[What you wish someone would have told you ...]

58 minutes ago, Unknown1598 said:

Why would i report to MS and not rockstar? Because im on xbox and everyone has to follow Microsofts rules in every game.

I hardly report people so when i get a message telling me they took action on my report i know exactly who they are talking about.

 

9 minutes ago, Kean_1 said:

You can still report people to MS and Sony for violating their code of conduct since you are using their service (e.g. XB LIve and PS Plus) to play online.  However, as you can imagine, the CoC for each is very broad and covers what you might expect like piracy, exploits, hacking, questionable content, cheats, etc.   ......and yes, harassing behavior usually in the form of abusive language, threats, racism, etc.  However, I don't see anything in the MS CoC that would specifically cover what it is allowed in RDO (like ambushing other players) as a violation of this code.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/legal/codeofconduct

To be honest, Free Roam is a PvP environment that gives you the ability to do this and (like it or not) it is by design.  Now, If someone were to use a mechanic in the game to gain an unfair advantage over other players in such a way it was not intended (an exploit), that's a different story.

IMO, the best way to stop a lot of this is to continue to send feedback to R* via their website during the beta.  Report exploits as you discover them.  Let them know we are unhappy with the unchecked trolling that is allowed in the game, the lack of session options for PvE players, etc.

https://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption2/online/feedback?step=addb2b0b

Let them know we don't want RDO to turn into just another GTAO experience. 

thanks guys!  i've never had to report anyone so this is all new to me   Hopefully won't need to use it either.

[Low FPS after update Dec-11 Xbox One X]

53 minutes ago, Magnimus said:

Happened to me this morning after updating the game. My frame rate looks like it's even lower than 20 and I have no idea how to rollback updates or anything like that. This sucks

If you can, they'd be listed in the game management screen, where the DLC and whatnot are listed.  Not sure you can uninstall an update though.

[The ugliest characters I have ever seen.]

On 11/28/2018 at 4:11 PM, Bonzai said:

I had to remake my character.... i was using a male and I kinda made him look good... but for some strange reason the Stubble always went clean shave and he had the odd habit of putting lipstick whenever he entered a building.
 

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So they do have something for the LBGTQXYZWTF people then

[What you wish someone would have told you ...]

On 12/10/2018 at 10:54 AM, Unknown1598 said:

Yeah i mean just because you get killed doesn't mean they are griefers. I was trying to sell my pelts and this players killed me lost all my pelts and continued to kill me and everyone around for a good 10 minutes. I reported him to Microsoft for griefing and the next day i got a message from Microsoft telling me he is banned. 

 

So griefing is definitely not allowed. 

I would like to see that message, since MS (or anyone for that matter) is not supposed to tell you the outcome.  And why would you report them to MS for a Rockstar game?  🤔

[Fishing is bull#$%&]

11 minutes ago, YodaMan 3D said:

 When I did it, I threw it just beyond the bubbles.  Trying not to get too close.  I got like 4 or 5 fish, but they was the lowest grade.  If you throw it in the middle, then you probably destroy everything.

That's probably it.  first time i was at Owanjila and the corpse marker was on the edge of my minimap.  I tried it over where the creek empties into the lake, there's a group of 5 or 6 bubble rings usually.  Only found the 1 fish, so i'm guessing the rest were blown to chum, or out in the water, or opposite bank where i couldn't/didn't see them.

[This is going nuts,free roam killers.]

On 12/11/2018 at 6:21 PM, Cliffs said:

Hopefully R Star puts in a real bounty system and these griefers become wanted targets with no way of paying their own bounty

OH they will.  Rockstar will implement RDO's version of Shark Cards after beta, so these trolls will have mommy and daddy buying them shark cards so they can buy the best weapons and whatnot and payoff their bounty.

What i would like to see is the bounty system used and if the crime is repeatedly killing other players (call it Aggravated Homicide), the player gets banned for 24 hours say.  2nd offense is 48 hour ban, 3 strike 72 hours, 4th offense they're moved to a non-pvp server for a calendar week.  Offense count would reset after 48 hours, so if they got charged the 1st time, they'd have 48 hours after they return before the charge would be expunged from their record.  And then they can be moved to the non-pvp server 3 times,  after the 3rd time it's a perma-ban.  no more RDO for that red-head stepchild

[Fishing is bull#$%&]

1 hour ago, YodaMan 3D said:

I try it with a shotgun.  Not much left but if good you can get 2 or 3 at a time.  Dynamite works well to, you get a lot more per attempt.  They are all worthless, but quantity over quality I alway say.  hehe  Just kidding, I have tried other opitons, but they turn up being a waste.

I must have been in the wrong spot.  I'd drop dynamite, or throw it, in the water in between all the little bubble rings, and i'd get 1 fish, or maybe that's all i could find after the blast?  I tried doing the challenge for getting fish without using the pole with dynamite,  didn't work so well.

Shotgun fishing is fun,  Used to do that way back when i was a kid when the irrigation canals would be emptied and start to freeze at my cousin's house.  We'd take the shotguns out and blast the carp through the ice, until the ice got too thick to shoot through.  Now you'd get some animal rights person, or a paranoid person hearing the shots calling the cops on you.

Fond memories lol

[Red Dead Redemption 2 General Chat]

25 minutes ago, Truth said:

He/she did:

 

Saw that after i posted here, it was on page 2 in my list, i hadn't gotten that far yet.

[The Well Riddle of Lemoyne]

On 12/11/2018 at 9:47 AM, Jaskier said:

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Is it the guy that wanted me to break into that house? Must have missed that line if so

 

Yep same guy

Spoiler

He's a slave trader, lost his home to the bank, wants you to break in and get 3 items, you have to fight 2 Leymone Raiders to get his pistol.  Made me sick all the stuff in his journal and letters you find.  At the end of the mission i put 2 in the back of his head and felt better

If you visit the house before the mission you'll see the posting on the front and back doors that the bank has taken the house and property.  I don't recall seeing them there in the mission.

 

[Changing outfits for mission replays]

On 12/11/2018 at 8:46 PM, Abysscazzy said:

After the game is over and you’re playing as that other guy, if you replay a mission Arthur seems to be in his generic gunslinger outfit and with a generic chestnut Tennessee Walker.  Anyway to change Arthur’s outfit and/or horse for replaying story missions that you’ve already completed?

I haven't went back to replay any missions yet, i'm only in chapter 3 so far.  From what i understand when you replay a mission the game gives you a preset horse and equipment load out, you don't get your full load of weapons/gear.  so i'm guessing clothing is set like that also.

[Lone mule stead]

11 minutes ago, SimpleMan said:

Has anyone noticed the combination lock on the cellar door at lone mule stead? Is there anything that this location offers other than the chest in the shed? 

Haven't been there yet.  Only combo lock i've seen on a cellar is at Lucky's Cabin, and it's part of a map mystery.

[auto aim failure]

4 minutes ago, kromdar29 said:

just to be clear, im not some young kid or a noob, im 38 and been gaming since atari, i know what im doing and i know what to look for

don't recall anyone mentioning or hinting at that. I've got you by a few years.  Intellivision was my first, then atari, then every nintendo console and sega console, then went to CD games with game cube, then ps, ps2, ps3, xbox 360, xbox one, and now xbox one S

[Red Dead Redemption 2 General Chat]

On 12/10/2018 at 5:15 PM, JDPerry_14 said:

MISSION HELP, John Marston (The Sheep and the Goats)

So, I road my horse over to this mission where you are supposed to meet up with John Marston to begin The Sheep and the Goats. I went to his icon which is shown on the map at the sheep stables just inside of valentine. Now, I’ve tried this multiple times with restarting the game and including my entire PS4. Everytime I come to this spot John Marston is nowhere to be found and I can’t begin this mission. Does anyone know what’s going on here? I’ve tried looking everywhere online and I’m not finding anything but walkthroughs of the mission which I don’t need. Needing explanation, thanks!

start a new topic for this where more will see it instead of hidden in 23 pages of general chat.  And Use Spoiler tags please.

[Flaco/Granger sights drive me nuts.]

2 minutes ago, Truth said:

@Bones741 first person hurts my eyes... 

Same.  And it's Arthur not the gun,  he needs to hold it straighter and line the sights up better horizontally, they should be flat across, not front sight raised.  and Granger's revolver is in such bad shape to begin with, who knows if it's even true, might have slight bend in the frame.

[auto aim failure]

13 minutes ago, kromdar29 said:

can u auto aim on a snake on water

Yes, i killed one that way last night while searching for Oleander in the Bayou.  you can do that with gators, muskrat, beavers and waterfowl also.

[Stuck in Bandit 1 Challenge]

3 hours ago, Foxtrot said:

The iGN walkthrough guide says that stores count. I’m kind of guessing that they’re not wrong, I followed a fair amount of their guide and they’ve been right most of the time. Still, robbing someone on a train and someone waiting for a train should have worked?

I find half the guides are wrong half the time,  some guides you can't get anything out of worth a crap (polygon sucks).

What i found for this -

Spoiler

You can only rob someone in one location once.  So if you're robbing a train the first person will give credit, the rest won't count.  So i would rob a few on a train, and went between/behind buildings in Valentine and other towns and robbed people there where i wouldn't be seen as easily.  

As best i can remember i robbed a single person on horse that was leaving Valentine, then ran away from the crime area and paid my bounty in Valentine, then robbed someone in the barn, traveled to Strawberry, robbed someone there, then ran back to Valentine to and robbed someone behind the gun store.  Ran away from the crime scene there, then bought a train ticket at Riggs Station to Emerald Station, robbed a lady when the train stopped for the 5th robbery. 

Problem with the people on horse is they tend to shoot at you, took 3 or 4 tries to get the first person robbed that way.

It specifies townspeople so i figured the train was a safe bet and the people riding from the towns (but that was a hassle with them shooting back), and of course in town.

 

[Is Anyone Else Noticing Something Different About Movement After The Update?]

32 minutes ago, Truth said:

From the xbox one x (no spoilers, just using the tool):

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I was riding full speed and noticed a trail behind me (mentioned before). You can kind of see it in the second picture, but it was WAY worse than it appears. I could literally see 3-4 copies of me in the trail. Regardless of that, the amount of blur in these screenshots is ridiculous. I guess that's to make it run more smoothly?

Edit: I guess I never really noticed it because I didn't use cinematic mode too often. When I did, I wasn't paying attention to the tv.

Odd.  I haven't seen that or other issues with movement on my Xbox One S,  guess this is another reason i'll wait to upgrade mine.

[auto aim failure]

4 minutes ago, kromdar29 said:

nope, happens on story and online and i can be in a wide open feild

got me then,  i haven't had an issue with it, on my game or my son's Xbox.

[Does anyone know what this is?]

10 hours ago, Lonestar said:

I believe it has something to do with a UFO sighting - https://www.rdr2.org/wiki/easter-eggs/#ufo-sighting and https://www.reddit.com/r/reddeadredemption/comments/9s8gvc/found_a_panoramic_map_on_a_couple_in_the/

 

agreed, here's a little more to the map mystery - https://www.ign.com/wikis/red-dead-redemption-2/Panoramic_Map

If you look at the carving/drawing on the rocks and put Mt. Shann in center, then the closest star would be Strawberry.  the 2 to the right of that look to be Armadillo and Tumbleweed maybe.  the left of Strawberry i think would be  St. Denis, Van Horn, then Annesburg. and the star i think would mark would the Sisika Penitentiary.  Not sure what that all means though

[auto aim failure]

Nope auto aim works fine for me, before and after Tuesday's patch, in single player mode, i don't play online so that may be a different story.  Sometimes obstacles in the way can block auto aim.  I had that happen last night taking cover behind a tree trying to get to the legendary fish in New Austin.  Was hoping if i crossed the river border south of Blackwater the bounty hunters wouldn't be as fierce, but they were, maybe even worse.  Tree branches would throw off the auto aim, so i'd have to wait for them to get in the clear then it would work just fine.

Could be something similar for yours?  or maybe a mission where the auto aim is disabled?

[Sharpshooter 9]

1 hour ago, Truth said:

I was at a loss until you said that. The next unlock that you mentioned allows you to remain in dead eye after shooting, so you're able to shoot each target without marking it.

Ah that's the trick then. Shoot somewhere, like a 4 person, then hit the hats after that while still in deadeye

[Sharpshooter 9]

14 hours ago, jihiro said:

Are you able to mark your own targets yet? Eventually (through story missions) you unlock new abilities with dead eye. Anyways, if you are able to mark your own targets, dont use it. Instead just aim at the top of the hat and fire. If you can't mark your own targets yet then you should get that unlocked because its much better. I forget which mission unlocks it but it's fairly early in the story.

Yep i can mark targets, you unlock that (level 2) in Chapter 2.  Not sure how i can complete this as when i mark the corner of a hat the mark shows on the guys forehead,  That's why i was wondering if there's more i need to unlock with Dead Eye. 

I can't just aim at the top of the hat and fire.  the challenge is to 

Spoiler

Shoot 3 hats off in the same dead eye

Looking at the dead eye levels the only other upgrades i have to get are level 3, from chapter 4, lets you stay in dead eye after shooting.  level 4 and 5 just show vitals, chapter 5 and 6.  I've only played part way through chapter 3, and have dead eye maxed at 8, so WTF? 

I gotta be missing something simple/stupid where i can't mark the hat.

[Low FPS after update Dec-11 Xbox One X]

7 hours ago, shinji242 said:

Same here .. Played great Monday night. Tuesday after the 1.4 Gb patch, It is so bad I consider it unplayable. No amount of resetting or restart makes any difference.

I would say it's a local issue then.  not seen any other complaints about this in other forums

[Is Anyone Else Noticing Something Different About Movement After The Update?]

7 hours ago, shinji242 said:

I patched last night - XBone - Went into single player and the frame rate is so low I nearly got sick. There has never been an instance where I got motion sick playing a game or watching a stream, etc. Camera Movement was choppy and riding a horse was almost not possible (running into trees, could not stay on the trail, etc). My wife enjoys watching the game but does not like to play. She came into the room and told me she could not even watch the screen (We have a projector with a 10 foot screen)

 This problem does not occur with any other games and it was not like this at all before the patch Tuesday Dec 11. I submitted a ticket to Rockstar but, really don't expect a response. This does not seem to be a widespread issue as far as I can tell from searching. I did create an account here to post a response to say I am having problems like that too after the patch. I haven't tried online because I wanted to finish single player first.

 I will give it a couple days but, if Rockstar does not respond, I will try a reinstall. The thing is, I really really don't want to risk losing my game saves. I know it gets cloud backup but, I have no idea if the local uninstall will remove the saves or not.

I've not seen that issue, had no issues after the patch yesterday.  movement looks same as before the patch, haven't noticed any changes.  I don't play online though so if that's where you're seeing them there's another nail in the online coffin.

[Trick for acquiring best guns?]

gunslinger side missions are my favorite guns.  Granger's revolver and Midnight's pistol are my go to guns.  I've been using midnight's trying to do the sharpshooter challenge since it's damage isn't the best.