Jackthestripper

LOL Cow branding would be awesome...maybe you could put your club's logo on your cow

I would assume so. Hopefully the bond between you and your horse would remain the same, kinda like in GTAV when you upgrade your car...the upgrades are still there when you get your replacement from Mors Mutual.

I'll just be happy if the horses don't take off when I try to get on them LOL the horses and RDR seem to have half a brain

Good point. If that's the case, I won't bother bonding at all. Why do all that work just to have some griefer shoot your horse? I think people are going to try and shoot your horse either way.

I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Moved here in 2016 from a small town in Ontario, Canada called Arnprior, which is near Ottawa, Ontario. It's okay here I guess. Cheaper beer and gas is a bonus.

PS4 - Drummerman74 Currently playing RDR on PS3 in the meantime. PS Plus is expired for me, as it's useless until Oct. 26th since I don't have any games I play online except GTAV and I don't care for it anymore. If anyone wants to join me for RDR on PS3 please be my guest. Will hop back on PS4 in October.

Wait....what? lmao I never heard of that but that is ballsy! I can't believe someone actually DID that! I should search for that. Speaking of Powerball, I thought this video was hysterical.....mainly because I think this dude is serious!

Sadly for her, no I couldn't afford it. lol I could have sold my Lamborghini or one of my 5 Ferrari's, but decided against it.

I agree. I think your life has to be pretty dull to be obsessed over some celebrity who probably doesn't even care you exist. Everyone kisses their ass because they are celebrities. At the end of the day, like you said, they are just normal people, and a lot of them are probably very depressed behind all that money. I'm not saying I wouldn't mind having some extra money, I mean I DO play the Powerball for a reason....however it wouldn't make me any better than a bum on the street if I won. It's just money.

My wife used to watch that too. I refused to watch it and waste time I can't get back. I can't stand any show that is simply a camera following around a family. Especially filthy rich ones like the Krapdashians. Most of those shows are all about them showing off and bragging. If ANY of the Kardashians walked into my living room right now, I would not even know who they were. And I am perfectly fine with that! Most reality shows are scripted anyhow, or at least they embellish things just to make it over dramatic. Blah lol

hahaha I used to do that too....or lasso them and put them on the railroad tracks!

Probably would have been a good idea since I was really there just to mess around with the sound settings for the mic. However I have never used passive mode, so it didn't cross my mind to use it. The same way I would never use friendly mode in RDR.

Awesome I will add you tomorrow. I am Drummerman74. I am in the U.S as well. Right near Lake Michigan.

Yeah, I usually play alone as well. I usually play a lot of races when I do play. Partially because of griefers partially because I couldn't find anyone decent to roll with. I really don't play it anymore to be honest, I just got on today to see if I can figure out this microphone thing. And it took me 15 minutes of changing rooms to finally find a room or session where there was a few players. The first two or three sessions I was there by myself. I'm totally willing to jump back on if I have someone to play with though! Plus, my wife is going away for a week next week, and I will be more than likely hopping onto GTAO.

Realistically, I really wish I could just do this without having anything on my head LOL I know some of the headsets are quite comfortable and stuff, but I would rather not have something on my head if it's possible. I'm going to try a $15 or $20 mic next week, and worst case scenario is I'm only about $15 or $20 bucks. But I think if your TV isn't super loud, and you put the microphone closer to you, you should be okay. I seemed to be today. However, I think if I had a headset it would be better if I want crystal clear sounds when RDR2 comes out. Plus, my wife will be sleeping while I'm gaming at night so I don't want to disturb her. Happy wife, happy life!

OOOOOOOH MY GOD WHY DON'T I READ THINGS BEFORE POSTING? HAHAHA!

An I.D system would be great. Just half an hour ago I was on GTAO doing some sound and settings adjustments, and 5 mins in I already had 3 guys chasing me for no reason other than to kill me for no apparent reason. They just happened to be near my apartment in the game, and when I pulled out, they were on me like nobody's business. Don't get me wrong, sometimes I like to get chased, but when you don't want to, it sucks! I really just wanted to go to the weapons store and drive around, and they made it impossible, being they were on me seconds after I pulled out of my garage. Point is, it reminded me of how bad I would like griefing to stop, and that is pretty much why I stopped playing that game. I did pop one of them off, so 1 out of 3 is better than nothing lol

So, I made some progress! I decided to mess around with the settings. I was able to mess around on GTAO for awhile and start chatting with some people. I was able to hear the game AND the chat out of the tv, and was not giving off any feedback. As a matter of fact, I asked them flat out and they all said everything was clear, and there was no background noise. Hopefully this will work for RDR2. My settings were as follows: In Settings/Devices/Audio Devices/Output Devices, I chose 'TV or Amplifier (obviously) and in Settings/Sound and Screen/Audio Output Settings I chose HDMI OUT. (It had been set to DIGITAL OUT - OPTICAL) I think that was one major issue. In the quick menu, under Sound Devices, the output to audio was actually set to 'Chat Audio' rather than 'All Audio'. Anyhow, the most important setting was the microphone level. I had it way down, and everyone could still hear me fine and it was low enough that it did not pick up any audio from the tv. The tv was up pretty loud too. So, the only thing left for me is to find a descent headset for October, now that I know how all the settings should be. What a relief! lol

I'm not sure if we will be able to create our own character, I know there was talk about it. That would be a cool challenge to look at the wanted poster and see if you can find someone matching that description. Maybe you could challenge them to a duel if you think they are the guilty party. I think your idea of being marked only if someone is a certain distance is good....rather than being on the other side of the map and knowing exactly where they are. This way, you have to actually go and seek them out like an actual bounty hunter.

It will definitely help in my search, and I definitely agree with @Truth I don't want to be that guy! I literally got earaches in the past from people like that! LOL I'm going to do some experimenting tomorrow to see what I can figure out.

Hell yeah, a bounty poster would be Cool!

OOOOH man that last link made me laugh so hard! I tell ya my wife would appreciate that!

Thanks! The reviews are pretty good on this product so that gives me a little more confidence in it. I might even be able to find a wireless one to hook up via bluetooth to the PS4. I would imagine that if it's only a mic, the sound wouldn't have a choice but to come out of the tv. I could find a headset for times I need to be quiet. Now, if I could only find a device that drowns out my cursing while gaming so I don't wake my wife.....lmao

I think it would be awesome not knowing who the hell is who! Like sitting at a table in a bar, or playing poker, not knowing if that dude (or gal) is an NPC or not! I agree that griefers would more than likely find a way. However on the flip side, who knows....maybe they'd be a little reluctant not knowing if that guy they shoot in the face in the middle of town for no reason is an NPC, or a Legendary Rank 50 with badass weapons! As far as mitigating, maybe you could have something where if someone shoots you (unless it's in an organized game match), they show up on the map only for 60 seconds, to give you a chance to avenge your own death. I don't know, I'm more concerned with the markers not being there. Griefers will always exist unfortunately!

Oh I'm definitely going wireless! It doesn't have to be expensive...I would like something light though. Personally, I wish I could just through a bluetooth on the coffee table like I did with the PS3. Everything came out of the tv and if I had to be quiet, I put the wired headset on. It picked up my voice perfectly and nobody said they couldn't hear me, it was nice not having something on my head.