BropolloCreed79

I eat what I kill.

Whoa, there, Speed Racer! Some of us are only on Chapter 2 (47%).

Or a new game. I won't be forced into the hot mess that the beta is now.

That sucks, bro. I've never relied on autosave in this game (I actually have it disabled), simply because of the old-school practice of saving before I start a new mission, or whenever I "check a box" on a challenge/side quest. Auto save sucks because if I screw something up, or my horse gets killed, I have no recourse other than to load the autosave--which in this game seems to be triggered by tradgedy more often than success.

On the "Kill 5 Birds from a Moving Train" Challenge in sharpshooter, I have a practical solution; O'Driscolls and Lemyone Raiders routinely rob trains either south of Valentine or West of Saint Denis (South of Rhodes). Kill the robbers, and BOOM--free empty train that you can drive up and down the tracks with out worrying about bounties. That's how I did it--south of Rhodes, so there were TONS of birds in the air around that swamp.

If that's indeed the case, then R* is making it that much easier for me to walk away in March when The Division 2 drops.

That was the first thing I did yesterday was break a Kentucky horse, and it promptly ran away when I didn't hitch it up. No amount of feeding/petting/grooming helped bond it.

First thing that popped into my head, and my 3rd favorite Christmas movie.

I got lucky then. The new tactic I've adopted is riding about twenty feet and eagle eyeing while swinging the camera around. I also jump off my horse the moment that red blip shows up on the map. It seems to help.

True enough. But Dr. Poop Juice is growing on me. I may rebuild him later today from scratch, but keep the name. Right now he looks a lot like like a taller, fatter version of Gallagher:

Appreciated. There's a difference between being glib and outright dishonesty, between fact and opinion. Full disclosure: I'm an incorrigible, incurable jackass; prone to fits of spontaneous defecating in my own trousers, so don't get too attached.

I spent two hours in that swamp/forest last night and saw a total of 2 panthers. One killed me because I was trying for a headshot after being knocked off my horse, and the second was only a one-star pelt. Sometimes this game makes me want to smack myself in the head with a brick over how frustrating it is.

Your own words betray you based on the preponderance of the evidence: Not using "normie" but the equivalent. You can lie to me and lie to yourself, but the truth will set you free.

I guess I'll just have to plug in my headset then.

Glad to see you're fighting the good fight.

We have actual salt mines here where I live. I'd love to tour them, but they've closed them to the public. My grandfather used to be a lineman for the phone company back in the 50's through the late 70's, and he had some great stories from having to go down there and service the phones. Granted, a lot of his stories were good (the ones from the funeral home and the butcher being particular favorites) but the ones from the salt mines were always fascinating.

And now you're the victim of accusations, too, I suppose.

Okay. Translation: "My experience will be ruined if they listen to feedback". Translation: "My rights! MY RIGHTS!!!" What about the rights of others? Being constantly killed by a group of people when you are just trying to enjoy the online mode will do more to "kill all incentive to do missions or hunt or whatever" than having passive mode enabled. Enabling passive mode in a PvP environment literally would remove the ability to be griefed, that's it. So unless you're advocating for the ability to grief people, there's no reason to argue against passive mode. And don't feed me your recycled line about "enjoying having to watch my back"--it's disingenuous. Nobody is forcing you, personally, to enable passive mode, so having it available in a PvP setting literally does nothing to your personal experience with the game. Everything you're advocating is about enabling elitist trolling behavior, and no amount of spin or linguistic window dressing is going to change that. "forced upon" you, like a victim? Nobody is ignoring your point, we're just calling out the logical fallacies within your arguments, and the contradictory nature of everything you've said. And claiming to be "ignored" is a classic victim move. So now, you claim to be a victim of being misunderstood or misinterpreted? Ooooh, and yet another "normie" blast, (while calling it "dumb" to boot) and is that another victim statement, implying you'd become a victim of an uneven playing field if people could be passive? Oh, and is that another "watching their backs" reference? Your argument fails on multiple levels. Again, selective passive mode does nothing to impugn your enjoyment of having to "watch your back" if you opt to not activate that feature. There's no reason the two can't be on the same server, unless you're advocating for the ability to indiscriminately kill other players whenever you choose. You're beating around the bush and refusing to acknowledge your elitist desires. You want the prestige and glamour of ranking up on a full-pvp server so you can say, with pride, "I'm 1337 wtfpewpewgitgudnoob" Certified!!!! That's literally the only other reason to advocate your position, if, as you claim, it's not about being able to indiscriminately murder whomever you want whenever you'd like.

You have repeatedly advocated for "keeping it the way it is", and played the victim, calling anyone who doesn't agree with your anarchistic utopia a "normie" (it's practically become a crutch for you) which is a pejorative term. There has been no interest in a civil discussion from this topic by you other than to denigrate folks who disagree.

Fixed. Anarchy is not synonymous with freedom. Illogical. How is it "playing the game" when you have to spend the entire session running from groups of kill squads or trolls whose only pleasure in the game is hounding and harassing folks? That's not playing the game, that's willfully signing up to be a victim. That said, this is the initial iteration of the online beta, and I doubt that this is anywhere near the finished product. As opposed to playing like a bloodthirsty Neanderthal incapable of complex thoughts outside of "KILL"? Grouping up with a posse to harass and troll solo players takes no skill, talent or ability, whatsoever. If I wanted to play "The Purge" online, then that's what I'd play. What your are advocating is complete and total lawless anarchy. If that's what works for you, personally, then that's fine, but that's not what was advertised when people purchased this game. There's nothing "legit" about the way PvP is currently structured in the beta at the moment. You can call it "legit" PvP, but it's essentially the "normie" PvP with auto aim and persistent radar identification and location of other players. It takes no skill or talent at all right now. If this is what you want, to keep it the way it is and have R* ignore the "whiners" and "normies", then you're basically advocating for "god mode" PvP, which is preposterous in a game that has an immersive single player mode bogged down in tedious levels of realism. The switch to an online mode with pervasive PvP that make it impossible for folks to have a choice at all is preposterous, lazy, and will kill off any audience outside "1337 wtfpewpewgitgudnormienoob" players. Why are your rights more important than the rights of players who don't want to be forced to endure being trolled/griefed because they're forced into playing persistent PvP?

I'm going to be interested to see if the progress from the open beta is maintained, or if they're going to wipe the slate clean for the official launch. The lack of detail on this point is keeping me from using "Dr. Poop Juice" (I let my kids design and name my character) very often, so I'll continue to focus on the story mode for now.

With the trinket from one of the legendary animals (I believe it's the one crafted from the legendary deer), I have received perfect pelts from both one and two-star animals (beavers in particular on the one-star pelts), so there are, in fact, ways around the 3-star pre-kill requisite. Simply depressing the right shoulder button on the controller (RB for XB, L1 for PS4) will bring up the hunting tips, including the proper weapon for increasing the chance of a perfect pelt. The tool tips are VERY specific, citing specific weapons and ammo options for optimal hunting results, usually involving choices with both bow & arrow combinations as well as firearm options. As I've said before, if you want to maintain pelt integrity on anything larger than a coyote, but smaller than a buffalo/grizzly, you can always lasso the animal, walk it down, and use the "kill" prompt when close enough ("O" on PS4). This will ALWAYS maintain pelt integrity from what it is when first viewed, and if the deer trinket is equipped, will more often than not elevate a 2-star pelt to a perfect pelt. Incorrect. As long as the proper hunting tools are being used, a headshot that strikes true and is a one-shot kill will always maintain pelt integrity. Animal size is not the sole determining factor. No. A headshot that is a killshot with the proper weapons from the tooltip will always maintain (note, "maintain" not produce--the pelt must already be a 3-star pelt, unless you've equipped the deer trinket) a perfect animal pelt. I always line up a broadside shot when possible and aim for the head using deadeye and target painting, place the cursor on the eye, and shoot. Unless the animal randomly moves, it's a guaranteed kill provided I'm within the reasonable tolerance for the weapon's range--you can't use a varmit rifle to shoot a rabbit in the head at 1000 feet, for example.

I didn't say sexually repressed one eyed hillbilly mongoloid.

Maybe some of us have two right hands. After all, haven't you heard the expression, "dancing with two left feet"? "He shoots like he has two right hands".

Absolutely. Me? I want to RP a giant man of diminished mental capacity with an affinity for working on a farm as a laborer and inadvertently killing small animals in my spare time because I don't know my own strength. Edit: "Tell me about the rabbits again, George."