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Minus plopping down real world cash, one of the easiest ways to get gold is to do your dailies. I haven’t spent any money on RDO except for $5 for 25 gold bars during the beta. Now I’m sitting on 500 gold bars because I’ve saved 95% of it purely for DLC. If you don’t feel like playing RDO for a stretch of time, I’d recommend logging in every day to do just one daily challenge so you can keep your streak going and eventually get to the point where you earn 1 gold bar for every challenge you do. Another thing to do is to make sure you loot as many NPCs as possible because sometimes they’ll give you treasure maps that’ll lead you to good payouts of both gold and cash. The only purchases you’ll need to make as a new player is a regular outfit and a cold weather outfit. As you earn more money, start with your desired weapons and a new horse (unless the horse you have is to your liking). From there you can start working on pamphlets and cards. I’d also recommend that you stay in defensive mode for the majority of the time while you build your character up before you start taking on players in free roam. I’m rank 215 and I stay in defensive because there’s really no reason to fight other players in free roam. And if griefers try to mess with me, I’ve got dynamite arrows waiting for them. For cash, concentrate on the trader role. You can earn $500 a pop with every local delivery wagon full of goodies. You’ll be surprised at how fast you accumulate cash. As for your general attitude toward the game, you really need to examine exactly why you’re play it to begin with. I play it because I love the Wild West. I love immersing myself in that world and letting the real world melt away. Outside of PVP, this game is not competitive and it’s an easy way to blow off steam after work — unlike more competitive games (ie COD) where stress is always high and rewards are low.

As I said previously, that aspect of Abigail's past has been retconned. While she had still previously been a prostitute, she didn't act as one for the gang at any point at least in RDR2's timespan. None of the women in the gang did. And I doubt it ever happened considering no one, not even Abigail, mentions doing it at any point in RDR2. I know what Dutch said in RDR1, but events in RDR2 that we see with our own eyes clearly contradict it.

August 14, 2020 PHOTO CHALLENGE The Community’s Top Naturalist Photos Will be Featured in Red Dead Online Talented communities of digital photographers in Red Dead Online have already been cataloging every nook and cranny of the territories, from fashion to sweeping scenery and beyond. With the addition of the Advanced Camera – now available for purchase in the Hunting & Fishing section of the Wheeler, Rawson & Co. Catalogue – players can take in-game photographs with increased maneuverability and functionality. This purpose-built tool also features a selection of period-appropriate filters, with even more accessible via The Outlaw Pass No. 3. To celebrate this thriving community of Red Dead Online digital photographers and the newest Frontier Pursuit, The Naturalist, we’re launching an official #Naturalist photography challenge. Whether you’re mastering the art of the Naturalist or crafting specialist clothing items with Gus - one of the best forms of documentation is incontrovertible, photographic proof of your adventures. To join this challenge, eligible photographs can contain any of the new content from The Naturalist update – from new clothing and weapons to wildlife snaps and more. You can also feel free to photograph any wildlife that existed prior to The Naturalist update. Submissions demonstrating exceptional creativity, originality, quality of composition and artistic direction will be much more likely to be chosen. Chosen photographs will be added to Red Dead Online as Camp Flags, Bar Portraits or Photo Studio Backdrops – free to all players in a future update coming later this year. HOW TO ENTER Take a photo featuring any of the new Naturalist content or featuring any wildlife that existed prior to The Naturalist update, using the regular handheld Camera or the new Advanced Camera in Red Dead Online Upload your best work to Social Club Within the Pause Menu, navigate to Social Club and upload your favorite shots to your Social Club Profile Submit your entry On your phone or PC, log into Social Club and tag your photo with #Naturalist to participate. All submissions must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. ET on September 7th to be eligible TIPS While being a Naturalist isn’t a requirement to enter the challenge, the Blending Tonic in Harriet’s Shop may prove quite useful in getting closer to wildlife. Sedated animals can be repositioned using the Lasso so you can setup your shots Ask a friend to help you out, whether they’re acting as human bait for that perfect predator shot or reviving a sedated animal as you’re setting up your shot. Taking Legendary pelts to Gus can help you craft the perfect outfit for a solo or group fashion shoot using either the Handheld or Self Portrait feature. You may want to delete a few old photos from your reel in-game to clear some space before a shoot. For more tips on how to level up as a Naturalist head over to our Community Naturalist Guide. We'd also like to remind all hopefuls to please make sure your contact email information is up to date in your Social Club account settings so that we can easily let you know if your photo has been chosen. Best of luck to all – we’re looking forward to seeing everyone’s snaps! Contest is void in certain countries and where prohibited. See https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/events/contests for official rules and eligibility details.

Yeah, I feel that way too sometimes.

I get where you’re coming from, I do. I too find MW fun. But the stress I get from playing MW is nowhere to be found in RDO. To me, RDO is a much more relaxing experience (minus the bugs lol).

RDO is far more generous in its reward/battle pass system. Like I said, I’ve only ever spent $5 on RDO and the rest of the gold I earned through dailies/maps/etc. COD is more of a grind because the BP takes way more time to get from reward to reward. In fact, near the end of the battle pass, it gets throttled and you have to spend even more time playing to get it maxed out (this, of course, is done so you’ll spend more money to automatically max it out). I can casually play RDO and max out the Outlaw Pass in two weeks. And I don’t find RDO to be grindy in my case. This is almost digital tourism for me. Unless I’m in danger, I walk everywhere (when not on my horse), I hitch my horse in towns, I tip my hat to other players, I don’t walk around with all of my guns strapped to my back. To me, it’s just a fun world to be in. I feel no pressure in doing a task I don’t want to do over and over like COD or Destiny. I feel free. And no matter what I do, there are always two rewards: those that the game gives me, and those that I find in just living in that world for a little while.

....guess it's a matter of how you blow off steam but a game like CoD:MW can do that too. ......and while these are two different animals as far as genres, the idea of grinding for rewards is the same. The new gunsmith is a perfect example of that where players have to grind for XP to level up their weapons which in turn unlocks new accessories. Then there's the Season Pass progression which unlocks freebies every 10 levels or so or you can unlock them by purchasing. There is a lot there but you have to grind for it. RDO is the essentially the same way. You have to put in the work to get the in-game cash and/or GB. .....or you can take a shortcut and buy GBs to unlock new roles, certain items and so on.