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This one is a piece of cake. The bounty will start off as normal and have a transition screen (black screen) and when you reappear, you'll be in your own server (or just with your posse) and then have to ride to the mission area. You simply avoid.going there and the whole game world is open to you. However, you obviously can't start other missions, etc. but you can hunt and even visit the butcher, etc. Roles are also locked out of course since youre technically in a role mission already. Just stock up and then cancel the mission or finish it when youre ready to go back. .....sorry for the grammatical and punctuation errors. I'm on my phone.

Yeah. It's just certain ones where you have to ride to the yellow shaded area to kick the bounty off. You simply avoid riding near that soot. Some start out right away being timed, etc. I wish I could remember which ones were the right legendaries for this. I'm sure others can help with that though as it's a fairly common work-around.

No problem. I stopped playing a few weeks ago myself. Just waiting for animal spawn issues to be worked out, etc.

Yeah, sorry.... My reference to RDO was to point out that boats are also limited in online as well. They simply weren't a focus for R* I guess since they are essentially limited. ....although I wouldn't be surprised if they added them in new roles and/or purchasable options in the future within RDO. The bummer about that is that I doubt any of the new mechanics, etc. would be added to the campaign as well if that were the case.

Glad to hear it. I get it.... I'm semi-retired myself so I really have no wish to spend money on monthly subscriptions I simply don't get enough value out of. ....that's why I mentioned the ~$3.75 holiday price as that may have brought it into a range you felt was worthwhile. Judging by your specific interests in the game and your wish to not interact with others online, I'd probably feel the same way about it. btw, I'm over 50 and not into twitch shooters myself but I do still enjoy playing co-op games with others and some online PvEvP games like RDO. I don't have a lot of PSN friends (by choice), but those that I do are typically older like myself. I enjoy games where I can take my time, plan things out, move tactically, etc. I feel the PSN subscription is worth it for me but I get a lot more use out of it. Hell, I was even renting a DayZ server until I cancelled it recently and I was never into that sort of thing before. I turned my DayZ buddy on to the Forest so now I'm re-exploring that game with him instead while Bohemia Interactive works on their bugs. I still play GTAO alone and with friends at times. .....although in invite-only sessions and for heists, missions, etc. I also dabble in other games including some of the freebies that come with the PS+ subscription every month. I was never big on online interaction with random players but I have made a few good friends over the years through the network. .....friends that still stick around and enjoy new games together, etc.

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Yeah, I wish bounties would stay longer on people who at least are indiscriminately killing other players. .....although I don't necessarily think there should be any reward for escaping, etc. as that would simply encourage more griefing. .....but yeah, bank heists, train robberies, etc. would be really cool. Maybe if they could distinguish between the types of reasons behind the bounties it would be worth it without condoning griefing.

Guess I missed the reference to the animal spawn issue in the OP. I'll go ahead and merge this with the main thread then. ....but yeah, the animal spawn issue really needs to get addressed and soon. Personally, I haven't been playing for weeks because of it.

I mean either that or simply that there is no mechanic in the game for fishing while on the boat which would require different animations, etc. While you can climb on some, boats aren't really interactive in RDO either except on certain missions.

Perhaps the fish spawn points are only along the shore and/or they simply don't have a mechanic in this game that allows you to do so. ......separate animations and so on.

.....wrong thread. Agreed although I wish they would delve deeper in this regard including the damage and combat mechanics. ......but I guess R* games will always be more arcadey in that respect.

Playing the missions isn't the point I was trying to make. What people are doing for example is playing certain legendary bounties without completing the mission. You simply load in and then hunt to your heart's content. The shops are still open, etc. Not ideal but it has been a work around. The other point was that animals have been seen in numbers in low population servers as well. .....so, they are not gone but there is an issue and it appears to be related to how many people are in a session, etc. As for R* doing something about it, they know there's an issue and I'm sure they've seen all the negative feedback. It may not be as easy to just flip a switch here but the fact is, no one here knows exactly what had been changed in the big update that caused it and what changes would be necessary to fix the problem. The issue is R* has never really been God with communication and since PC release, Support hasn't been much help as they have been overwhelmed.

They didn't remove all animals from the game. If you've been following the topic, folks state that they can still see animals during missions and scenarios where you or your group are in your own session. Also, it seems animals will spawn more frequently on low-pop Free Roam servers. This has always been an issue for some and/or at certain times, but seems to have become really widespread and persistent issue for most since the last big update. .....but yeah, the issue isn't that R* removed animals from the game. Their current pop likely has to do more with other changes they made, etc. I highly doubt this current state was the intended result.

I added a "[PC]" tag to your title to help others identify your platform. Hope that's ok.

Couldn't agree more.... The RDR2.org community's generally pleasant demeanor sets the tone and helps it the oasis that it is IMO. It's common to hear folks comment (especially new members) on just how friendly and refreshing the atmosphere is here. ......more mature, helpful, etc. As for jackasses, a big problem IMO is that I notice they also have the tendency of suppressing the silent majority when they are left relatively unchecked. Many (if not most) folks will simply keep their mouth shut to keep from provoking toxic exchanges with these individuals. .....so naturally, it's a no-brainer why those forums are the way they are. More about people arguing, insulting and disrespecting each other than actually discussing the subject. ......not exactly the persona I would have thought or liked to think I present. 🤔 I do like to nip things in the bud though before they get to a point where threads need to be closed, etc. but my intention was never to give anyone the impression I'm inches from coming down on them. In fact, we want to encourage folks to participate in discussions and/or create some of their own. .....just please do it with respect toward fellow community members, forum rules, etc. Most of what I/we do is simply participating in forum discussions as part of the community, organizing and moving threads around, answering PMs from members to help them with their accounts or other forum related stuff, screen new posts from new accounts, etc. .....behind the scenes stuff but nothing overwhelming.

You could slash that PSN subscription in half with a yearly subscription and even more if you take advantage of the holiday prices and renew then instead. ......usually $45 vs. the normal $60 ($3.75/mo vs. $5).

Hi Red and welcome to the forums.

.....we use the term "muffins" in the U.S. too. Blueberry muffins are one of my favorites as well as banana nut. Cupcakes are, well....muffin-like cakes as far as I'm concerned, usually topped with frosting, etc. I'm not a big cupcake nor regular cake fan myself. I'm sure there are ones that blur the lines though.

......you can operate trains in Free Roam....at least on console. I've never noticed an option to switch tracks although perhaps that only appears where appropriate?

There was an issue where the bonding level would reset randomly but that was supposed to be patched. In online, I still had the problem after the fix but it was rare.

Sounds like this may be another isolated issue you're experiencing. Sucks but doesn't mean R* is removing things from the game and so on.

If things simply worked as they should I'd wager many if not most would be fine with that. I'm not saying more options like that aren't necessarily welcome or a good idea but that's not the driving factor right now. Its the disconns, animals spawns, loading issues, balancing / tweaking, etc. Personally, I don't want to load into a private session just to hunt and then have the same issue of a lifeless world when I'm in a public one. I can already do that for the most part by loading up a legendary bounty. They need to fix the root of the problem IMO. Also, if private sessions worked the same as GTAO, a lot of content would end up getting locked out to those who don't wish to join public servers. Personally, I'm cool with the Free Roam for all with emphasis on mechanics that help mitigate griefing as they have been doing. I can still participate in nearly all activities including all roles, etc. I know some have had the problem to one extent or another before the last big update but for many of us, it was working fine before. .....something was changed or broke and I'm guessing it was a result of optimization / performance tweaks gone wrong.

That is the canned response they had been sending to a lot of folks lately including myself.

Yeah, I saw this thread and although the OP may be a PC user, these types of issues people have been experiencing with black screens, errors, etc. are not necessarily unique to that platform. I usually move things that are definitely PC-specific like certain setting, hardware, PC related issues, etc. which is why I left it here. .....but I do revisit if they tend to go that route as well. Either way it's basically a moot point as the OP has already said it was his own fault so I didn't see a need to.

@FruitOfTheLum also mentioned that and they are on XB1 as well. I'll wager that is the SP content being added discussed in the weekly update. ......not likely to do anything with animal spawns, etc. Those issues I'm guessing would be on R* side anyhow vs. having to push an update / patch to consumers.