Next DLC Speculation Thread Mk VII

[ddarko12]

9 minutes ago, Agent 14 said:

DLC isn't free this has been debunked thousands of times. 

 

 

Let me know when you can access these DLC items without buying sharkcards or partaking in a slow ass grind. I'll wait.

Yuuup, exactly what I'm sayin. Respect to those who grind a lot or have figured out really good ways to make money. I've done it for years and well, let's just say I'd be a far more critical/bitchy person if I still did it because then I'd really want my moneys worth with these updates

Edited June 23, 2019 by ddarko12

[Mach1bud]

3 minutes ago, Agent 14 said:

Yes you recieve the content but you can't access this content until A. You pay for game currency with real life money or B. Take on the grind. Nothing changes.

I know what you meant, I was just saying "grinding" only exists if you want it to. I've never grinded anything in game, still have everything I could ever want. I've tried to explain it before but nobody gets it.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Mach1bud
But yeah Beach Bum really was free as it gets that's true.

[Agent 14]

4 minutes ago, Mach1bud said:

I know what you meant, I was just saying "grinding" only exists if you want it to. I've never grinded anything in game, still have everything I could ever want. I've tried to explain it before but nobody gets it.

I mean the grind is optional as the paying for shark card is. I don't have nothing against people who buy them if they don't have time to grind or simply can't be bothered with sh*tty pay outs and can afford it more power to them. 

Edited June 23, 2019 by Agent 14

[Mach1bud]

16 minutes ago, Zak Ras said:

Help me out. When we're talking about a "6 month dripfeed", are we thinking;

 

- Every week will have ONE "new" thing, i.e. we'll get all the content dripfed over the first few weeks and the remaining months will consist of stuff that's already ingame but just never made available (The Gunrunning, Doomsday and After Hours liveries)

 

OR

 

- We'll get 2 months of content from the Diamond Resort update, then a few months later we'll get a Diamond Resort Series of advesary modes and (if we're lucky) a handful of contact missions like Arena War's dripfeed.

Pretty much every update for the last few years have had a 90 day dripfeed schedule up until Arena Wars. (+/- a week or two). The 90 days consist of car releases once a week or every two weeks, with multiple vehicles (rare for them to do that though). I expect a similar trend as Arena Wars. 90 days of dripfeeding cars, then after that smaller additions, adversary modes, new jobs, etc.

 

But that's just my prediction.

 

7 minutes ago, Agent 14 said:

I mean the grind is optional as the paying for shark card is. I don't have nothing against people who buy them if they don't have time to grind or simply can't be bothered with sh*tty pay outs and can afford it more power to them. 

Lol this is what I mean. There is a third option. No shark cards, no grinding. (No cheating either, I guess that's a fourth option).

 

I just play whatever I enjoy, and when the update rolls around I find I have plenty of money for whatever I want. 

 

Regardless, I shouldn't have brought it up. It's off topic tbh.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Mach1bud

[RetroStyle]

10 minutes ago, Mach1bud said:

I know what you meant, I was just saying "grinding" only exists if you want it to. I've never grinded anything in game, still have everything I could ever want. I've tried to explain it before but nobody gets it.

But tbf you're always close to broke, and think fuel injection was created by the devil lol. I stopped grinding years ago. I just play what seems fun n brings me joy, but im also 'Independantly Wealthy'  But i did grind over 700M over 3 years to the point where getting prepared for dlcs started seeming like a job.

[Mach1bud]

5 minutes ago, RetroStyle said:

But tbf you're always close to broke

Money is meaningless unless you spend it.

[Aghakhi]

4 minutes ago, Mach1bud said:

Money is meaningless unless you spend it.

That's one of the greater truths in this world

[Pedinhuh]

7 minutes ago, Mach1bud said:

Money is meaningless unless you spend it.

I share the same point of view.

 

This is a video game and this is fake money, you don't have to worry about saving money for retirement, you definitely are not making funds for your fake children, so as long as you have about 8 million in the bank you will have enough money to buy anything you want in the game(minus the Luxor Deluxe, but that is a worthless one-time purchase anyway)...I usually keep myself at 10 million just because I like the number.

 

Once you get to the end game, hoarding money is useless.

[Irish45455]

1 hour ago, Mach1bud said:

Yeah I am definitely expecting a 6 month dripfeed.

F*ck. My. Life. I know it's the norm to have dripfeeding now but sure as God's got sandals does it ever suck having to wait through two months of cars you couldn't give a damn about just to finally get that one car you can't wait for.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Irish45455

[Pedinhuh]

3 minutes ago, Irish45455 said:

F*ck. My. Life. I know it's the norm to have dripfeeding now but sure as God's got sandals does it ever suck having to wait through two months of cars you couldn't give a damn about just to finally get that one car you can't wait for.

Even worse is when you're expecting your dreamed car to come in the next day, only to find out that R* has decided to skip a week.

 

It's like having your car stolen or something like that.

[Cudwieser]

4 hours ago, Standard Deluxe 59 said:

I think they can separate bought money from earned and add a stipulation that says "You may only use earned money to play games at the casino." They could add a third category of currency for bought money. Something like: Cash, Bank, and Credit with the last category being reserved for shark card money.

I like the idea, but the level of finessing needed would require adjusting the entire exchange code if there isn't already a code implemented that differentiates the currencies when spent. It's easy to mark the currencies when earned, but when spent how does the game know which to use. You are effectively talking three lines of code to check before and action is taken. Not the most complex of tasks but a bollox to implement if not already set up.

[Mach1bud]

4 minutes ago, Irish45455 said:

F*ck. My. Life. I know it's the norm to have dripfeeding now but sure as God's got sandals does it ever suck having to wait through two months of cars you couldn't give a damn about just to finally get that one car you can't wait for.

I mean, you might get lucky and Rockstar changes the method they have used for the last 4 years and release everything all at once.

[Hiphopzebra]

10 minutes ago, Mach1bud said:

I mean, you might get lucky and Rockstar changes the method they have used for the last 4 years and release everything all at once.

Nah I’d see this if they renamed the casino to get lucky ( and it had different name now) but getting rid of the luck means drip feed like a leaky faucet

[Agent 14]

22 minutes ago, Mach1bud said:

I mean, you might get lucky and Rockstar changes the method they have used for the last 4 years and release everything all at once.

Nah.. because if they go back to that people once will go and start bitching on their feeds saying they're bored already and want more DLC. That's the main reason they started doing dripfed content on the first place. So that they can release every thing little by little instead of having them release everything then have to deal with the whole I want new dlc mob.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Agent 14
Example of this were the heist and the first Ill gotten gains update. Heist took about 2 years they put everything and the week after it was released the were people bitching for new dlc. Lol

[Non Funkable Token]

6 minutes ago, Agent 14 said:

Nah.. because if they go back to that people once will go and start bitching on their feeds saying they're bored already and want more DLC. That's the main reason they started doing dripfed content on the first place. So that they can release every thing little by little instead of having them release everything then have to deal with the whole I want new dlc mob.

#NotAllPeople

[Mach1bud]

Was being sarcastic, of course they aren't going to change the dripfeeding.

[Agent 14]

3 minutes ago, Fluffy Sock said:

#NotAllPeople

Not all people of course but the majority of people who had an account at RSC was bugging them for new DLC a week after they release content. Majority of GTA players used the RSC while a minority portion of the players would not bitch and whine and were or still are members of third party forums like this one neogaf gamefaqs ign etc.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Agent 14

[RetroStyle]

25 minutes ago, Cudwieser said:

I like the idea, but the level of finessing needed would require adjusting the entire exchange code if there isn't already a code implemented that differentiates the currencies when spent. It's easy to mark the currencies when earned, but when spent how does the game know which to use. You are effectively talking three lines of code to check before and action is taken. Not the most complex of tasks but a bollox to implement if not already set up.

The game stats literally itemize every dollar you've made/spent. Isolating sharkcard cash would still be easier than building a whole new type of currency. Not sayin it would be super easy, but definitely doable. Plus if theres a whole new currency it wont push sharks. Ppl will simply grind for casino chips, while their bank account is untouched. R* wants you broke so when dripfeeds drop you gotta buy sharks to get shiny stuff.

[Cudwieser]

4 minutes ago, Agent 14 said:

Not all people of course but the majority of people who had an account at RSC was bugging them for new DLC a week after they release content. Majority of GTA players used the RSC while a minority portion of the players would not bitch and whine and were or still are members of third party forums like this one neogaf gamefaqs ign etc.

RSC?

[Agent 14]

Just now, Cudwieser said:

RSC?

Rockstar Social Club?

[Philphuge]

My mindset for becoming a billionaire was 

 

“The day you figure out your career destiny is the day your true financial freedom begins.”

 

[Agent 14]

10 minutes ago, Mach1bud said:

Was being sarcastic, of course they aren't going to change the dripfeeding.

Oh yeah I know man. 

[MisterLanceVanceDance]

R* always gives little hints of the next DLC with content in every update, I predicted we’d finally get the casino next once I saw the Arena Wheel in the spectator booth. Too obvious they were testing out casino stuff. 

 

Now that leads me to the next hint I haven’t seen many people talk about yet - new weapons. I’m gonna call it now and say we’re getting the flamethrower, something like Elon Musk’s “Not-A-Flamethrower” in real life. 

[Cudwieser]

12 minutes ago, RetroStyle said:

The game stats literally itemize every dollar you've made/spent. Isolating sharkcard cash would still be easier than building a whole new type of currency. Not sayin it would be super easy, but definitely doable. Plus if theres a whole new currency it wont push sharks. Ppl will simply grind for casino chips, while their bank account is untouched. R* wants you broke so when dripfeeds drop you gotta buy sharks to get shiny stuff.

True and while I'd appreciate  seperation of monies, there is little need of it. Legally R* have been very clever and don't really need  seperation of monies (although implementing one would at least give a little extra protection). IMO I don't see the rate of Shark card purchases changing beyond the usual spikes when new content drops. The casino won't change the dynamic  overall, even for the lucky few and card sales will remain largely as is. The game at large already seems to bankrupt players as it is. The casino will amount to little more than a more readily available discount on everything for the luck few and an overpriced office on the other.

Edited June 23, 2019 by Cudwieser

[Mach1bud]

3 minutes ago, MisterLanceVanceDance said:

Now that leads me to the next hint I haven’t seen many people talk about yet - new weapons. I’m gonna call it now and say we’re getting the flamethrower, something like Elon Musk’s “Not-A-Flamethrower” in real life. 

What was the hint for a flamethrower?

Edited June 23, 2019 by Mach1bud
Hey everyone, at this rate we will pass page 1000 in the next day or so. Yay.

[Flash FM]

1 hour ago, ddarko12 said:

I'm dead. The amount of money an average Shark Card buyer pays for content in GTA:O is far more than the GTA IV DLC's pricetag. Of course the DLCs are free but theres a reason making lucrative profits is so time consuming and why new stuff costs co much especially compared to vanilla content... So yes imho you can compare the two.

hey, I think the amount of GTA$ you get per price point should definitely be increased, and I think the balance for grinders has much to be improved, you can't really compare the two because at this point T2 shareholders expect content updates to continue, the updates increase player count and in turn increase virtual currency sales just by virtue of existence

but for real I am done with this, it is way off topic

Edited June 23, 2019 by Lazlow.Jones

[Cudwieser]

1 minute ago, Mach1bud said:

What was the hint for a flamethrower?

Ditto. Didn't read a thing in the screed that would hint at weapons

1 minute ago, Lazlow.Jones said:

hey, I think the amount of GTA$ you get per price point should definitely be increased, and I think the balance for grinders has much to be improved, you can't really compare the two because at this point T2 shareholders expect content updates to continue, the updates increase player count and in turn increase virtual currency sales just by virtue of existence

Or the prices dropped.

[Agent 14]

3 minutes ago, MisterLanceVanceDance said:

R* always gives little hints of the next DLC with content in every update, I predicted we’d finally get the casino next once I saw the Arena Wheel in the spectator booth. Too obvious they were testing out casino stuff. 

 

Now that leads me to the next hint I haven’t seen many people talk about yet - new weapons. I’m gonna call it now and say we’re getting the flamethrower, something like Elon Musk’s “Not-A-Flamethrower” in real life. 

If we're going by this. Then let's talk about from where it all started which was in old gen when people made prediction about the casino because of the coming soon banner. The same way the jet pack was predicted because of the painting at mt chilliad. Speaking of that I kinda miss those videos of the jet pack hunters lol

[eyman]

9 hours ago, ddarko12 said:

Right on the money. It was really just a big disappointment. Couple that with the inclusion of crappy military garbage, a car that should've came out months prior and was still badged wrong, and a very very sh*tty selection of poorly done vehicles on the side, it was really the blandest experience I've had for an update. I mean... I had never logged on for an update and got bored under 2 hours before. I really turned the game off and went back to bed after buying the club and disappointing Swinger and tardy as hell Jester. After the dripfeed of the Stafford, I literally shelved the game, not kidding. I did not touch it until Arena Wars launched.

 

So this is why I've been so keen on containing my hype and always like "well it could always turn out sh*tty" BUT my gut is telling me it is not going to go that way with this DLC...

 

Sorry I couldn't put in a spoiler on my phone

I can't remember who said it in here so I apologise. Based on what has been posted this a redemption of After Hours. I think by the time Rockstar saw the potential in Nightclubs based on wishlisting and the feedback the update received, it was too late as everything was complete (soundtracks, mocaps, designs etc.). I believe the Casino will be exactly what people dreamed the Nightclub will be a true social Place with RPG elements

 

 

8 hours ago, Polynoid said:

 

I do hope Rockstar lets us own a haulage company one day.

 

I went back and played GTA SA the other day and hit the Casinos. As fun as it was, I lost about 65m (maxuim bets) playing Roulette, slots, video poker, Blackjack and the hardest of all Wheel of Fortune. Let's just say the cap for GTAO casino needs to be no more than 100k or else we are going to have some problems. 

Edited June 23, 2019 by eyman

[Cudwieser]

2 minutes ago, eyman said:

I can't remember who said it in here so I apologise. Based on what has been posted this a redemption of After Hours. I think by the time Rockstar saw the potential in Nightclubs based on wishlisting and the feedback the update received, it was too late as everything was complete (soundtracks, mocaps, designs etc.). I believe the Casino will be exactly what people dreamed the Nightclub will be a true social Place with RPG elements

 

 

I went back and played GTA SA the other day and hit the Casinos. As fun as it was, I lost about 65m (maxuim bets) playing Roulette, slots, video poker, Blackjack and the hardest of all Wheel of Fortune. Let's just say the cap for GTAO casino needs to be no more than 100k or else we are going to have some problems. 

Unlimited is fine. Considering the relatively new PVP dynamic, there is less bias and more scope to win if you know how to play poker (the others were always heavily bias by design)