Should players be off radar (debate)

[Ballakiller]

if players are off radar it adds a sense of realism and mystery and it could be fun and interesting while bounty hunting e.g:you're outside someones apartment dressed like a normal npc hiding and then as soon as he gets in his car you stalk him and throw a sticky grenade without him noticing and BOOM! hes dead super awesome,what do u think?

[Schumy7]

That was possible with that movie theater glitch. It was fun to play as a npc

Edited October 27, 2016 by Schumy7

[REXX]

Their blips should appear when we see them. Just like deathmatches.

Edited October 27, 2016 by REXX

[Coleco]

I think it could be good as a lobby option, in a similar way to Free Aim/Assisted Aim lobbies.

 

But I also think if it was a thing there'd be an increase in camping/prox mines at key locations like LSC and apartments though.

 

[Solid Scorpion]

There should be separate lobby options for off radar and no hud.

 

If you dressed and drove sensibly you could probably go an entire session with no conflict.

[Nicky.Fingers]

if players are off radar it adds a sense of realism and mystery and it could be fun and interesting while bounty hunting e.g:you're outside someones apartment dressed like a normal npc hiding and then as soon as he gets in his car you stalk him and throw a sticky grenade without him noticing and BOOM! hes dead super awesome,what do u think?

Awesome. Just last night, I stole a station wagon, went off radar...pulled up next to a tank...fed him 5 stickies...casually drove away and then BOOM!

Had myself a good laugh.

[DangerZ0neX]

As a lobby option where they become temporarily visible on the map if they're witnessed on an another player's camera view or fire an unsilenced weapon in their vicinity?

 

Sure, but it's never happening because Rockstar hates balanced challenges that are fun, everything has to be totally mundane or ultimately broken in the balance region.

[Fail_At_GTA]

How would you know to stand outside his apartment?

[PetrolCB]

How would you know to stand outside his apartment?

 

[TreFacTor]

Everyone thinks it's fun until they can't find a victim, buddy, anyone at all.

 

 

See also : Red Dead Redemption Hardcore free mode = empty free aim lobbies GTAO = Empty free aim friendly fire GTA IV

Edited October 27, 2016 by TreFacTor

[Schumy7]

I think it could be good as a lobby option, in a similar way to Free Aim/Assisted Aim lobbies.

 

But I also think if it was a thing there'd be an increase in camping/prox mines at key locations like LSC and apartments though.

 

At apartments sticky placed bombs will dissapear when he or she comes out sadly.

[Kushology]

That was possible with that movie theater glitch. It was fun to play as a npc

actually was fun, more so in private playing hide and seek in a select area.

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

Would love that as a lobby option. Sadly nobody would notice me, I drive too much like an NPC and my cars look stock.

[MisFit-138]

I remember getting pretty bored in GTA 4, basically a big empty city when you dont know where anyone is

[Darekl92]

Could be nice to have off radar only if You are 'friendly' and dont mess up others in freeroam.

For example:

play friendly long time - your blip becomes more transparent, untill totoally gone (+15 min clean freeroaming)

kill someone - blip gets normal visiblity

[derek0514]

i believe it should be a lobby option.

[ciel]

Hmm.. it's useful but abused more than anything. I don't think it's going anywhere

[BLeonard]

So, if a jet is coming at you, you now would have no idea about it...?

 

I'm sure that'd solve the trolling issues people are already complaining about, lol.

 

-Bill

[Kushology]

So, if a jet is coming at you, you now would have no idea about it...?

 

I'm sure that'd solve the trolling issues people are already complaining about, lol.

 

-Bill

Jers are pretty loud when you're on the ground tbh. Just the matter of figuring out which way they are.

[DarkSavageDeathlyCloud]

I think it could be good as a lobby option, in a similar way to Free Aim/Assisted Aim lobbies.

 

But I also think if it was a thing there'd be an increase in camping/prox mines at key locations like LSC and apartments though.

 

This.

To completely remove blips would not suddenly fix freeroam like some people tend to think here.

Sure it might bring some advantages, like jets not finding targets as easy as before, but beyond that, there would be far more campers...in a way it would be 2014 all over again....minus tanks, which, if those keep their blip, would be completely obsolete.

 

And if not...well, then its even worse, since you do not want tanks to sneak up on you ever.

[brose_sfr]

think this would ruin gun fights.

 

spinning around looking for the player crotched behind a wall.

 

not knowing if you're fighting 1 or 5 people. bleh.

 

sounds like a campers paradise.

 

possibly the worst idea I've read on these forums...

[BLeonard]

 

So, if a jet is coming at you, you now would have no idea about it...?

 

I'm sure that'd solve the trolling issues people are already complaining about, lol.

 

-Bill

Jers are pretty loud when you're on the ground tbh. Just the matter of figuring out which way they are.

 

Yeah, while you're figuring out where they are, you're dead, lol

 

I might be convinced to be in favor of only seeing blips within a certain radius, unless in a vehicle that has a special blip (Jet, Tank, Chopper, etc) or doing a freeroam activity that encourages confrontation, but no blips at all? Might as well be playing in an invite only room.

 

-Bill

Edited October 27, 2016 by BLeonard

[SinZer0s]

think this would ruin gun fights.

 

spinning around looking for the player crotched behind a wall.

 

not knowing if you're fighting 1 or 5 people. bleh.

 

sounds like a campers paradise.

 

possibly the worst idea I've read on these forums...

I agree with this

[DangerZ0neX]

Seriously, I would f*cking love it if our supposedly "secret" biker and CEO missions were actually discreet and only visible to players within the vicinity instead of, y'know, notifying the entire goddamn map of your position in the slowest van in the game and prompt a dickhead in a Hydra to fly towards me.

Edited October 27, 2016 by DangerZ0neX

[HeistsActivist]

Maybe R* will add a session variation update with sessions that have no cops and stuff u kno...

U can customize them. Hoping this is after the first few months of Red Dead 2 Cuz I'm hoping they'll save all the great DLCs they got for 2018 such as Tuners and Outlaws, Pets DLC, Aviation DLC, New Heists, Nightlife DLC...

[REXX]

Maybe R* will add a session variation update with sessions that have no cops and stuff u kno...

U can customize them. Hoping this is after the first few months of Red Dead 2 Cuz I'm hoping they'll save all the great DLCs they got for 2018 such as Tuners and Outlaws, Pets DLC, Aviation DLC, New Heists, Nightlife DLC...

Quite sure there will never be pets, they can't even add NPC animals. Aviation DLC was pretty much the Flight School update. New Heists would be nice however they already said they're not doing any more. Nightlife DLC... could be next on the agenda

[Shadowfennekin]

Seriously, I would f*cking love it if our supposedly "secret" biker and CEO missions were actually discreet and only visible to players within the vicinity instead of, y'know, notifying the entire goddamn map of your position in the slowest van in the game and prompt a dickhead in a Hydra to fly towards me.

This.

[Skycam]

Nope, I don't like the no blips idea at all, never did. I can understand and appreciate the concept but it would not work for me at all.

[Sagrawa]

It would be cool to somehow implement if you have over 100 players in a session and with certain things like having someone in eyesight or them making noise making them visible, but right now it would just seem like you're always solo in a session.

[FlacidJack]

As someone that plays with no minimap for fun sometimes I find it funny that others think it would be hard to find players without the help of blips. All our tuned cars and aircraft make so much noise compared to the npc vehicles and if you want to find groups of players for PvP all you need to do is listen for the sirens then follow the police.

 

No blips makes you look at the beautiful graphics to locate players, that 's the only difference. If it was added it would have to be optional anyways so it wouldn't affect anyone that didn't chose to play in those lobbies. I doubt the OP is suggesting we change the entire game to suit his desires, right?

 

I HATE PLAYER BLIPS. This is not the game I payed 70$ for...