Next DLC Speculation Thread (Part 6)

[Pedinhuh]

6 hours ago, joel15cat said:

But maybe you forgott a tiny and little detail. Maybe they are playing alone, so 9 crates is a single vehicle.

 

btw, is motor wars still x3? It's to know, I have not played this game mode yet. xD

In the long run, 111 crates is still smarter if you have got 9 hours of your time to spare.

 

...Or just play 2 hours a day doing crates pickups using the avenger trick whenever is possible.

 

In 5 days you have a full warehouse, ready to be sold, for a minimum of 4.4M with three trucks/planes which can be soloed.

 

 

But I'd rather take two guys and do it in a crowded session, you can earn almost a extra million on the high demand bonus alone.

 

When it comes to crates, selling in bulk is always a advantage. 

[jdv95]

also another thing about these log in bonuses is that lot's of players are just logging in to get the bonus and then just minutes after that log out again to play something else.

it doesn't realy work right does it? other online games have login bonuses that need you to do some things while playing the game to get the stuff such as x amount of kills/wins etc. thats the type of bonus that works because people acutally PLAY the game for the bonus instead of just booting up the game and then leave it again.

 

you can have all the "limited time to get these rewards" as you want,at the end of the day the people that logged in and KEEP playing are smaller then other online games where logging in is not enough. 

 

rockstar has the right idea (altough the rewards should be waaaay better) but they do it wrong. you still want people to PLAY the game.

 

 

Edited July 3, 2018 by jdv95

[Rafae]

Just now, jdv95 said:

also another thing about these log in bonuses is that lot's of players are just logging in to get the bonus and then just minutes after that log out again to play something else.

it doesn't realy work right does it? other online games have login bonuses that need you to do some things while playing the game to get the stuff such as x amount of kills/wins etc. thats the type of bonus that works because people acutally PLAY the game for the bonus instead of just booting up the game and the leave it again.

 

you can have all the "limited time to get these rewards" as you want,at the end of the day the people that logged in and KEEP playing are smaller then other online games.

 

 

 

True but I'm pretty sure all that matters is that they log in. That's what counts towards the "stats" so to speak...

 

Rockstar Scummy Games.

[carnerd3000]

I'll try to do the crates and hopefully some heists this week. I only got 2 of the small warehouses, but it's still something. This is getting kind of dreadful waiting for news, but we've been through this before. And again I expect to be pretty happy with what they announce, mainly in terms of the vehicles added of course. But that's the problem; we just need a f*cking announcement lol.

[ajheadshot777]

This makes me miss the Gunrunning hype. I felt like a little kid anxious for Christmas with a ton of expensive gifts waiting for me. Whatever this crap is, is doing nothing for me personally. Is the silence supposed to get me hyped? Curious? Surprised when released? Shocked when released? The only thing I feel is... well.. nothing much. 

 

 

 

[jdv95]

3 minutes ago, Rafae said:

 

True but I'm pretty sure all that matters is that they log in. That's what counts towards the "stats" so to speak...

 

Rockstar Scummy Games.

i wonder if they have access to stats that show the average playtime per week/month. i bet they just ignore those when talking to the share holders.

[Rafae]

Just now, jdv95 said:

i wonder if they have access to stats that show the average playtime per week/month. i bet they just ignore those when talking to the share holders.

 

You bet your ass they do but still prefer to withhold that information if it doesn't match expectations.

[IceMan56]

2 minutes ago, ajheadshot777 said:

This makes me miss the Gunrunning hype. I felt like a little kid anxious for Christmas with a ton of expensive gifts waiting for me. Whatever this crap is, is doing nothing for me personally. Is the silence supposed to get me hyped? Curious? Surprised when released? Shocked when released? The only thing I feel is... well.. nothing much. 

 

 

 

I was so hyped for gunrunning as well, same with the DDH, this nightclub dlc has me bored because there is nothing to get hyped about. All we know is a new custom truck is coming and nightclubs. I dont see the hype. If there was a trailer then i would get hyped, even one screenshot and I would get hyped.

[ddarko12]

I dont see how giving me 1 mil in a month is their idea of keeping my attention. bitch i have 78 mil and own everything single thing i want thats already out right now.

 

I got so bored yesterday i started buying every watch because theres nothin else to spend on. So thanks for repaying me for buying watches i guess...? Ffs

[Alan7777]

2 minutes ago, ajheadshot777 said:

This makes me miss the Gunrunning hype. I felt like a little kid anxious for Christmas with a ton of expensive gifts waiting for me. Whatever this crap is, is doing nothing for me personally. Is the silence supposed to get me hyped? Curious? Surprised when released? Shocked when released? The only thing I feel is... well.. nothing much. 

 

 

 

Thats kind of the issue. You can't be hyped because theres too much in doubt. Should we be concerned about lack of content? Will it release in 3 weeks? Will it have more nightclubs even? How much will it all cost? Will we get cars? We know nothing other than there will be nightclubs, and they will be out sometime in the next 4 weeks.

[Rafae]

Gunrunning was the biggest dud in recent memory lol

 

All those paywalls, all those money making opportunities for what? Oh that's right..

 

Army Simulator 2.0

[Volganor]

Agreed. Considering how badly Gunrunning crashed and burned - to the point of being the first to go in the DLC Elimination game - it'd be wise to measure excitement/expectation so it doesn't happen again.

[Commander S]

15 minutes ago, Rafae said:

Gunrunning was the biggest dud in recent memory lol

 

All those paywalls, all those money making opportunities for what? Oh that's right..

 

Army Simulator 2.0

 

And not even - R* squandered the opportunity to do a full-blown paramilitary/mercenary update (which they could have done - after all, they let players buy property at Fort Zancudo with Smugger's Run, so why generic holes in the ground for Gunrunning), in favour of a weird mix of random armed vehicles and yet more delivery work.

 

At least with nightclubs, we're getting actual nightclubs, which we can run as actual nightclubs (and not just a nightclub-themed warehouse variant). Probably never going to have anything quite as terribad as Gunrunning again, but ...ugh, it's still so frustrating that waste of an update happened, nonetheless. 

 

(I literally have just one thing to show from it: the Cheetah Classic - which is a fine car, sure, but ...eh, it could have come out with any update, so it's not enough to redeem Gunrunning)

[jdv95]

11 minutes ago, Rafae said:

Gunrunning was the biggest dud in recent memory lol

 

All those paywalls, all those money making opportunities for what? Oh that's right..

 

Army Simulator 2.0

ah 2017 the year of reskined updates. atleast they started to realise that adding requested vehicles pays off. 

but not without them being last in the months long dripfeed.

[docpain222]

Rockstar has changed a lot of how they do stuff with the last update and up to now. I don't think QA BETA plays a role anymore, as they have done different stuff with this update like including avatars of real life DJ's, and were able to tease that without a QA Beta update. Rockstar is more unpredictable now then ever. I'm on the 10 JUL 2018 team. Why wouldn't they change up the stuff for 2x if the update is releasing 17th, 24th, or god forbid the 31st. That doesn't make sense. I like the example of cunning stunts that was given where rockstar kept releasing racing suits after the update came. What suck for me if it release 10 JUL 2018, I start the police academy that day and wouldn't be able to enjoy the update until later at night.

14 hours ago, xwinkx_girlYakuza said:

If we're talking about weapons then i vote bring back the katana plzzzz

#Team Katana!!!

[Rafae]

10 minutes ago, Commander S said:

 

And not even - R* squandered the opportunity to do a full-blown paramilitary/mercenary update (which they could have done - after all, they let players buy property at Fort Zancudo with Smugger's Run, so why generic holes in the ground for Gunrunning), in favour of a weird mix of random armed vehicles and yet more delivery work.

 

At least with nightclubs, we're getting actual nightclubs, which we can run as actual nightclubs (and not just a nightclub-themed warehouse variant). Probably never going to have anything quite as terribad as Gunrunning again, but ...ugh, it's still so frustrating that waste of an update happened, nonetheless. 

 

(I literally have just one thing to show from it: the Cheetah Classic - which is a fine car, sure, but ...eh, it could have come out with any update, so it's not enough to redeem Gunrunning)

 

It was their first take on a proper military update and since it's such an easy theme to associate with the 'GTA' brand I guess they got too comfortable and thought that their 95% rehashed take on a military update would be somehow sufficient.

 

As if Smuggler's Run being an even worse version of that helped anything....

[jdv95]

Just now, Rafae said:

 

It was their first take on a proper military update and since it's such an easy theme to associate with the 'GTA' brand I guess they got too comfortable and thought that their 95% rehashed take on a military update would be somehow sufficient.

 

As if Smuggler's Run being an even worse version of that helped anything....

well atleast the mililtary vehicles smugglers run had were actuall military vehicles. so that's something.

[APB]

53 minutes ago, Killer Whale said:

Judging by the amount of unreleased bodysuits, I believe it will come by early August. This is just Rockstar taking its sweet time like always.

What part of "Coming in July" did you miss from Rockstar's newswire post?

[Commander S]

12 minutes ago, Rafae said:

 

It was their first take on a proper military update and since it's such an easy theme to associate with the 'GTA' brand I guess they got too comfortable and thought that their 95% rehashed take on a military update would be somehow sufficient.

 

As if Smuggler's Run being an even worse version of that helped anything....

 

 

Again, they could have done ONE proper military update (Zancudo bases with room for land vehicles as well, maybe those blasted aircraft carriers people have wanted, etc.), ditched all of the dafter stuff from Gunrunning/Smuggler's Run/Doomsday Heist, cut out the mandatory SecuroServ/MC connection, and have players start a new 'PMC' organisation type or something.

Proper fatigues, fewer 'weaponised' things and instead actual military hardware, etc. - one update, and fans of that stuff would have been more satisfied than with the likes of ...a random armoured big rig with gun turrets.

 

And hey, if they'd consolidated (lol) all the military-ish stuff into one comprehensive update, we wouldn't have had to endure an entire year of 'sorta-kinda militaristic-ish' updates, and thus could have had other themes instead - I'm Not A Hipster 2, Tuners/Imports/Midnight Club, whatever, etc.

[IamCourtney]

My only major gripe with Grunning is the way research was implemented, which is admittedly a really big f*ck up, but aside from that the stuff which was added and the running of my bunker are now some of my favourite parts of GTAO.

[carnerd3000]

The only reason I have any excitement for night clubs is because I know plenty of people wanted them to be added, and I like seeing people get what they want, like having the Hunter added to the game. I have no idea how much I'll use the night clubs at all, but considering it's supposed to be associated with the businesses, I'll probably use it at least somewhat for the business purposes.

[Rafae]

2 minutes ago, Commander S said:

 

 

Again, they could have done ONE proper military update (Zancudo bases with room for land vehicles as well, maybe those blasted aircraft carriers people have wanted, etc.), ditched all of the dafter stuff from Gunrunning/Smuggler's Run/Doomsday Heist, cut out the mandatory SecuroServ/MC connection, and have players start a new 'PMC' organisation type or something.

Proper fatigues, fewer 'weaponised' things and instead actual military hardware, etc. - one update, and fans of that stuff would have been more satisfied than with the likes of ...a random armoured big rig with gun turrets.

 

And hey, if they'd consolidated (lol) all the military-ish stuff into one comprehensive update, we wouldn't have had to endure an entire year of 'sorta-kinda militaristic-ish' updates, and thus could have had other themes instead - I'm Not A Hipster 2, Tuners/Imports/Midnight Club, whatever, etc.

How else would they attain those record quarters, sales and player count numbers? Lol there's always an ulterior motive with these shady developers.

[CosmicBuffalo]

I feel the 31st is the best bet.  It seems like the schedule was thrown off for various reasons.   Especially since the last update end over a month ago.  I need a double dooms day senario.  That pushes it back another week.  To the 17th minimum.

[Piro]

27 minutes ago, docpain222 said:

 I don't think QA BETA plays a role anymore, as they have done different stuff with this update like including avatars of real life DJ's, and were able to tease that without a QA Beta update.

um what? are talking about that teaser?
Why on earth would they need qabeta updates to "test real life avatars of DJs" in a teaser? Oo There is nothing to "test"
 
qabeta is like the last beta testing. Its done after everything else is ready (that includes teasers pictures and trailers)

Edited July 3, 2018 by Piro

[Volganor]

Looking back at previous releases, only festive or Halloween-related content, unannounced/unremarkable content (Beach Bum, INAH, Flight School, January 2016 and SSASSS), Lowriders and Smuggler's Run came out during the second half of their respective months. All other content came during the first half of each month.

 

I don't know, seems like better odds of this one coming in the 10th or 17th at the latest. INAH itself was on the 17th of June, 2014.

[Commander S]

9 minutes ago, Rafae said:

How else would they attain those record quarters, sales and player count numbers? Lol there's always an ulterior motive with these shady developers.

And what's really annoying is that it all reflects back on "Rockstar" - as it is, RDR2 is shaping up pretty nicely by all appearances, and is probably going to be a perfectly robust continuation of what people normally expect from "a Rockstar Games production".

 

Meanwhile, the GTAO team at R* North spent ages wasting the potential of Online (it remains to be seen whether nightclubs represent them finally making good on said potential, or just 'too little, too late'), as well as squandering a decade and a half of goodwill. Heck, while Sam, Dan and co. have been turning their attention to Red Dead, the GTAO team has been breaking the previous single-player game, as update after update to GTAO messes with the basic architecture of GTA V.

[Rafae]

1 minute ago, Volganor said:

Looking back at previous releases, only festive or Halloween-related content, unannounced/unremarkable content (Beach Bum, INAH, Flight School, January 2016 and SSASSS), Lowriders and Smuggler's Run came out during the second half of their respective months. All other content came during the first half of each month.

 

I don't know, seems like better odds of this one coming in the 10th or 17th at the latest. INAH itself was on the 17th of June, 2014.

 

Considering we have The Guest List stuff to factor in this time around, it's really hard to tell whether or not they'll put the update out while the rewards are still being given out. They don't make it easy for us to speculate about it either...

[ddarko12]

I dont know why we always tend to think rockstar will follow the path that makes sense when they never do.

 

Im just gonna log in daily for 10 mins then leave til we get a real announcement. If this doesnt come til the 24th or 31st then qabeta will likely start next week and announcement.

 

But thats optimistic. we may not get a trailer til launch day. Folks its happened before a lot.

[IceMan56]

1 minute ago, ddarko12 said:

we may not get a trailer til launch day. Folks its happened before a lot.

that was the worst

[Guest]

2 hours ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

While this is indeed true I have a feeling that the Pounder Custom will be a day one vehicle and that players on the guest list will get the discounted price upon release.

 

I don't know how that would or even could work though.

I might be way off, but IIRC they did something *kind of* similar with the Hermes.

 

We'd gotten a "token" to buy one for free before it released with the DDH dripfeed.

 

So I guess whoever gets the Pounder discount will have that tunable(?) loaded onto their account before Nightclubs drops.

Edited July 3, 2018 by Guest