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GTA Online Mega Exploit Takes Game Robberies To The Meta Level

Gameranx, by Ryan Parreno

In a bizarre scenario mirroring the game itself, players are making billions by breaking the rules.

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HolyDuck3881d ago

Is this xbox too? I only see PS3, maybe I'm missing something.

cleft53881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

I would feel bad for R* except for the fact that they have broken the game to make playing missions almost pointless for gathering RP or cash.

The latest patch essentially halved the Cash and greatly reduced RP for upper level missions. So now you are in a situation where yo can do a mission that takes 10 to 20 minutes and only get around 2000RP if you are lucky and 10k cash.

Meanwhile you can do a race that gives you 2735RP and 10k cash in less than 1 minute 30 seconds. Even if you lose, so long as you finish the race you can still walk away with close to 1000RP and 2k cash, in less than 2 minutes.

Clearly, the missions are broken but of course R* fix for this will be to nerf the races no doubt. I don't mind R* selling their Shark Cards to make money, but when they break the game to practically force you to buy Shark Cards that is a problem. Because now they are treating the online like a bad F2P model.

pedrof933881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

Well if you do races and win them you get a lot of money :D

You are complaining about the time you take to make money ?

Have you heard of a game known as World of Warcraft ?

JackStraw3881d ago

if you think it's hard or takes a long time to make money in WoW, you probably sucked at it and didn't understand the AH.

GarrusVakarian3881d ago

What happened to the feeling of satisfaction from earning money in a legit way in videogames?

Fishy Fingers3881d ago

Haha, exactly, just murder, rob and steal your way to a ligitimate wod of cash.

DARK WITNESS3881d ago

This is GTA, the idea of being satisfied from doing things the legal way go against the very DNA of what GTA is all about.

Add to that the feeling of being totally cheated after playing legit, making money legit.. buying your pad, car, adding mods... and then one day, puff.... all gone!

don't know why people would be supprised. Then you have R* constantly messing around with the mission payouts - so much so that now people feel the missions are not even worth the effort it takes to complete them when you look at the payout you get at the end.

GarrusVakarian3881d ago

I said legit, not legal.

Missions, races, robbing stores. Not hacking and exploiting.

LeCreuset3881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

@Lukas

The two words are interchangeable in the context of the conversation. In fact, "legal" may be a better fit, as we are talking about actions as they relate to the rules Rockstar has made for the game.

Edit: What's with the down vote? Am I wrong, or are our feelings just hurt?

BISHOP-BRASIL3881d ago

Yeah, what can be more legitimate than holding store owners at gun point, killing gang members for their loot or organizing heists?

GarrusVakarian3881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

Ugh, are you people slow? LEGIT IN THE PARAMETERS OF THE GAME. Jesus.....

@theRell

Finally, someone with more than one brain cell.

theRell3881d ago

Legit as in playing the game it's meant to be played.

HammadTheBeast3881d ago

The game is so heavily focused on grinding for days (obviously to support the microtransactions) so glitching money doesn't feel too bad.

mhunterjr3881d ago

If the micro transactions weren't in the game, you'd still have to progress through the ranks. I'm not sure why the mere presence of micro transactions gives people a sense that they are grinding any harder than they would otherwise.

Earning money is riculously easy to do... without cheating the system. joining a crew and playing with higher ranking members will see you tripling your RP, and increasing your cash take several times per mission. You can also create multiple character (they share money) and use the others as cash mules. Just stock up several garages full of expensive cars and sell one every day cycle. Races can earn you tens of thousands of dollars in just a few minutes. the same with rounds of survival.

I will NEVER participate in MTs, but their is plenty of fun to be had without them.

iceman063881d ago

I personally don't believe that it's just about microtransactions. You pretty much see grinding exploits in any game that requires grinding for levels and rewards. People, on average, just don't want to work that hard for the in game rewards. People were exploiting the game before the mp even came out...why would they stop now? It's about the bragging rights, as sad as they might be, of having the finest condo and best cars.

LeCreuset3881d ago

Oh, oh! I can answer that. Paying real money for fake money happened. Rockstar has progressively stripped away the satisfaction of earning money the legit way in this game.

RyuX193881d ago

People were earning money the legit way, they were doing missions that gave decent amounts of money and replaying them. They didn't do anything wrong and there was a replay option to do those missions again in the game till Rockstar realized "Oh crap people are making money! This will ruin our micro-transactions plan!" and disabled the replay option.

Doing that caused people to find other ways to make money though glitching and other missions, but now they've lowered almost all the amounts of reward money for missions and you only get half of the reward money when you die when you didn't before.

Rockstar has been trying to take away all chances of people making decent money in the game without Micro-transactions and people are fighting back.

mhunterjr3881d ago

How is replaying the same missions over and over again not a ridiculous grind? Even with the new (and admittedly overbearing update) there are plenty of ways to earn money... And earn it quickly. But the replay system was clearly broken as people were simply spamming 'base invaders'. surely, rockstar envisioned there would be more to their massive online game than that.

FunkMacNasty3881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

I would prefer to earn money and RP in "legit" ways in-game also. But I do have a major bone to pick with the GTA online economy, becuase after a while, there becomes little incentive to do jobs for money because the payout isnt worth it. PLUS, if you do a mission and you spend $1000 on ammo and $392 on body armor, you play for 10-20 minutes, then you earn $1000, or $2000 dollars, you've actually only made $500-$1000 once you factor in pre-mission expenses. Then you do a bunch of missions and rob stores, you think you have a nice wad of cash, so you drive your car to LosSantos customs, only to find that the paintjob you want is $14,267 dollars??? (unless you want it in one of 20 shades of black or gray) There goes half of the cash you just spent hours accumulating. Then the game becomes a grind.

If I wasn't concerned that R* might ban people who are exploiting this money glitch, I would totally try it..

JackStraw3881d ago

it died with gta online. haven't you been reading?

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djplonker3881d ago

people are still playing gtav online?

rob store run away rinse and repeat for 2k so you can save up for more tools to help you rob stores easier.....fun.

GarrusVakarian3881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

Lmao, if that's how you have been playing the game then i have to laugh in your face. Im guessing the plethora of missions,races,jobs and deathmatches that all get better as you rank up don't exist huh?

Not to mention a HUGE map to explore with your friends.

djplonker3881d ago

I wouldnt know if it gets better as my level 30 char got deleted and the races and deathmatches are fun for a little while!

I got over the playing with my friends part after the first night we resorted to causing a massive pile up on a road with 18 wheelers after that it just felt like gta 4's free roam...

maximus19853881d ago

thanks for leaving gta online. really i appreciate having one less annoying complainer when im trying to work with a team to steal a jet or attack a gang hideout.

mhunterjr3881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

Lol is that all you did while playing the game? I've been stealing jets from military bases, coordinating attacks on jurors, party crashing drug deals, having boat chases against helicopters, having helicopter rooftop raids... I literally do something different every time I play the game. There is more to the game than free mode.

djplonker3881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

I know I did do most of the stuff the game had to offer like stealing jets and helis doing races and tdm's but I got bored fast!

dunno if its the micro transactions but getting cash in the game is a grind and once I got my apartment I got bored then I got deleted and had to do it all again!

I played online for over 30+ hours maybe I should of played an hour or two day instead of the 8 hour shifts I put into it.

just my opinion ;)

Saints943881d ago

Meh, Rockstar deleted my level 95 character. Either I put the time again to get him that high with my time again or sell the game. But with payouts cut in half, and buggy patches, damn cloud servers, AND glitchers then there isn't much point into playing. Probably sell the game for Batman or AC IV.

maximus19853881d ago

yeah because batman and AC4 have the lasting ability that gta has. a year from now youll see those games in the bargain bin while gta dlcs arrive

djplonker3881d ago

nah gtav is dead to me on the 29th of nov (eu ps4) then its onto bigger and better things like watchdogs!

maximus19853881d ago

watchdogs is delayed until 2014 so what exactly......whatever good ridence

Saints943881d ago (Edited 3881d ago )

I would think that, but Next Gen is right around the corner so I won't be that sad for missing some content and I could use that money for something that makes me feel like I'm a not beta tester even when they delayed the game from Spring to summer, had a extra 2 weeks before online was on, a month after the release, and patches at hurt more then help.

If you go to the R* social club updated news, you can see around 20,000 comments of people complaining and no response.

Chris5583881d ago

nice try marketer gta v single was a masterpiece online pissed me to that end i don't even wanna touch my copy of gta V

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djplonker3881d ago

I got £35 for my copy last week not bad since I paid £38 for it new...

Tetsujin3881d ago

I can see another "delay" in the $500K bonus coming soon...

I read the article, and although R has yet to provide official word it's hard to actually say if this is legit or someone trolling. Sometimes Reddit can make a story sound so real then find out it's garbage or "fake."

FragMnTagM3881d ago

What are you talking about?

The 500k is real. It was on the loading screens in the online portion of the game.

iceman063881d ago

Last I heard, they were still "testing" to make sure that the last patch really did solve the issues with disappearing cars, characters, levels, etc. Once they feel that the situation is stable, there will be 2 installments of 250K a piece.

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Take on Freemode Challenges and Events to Get 2X GTA$ and RP - Rockstar Games

The street-level action is heating up, so dive headfirst into the chaos of Freemode Challenges and Events — all of which are paying out Double Rewards.

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Rockstar Games Is Conducting One-To-One Discussions Regarding GTA Online With Select Players

Rockstar Games will be conducting one-to-one discussions regarding its live service game, GTA Online, with a select number of players.

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phoenixwing74d ago

Thar she blows! That be a whale!! Let's talk to them mateys!

phoenixwing74d ago

@disagrees
Didn't have a good rebuttal did you? We all know the select players are whales who waste thousands or hundreds of thousands on the games currency. You expect them to make the same kinds of demands as everyone else? Keep dreaming.

Inverno74d ago

Well that and most likely streamers who have helped harpoon all those whales lolz.

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Rockstar Games Is Permanently Banning Players For Account Duplication Exploit In GTA Online

Rockstar Games is permanently banning players for using an account duplication exploit in GTA V's multiplayer component, GTA Online.

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GamingSinceForever81d ago

Why is this news? Is this supposed to be some sort of heads up to those involved?

Kombatologist81d ago

Why shouldn't this be news? If you play the game at all, you'd know this has been a problem for a while. Tell me, how is it fair for legit low-level players to be grieved by players using modded accounts with disposable amounts of cash? It's about time Rockstar did something about these losers.

BISHOP-BRASIL80d ago (Edited 80d ago )

Not that I really played it in forever, but the way I used to roll on online once I realize I had no interest in actually doing heists and micromanaging property and shit, the moment someone decided to pick a fight I'd just leave towards north, jump the fence of the army base, steal a jet and grief away... Pro tip: they can't really make you pay for other players cars when you have not one single penny to your name.

EDIT: Got carried away... Anyway, my point was, you can grief without money, this is not stopping it.

Kombatologist80d ago

@BISHOP-BRASIL

I get what you're trying to say, but it's a false equivalence. Anyone could jump the fence and grab a jet back in the day. The dynamic changed once R* started introducing militarized vehicles, such as flying motorcycles with homing rockets, a stealth helicopter, and most recently, a stealth jet. There's so many militarized vehicles now, you really have to keep up with the latest and greatest in order to defend yourself from that shit, which is really expensive to do. Sure, you could make the argument that Shark Cards give players the same advantage as a modded account. The thing is, they don't. Not even close. A modded account can have ANY amount of money, as well as ANY weapon and/or vehicle, even ones that aren't available in the game yet (as long as they're in the datafiles). Some of them even have glitched characters with invisible limbs/weapons. This is an unfair advantage to anyone who plays legitimately and nobody should have to risk getting their accounts permanently banned from stooping to the same level just to compete. Furthermore, making money is really easy to do now. Which begs the question: Why buy a modded account in the first place? I think the answer is obvious.

Petebloodyonion80d ago

So this is news because a Twitter guy says so :)

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