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It boggles my mind that you claim you want to test your 'skills' yet avoid 'free aim'. Sounds more like you enjoy shooting friendlies with auto aim and then playing peg boy.

I ordered my Ryzen 9 3900X for my desktop gaming PC build from Best Buy yesterday and tried out their price matching policy. Not only did they match Wal-Mart price which was cheaper than both Best Buy and Newegg, the CPU arrived the next day after ordering with free shipping which was today!.

Saw this on R*'s Twitter feed. I thought it was kinda cool and figured I'd share with y'all:

nice....

I'd be ok with free aim as long as it's just against other players. If folks also want that experience with NPC's it could be tied into the existing option(s) in the menu. .....but you're alienating a lot of players out there who prefer auto aim. Personally, I find the combat in games like GTA and RDR kind of jenky. It's one of the few that I leave AA on. If it were more refined in this resepct I might have a different opinion on it. I think FA lobbies would be the best bet like HuDawg has always wanted but R* is really against anything but Free Roam. Maybe they could implement FA like they do with the Defensive Mode. ....perhaps create a new mode that isn't defensive but will flip on FA for anyone targeting you and if you try to target anyone else (or vice versa).

I enjoy PVP too. But there’s a clear line in the sand about when conflict is appropriate and when it isn’t. There’s also part of me that thinks explosive rounds should be removed and free aim against players should be the standard in free roam.

Yeah, I'll never get the allure to ruin others experiences and fun like that. Personally, I enjoy PvP games and play them with friends. In fact, I have weekly sessions playing hardcore in MW with my PS4 buddies (for lack of better tactical shooters out right now on PS4). .....but I like co-op games even more and sometimes, PvEvP (but only depending on how they are implemented). The latter is essentially what RDO. .....and you're talking to a guy that also enjoys games like DayZ which has no rules but there's also no targeting, ability enhancements, bullet sponge mechanics, etc. RDO has plenty of opportunities to fight other players in the PvP mode like you mentioned but a big part of that are also cargo deliveries and various missions / activities. I have absolutely no problem with that and even enjoy those interactions. The player selecting the activity / mission is fully aware they can be targeted and their task is made public to everyone in the session. There is also a reward for the effort. With griefing, there is none other than some sort of odd gratification for pissing others off I guess, but I really have no interest in delving into their thought process so....

People like you are the reason I stay in defensive even at rank 219. If you want to harass other players, go to PVP. But I don’t think RDO is your speed. Maybe you can find enjoyment in one of the innumerable twitch shooters out there. Mindlessly killing other players seems to be your calling. Me? I’ll keep being boring and enjoying my time in the Old West... wagon deliveries and all! 😎

It's a game fella...its a GAME!! If I don't like the way it's gone from amazing to ******* boring then I'll sack it off. My incursion into this forum was to try and understand why its changed direction and whether people feel the same way I do. My 'yawn' is frustration vented against the boring gamers in this world. I'll say that again for effect...the BORING gamers in this world. It's my opinion, no-one gets hurt and pardon the pun no-one dies. Good luck with the Moonshine deliveries 😉

@Kean_1, don’t you get it? RDO isn’t about the Wild West. It’s about pissing off as many people as you can! The only reason to play is because there’s a massive world that exists solely to harass other people who are actually enjoying the side activities. Owning noobs is the only worthwhile objective. And you thought that’s what PVP was for. Psh.

......you completely missed all of my points but I expected that. It's obvious you have a narrow view of RDO's content, activities and what others are talking about. The only reason I even mentioned any of that was because of your offhand "yawn" remark. You thanked folks for listening to you and then "yawned" when they shared their opinions. Anyhow, glad you love old games like DK. I appreciate the suggestion but I had my fill of the game from my frequent visits to the local arcades back in the 80s.

Even R* considers the latter part of that statement "griefing". If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, well...... ....but yeah, I will admit that it brings me some joy if griefers are discouraged by any part of this game including this new population change/issue. I have no problem with interaction but not when it involves random folks running around disrupting and killing other players for no reason other than for their own amusement. ....so when you say you are are bored now because it makes it more difficult for you to grief others, yeah...... It may not even require a remake. Many games will be playable on the next gen consoles when they come out regardless. A remaster may be in the cards but these games may already be able to take advantage of simply running on the next gen hardware. Either way, I have a feeling the drastic population change may be short lived. If this is intentional, they could be testing some things out. Unfortunately, R* isn't one of those developers who communicates well regarding such things so who knows.

Well that was certainly a lot easier to Platinum than I thought it would be. Thoroughly enjoyable game, but I'm not sure there's much in the way of replay material there once you've done all of the side tales. The fact that the director refernces RDR1 makes sense since development started 5 years ago and would have been well on by the time RDR2 was released. To be honest, I wanted more out of Tsushima, playing it, I really missed the depth that RDR2 gives us where almost every NPC had a life they were living and one you could eavesdrop into. Then again, I didn't really miss the unending grind to find all of the animals and herbs. The graphics in Tsushima are glorious though and I still wish that the camera wasn't so tight and allowed me to experience the effort that Sucker Punch put into the environment. I hardly ever used fast travel in RDR2, and I pretty much always did in GoT - maybe that's saying something. Still, it's hard to beat petting a fox and using your horse as a pillow.

Yawn!!!

Yep, the game runs so much better and I don't have to worry about griefers. RockStar, leave it alone.

Ya.. the reason people are not complaining is because they like it. The game does work better with less players.

My take on this FWIW. After completing storyline many moons ago myself and friends got addicted to the magnificent Gun Rush, no other feature comes close! They then took it off and it resurfaced sporadically and mostly as free aim which I dont like. I contented myself to what u my term Griefing. I disrupt supply journeys, attack any random player or posse and test my skills against them. If they want to fight, great. If they don't they parley and move on. The scraps I get involved in can last over an hour and are brilliant fun for all who participate. This is a SKILL element! Chasing a lame croc to get a sample is BORING! Now that the sessions are seriously undermanned I cant find any players to interact with! I keep firing up my PS4 in the hope that it's been resolved but alas still no players. Ready to quit to be honest and this game is the only one I play and 6 he non stop sessions were normal for me I.e. it's a big part of my life! Thanks for listening

I started playing RDR2 online again after the last content update in August. I don’t like empty sessions. It’s a story mode with continuous new content. If I wanted that, I’d play Story Mode. Free roam with full sessions makes game more alive (and no, I’m not a douche bag free roam PVPer).