OP in it's entirety despite the annoying, hard to read font.

 

-pretty good ideas. I'd play a veteran mode. Actually, I already do (in a way)

Sometimes I turn my HUD and map off in free roam. Players are EASILY discernible from NPCs

 

I really like your "car theft skill" concept. Really really goods idea right there.

Thank you!

 

I play the game the same way no HUD no nothing.

I thought this was going to be just damn fight about the font i'm glad u like my ideas.

I'l post the things i want implemented so that u can actually play with no HUD .

Oh and sorry u had 2 read it in that horrible font i changed it.

Thank's again!

Because of you i'll finish this post even if you're the only one reading