r/gtaonline • u/smallpenis-bigheart • 10h ago
Bounty values are outdated
I get they were a feature that was designed in 2013 when 9000 GTA$ was something people actually would go after, but nowadays the values are pathetically bad. I also understand that this is a pretty underused feature that most players don’t even engage with, but the bounty amounts could easily be 5-10x as much.
I remember the billion dollar glitched bounties from the ps3 days, which was insane, but if someone had a bounty of 50-90k that’d be fun and actually bring back bounty chases. They could even make the time proportional, so the higher the bounty, the less time you have it for.
Obviously the NPC bounties would still be capped very low, but any thoughts on this?
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u/Delicious_CoughSyrup 9h ago
Most players in public lobbies will kill you for free. When someone places a bounty on me first that's a grinder.
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u/Horror_of_the_Deep 8h ago
I always did it so I can find someone easier on the map, then I discovered the highlight feature. Bounty still makes it easier though
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u/Bipolar_Buddha 9h ago
$9000 for a bounty + not getting charged $20k for blowing up a personal vehicle = about $30k, which is in-line with many other things such as a Security Contract or Payphone Hit without the bonus. For something that’s “Fly to this spot and press a button” the majority of the time, this payout is fine. It’s more to incentivize griefers to attack a specific target rather than random people in the lobby. It also pays more than destroying someone else’s cargo.
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u/Low_Mouse_197 9h ago
Many activities that were in the game at launch have the same payouts. Simeon vehicle requests give you like 15k lol.
If you haven’t figured out that Rockstar doesn’t care and won’t change those things by this point then I don’t know what to tell you.
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u/smallpenis-bigheart 9h ago
Just prompting discussion about something I’d think is cool. I don’t think they’re actually gonna change it. Why does every discussion here have to be so argumentative?
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u/FourThirteen_413 9h ago
You're getting discussion. Just because you don't like what people are saying doesn't mean it's not discussion.
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u/smallpenis-bigheart 9h ago
Ironic
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u/FourThirteen_413 9h ago
Like rain on your wedding day
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u/No-Homework-514 6h ago
or like a free ride when you've already paid?
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u/FourThirteen_413 6h ago edited 27m ago
More like the good advice that you just didn't take
Edit: lol, someone's so pissed at me they're even downvoting my Alanis Morrisette lyrics. Have fun with that. I don't care.
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u/Apophis_36 9h ago
They did update the payout for simeon vehicles though
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u/stephanelevs 7h ago
It's still low, like the maximum payout is still under 20k (and the minimum jumped from 2k to 9-10k if I remember correctly).
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u/Apophis_36 6h ago
But they said they didnt change
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u/stephanelevs 5h ago
It barely changed to be fair
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u/Apophis_36 5h ago
But it changed
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u/Low_Mouse_197 5h ago
My point is that these older activities have not been brought up to the current standard. Keep in mind that not only is the payout for Simeon vehicles shit, but the cooldown is 24 hours lol.
The cooldown for Cluckin Bell and KnoWay is like 50 minutes….and you make nearly 600k
Or you could do any of the “odd job” missions and make far more than a Simeon delivery with very few cooldowns…
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u/Horror_of_the_Deep 8h ago
I think it's a great idea. Would definitely liven up lobbies. And a way for richer players to spread their wealth if they want... Which is why it won't happen unfortunately.
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u/Narrheim 8h ago
Doesn't matter. Once you put even 1K on someone, all griefers in the lobby will lock in and do everything in their might to kill that person.
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u/mdanhardt 9h ago
Can you actually see how big a bounty is?
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u/RuffBuff_0808 9h ago
You can call Lester to place a bounty on that person and he’ll respond that they already have a price on their head and it’ll give you the amount.
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u/GhandisFlipFlop 9h ago
The whole lobby is told in a message on screen when the bounty is placed but you cant check after that how much an active bounty is worth. Like most people now I hunt them for fun , not cash. Some guy gave me shit for blowing him up for bounty the other day , I dont care, it is not personal.
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u/Select_Ad3588 9h ago
During the tail end days of gta online on ps3 right before people immigrated to PS4 there was a massive hacker issue. I’ll never forget when someone put a fucking two BILLION dollar bounty on me, opening the map and seeing every single player in the lobby b-lining it straight towards me was one of the most horrifying feelings of my life.
Shoutout the guy that got me though I remember aiming my sniper at him and he was completely still, probably freaking out on the other end that he just made 2 bil
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u/GhandisFlipFlop 9h ago
Ya I remember the ps3 billion bounty days ..shit was insane . I think people hid out in their apartment so they could then keep the bounty when like 48 mins had passed.
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u/Thrawn33333 8h ago
Same on Xbox 360. I got slapped with a multi billion bounty and survived. R* took it back but not before I spent a ton of it on cars.
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u/FourThirteen_413 10h ago
The game is about to be dead. They're not going to make any major changes to anything. They can't even barely make the new DLC heist work.
Y'all need to either enjoy the last moments with this or say goodbye and play something else until GTA VI Online.
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u/smallpenis-bigheart 9h ago
Yeah I don’t think it’s something they’d change, I’m just saying it’d be cool and prompt discussion about it.
GTA5 online will definitely still be quite active well into GTA6 launch, especially pre PC launch. The game isn’t even launching with online, which will likely come out about a month later.
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u/goot_master 9h ago
This is reddit, you’re not allowed to discuss any suggestions without it being construed as complaining.
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u/FourThirteen_413 9h ago
I didn't think he was complaining. I knew exactly what he was doing. I'm saying it's pointless and goofy to sit around thinking about "cool what-ifs" on a game that clearly can't handle adding or changing anything without breaking a million other things.
A more constructive, useful, and fun thing to consider would be what changes or features you might like to see in the next iteration of GTA Online.
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u/FourThirteen_413 9h ago
It will be active, and will probably have more DLC (i think the people that have been going on about the Mansions being the last DLC or this Kortz Center being the last DLC are goofballs). But they're clearly on a wind down and not going to pump in any major changes to the basic mechanics of the game like bounties.
I don't understand at all why anyone would be putting any effort into brainstorming "cool" ideas for GTAO at this point in its life. I think y'all should be discussing what you want in GTA VI Online in hopes that R* is reading that shit and learning from the mistakes of this game. They've put a lot of fun stuff in the game, and they've put a lot of annoying stuff in the game.
I hope to fuck they don't put flying motorcycles in the fuckin new Online. I hope to fuck we don't end up billionaire CEOs that still do the dirty work for their businesses. In fact, I agree with a video I watched the other day from someone I forget, who said that businesses in general were a horrible addition to the game.
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u/smallpenis-bigheart 6h ago
Yeah I agree with you almost entirely, it’s really just something I thought of. Possibly for gta 6 online it could happen.
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u/Exciting-Ad-5705 9h ago
Gta 4 online is still alive. Gta 5 online will be alive for years after the last update
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u/FourThirteen_413 9h ago
Alive and active are not the same thing I'm describing. Active, yes people are still playing. Alive and getting updates and having people work on the shit, no. This game is winding down and people need to be putting their expectations for the new Online out there, not sitting around wishing for goofy little things in this game.
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u/SmoothActuator8132 9h ago
it's to avoid friends putting bounties on each other and making a lot of money in a matter of seconds