The Official B*tch & Moan Thread (Part 2)

[Pedinhuh]

 

 

So there's a jump that the Omnis can't make in the new In the City stunt course. Are you f*cking kidding me? A stunt car cannot get through one of the stunt races? This was a non-stock Omnis with catch-up turned off btw. Tried it several times and the Omnis just barely undershot the landing every time.

 

I know it's common knowledge here by now, but Rockstar doesn't playtest the sh*t they make anymore. To them playtesting is "well the update didn't blow up the console/PC upon downloading it so that's good enough for us".

 

At least maybe now the Omnis might get the buff it needs. A speed buff and preferably a tad better downforce stat.

It's a rally car...it's never going to perform well on a track against things like the Jester and Massacro. What next, complaining that the Bagger can't make the jumps in motorcycle races? Use a little common sense and pick a more suitable vehicle.

 

If the car can't complete the course, it shouldn't be be able to be chosen. That's common sense.

R* wont stop you from using whatever PV you have on races as long it is in the required class since the car is yours and you put your money on it.

 

That is why you can use the sh*tty rusty Voodoo on Duel, even though it has problems doing the stunt jumps.

 

If i'm not mistaken, you can't select the Omnis in this race if custom cars is turned off.

[Mach1bud]

 

So there's a jump that the Omnis can't make in the new In the City stunt course. Are you f*cking kidding me? A stunt car cannot get through one of the stunt races? This was a non-stock Omnis with catch-up turned off btw. Tried it several times and the Omnis just barely undershot the landing every time.

 

I know it's common knowledge here by now, but Rockstar doesn't playtest the sh*t they make anymore. To them playtesting is "well the update didn't blow up the console/PC upon downloading it so that's good enough for us".

 

At least maybe now the Omnis might get the buff it needs. A speed buff and preferably a tad better downforce stat.

It's a rally car...it's never going to perform well on a track against things like the Jester and Massacro. What next, complaining that the Bagger can't make the jumps in motorcycle races? Use a little common sense and pick a more suitable vehicle.

You act as if the average person has any idea how a car will perform or what the course will consist of.

 

People see the Omnis, it is a race car, release with the previous stunt races. It is a perfectly fine assumption that a race car can complete the stunt races.

 

So yes, if the Bagger is an option, it better damn well be able to complete the race. They can lock races to certain vehicles, if that is what needs to be done then they need to do it.

 

It has nothing to do with peoples choices, it has to do with lack of testing on Rockstar's part.

[⁣V⁣]

//calculated

"oh, look, someone's driving like a f*cking maniac. Let's stand in the middle of the intersection and die"

[Fezza1999]

//calculated

"oh, look, someone's driving like a f*cking maniac. Let's stand in the middle of the intersection and die"

This happens to me f*cking time I try to sell a vehicle

[fw3]

This is a follow-up to my previous post about having my XBL account suspended last month (you can read about it in the spoiler, if you like).

Well, thanks to my tenacious voracity when it comes to corporate accountability, my efforts arguing with Microsoft paid off.
I just received a formal apology for my inconvenience and a code to redeem a month of XBLive as compensation for the suspension time.

It's nice to be vindicated and have them recognize their errors and, after me barking, they tossed me a bone.
My B&M is that I had to spend quality time jumping through hoops to get it.

The take-away:
If you get penalized and truly/honestly did "nothing wrong," it's worth it to challenge and see it through. I recommend documenting every date, name you speak to, and discussion and feed it back to them. Always be professional and use words like "unacceptable," "offensive," and "customer loyalty" when pleading your case. It may not always work, but sometimes, it does.

Cheers!

 

 

 

 

I'm quite frustrated today, as I returned from vacation to find my account on XBL was suspended due to "Marketplace Theft."

Back in December, MS charged two different accounts for the annual renewal. I contacted them about the error and provided proof, to which they agreed and reimbursed me for one of the charges.

 

Then, a week ago, their "Enforcement Team" flagged it as "a circumvention of the Terms of Agreement by trying to obtain unauthorized chargebacks via fraudulent activity," which they wrote, "has threatened the integrity of XBL and harmed the developers and content creators."

 

My family is now banned from XBL, meaning no access to GTAO, other games, Netflix, Hulu, or do anything requiring XBL.

I learned after an hour on the phone with MS support, that there is no actual "Enforcement Team," but rather an automated program that flags erroneous activity on account billing, automatically suspending anything out of the norm. Once it suspends, the MS support team cannot access the account to re-activate, fix the problem, pro-rate my account, refund me for the new error, or even cancel my subscription, altogether.

My only option, as I was told, was to wait until the ban is lifted in a month and there's no way to dispute the decision.

So, I'm called a liar, a thief, and a fraud who violated the terms of service. What's confusing is that even if it were true, why only a ban for a month? What does that do? Will I have learned some lesson? Is this punishment akin to time-out because my sister claims I hit her, when I didn't?

Clearly, it's a broke system and once I have access to my account, I may sell off my XB junk and buy a PS.

TL;DR:
Local mechanic charged you twice for an oil change. You called it out, rightly, and he reimburses you. But, when you go to get your car, he tells you you're banned from the garage and can't get your car because you tried to rip him off. He says to come back in a month when you've learned your lesson.

<sigh>

 

 

Edited March 1, 2017 by fw3

[Opzeker]

//calculated

 

 

"oh, look, someone's driving like a f*cking maniac. Let's stand in the middle of the intersection and die"

Reverse B/M; classy Dukes.

[Fennimoe]

Awesome, FW3!!

[whywontyoulisten]

Just started a cargo drop mission with the planes and a "friend" joins my solo session. He leaves straight away, but by then it's too late and randoms are streaming in, with one of them heading straight for me in a helicopter. f*cksake.

Edited March 1, 2017 by whywontyoulisten

[⁣V⁣]

 

//calculated

 

 

"oh, look, someone's driving like a f*cking maniac. Let's stand in the middle of the intersection and die"

Reverse B/M; classy Dukes.

 

*proceeds to suck Classique's dick for giving me the Dukes*

Yeah, it's great.

The car, not the dick.

Edited March 1, 2017 by --V--

[DangerZ0neX]

 

The dilema of kicking people out of sessions when doing business sell missions. I read so often here about people who get annoyed when they are kicked straight out of a freemode lobby. My friends and I wouldn't kick people but the last few days have changed that for sure. We have done five sell missions and in three of them poeple joined after the sell missions started and immediately came out in either a hydra or buzzard costing us hundreds of thousands of GTA$. I'm now of the belief that it is safer to kick people if you see them going into a helicopter or jet because it isn't worth the hours of gameplay we put in just to have our products destroyed. Also two of those players had their PSN message settings set so they couldn't receive messages, I couldn't even ask what compels these players to ruin other peoples days in this manner.

 

Omigosh, it ruined your day?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, if someone does nothing but be as much of a toxic piece of sh*t and ruin your gameplay, then common sense states that his day is ruined especially if it's a day off.

[Forza Harrd]

 

 

So there's a jump that the Omnis can't make in the new In the City stunt course. Are you f*cking kidding me? A stunt car cannot get through one of the stunt races? This was a non-stock Omnis with catch-up turned off btw. Tried it several times and the Omnis just barely undershot the landing every time.

 

I know it's common knowledge here by now, but Rockstar doesn't playtest the sh*t they make anymore. To them playtesting is "well the update didn't blow up the console/PC upon downloading it so that's good enough for us".

 

At least maybe now the Omnis might get the buff it needs. A speed buff and preferably a tad better downforce stat.

It's a rally car...it's never going to perform well on a track against things like the Jester and Massacro. What next, complaining that the Bagger can't make the jumps in motorcycle races? Use a little common sense and pick a more suitable vehicle.

You act as if the average person has any idea how a car will perform or what the course will consist of.

 

People see the Omnis, it is a race car, release with the previous stunt races. It is a perfectly fine assumption that a race car can complete the stunt races.

 

So yes, if the Bagger is an option, it better damn well be able to complete the race. They can lock races to certain vehicles, if that is what needs to be done then they need to do it.

 

It has nothing to do with peoples choices, it has to do with lack of testing on Rockstar's part.

 

 

No, it's supposed to be hard. If the game was easy nobody would want to play it except soccer moms and little kids. If you try the damn race in the wrong car and it can't make it around the course, that's a learning experience. If you keep trying the same car and complaining about, that's a test and you failed it.

[RedDagger]

I'm pretty sure it's bad game design to have a car option in a race where it's literally impossible to even complete the track, when it hasn't been a gameplay aspect for any other previous tracks.

 

That's not about the game being easy or hard, it's just dumb.

[Nyamber]

 

 

 

So there's a jump that the Omnis can't make in the new In the City stunt course. Are you f*cking kidding me? A stunt car cannot get through one of the stunt races? This was a non-stock Omnis with catch-up turned off btw. Tried it several times and the Omnis just barely undershot the landing every time.

 

I know it's common knowledge here by now, but Rockstar doesn't playtest the sh*t they make anymore. To them playtesting is "well the update didn't blow up the console/PC upon downloading it so that's good enough for us".

 

At least maybe now the Omnis might get the buff it needs. A speed buff and preferably a tad better downforce stat.

It's a rally car...it's never going to perform well on a track against things like the Jester and Massacro. What next, complaining that the Bagger can't make the jumps in motorcycle races? Use a little common sense and pick a more suitable vehicle.

You act as if the average person has any idea how a car will perform or what the course will consist of.

 

People see the Omnis, it is a race car, release with the previous stunt races. It is a perfectly fine assumption that a race car can complete the stunt races.

 

So yes, if the Bagger is an option, it better damn well be able to complete the race. They can lock races to certain vehicles, if that is what needs to be done then they need to do it.

 

It has nothing to do with peoples choices, it has to do with lack of testing on Rockstar's part.

 

 

No, it's supposed to be hard. If the game was easy nobody would want to play it except soccer moms and little kids. If you try the damn race in the wrong car and it can't make it around the course, that's a learning experience. If you keep trying the same car and complaining about, that's a test and you failed it.

 

No, not being able to finish with a certain car is dumb game design.

 

If you are given the option of using it, it should be able to f*cking finish.

Edited March 1, 2017 by The-Irish-Hunter

[afriendlyreddot]

A little background information before I ask my question.

 

I decided to be a little $hit today and heavy sniper grief some schlubs doing a stand your ground. It was too perfect of a location not to, and there was 8 of them plus a few slaggers who I assume were friends. Regardless, I set up in the hills and begin to rain hell and my lord was it fun to watch them all scatter and try to zero in on my position. Two more stand your grounds later and some tough guy slides up on me off the radar and kills me, no biggy because I found him and showed him the error of his ways. Afterwards he gets a jet from Zancudo and so I follow suit, and manage to kill him a few more times before crashing and then sniping it out on the ground watching him kill himself frantically every time he had a chance to. Somehow we end up in the city and 4 more tryhard-esque friends of his show up. It was a fun fight and I managed to get up on kills on all of them but I can only handle a 5 v 1 for so long. So I go passive, run to my office and begin talking trash because I felt like I earned that right.

 

They called me trash because I went passive after wiping 5 dudes by myself, me?!?!?! This is one of the only situations in which I think passive mode is useful but maybe I'm wrong. I dunno but dude never came out of his jet after his friends showed up on foot, rocket spamming and BST popping lil mofos.

 

I suppose I could have kept fighting but I figured I earned the right to make a clean getaway so that I could get to my office and talk some trash.

 

Thoughts? Am I trash for leaving the fight after smacking them around a bit or should I have stayed and eventually started making mistakes until they caught up on kills?

Edited March 1, 2017 by AbeePoo89

[fw3]

Am I trash for leaving the fight after smacking them around a bit or should I have stayed and eventually started making mistakes until they caught up on kills?

The "so I go passive and run to my office" part is where you answered your own question, I think.

 

[afriendlyreddot]

 

Am I trash for leaving the fight after smacking them around a bit or should I have stayed and eventually started making mistakes until they caught up on kills?

The "so I go passive and run to my office" part is where you answered your own question, I think.

 

 

LMAO can't even be mad at you for that picture. I suppose you're right, I should have stuck around and waited for them to quit first but I had to tinkle!

[HamwithCheese]

You can't pick a different car in the middle of the race. And if I remember correctly, this is a videogame, not everything has to be factually correct. The fact that they added tracks that cars cannot complete is just the pure idiocy. I'd like to know what track this was so I can see for myself.

[hugh750]

r* should have implemented some way for jet jerks to pay for any pv's they destroy my phoenix was blown up twice by jet assholes for no reason.

even though i didn't have to have it replaced.

[Nyamber]

r* should have implemented some way for jet jerks to pay for any pv's they destroy my phoenix was blown up twice by jet assholes for no reason.

even though i didn't have to have it replaced.

They did? Insurance?

 

Am I misunderstanding this?

[hugh750]

 

r* should have implemented some way for jet jerks to pay for any pv's they destroy my phoenix was blown up twice by jet assholes for no reason.

even though i didn't have to have it replaced.

They did? Insurance?

 

Am I misunderstanding this?

 

kinda, i was getting at they shouldn't get away with destroying pv's without paying to replace it like most of us.

Edited March 1, 2017 by hugh750

[Semaj 2JZ♢]

Ha! Had to see for myself, but yeah, In the City, is a pretty difficult race to do with a stock Omnis. However, after 5 tries, I finally got it. I had to hold back on the stick to get it completely upside down and then rotated it forward as I approached the lip and made it.

 

But, yeah, hahahahahaha, it's terrible game design.

[HamwithCheese]

You can't pick a different car in the middle of the race. And if I remember correctly, this is a videogame, not everything has to be factually correct. The fact that they added tracks that cars cannot complete is just the pure idiocy. I'd like to know what track this was so I can see for myself.

I actually finished with the omnis, but I literally had to do flips to increase my distance. Very poor design.

[Picklez]

It's a rally car...it's never going to perform well on a track against things like the Jester and Massacro. What next, complaining that the Bagger can't make the jumps in motorcycle races? Use a little common sense and pick a more suitable vehicle.

It's the car they f*cking advertised racing all over the stunt courses along with the Tropos and the Drift Tampa that they so stupidly made a sports car. First Cunning Stunts vehicle that can't actually complete a stunt race. I know the latest batch of stunt races are sh*t, but do they also have to be untested sh*t?

Edited March 1, 2017 by Picklez

[Happy Hunter]

 

Just something I briefly saw while down in the city lol. Could've gone up in a Hydra to crush everything back down I guess, but I've already played jets to death a long time ago.

 

I'd rather have swooped in using a terrifying flying tank, blasted everything down.

 

But there's only the paper mache, tiny range, toy version of that. So, yeah. Did more races instead.

Edited March 1, 2017 by Happy Hunter

[autofanatic]

//calculated

"oh, look, someone's driving like a f*cking maniac. Let's stand in the middle of the intersection and die"

NPC cars always such a troll. Maybe you should wait until the light changed to green.

[Pedinhuh]

 

 

 

 

So there's a jump that the Omnis can't make in the new In the City stunt course. Are you f*cking kidding me? A stunt car cannot get through one of the stunt races? This was a non-stock Omnis with catch-up turned off btw. Tried it several times and the Omnis just barely undershot the landing every time.

 

I know it's common knowledge here by now, but Rockstar doesn't playtest the sh*t they make anymore. To them playtesting is "well the update didn't blow up the console/PC upon downloading it so that's good enough for us".

 

At least maybe now the Omnis might get the buff it needs. A speed buff and preferably a tad better downforce stat.

It's a rally car...it's never going to perform well on a track against things like the Jester and Massacro. What next, complaining that the Bagger can't make the jumps in motorcycle races? Use a little common sense and pick a more suitable vehicle.

You act as if the average person has any idea how a car will perform or what the course will consist of.

 

People see the Omnis, it is a race car, release with the previous stunt races. It is a perfectly fine assumption that a race car can complete the stunt races.

 

So yes, if the Bagger is an option, it better damn well be able to complete the race. They can lock races to certain vehicles, if that is what needs to be done then they need to do it.

 

It has nothing to do with peoples choices, it has to do with lack of testing on Rockstar's part.

 

No, it's supposed to be hard. If the game was easy nobody would want to play it except soccer moms and little kids. If you try the damn race in the wrong car and it can't make it around the course, that's a learning experience. If you keep trying the same car and complaining about, that's a test and you failed it.

 

No, not being able to finish with a certain car is dumb game design.

 

If you are given the option of using it, it should be able to f*cking finish.

Why is everybody ignoring what I just said earlier?

 

R* IS NOT GOING TO STOP YOU USING YOUR OWN PV IN RACES! doesn't matter how sh*tty the car is, if custom cars is turned on, you can go nuts and even use a BF Surfer in van races, granted, it will not win you anything, but R* lets you have have the choice to use it.

 

Can you imagine the bitching if players found out they couldn't use their PVs in races?

 

The same applies to the Omnis, you can use it in races, you wont anything but you can use it as long as you own it.

 

That is not hard to grasp, folks...

Edited March 2, 2017 by Pedinhuh

[⁣V⁣]

 

//calculated

 

 

"oh, look, someone's driving like a f*cking maniac. Let's stand in the middle of the intersection and die"

NPC cars always such a troll. Maybe you should wait until the light changed to green.

 

He shouldn't stop in the middle of the intersection in the first place.

And I already clarified that I was driving like a "f*cking maniac".

[hugh750]

 

 

//calculated

 

 

"oh, look, someone's driving like a f*cking maniac. Let's stand in the middle of the intersection and die"

NPC cars always such a troll. Maybe you should wait until the light changed to green.

 

He shouldn't stop in the middle of the intersection in the first place.

And I already clarified that I was driving like a "f*cking maniac".

 

the npc drivers sometimes piss me off, they always make their left turn or u turn when i'm speeding past them at 90+ mph causing me to crash into them or when cops are chasing they sometimes pin me.

[Mach1bud]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So there's a jump that the Omnis can't make in the new In the City stunt course. Are you f*cking kidding me? A stunt car cannot get through one of the stunt races? This was a non-stock Omnis with catch-up turned off btw. Tried it several times and the Omnis just barely undershot the landing every time.

I know it's common knowledge here by now, but Rockstar doesn't playtest the sh*t they make anymore. To them playtesting is "well the update didn't blow up the console/PC upon downloading it so that's good enough for us".

At least maybe now the Omnis might get the buff it needs. A speed buff and preferably a tad better downforce stat.

It's a rally car...it's never going to perform well on a track against things like the Jester and Massacro. What next, complaining that the Bagger can't make the jumps in motorcycle races? Use a little common sense and pick a more suitable vehicle.

You act as if the average person has any idea how a car will perform or what the course will consist of.

People see the Omnis, it is a race car, release with the previous stunt races. It is a perfectly fine assumption that a race car can complete the stunt races.

So yes, if the Bagger is an option, it better damn well be able to complete the race. They can lock races to certain vehicles, if that is what needs to be done then they need to do it.

It has nothing to do with peoples choices, it has to do with lack of testing on Rockstar's part.

No, it's supposed to be hard. If the game was easy nobody would want to play it except soccer moms and little kids. If you try the damn race in the wrong car and it can't make it around the course, that's a learning experience. If you keep trying the same car and complaining about, that's a test and you failed it.

No, not being able to finish with a certain car is dumb game design.

If you are given the option of using it, it should be able to f*cking finish.

Why is everybody ignoring what I just said earlier?

R* IS NOT GOING TO STOP YOU USING YOUR OWN PV IN RACES! doesn't matter how sh*tty the car is, if custom cars is turned on, you can go nuts and even use a BF Surfer in van races, granted, it will not win you anything, but R* lets you have have the choice to use it.

Can you imagine the bitching if players found out they couldn't use their PVs in races?

The same applies to the Omnis, you can use it in races, you wont anything but you can use it as long as you own it.

That is not hard to grasp, folks...

 

 

 

Obviously. That isn't the issue. The cars are fine. They need to change the track. If it is locked to a certain class then every car in that class should be able to complete the race. Nobody is suggesting they should limit the race to only certain PV's. They need to design the race to accommodate the cars that it says it accommodates.

 

The issue is that certain cars literally cannot complete the course, not that it is too slow to be competitive. Some cars just cannot make the jumps.

Edited March 2, 2017 by Mach1bud

[xDatxJunkyx]

The customization in this game is 5.5/10, everything to how you look in general, and the lack of options in my opinion, makes my experience worse.

 

Even though I make do with what I got, and I see many other peeps making do too, they could've done much better in this department.

 

When it comes to looking good, there's wayyyyyy too much thinking power you need to put in.