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Well, what I did was after submitting my abbreviated feedback/bug report I waited for the reply, once I get the reply, I then can reply with my email client and not their little forms which limit you to 1000 characters. This makes it easier to give a detailed description of your issue and get some back and forth going, in the past it has served me well. This time, I had replied, they got back to me with a response that showed me that they hadnt really read my reply, so I pointed that out and their next reply was much better. In that reply we got to the heart of the matter which to me is lack of communication to the community. I said "I get it, you have a script of responses to work from when users submit bug reports of things you already aware of, but what we want is information good bad or whatever." I said you put out a newswire nearly every week yet never mention the issues or what you are working on and towards, it would be nice to read that you are working on xyz in an attempt to remedy the server issues, or you have a plan or you have tried these things and yet the problem remains, anything at all so we know that you are indeed working on what we are struggling with, when you dont communicate with us, out of desperation people start losing faith in the game and whether you are taking these issues seriously, etc... I mean when they say we are aware, stay tuned to the news wire then they dont say anything in the news wire, its like, hey wth? So it was after all this that I got that reply I posted part of. Also, it was over 2 or 3 consecutive days, like each day I would find a reply, and then I would reply, and the next day I would find the next reply, etc.. Anyway, in the end there is nothing these folks that are talking to us can tell us , because they dont know, they are just doing a job, and they are there to record everything and then tell the developers who prioritize what they are going to work on based on all sorts of factors. Sadly things are pretty much the same after the update and that stinks although it was expected, I figured the update was enough to get out that it gave them a reprieve from the spawn issues for a week while xbx users gobble up the new content, maybe even play some story mode during this time. Hopefully they get to it and soon, it sucks that they arent a lot more transparent, I really dislike when a company just sort of ignores its community, I mean lets face it, we love this game for one reason or another, we complain because we are frustrated and we want it to work. We know its potential and we are dying to just turn it on, have everything work and enjoy some interesting sessions, this game can be so amazing at times, especially when you arent frustrated over daily challenges to cook some pork which normally would be a non issue and you know there is little chance of you finding a pig, hog or boar anywhere in the game right now, it just makes me not want to play. If it werent for the daily challenge streak, I wouldnt even turn the game in til they get it fixed personally, but I am not willing to give up my streak and have to begin again over it, I just pop in, do at least one then as soon as it isnt easy or it is frustrating, I bail. I am in the beginning of a new game in story mode, and now that they released this update for story mode for xbx players I am actually excited to play it, so for me anyway this is my focus while they get it worked out. All we can do is wait and hope. The sad reality is we have lost I fear maybe even the bulk of our base, yeah there are a lot of players, no doubt, but have you looked at the player list closely? How many players over level 100 in any given session, over 200?, 300? In my last 10 sessions, it has been me at level 330 or so, and then maybe one other person in the 200's but sometimes not even that today it was two people in the 120's and everyone else, much lower, I would say the majority of players were under level 40. So where are all the high level players? they left, they were bored with it, tired of waiting, and they just dont play. Now if many are like me, they pop in and out quickly to check and then leave again, you may see a huge surge of players the day it gets resolved, but I fear we may not, Rockstar may have lost them for good. When I was playing and ranking up from level 38 til level 100, I was usually one of the lowest ranks in the game, and it was filled with 2,3,4 and even rank 500 level players, but today it is just the opposite. Rockstar probably figures, it cant be helped, plus we already sold them the game, I would guess only a small % of players ever buy gold, so once they sell the game that is it, and once they have your money they dont care if you play or not, maybe? I dont know, just seems like that sometimes.

So, I found out what was up with my Vizio I need a $200 repair, they have to replace a bad capacitor or transistor or both on my power supply board. Parts run around .35 to .75 cents each and the repair can be done in less than 1 hour, I wish I was capable of diagnostics and perf soldering I could save some money here, but for $200 I am 100% satisfied and happy to pay it. So after what will end up being a week without my tv, I learned a ton of stuff, learned way too much about 2019 and 2020 models and tech as it pertains to led and oled tvs, and I made up my mind to buy a new Oled tv in a few weeks when we get our tax return back. Im just happy that I can afford the fix on my Vizio, although it is a 2014 model with no hdr I love this tv, it was the first "real" tv I have ever owned and the most I ever paid for a tv, back then I paid $2000.00 even for it cash, they were $2600.00 but I sniffed out a cash deal as I always do this time of year. RDR2 looks so amazing on nearly any type of screen, even on my really crappy rear projection hd tv the game looks pretty good, I mean to me it looks awful, but I am used to it in 4k and clear as can be. Now I am stoked to see the game in all its glory on an Oled and the new tv I am buying is set up to handle the next gen consoles coming out, where it has 120 hz refresh rate at 4k, so 4k/60 will be super simple and with gsync on should run flawlessly, Now Im psyched for 2020 gaming like never before. If you ever think you may want to upgrade your tv, my advice is to wit until Feb or early March in any given year. they have their trade shows and CEs in January, once they announce the new tech and let everyone know what will be on shelves in June or July, the old tech starts plummeting in prices and opens up possibilities for budget minded people like myself. I love a bargain, and I have seen a ton of people who bought the LG 9 series tvs earlier this year for full retail, over $3000.00, today you can find them for between $1790.00 and $2100, so a substantial discount and just because of timing. It sometimes pays to wait for the new tech to drop as it might have features you will want in a year, so you wait, problem is if you want for the new tech, when it drops in June it will be full retail for 3 to 6 months, but by Jan of the following year it will again start dropping. Because Oled tech is pretty much maxed out at this point, companies like LG are filing patents for new tech, mini led, 8k and other options for the coming year, indicating Oled tech has hit its wall, there isnt much they can do at this point to make it any better, so to keep growing they move on to the next tech, so this year in particular is maybe the best time ever to buy a high end Oled for a mid range price. My Vizio was $2600 retail when I bought it and the Oled is on a whole other level, and for me will be around $800 less, so this is a unique time to get in on Oled if you have ever thought about it. The only thing I dislike about Oled is that I cant afford a larger unit, I have a 70" LED now so going to a 65" bugs me, but the 77" oled is $4k and way out of my budget, I dont want to spend more than $2000.00 on a tv regardless of what it is, but a 65" is still a decent size for my space and will look amazing!!

I feel the same way, I never buy the latest, but I like to buy 1 year old tech after it has been proven and the new stuff is about to drop. Like right now, 8k, and mini led and other tech is shown at CES, will be on shelves in most cases by June. The stuff that was out this time last year and was very expensive is now %40 to %70 off where it was 9 months ago, plus they recently added features that only the newest tech in 2020 will have standard, like gsync compatible and free sync, and hdmi 2.1 They added these features to the LG oled line up the 9 series. The C9 is the undisputed leader in gaming and picture quality right now, there really isnt anything out there better or better looking with as low input lag. The C9 in 65" was nearly $4000.00 last year, you can buy one now for $1800, this is where I shine. Now I can do even better and get a lower priced 9 series Oled like the B9 or other, but to me at this point, for the extra $200 or $300 I would prefer to just get the flagship model, if they were $500 apart, then I would step back to the B series, and just get the Alpha 8 engine, but the Alpha 9 gen 2 engine is the best in these models and in 2020 they changed it to gen 3, so to me, if I am going to spend $1500 for second best, I may as well just spend $1800 and get the best. All I know is that 6 years later, every single time I turn on my Vizio 70" I smile, I love this picture everytime and it doesnt even compare to the Oled, so I figured, for the way I use them, and how amazingly beautiful it is, I am all in. Especially since right now, the Qr90 led from Samsung, the number 2 option out there, is actually $2600 for the same size as the oled, where it is usually the opposite, the oleds were traditionally more money, but because of timing, right now you can steal the show with an Oled for $800 less than the comparable Qled, and the differences are very real and worth every penny, the hdmi 2.1 and gsync makes this 9 series oled the best gaming tv out right now and if you have ever stood in front of one to ssee the picture quality then you know how amazing these Oleds look, I cant wait to see RDR2 on a 65" Oled with gsync, Im foaming at the mouth right now. I love tech, I always have, I used to build gaming rigs from 2000 til 2008, then I took a break, but now I want to take some classes and get certified to learn soldering and testing perf boards and other electronics repair, if I knew how to do that I coudl have repaired my tv for under $5, instead of $200 I have to pay a guy to do it for me.

yeah me too, I made a delivery and on the way saw a desert iguana and I havent seen one of those in literally weeks, so that was nice to see.

Well, if you go back to the update that gave us the dogs I think maybe it was earlier than that, but one of them specifically included things about being attacked at your camp, and I was once by npc's, so I think camp attacks were supposed to be more often than they are, it does feel like there should be something to protect from other players when you have a down flag, and the game goes out of its way to lower your flag making you vulnerable at times like when making a delivery for some reason.

Thanks, I dont know if badgering them does any good, but it feels like the only thing we can do, and sometimes you can get a decent human being on the other end who sometimes will leak info to you are hint at something to give you a new hope, this morning I havent put the game on yet, but lets hope this big fix patch does it. Funny, I spawned in yesterday and as I did, there were 6 or 8 Pronghorns at my camp, I shot 3 of them and got two of them on my horse, I thought hmm ok, this looks promising, but then I didnt see much else, here is hoping it gets better this week, who knows.

I think the point was supposed to be that we could attack camps and stuff but they have really delved into that much, I mean I have been attacked once by npc's since the update that gave us dogs at camp, but never by a player. It would be cool if they added a feature that allows you to steal from camps and attack when the flag is down, so we could go in, and take some materials or a special camp stew we can eat, or steal from the loot box, etc.. Hopefully in time they will add something to that effect.

Ok, so a few things. We have had several bugs in the game for the past 4 months, animal spawns, black screens, infinite loading screens, etc.. Many have been fixed or improved yet some still remain. As we get closer to Tuesday you might notice other bugs especially on Tuesday when they implement a change or add on or other fixes. Ive played since the Beta and it goes back and forth, buggy, not buggy, buggy not buggy, but I think we are closer than ever to some stability fixes. Hang in there, this game is amazing, and it also has some amazing challenges for developers, obviously they are working on fixes all the time, so be patient and use the Rockstar feedback form to let them know what you are experiencing, it can only help to hear from more people. The only bugs I have seen are the infinite loading screens, the rare but occasional disconnect and of course the animals not spawning when servers have more than 12 players on them. What I have decided to do so I dont give up on the game is I join once a day, check my daily challenges, I do at least one to keep my streak going and my gold payouts at .5 per challenge. Then I test the game, to see how buggy it is , yesterday there were no fast travel posts and no butchers in Blackwater or Strawberry, odd but ok. Once I saw that, I just left for the day, no point in wasting a bunch of time and getting frustrated, I am not giving up, I am just doing the minimum to keep my streak going while I wait for fixes. Also, I am on xbox and we have been waiting for content that was out on pc and ps4 a month ago, so I am just biding my time until that hits to both see how it effects online, but also to re play the story mission a 4th time, this time with new content and weapons and horses that were not available when I played it the other 3 times. In my case my main tv died a week ago, so now I am really biding my time and only doing daily challenges until I can get my tv back or I buy a new one, I am hoping by the time I can get this figured out on my end, the new content will be here and hopefully, fingers crossed the animal spawns and server issues fixed as well, so when I return to daily playing, hopefully it will be a new day n RDR2. Good luck, hang in there.

Exactly. This was my thought as well. Some missions although you can join if others have their honor where it needs to be and invite you, but if your honor is high you wont be able to play the low honor missions on your own, they wont even show up in your mission list. I had been invited to a mission, I forget the name it is the one that takes you to the fort East of Valentine, well I joined from an invite but on my own the mission never came up, I later realized I had to lower my honor and that is exactly why you see the honor changing option at those stations around the map, you can also do it yourself for free like I did. I ended up going to St Denis, climbing onto a rooftop across from the stables and sniping people and police until my honor was very low, then I went into the menu and tada, there was the mission, after I completed the missions that require low honor, I went fishing and just playing the game the way I normally play it and my honor was back up in a session.

Ive been wondering this from the start too, at first I thought well can you imagine the ridiculous names that we would then see? or maybe it was to prevent inappropriate or abusive words from being displayed but I think they have a filter on that prevents that anyway, so I really dont understand. It seems like we should be able to not only make our name what we want, but change it as we see fit, as long as it is alwasy tied to our gamer tag what is the difference?

So, I usually send Rockstar a note once a week after a Tuesday update bothering them about the current state of the game, pestering them about communicating better with us. I had said to them, you put out a newswire weekly yet say nothing about the number 1 question from nearly every player currently playing the online game, when are you goign to fix this issue? what are you trying? when will you try it? why wont you try these suggestions,? etc.... and I usually get the exact same reply, stay tuned, we are aware, etc.... Well after a lengthy back and forth with them last week that lasted til today, after explaining to them that fixing gold glitches and ignoring animal spawns is discouraging for players, preventing solo lobbys yet immediately fixing a duplication glitch isnt a good look. anyway, my last reply from Rockstar came this morning, in it they said this, I am going to copy paste their words. " we would like to inform you that these issues will be fix along with new patch," Now, we were talking about Tuesday's weekly updates just before this, so to me and I said this to them, it looks as though he is saying this weeks update may contain a bug fix for the animal spawns and server issues. I cant be sure obviously for all I know he meant a patch that is coming down the road or in a certain amount of time, but it does give me hope. It is the first time they ever said anything other than the same old nonsense, stay tuned, we are aware of the problem etc.. I had made suggestions, create a "Hunting mode" and allow players to join a session that is capped with 12 players and a 48 hour in game time frame, then booting them back to the server they were on prior to starting the mode, or just limit servers to 12 and see what happens, etc.. as well as several other ideas we floated, but in the end, they never tried anything, rather they are working on it on their end and hopefully will roll it out to us very soon, I feel like it is too good to be true that it will be tomorrow so I am not getting too excited, but it might be. Let's wait and see what tomorrow brings. Tomorrow does bring to those of us on XbX the new added content for both online and story mode that pc and ps4 got a month ago, so there is that, but who knows, perhaps we will be lucky and they will also roll out a fix for the animal spawns, fingers crossed.

I totally get that and your right hd can look amazing still, nothing wrong with that. I do love the Vizio sstuff from 2014 at that time it was revolutionary to buy a 70" full array 4k smart tv for $2000, later they changed ODM's and OEM's and Foxconn bought more stock changing the way they buy and build their tv's and thijgs have declined. Although at CEs 2020 they brought in a new P series Quantum x and oled that have a new engine in them making them a much better contender to compete with Samsung again, but for my money I am done with Vizio for the time being. Samsung has topped out its Qled tech and is moving into mini led tech that will be on shelves in June supposedly, and they currently have the best led gaming tv's at that price point. The LG oleds are hands down best image quality, best darks, not the brightest peak brightness but they did just add a firmware update giving them Vsync making them the ultimate gaming tv at this moment, there is no better tv to game on with a console right now and due to the timing, the prices are plummeting, what was $3800 is now $1300, I am planning on getting the 65" oled at tax time. You sir have a sick gaming tv, congratulations, I can only imagne how amazing the picture quality is. My vizio looks damn good, but not as good as any oled with gsync, and my Mitsubishi rear projection lol looks like a blury mess in comparison, I am jealous for a moment, but then I remember in 4 weeks Ill have my tax returns figured out and I have an order ready to be placed for my 65" C9 Oled. I am going back and forth between the b9 and c9 but for the $300 difference I am going to just go with the leader, the C9.

My 4k Vizio died last week, I am looking at repairing it now, if it isnt to much Ill have a tech do it otherwise I am going to order the boards and swap them out myself and rebuild it essentially. In the meantime I had to pull out my old rear projection 60" Mitsubishi hd tv I bought back in 2008. The difference is stunning, it hurts my eyes it is so bad to be honest, even an lcd or led hd would be a huge improvement over the soft look of the rear projection. It got me thinking I wonder what everyone these days is gaming on as far as consoles go. Prices have been plummeting as technologies come out, now with mini and micro led's and Oled has maxed out its potential, another big sweep of changes are on the way which will drive down the prices again on oled and most led's too. If you are at all like me and keep up on tech, you know vsync and other refresh rate options are coming out on certain brands making them great for gaming with low latency in both hd and 4k models. You can get a really nice budget 4k smart tv with hdr and variable refresh rates for under $300 and all the way up to $8000 so there is a huge rainbow or options available today comapred to a few years ago. When I bought my Vizio 4k it was $2500, same tv today is $1500, and if you dont mind a smaller size the prices are even lower, a 50" can be had for $250 to $300 brand new and although they are budget models they produce a pretty impressive image, far better than hd, even if you dont have a 4k console they upscale everything and look great. What is everyone that plays on a console using for their panel? what size, what format, what brand? New models have hdmi 2.1 and usb 3.0 which open up the throughput quit a bit, allowing for even better content. I am hoping to spend under $400 and replace a couple of my inner motherboards essentially renewing my tv for the next 5 years while I save up for our next tv, I am considering the LG Oled, now that they have added a firmware update adding vsync for variable refresh rates they are great for gaming, and have superior quality picture quality but have been out of my price range for the past 2 years, but now they are dropping as mini and micro leds are coming out. My problem is I am spoiled and I just love a 65" to 77" screen, if I could live with a 43" to 50" I could afford one, but........I cant. I want that huge picture there is just nothing like a 70" 4k image it is like having a movie theater in your house. I just cant afford one at the moment. Anyway after using my rear projection hd tv today I thought, I wonder if anyone else is playing like this. This is one of my favorite times of year right after ces the electronic expo in Vegas that shows the coming tech for 2020 and beyond, everytime this happens yesterdays tech starts dropping in prices, I usually buy last years stuff when it comes down to an affordable to me price.

I was thinking and suggested to R* that maybe until they can find a fix to the server issues that are preventing animal spawns in most sessions they coudl create a new mode. Free Roam Hunting mode. In this mode players can join for 48 in game hours to hunt or do anything they want to do in a server capped at 12 players. After 48 in game hours they woudl be pushed back into a public server, giving others a chance to join and hunt. Then once you have participated in this you have to wait 72 in game hours minimum to re-join a hunting session so players are constantly revolving in and out of these servers playing this mode. I dont know, I am just desperate to think of anything that can help with this fundamental problem with the game. I can take many of the issues we suffer with, but no animals is where I am at a loss. I just have no desire to tun the game on when I know there are no animals to hunt. It is boring, dead and sterile. Making suggestions often doesnt help, but who knows, maybe if an idea gets some traction, is reasonable in its implementation and servers the community they would consider it? I was really hoping today was the day we got the ps4 exclusive content that came out last month but I forgot we have one more week to go, so the little thing I was looking forward too is still a week off, that is another week of struggling to do daily challenges, run trader deliveries, and anything else that the game currently is void of, dynamic events are down, treasure maps are down, animal spawns are extremely limited, etc.. I'm a dedicated player, I play every single day despite all the issues, I maintain a daily challenge streak to acquire gold in preparation for the next update that requires role purchases and other items to be paid for with gold. I try to find the good, I have defended R* and this game since launch each time there is an issue and usually R* gets to it and makes a fix or an adjustment or tweak to the game to make improvements, they just dont communicate well with us, or tell us what they are working on as it happens which leads to tons of speculation and negative experiences for people waiting for these fixes to come in. I still love the game, I believe Rockstar is aware and is working on the game, BUT we just dont know what they are trying to do or why it is taking this long or what obstacles they are running into and this information would go a long way in helping some of us remain patient. If you dont know you can use their feedback and bug reporting forms still to report issues and if you are playing RDR2 online and having ANY of these issues you really should take a minute to do this, the more they hear from us the more they pay attention to things, if people arent reporting the issues and complaining when things are broken they arent necessarily going to focus more attention in to fixing these things, so please, if you have an issue with the game, let them know, tell them what you are seeing, and what is wrong. https://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadonline/feedback?redirect_lang=en_us If you already have done this, do it again, once a week take stock, is the game fixed? if not let them know, let them know you enjoy the game and are hanging around waiting for them to fix what is broke, but woudl appreciate some news on the matter, maybe if more people got involved in reporting things maybe would get more attention? When this game is running properly it is amazing and so much fun, the world comes alive and it is a joy to bee a part of, when you have seen the game run this way and then you are stuck with the way the game is currently running, it is just depressing, and it gets more frustrating every week when nothing seems to get fixed and you cant get a word from R* about what they are working toward regarding these issues. I hope they do get it sorted out sooner than later, I love what they created and understand how much of an undertaking all this was, and I Respect how they went about it, I just want to see this game I love get fixed so we can all enjoy it the way it was meant to be. It cant hurt

The work around currently is to start a mission or bounty or other activity that puts you into a solo session, then go hunting, load up your satchel and wagon, and horse, then fail or complete the mission, then go feed Cripps, rinse and repeat, it stinks, but it works. Also, at times when you least expect it, you will be put into a solo session, the other day I started a moonshine delivery, for some reason it put me into a solo session, and after I delivered it the session remained, this does happen from time to time, I am not sure why or how to predict it, but when it happens, take full advantage of it and hunt. When it last happened to me, I filled Cripps, then filled my wagon and satchel, then I went and grabbed crabs and pelicans so when the daily challenges come up I have the items I need to craft a seasoned xyz in my inventory and dont need to go try to find them in a public session. It isnt much of a fix or work around but it is better than nothing at the moment. I really wish other than fixing the problems, ie: no animals, random disconnects, infinite loading screens, daily challenges not giving credit, and all the other problems we are experiencing that R* would communicate better, tell us what you are working on, why it is taking so long to fix these things, why you can fix a gold glitch but not a camp issue, etc... They just arent very good at communicating with us at all. I love this game, but honestly it is a joke at this point, the game is busted, it rarely if ever works as it should anymore, and worse than that, no word on what is being done to fix it. I dont want to take a break from it, as I maintain a lenghty daily challenge streak, so if I stop playing, I am just out, but that is a last resort, I have stuck it out through so many issues at this point, that I find it hard to just stop playing, even if it is broken. Right now I am waiting for next week so xbx players can get the content ps players got last month, after that, I am back to nothing to do or look forward too in the game, so I really hope things change quickly.

Yes I know, I am an XbX player so I am waiting for this content still, I had hoped it would drop today, but I see it is still a week out, sigh....

Jan 21st these items will be available in xbx. this was from a Newsweek article: "Red Dead Redemption 2 update 1.15 is available now for PS4 and will arrive on Xbox One January 21." Beyond the new photo mode and story mode missions, the 1.15 update to Red Dead Redemption 2 also adds a number of items previously only available in the PC version of the game. New weapons include the M1899 Pistol, Evans Repeater, High Roller Revolver and LeMat Revolver. There are also new horse breeds: Warped Brindle Arabian, Few Spot Appaloosa, Perlino Andalusian and Red Chestnut Arabian. Finally, the update adds new trinkets, including the Hawk Talon, Cat Eye, Shark Tooth, Turtle Shell and Crow Beak. So I do believe in 2 weeks from today 1/4/2020 we will have access to photo mode, the new weapons, missions, items, gang hideouts etc... You can read the article here. https://www.newsweek.com/red-dead-redemption-2-update-115-expands-story-mode-adds-new-single-player-missions-console-1477195

UPDATE: Kean, I put this in the wrong sub forum, sorry I meant to put it in rdr2 story mode. 2nd UPDATE: I found the answers in a Newsweek article, the items I asked about below will be available in story mode after 1/21/2020 Here is the link. https://www.newsweek.com/red-dead-redemption-2-update-115-expands-story-mode-adds-new-single-player-missions-console-1477195 So as of the pc release of the game there have been items added to the game including treasure map quests and trinkets. I am wondering are these also added to the console versions of the game or are they pc only? I watched a video on the Elemental trail treasure map for example, this wasnt in the game last year, but I wonder if it was added to the ps4 and xbx versions of the game or not. Can anyone confirm?

You can upgrade it, I did. First buy the shot gun, no variant then upgrade its parts, ie: barrel, sights, etc.. then, go ahead and change its look to what you want, ie: gold, brass, copper whatever you had in mind, then add the variant. Now, to get your metals on the variant, it is a process of the following. Open the customize screen, pick the dble barrel shotgun from the list, then variant, then Krampus or whatever it says, then back out to the customize screen where it is the list of weapons and do it again, if you do this as fast as you can 4 times, you will notice the gun change appearance as you do it, first the barrel will disappear, then the rest except the frame, etc.. after 4 times if you did it right you should land on the krampus variant with your metal colors in tact. It may take a few tries to get it to work, but it does work, I did this with my bolt action, my pump shotgun my lancaster and now my dble barrel shotgun, you get a variation of the variant. I didnt take a pic of it, but if I can remember Ill post one later. Mine is gold.

Sometimes when you are shot at you find that you can not move or initiate some things for a few seconds, it might have been that preventing you from picking up the supplies. Also, when you pick up those supplies usually you are attacked pretty quickly by the owners of said supplies, I didnt see the end of the video it stopped before the explosion and encounter so I cant say, but it is possible you were fired upon by the npc's whose supplies you were stealing, maybe. Then again, on PC there are many things going on so I cant say for sure without seeing the entire encounter and knowing more.

The double edge sword that is the Evans is its reload time, reloading 24 rounds takes a while, so you kind of have to factor that in, yes you can manually reload from time to time ti prevent needing to reload the whole weapon, but it is something to consider. I like the Evans too but after using them all, to me, the Lancaster is my go to.

From my experience when you get more than 12 players on a server the spawns decline. When you are alone in a server animals are similar to Story mode levels, and when you end up in a server with 8 or less players you can predictably hunt nearly anything in the game. I believe it purely based on numbers of players on a given server, maybe not but as far as I Can tell it is the only common denominator. R* claims to be working on it. We will see.

LOL, I hear ya leveling up horses can be a pain, I just finished both the level 20 Roadsters, they are now both level 4, but I just did daily challenges two ddays in a row or each horse to do it, so I didnt even really notice how long, I just made sure to stay focused on my daily and with a Nocodolches saddle on there I woudl go top speed from thing to thing til I was done, I really dont mind the bonding process so much now that I have the max number of horses, I alwasy have 6 or 7 already done so if I need one in a pinch they are ready to go. Well, you are right, which is why I brought it up, no I dont think they woudl rebate us anything either but when you want something always ask for three things and make two of them just out of reach, lol. However many stores do offer 60 day price comparisons, if you buy an item and it goes on sale next week or in three weeks at a competitor or at that store they offer you a rebate, happens all the time, so it is not that unheard of. All I really want to see is mostly cosmetic, like gun variants you can only get after 100 levels, or horse skins, wagon customization's, new camp flags, etc... So not to give a player any real advantage although I do think the bandoleer and satchel upgrades per 100 levels woudl be justified and there is nothing wrong with being able to carry more ammo or more supplies because you earned that right by making that far in the game, and this would motivate others to keep grinding if this is something they really want. as a convenience it would be nice, to be able to carry more big game meat or more ammo than others, so we dont have to refill as often, so yeah an advantage in a way but more of an earned convenience . I am not sure what these are, I have a few of them, I figured maybe something that will come out later on in another update perhaps? It does say "Future" reward.

I was playing today and I did a moonshine sale/delivery and it put me into a solo session, then when it was over, it kept me in it!! I didnt realize it at first then I noticed there were animals everywhere. I hung in there and did 7 more daily challenges and did a trader sell mission, plus refilled my trader to the brim, twice. It is so nice when you can hunt, it took no time at all to completely fill up, then I was lucky enough to find a bear I needed, 3 wolves, and then I ran into a big beautiful moose at Hanging dog ranch, I was able to call in a wagon, fill it send it away and then fill my horse too, ahh it felt so good, I really hope they fix this game soon, every once in a while you get a good day and it reminds you of how bad it is broken most days. Now Im all caught up again, got back to 45 gold, all my horses are level 4, all my new cards are tier 3, I even went and spent 34 gold to decorate my dual Navy Revolvers to put a cherry on top. Now I am just back to doing daily challenges to get enough gold so in March I will have 200 or more ready for the next role to come along.

I didnt pay attention to per animal so it may very well be 10 of a certain animal but I really dont think so, I am pretty sure I have put more than 10 pronghorn and boar pelts on my horse many times, at least I think so, I am goign to try it again and pay attention then next time I have an opportunity to skin 10 of the same animal.