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....or curl up into the fetal position and play dead. 😁

Yeah, you're right. I was thinking about grizzlies. Black bears in RDR are wussies. Most times I had one of those side missions to kill one of those bears I would get mauled, respawn and get mauled again. Became kind of a joke. If I don't get the upper hand from the get go, I'm dust. lol

Knowing my luck, I would have then been mauled by the bear. .....I have the worst experiences with bears in this game.

There's good feedback here. Also, my suggestion would be to be persistent with R* Support. Keep the ticket open and make sure to give them as much info as you can. Be open to trying their solutions but don't back down. Hopefully it gets escalated and you get the help you need. .....assuming this truly isn't an issue on your end or your provider's that is causing the conflict. Good Luck. Since this sounds like a problem that just cropped up, let's hope it's just temporary and will shake out if nothing else.

You clearly missed my point but that's ok. I have had issues and have had interactions with R* Support on a number of occasions. I've even mentioned some of those in the forums here. I will say most of the interactions were quite positive IME except for one that I was eventually able to get an answer to with an escalation. I'm not saying everyone will have the same experience but that was mine. As for the insinuation that I'm some kind of shill for R*, I'm not even going to go there with you @jnaron_ngc. I think it's better to just end that exchange here because I don't care to be disrespected anymore than I'm sure you would.

I have to go with anything PvP. .....because I simply hate PvP events in this game.

Never said it was. I was addressing his reasoning. .....but again, if he's not getting anywhere with R* to help solve his issue and neither he nor his ISP can't find any problem on his end, then maybe it's time to cut bait and move on. If he has truly exhausted all avenues so what else can we say? .....sorry? I just think it's unrealistic for him to expect everyone to rally behind his cause when quite frankly, most of us don't share his issue.

....and to add to that..... When R* suggests the problem might be on your end and to contact your ISP, thats not to suggest that everyone with he same ISP are having issues or that because others with the same ISP who don't have problems is proof that it isn't related to that in your cae. The issue can also be on your end simply due to location, traffic, other equipment, etc. .....but then again, it might not be. My point is, your argument about Mediacom being a large provider and the large customer base is moot That does not mean that individuals still do not have issues using their service.

With you? ......sorry, no. I can understand that you are having disconnect issues but quite frankly, there's a whole lot of people that aren't. ....or they are part of a larger, temporary issue which eventually gets fixed as Liquor pointed out. .......but I'm not going to boycott a game or join a cause against it when it works for me and I enjoy it. Sorry you can't get your particular problem resolved but perhaps it's time you cut your losses and move on if you feel this frustrated and betrayed. I've had to do the same with a couple games over the decades. It's not worth stressing over.

That's a rough forum though so understandable.

Lol.... Ok.

.....I'm kinda slow. 🤔

When Lonestar asked me if i would like to be a moderator on this forum, I accepted because I felt RDR2.org was a good fan site with a good, friendly, helpful and welcoming community. Probably the best community in that respect than most any other forum I frequent. .....and a great staff to boot. I also liked how they work to promote and maintain that atmosphere. Personally, I enjoy it. This is the kind of community I like being a part of. ....so when you say how do I cope with it, I understand what you mean but I don't see it that way. It's not a bother to me and we welcome members participation on the forums. ....as long as folks follow the rules of course. Being semi-retired also means that I can pop on here throughout the day while I'm doing other things. btw, there are other active moderators around here and even Lonestar views these threads, approves new members/posts, catches spam, etc. Stuff that goes on behind the scenes so to speak. I guess I just tend post a lot so maybe some folks see more of me but I kinda did that before too. We all share in the moderation responsibilities though. As for the game, it will pick up eventually. ....and while I may be taking a break right now from RDO, I will pick it back up as I have done in the past.

Sorry, it's just the way I read it I guess.

DayZ is a hardcore survival, open world survival game. It started out as a mod from ARMA 2 and eventually became a stand-alone game. It's been in development forever on PC and came to console via XB1 Preview program. It then released as a full version and then shortly for PS4 which is when I purchased it. It's still rough with bugs but updates are coming much faster now with content and fixes. It's not only you against the environment/elements but also zombies and other players. You have to scrounge for food, water, fight infection, find parts to repair vehicles for transportation, build bases if you want to, find light sources to survive the night, etc., etc. There are military bases you can loot for much better armaments and equipment but its not without risk since there are a lot of folks trying to do the same thing. Yeah, I wish R* would communicate better but I don't put much thought into folks complaining about the game on social media, etc. in regard to the success of this game. Personally, I think RDO will be around for a long time and eventually it will grow into something much more robust than it is now.

I also found RDO a little boring which is why I've switched to other games in the meantime. Been really enjoying DayZ as of late. Personally, I think it's important that they continue releasing the quarterly content drops along with any bug fixes although I wish both were more frequent. All in all though, I like the direction R* is going and look forward to many more hours of play in RDO as new features are added, etc. If I didn't, I wouldn't be wasting my time here or with the game.

btw, the Mauser is a semi-auto. ....the Cattleman and Schofield are single action by comparison and the gun the OP is talking about is a double action where a pull of the trigger will perform the task of cocking and releasing the hammer by itself without having to manually cock it before trying to fire (single action).

That's exactly how the heists are handled in GTAVO. They are part of the gameworld with characters from GTAV making an appearance, etc. with cutscenes not unlike the story missions in RDO as you point out. .....so I do think the story missions in RDO are essentially our equivalent of heists in GTAVO. Personally, I would prefer the ability to rob stores, banks, etc. in the open world rather than having to depend on story missions to do stuff like that but I also do enjoy the missions. Well, you have to understand that all of that content in GTAVO came over the course of several years. If you drop someone in the game now, yeah, it can seem overwhelming trying to figure out the businesses, heists, equipment, real estate, upgrades, etc. It is a very complicated game world but it wasn't always that way and took a long time to get there. RDO will eventually be too as updates, content and complexity continues to be added. Personally, I look forward to all of it as I will have the choice what I want to participate in and what I don't. Anything that adds more playstyle options and gameplay choices will be a good thing IMO.

Just because we don't hear anything on a Tuesday doesn't mean they won't release more news on the Summer Update or the update itself on another day. The most recent example was the new details we got about the update on a Friday (8/2). ....so, my point being is that we could hear more about the update at any time.

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Summer ends either at the end of August or toward the end of September depending on whether you go by meteorological or astronomical definitions. Using my better safe than sorry approach to things, I expect that R* is going by the astronomical calendar which has Summer ending this year before the Autumn equinox (Sept 23rd?). ......so, we possibly have a month to go with no concrete date or idea that it is closer than that. I wouldn't rack your brain too hard and just expect that you won't see the update until the end of Sept unless you hear something different before then. .....something official.

That's because the Cattleman is based on one of the best known, most recognizable handguns from that era, the Colt Single Action Army. Kinda funny because Uberti (who makes replica firearms) makes a Colt SAA replica called the Cattleman. Kinda wondered if that's where they got the name. .....while the Schofield in the game is the S&W Schofield. I always liked that firearm and the top break design. I'm disappointed though that they didn't take such things into consideration in reload times, etc. when balancing these weapons.

Hi Toxic and welcome to the forums.

....yep, there are always going to be new players but even so I don't see the stupidity in including it. Simply don't choose it if you don't want to. I never do.