[GTAO] Smuggler's Run Excitement Scale (0-10)

[fw3]

I'm reading a lot of mixed reviews, B&Ms, and criticisms of the new Smuggler's Run DLC release, and have to say that I'm surprised.

Personally, anytime there's a new DLC release, I get pumped like lotion! Any way to extend the game's lifespan, for me, is worth exploring, if not indulging.

As a solo/lone wolf style player, I understand they're making the DLC for cooperative style play with others, but my only gripe would be in my wish for more independent missions and objectives, where I don't have to "hire" a bunch of randoms. And no, I don't want to join a crew, either. Just how I like to play.

Anyhow, while I'm pretty excited about this DLC, I'm not a great flyer and end up crashing into a pylon or a crane before I even get going.

Still, I am looking forward to checking it all out.

But, what about you?

What's your level of excitement? Were you hoping or expecting something different? Is this what you would have put together for an airplane DLC? What do you think could have been done differently?

Curious to know your thoughts and level of interest and excitement toward this new release. I added a poll for a quick assessment to see reactions.

Cheers!

[Geisterfaust]

This is what Flight school was supposed to be back in 2014. I know, I know, console limitations.

 

Voted mid-level because of dripfeed and necessity to steal supplies without ability to buy them, that's crates all over again.

 

Sub-zero: Savage is buffed, HL missiles are now faster, Pegasus customization and Zancudo free pass combined with Pegasus spawn point there.

Cool stuff: New aircraft including Hunter;

Not so cool: dripfeeding, texture bugs on PC, low-res textures of aircraft (not sure if bugged), old gameplay foundation.

Edited August 29, 2017 by hei3enberg

[Blaquerayne]

0. I hate planes and I want nothing to do with them.

[IbrahimLafayette]

1. I like aircraft in general, reasonably well at flying but execution of new aircraft is subpar. Most aircraft do not stand a chance against a hydra, no variety in air combat added and mission design is a mess.

Edited August 29, 2017 by IbrahimLafayette

[UndyingBubbles]

0 wish I could give a minus

[Quinn_flower]

1 same old ceo stuff and clothing still is sh*t

[Chang]

7 @ moment

 

The juice is Vicking other people's goods.

 

3 for 4

 

I Chang

[Verbal Soze]

i actually could give it a 9 for a lots of the new stuff and lots of planes! but i have to admit it, the business side it's not cool, it's an old rehashed stuff, and for the business i hate to do this but probably in the scale of 2, it's probably the worst type of business they've ever add to the game, even the bunker and mc business gave us much profit than this type of business (smuggling), but it's cool, it's all redeemed by the excitement that they bring into the game, with a lots of new vehicles, so excitement 9 business 2...

[Matrelith]

I like that it's crate based and not stock based, so you can decide for yourself how much you want to sell and when you're done. At the end though it's just another addition to Grind Theft Auto, except with planes now. I think I'll buy a hangar and a plane or two, but I don't see myself endlessly grinding supplies again to make money. Think I'll give it a 7.

[Big_Show]

Why can't the poll just be a 1-10 rating, WHy the f*ck do the 1 - 10 scale always have to have some smart arse little token bullsh*t to go with. FFS OP you're a douche bag. Just make the Poll 1-10 rating. Seriously.

[DianaPetran]

If you think you will make some money from this,let me tell you,that you will have seizures durring supplies/selling,NPC is OP,and in Solo is a nightmare,and you will get only 500k because 10 crates is 100k,and the limit is 50 crates.

Edited August 29, 2017 by Marius.Petran

[rebeldevil]

I was a lot more interested in it until I found out how much everything costs. Yeah...not feeling it now.

[Killer Whale]

I'll give it a 5. Just came back from work and I'm trying to see where can I start, because it's kinda overwhelming. I've learned my lesson not to buy a business immediately with Gunrunning, so I'll still check around to see what's what. Planes so far look okay. I'll test the cars before I buy them. I'll try to test everything and look for a lot of opinions on the profitability of the Smuggling business. Clothing is okay; spent $3 million on flight suits this morning.

[fw3]

Why can't the poll just be a 1-10 rating, WHy the f*ck do the 1 - 10 scale always have to have some smart arse little token bullsh*t to go with. FFS OP you're a douche bag. Just make the Poll 1-10 rating. Seriously.

I rate your reply: 3 - Lame player gets Pampers in a bind clicking into a rating poll that doesn't meet up to his extreme standards of rating polls.

 

Sorry you can't just enjoy a simple for-fun poll on a gaming site, which is probably a lot better than what you're doing, instead.

 

Edited August 29, 2017 by fw3

[Big_Show]

 

Why can't the poll just be a 1-10 rating, WHy the f*ck do the 1 - 10 scale always have to have some smart arse little token bullsh*t to go with. FFS OP you're a douche bag. Just make the Poll 1-10 rating. Seriously.

I rate your reply: 3 - Lame player gets Pampers in a bind clicking into a poll rating that doesn't meet up to his extreme standards of poll ratings.

 

Sorry you can't just enjoy a simple for-fun poll on a gaming site, which is probably a lot better than what you're doing, instead.

 

 

 

 

No it's just bullsh*t polls that do my head in. Why because it not a poll I can agree with. yes i say 10 but no I can't fly for sh*t and have never spent much time in anything apart from a buzzard. So just give us a rating and leave the assumptions that only people that like jet griefing are enjoying this update. FFS I'm out, go learn to fly a plane like I am, or go play minecraft.

[jyssys]

Why can't the poll just be a 1-10 rating, WHy the f*ck do the 1 - 10 scale always have to have some smart arse little token bullsh*t to go with. FFS OP you're a douche bag. Just make the Poll 1-10 rating. Seriously.

 

Just pick the statement you agree with the most. It's not hard. Don't be mad at nothing.

 

Also, pure 1-10 scales tend to have resulting votes at either 1 or 10 because some people never realize that you don't have to either completely hate or completely love something.

Edited August 29, 2017 by jyssys

[Gremlin Sombra]

I give it a 3.

Add on is a complete snore fest.

New business gimmick is nothing new and boring. Aircraft and clothes are kinda meh as well. Gonna try to get to unlock all the trade prices before i buy them all. But still nothing really sticks out.

 

New car is really nice thought. One thing i guess that's good.

Edited August 29, 2017 by Gremlin Sombra

[septimoose]

Well, I decided to collect 10 Narcotics solo, and I sold them solo.

 

My sell mission was 3 Nagasaki Havoks with 2 crate drops each. I had ample time to sell.

 

So I thought "Oh, I sold 10 of the same type, I should get some kind of bonus".

 

I did not. I got exactly $97,500. After all, Ron had to take his 2.5% cut.

 

Each collection and cooldown takes me about 8 mins total. So lets say I took 1hr 20mins to gather 10 crates. The sale mission? Another 15mins. So we're looking at about 1.5hrs to get just 10 crates.

 

Sell those 10 crates for $97,500 and that comes to the sexy total of about $1k a minute...

My bunker already makes that passively.

 

Nah, I'm not about this DLC.

For me, the only redeeming quality is new cars.

 

If they'd named this DLC the "Two new cars you'll like, and Hunter in a couple of weeks DLC", I'd rate it a 10/10

But since they named it "Smugglers Run Out Of Money Fast", I've got to rate it a 1/10.

[Forza Harrd]

The poll is missing a choice: Thanks to the DM/apartment glitch that conveniently ran for two weeks leading up to this DLC I never want to leave the house again.

[Nihilist.]

Voted 2, but 1, 4 and 5 would be somewhat accurate as well. I don't hate this update, in fact I think it's superior to Gunrunning and Cunning Stunts: SVC, but I can already say it's not something I was looking forward to, nor I'm particularly interested in. i have a Buzzard to do all my CEO and I/E jobs, and that's really all I need. Having extra planes and helicopters, while generally fun, won't change my current situation at all, so I perceive them all as just collector items.

 

I could see myself purchasing a hangar, probably one located in Fort Zancudo just to have a place to store and display my new (not new per se - just Pegasus vehicles I own, yet obviously couldn't store them anywhere) collection, but it's not a priority, especially since the entire business aspect of that update is literally just old, boring and repetitive beyond belief crates. My prediction came true - Smuggler's Run is indeed another cookie cutter update.

 

Also, there's few things I can't stand about this update - first being no real customization for Hydra, I believe Buzzard as well, hidden Hunter and Rustler not named Rustler, even more hideous supercars and a damn Batmobile, which makes me even more certain GTA Online tries to become another Saints Row. That's just sad.

 

That being said, I may get myself a hangar, and then few vehicles from this update - Havok and Alpha-Z1 coul be fun, Hunter is obviously something I've missed for years in this game, and the new Escort MK I will definitely be a nice addition to my collection. Hey, I have at least some interest in this update - that's an improvement from Gunrunning.

 

EDIT:

Got myself the cheapest Zancudo hangar (about 3.5M$, including the workshop, but no living quarters) and did one supply run, where I've got to drive a slow ass truck back from Paleto Bay. If you haven't bought a Cargobob for I/E, this may be a good time to do so.

Well, I can already say this new business will be pure grind, but I'll do some missions this weekend. For now, there's too much going on at my work to find some time to play.

Edited August 30, 2017 by Nihilist.

[GettheTrainCJ]

10 for golden Buzzard.

[GAUNTLET HELLFIRE]

An easy 0. This is by far the worst GTA update of all time. I would like an Ultralight but I can't buy it without a hanger and I do not want a hanger it is a waste of $1 million for me. From what I saw of Gtamens stream the hanger missions look like crates/biker/gunrunning but in the air. The clothes are rubbish the super car is crap and I have no interest in the rest of the air vehicles and getting a Hydra dropped almost right next to you freeroam is fu*ked even more than before. Having to destroy other peoples crates and fun to increase the profit of your own is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of in this game.

 

The prices are ridiculous 3 mil for a hanger and then an extra mil for the workshop. 2.2 mil for a super car and 600k for a sports classic and 5 mil for a plane. I wouldn't mind the Retinue but there is no way I'm paying over 800k to buy and upgrade it.

 

With the Hydra and soon the Lazer as a PV I will not even be able to go into public sessions anymore. This dlc might make me uninstall this game and never play again.

[Bandersnatch]

Hanger is cool to store Pegasus stuff, supply runs with crew members was fun earlier tho it's fetch and collect again,Too early to fully tell but am glad there is no research wall.

 

Neutral 5 out of 10 at moment

[rlk232]

Pros;Special spot for aircraft

Some new, cool vehicles

 

 

Cons; Insanely low pay out compared to other bizs

Only 1 crate at a time

tough fetching solo

[Geisterfaust]

How come you're taking about Hanger, when it's dripfeed content? Anyway, here's the early screen from FoxySnaps, sorry for low res.

 

 

[Switch]

I'm very excited! I bought every new plane and helicopter. Don't really care about the missions tbh.

[bloatedsack]

What's your level of excitement?

 

 

First, I hate people who proudly declare they don't play GTAO, but still come in and sh*t their opinion everywhere. It's important I start with that because I'm about to do it myself.

 

I had zero interest. I stopped about two months ago cold turkey, and have been on once in that time to play with friends for a crew event. I expected Gun Running 2, and I expected aircraft to feature, but the surprise appearance of the SR trailer came out of knowhere and left me completely unmoved.

 

It was that exact moment I knew that GTAO and I were over our breakup, free to see other games without lingering feelings of jealousy.

 

So, yeah, how much interest do I have? Absolutely none. I'm glad other people are having a good time, but it's not for me anymore.

[xDatxJunkyx]

An easy 0. This is by far the worst GTA update of all time. I would like an Ultralight but I can't buy it without a hanger and I do not want a hanger it is a waste of $1 million for me. From what I saw of Gtamens stream the hanger missions look like crates/biker/gunrunning but in the air. The clothes are rubbish the super car is crap and I have no interest in the rest of the air vehicles and getting a Hydra dropped almost right next to you freeroam is fu*ked even more than before. Having to destroy other peoples crates and fun to increase the profit of your own is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of in this game.

 

The prices are ridiculous 3 mil for a hanger and then an extra mil for the workshop. 2.2 mil for a super car and 600k for a sports classic and 5 mil for a plane. I wouldn't mind the Retinue but there is no way I'm paying over 800k to buy and upgrade it.

 

With the Hydra and soon the Lazer as a PV I will not even be able to go into public sessions anymore. This dlc might make me uninstall this game and never play again.

 

Flight school sucked ass.

 

This was a time in age when I listened to GTA youtubes, they overhyped the f*ck out of that update, it was such a let down when I logged in.

 

But I still have the coquette classic until this very day.