LOS SANTOS DRUG WARS COMES TO GTA ONLINE ON DECEMBER 13

[American Venom]

13 hours ago, R a f a e said:

 

That's not R* posting it lmao that's just the Playstation team posting it for them and showing who's responsible for that original article aka R*Q

 

And it doesn't mean much, they usually do this stuff before update releases.

Who do you think is behind that R*Q account mate? 

[Mexicola9302]

1 hour ago, REVENGE777 said:

Next gen install base is wayyyy too low and CG install base is higher than ever. I doubt they’ll cut support until they absolutely have to

They will cut support, i mean they won't shut down the servers, they just won't release new content for last gen.

 

The game's FPS can already go down to 12-13 FPS afaik, and it's stuttery and laggy af on last gen, it's like unplayable on last gen without a SSD, because very often most of the textures don't get loaded anymore, if playing with the built in HDD that a normal PS4 comes with.

 

I hardly think they will add much more stuff and make the game go down to 9 FPS or something, i mean ONE digit FPS has nothing to do with good gameplay anymore, that is just a slideshow.

[RoadbreakerGTA]

I hope Part 2 has something to do with alcohol, Part 1 is about drugs and would be fitting if the next part is about alcohol and running s distillery, it fits so well tbh, so who knows tbh

[Mexicola9302]

8 minutes ago, RoadbreakerGTA said:

I hope Part 2 has something to do with alcohol, Part 1 is about drugs and would be fitting if the next part is about alcohol and running s distillery, it fits so well tbh, so who knows tbh

Why a distillery? It's not like the game takes place during the prohibition 1920-1933. Everybody can just buy beer, booze, wine at the local liquor store or in a gas station or supermarket. Nobody needs moonshine in the year 2022 or 2023.

 

The game still needs heroin, crack, opium, speed, MDMA and new designer drugs, but not moonshine.

Edited December 10, 2022 by Mexicola9302

[needforsuv]

16 minutes ago, Mexicola9302 said:

moonshine.

tax evasion moonshine

[PisswasserEnjoyer]

25 minutes ago, Mexicola9302 said:

Why a distillery? It's not like the game takes place during the prohibition 1920-1933. Everybody can just buy beer, booze, wine at the local liquor store or in a gas station or supermarket. Nobody needs moonshine in the year 2022 or 2023.

 

The game still needs heroin, crack, opium, speed, MDMA and new designer drugs, but not moonshine.

Cola with cocaine like in the good ol' days? E-Coke

[rlm_gta]

2 hours ago, REVENGE777 said:

Next gen install base is wayyyy too low and CG install base is higher than ever. I doubt they’ll cut support until they absolutely have to

They did the same with Xbox 360 and PS3, they released the PS4/XB1 versions in november 2014 and the PC one in april 2015 and they basically dropped support for old gen in july 2015 with Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2, and the playerbase was waaaay bigger on old gen (I mean old gen at that point, that´s X360 and PS3) at that point, so they don´t care, they are gonna drop those consoles as soon as possible IMO, even the game struggles a lot rendering the world and everything there, it must be a pain in the ass for them

Edited December 10, 2022 by rlm_gta

[Mexicola9302]

I wonder if they will offer a char transfer from old gen to PC, after PC "E&E" has been released. This way ppl that don't own current gen consoles, can at least transfer their chars to PC and continue playing there. After the support for last gen gets cut.

[needforsuv]

1 minute ago, Mexicola9302 said:

I wonder if they will offer a char transfer from old gen to PC, after PC "E&E" has been released. This way ppl that don't own current gen consoles, can at least transfer their chars to PC and continue playing there. After the support for last gen gets cut.

they DID but not anymore...

maybe they'll open it up again?

[rlm_gta]

33 minutes ago, Mexicola9302 said:

I wonder if they will offer a char transfer from old gen to PC, after PC "E&E" has been released. This way ppl that don't own current gen consoles, can at least transfer their chars to PC and continue playing there. After the support for last gen gets cut.

I wish they did it on the first char transfer way back in 2014, they let people to transfer the character without deleting it on the old gen console, but the progress would be individual, basically if you level up on PS3 you will have level 19 on PS3 and level 18 on PS4, and vice versa, basically it was just "copy & paste" your character, but for this new transfers for XSX and PS5 they delete the origin character if you complete the transfer, they did the "cut & paste" way instead of "copy & paste", I think this is not good because imagine you want to play with a friend that still doesn´t have the PS5, if it was the "copy & paste" way you could still use your PS4 char and play with him, but now you cannot play with your PS4 friend (if you don´t want to make a new char of course) because R* made your PS4 char disappear and sent him to El Rubio´s panther cage

Edited December 10, 2022 by rlm_gta

[Gridl0k]

team saturday trailer 

 

 

 

[Mexicola9302]

1 minute ago, Gridl0k said:

team saturday trailer 

 

 

 

I don't think anyone is expecting any trailer or news or anything today.

[Ser_Salty]

5 hours ago, MGgames100 said:

Looking at the fact that they haven't said anything and at the fact that the characters are wearing parodies of ICP, instead of actual ICP merch, maybe, just maybe, we won't be getting any ICP (hopefully).

 

I do hope however for the radio update, as I've mentioned, Channel X has high possibility and I personally hope for either Rebel Radio or VBR.

Channel X and Rebel Radio would make the most sense thematically, since we're out in Blaine County and stuff. They did fittingly update the hip hop stations with The Contract, so here's hoping. (Channel X, Rebel Radio and VBR are also my personal hopes for getting updated)

[tj1124]

13 minutes ago, Gridl0k said:

team saturday trailer 

 

 

 

[Thomas The Dank Engine]

I wonder if we need to collect the new Police Rifle via the dead drop crates...

[SUICIDA4]

Guess the new newswire post with unlocks and discounts will be merged with the new DLC info and trailer. Well we gettin closer by the minute!

[sramjet_noob]

21 minutes ago, Mexicola9302 said:

I don't think anyone is expecting any trailer or news or anything today.

I don't even expect a trailer anymore.

Edited December 10, 2022 by sramjet_noob

[Tiblier1996]

14 hours ago, Thomas The Dank Engine said:

I'm glad you like the rifle. It's somewhat viable against NPCs, but when you PvP 99% of the time in GTA then you find out that you're severely outmatched when you use this weapon against any (competitive)

player. The damage output per shot in combination with its slow rate of fire makes this the worst choice in any weaponry, even stacked with BST.

 

If I can drop an enemy in just a fraction if a second with the Special Carbine or the Service Rifle then I don't have a reason to pick a weapon that performs worse then my main weapon of choice. I mainly use the Service Rifle for the quick and close combat headshots, the Combat MG and musket against tryhards on the MK2, and some other AR's purely for the FMJ and AP rounds. For those long range sniper battles I mainly choose the Heavy Rifle or the Marksman Rifle. 

 

I don't have any need to use the Precision Rifle in any other scenario i normally would. The lockon range isn't that significant, the lack of a scope makes it awkward to use and it's just not a viable weapon to ensure you're getting alive out of a firefight. They seriously need to increase the damage or the lockon range to make this on par with at least the standard sniper rifle. If you're looking for a slow rate of fire weapon, I recommend you just putting a short range scope on your Marksman. It's just as crap as the Precision Rifle, but at least your RoF is a lot higher. Then again, it all boils down to personal preference. One benefit of this gun is that snappy headshot kills are very satisfying! 

 

obrigado pelos esclarecimentos. Foi muito util. Gosto do rifle por puro apelo pessoal, pois pessoalmente já tive contato com esse tipo de armamento. Concordo com vc, no PvP não muito util, mais se um dia vc puder usar um modmenu e usar esse rifle para caçar no GTA V, é muito divertido.

 

thanks for the clarifications. It was very useful. I like the rifle for pure personal appeal, as I have personally had contact with this type of weaponry. I agree with you, in PvP not very useful, but if one day you can use a modmenu and use that rifle to hunt in GTA V, it's a lot of fun.

[tj1124]

2 minutes ago, Thomas The Dank Engine said:

I wonder if we need to collect the new Police Rifle via the dead drop crates...

I have a feeling it'll be time gated and then buyable eventually like the service carbine but I hope rockstar proves me wrong

Edited December 10, 2022 by tj1124

[Gridl0k]

22 minutes ago, Mexicola9302 said:

I don't think anyone is expecting any trailer or news or anything today.

 

[Spider-Vice]

2 hours ago, RoadbreakerGTA said:

I hope Part 2 has something to do with alcohol, Part 1 is about drugs and would be fitting if the next part is about alcohol and running s distillery, it fits so well tbh, so who knows tbh

Well it's pretty clear both will be about drugs, it's just that there seems to be a story attached to it and they're giving us a Part 2. Objective: Escape to Vice City /s

 

Also vehicle folk we have the topic for you!

https://gtaforums.com/topic/987305-los-santos-drug-wars-vehicle-speculation-discussion/

 

[Insoluble Fiber]

 the newswire mentioned experiental upgrades.. do they mean just qol fixes by that?  

[Gridl0k]

10 minutes ago, Insoluble Fiber said:

 the newswire mentioned experiental upgrades.. do they mean just qol fixes by that?  

 

Just a plain weird word choice, again. Upgrades to... something? based on experience? Their experience? Ours? wut 

 

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Caution: Los Santos Drug Wars contains a range of wild side effects, including a new business enterprise to operate, new vehicles and missions, and experiential upgrades.

 

Edited December 10, 2022 by Gridl0k

[Spider-Vice]

5 minutes ago, Gridl0k said:

 

Just a plain weird word choice, again. Upgrades to... something? based on experience? Their experience? Ours? wut 

 

 

I feel like it's just a reference to being high on drugs...  Experiences.

[Insoluble Fiber]

2 minutes ago, Bully2comingsoon said:

Bro they have wasted everyone’s money and time for an entire generation building a road to absolutely nowhere. Like as time goes on its become abundantly clear they’ve just thrown slop at the wall for nearly a decade. What even is this mess? These aren’t buisinesses or operations, they’re reskinned buildings with a laptop in each one that’s does basically the same thing with a different name. No new functionality, animations, nothing. No lie this stuff comes out like it’s made by people who hate their job. 

get with program and just follow the white wabbit

[Gridl0k]

1 minute ago, Spider-Vice said:

I feel like it's just a reference to being high on drugs...  Experiences.

 

Sure, but that's not what that word means ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

 

[Mexicola9302]

Something experiential comes from the real world — from experience. Experiential things can be seen, touched, and verified.

 

Some knowledge comes from reading about it. But experiential knowledge comes from actually doing and experiencing it. If you learned to sail by spending every summer on the water with your own boat, then you have an experiential understanding of sailing. If something is experiential, it's real, rather than conceptual. But you can't learn everything experientially. That's what books are for.

[Spider-Vice]

5 hours ago, Frabbi 01 said:

Last gen support will probably go on until we see GTAO 2.0 (and GTA6 PC), and that will probably happen a year after GTA6 is out.

 

Until then, there will probably be a few things that are exclusive to current gen, like the new faster cars and chameleon paint.

 

I do think though, that last gen should be abandoned immediately of course.

Last Gen can barely hold its legs running GTAO for a few years now (literally 15 FPS), to the point that the Criminal Enterprises update broke it almost completely. This isn't just R*'s fault (the Criminal Enterprises update breaking streaming is on them though I think), it's just reaching its limits, it's pretty much very outdated hardware for a very complex game like GTAO and I'm almost sure it's gonna be dropped next year just like what they did with Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2 on PS3 and Xbox 360. Dropped meaning no more DLC - servers will be on for years to come and maintenance patches will exist for a while lol.

 

I'm almost sure there's a couple reasons why all these QoL changes etc. are coming now - leaving the game in a better state/the best state they can make it to drop last-gen support, and for when GTA Online updates eventually do become more scarce to give place to GTA VI marketing and even its release. I know a lot of the fanbase is taking current GTAO for granted, but they will start decreasing the scope and frequency of updates to give place to GTA VI eventually, almost sure of this.

 

To get ever so slightly back on topic, if this DLC is truly 2 update parts instead of drip-feed, which IMO I think it will, we might be seeing a change in the GTAO update schedule for the first time in years, and I feel like it's gonna be related to GTA VI announcement, marketing and so on. I'm sure at least one of these future DLC's is gonna have connections to it, we already have liveries (Tuners) and so on from symbols people saw in the leaks lol.

[TrickyMario7654]

Will dropping last-gen allow future DLCs to take advantage of the next-gen consoles’ hardware?

[Yoona]

4 minutes ago, TrickyMario7654 said:

Will dropping last-gen allow future DLCs to take advantage of the next-gen consoles’ hardware?

To some extent. But they have to be careful if they want the game to keep performing well in 60 fps mode like it does now.