Skysaw

That's actually kind of awesome. Good job!

Totally get that. I'd rather play with RL friends too, but none of my friends are playing RDR.

I hadn't done anything with other players, so I decided to check out the "Posse Up" option, and got thrown into a random group. Grabbed my headset and hoped for the best, not expecting much. I must have gotten lucky, because it turned out to be a great group, all friendly and on-mic. We did some story and stranger missions, got into a few shoot-outs, and swapped war stories for a few hours. Made some new Xbox friends, and had an overall great time. Just posting for those who don't have any friends who regularly play, and who don't expect much from randos. Go ahead and jump in... you never know!

Well I'll try again tonight, but I don't feel hopeful. I've tried many, many times in various different locations, and it would be a weird coincidence if I was standing in a bad location every time.

I'm not saying that it doesn't work as a cover -- I'm saying that it doesn't get used from my inventory at all. Scent lines stay too. It's as if I can't get the lid off the damn jar!

Pretty sure I looked there several times. I'll check again tonight, since I might just be crazy. I'm also pretty sure I used to see it somewhere when I opened my satchel with D-Pad-R. Or am I imagining that?

Try it from different distances. Sometimes it's not available for some reasons, and I back up and re-approach slowly and it's available again.

Did that one ages ago. Lost the lantern much more recently, I think.

Good idea. I'll give it a shot tonight.

Yup.

Lots of birds to shoot down just North of Saint Denis.

I know the stuff doesn't really do that much to help, but it really bugs me that I can't seem to be able to apply Cover Scent on myself. I've been carrying around a pile of them for ages, but whenever I try to apply it, nothing happens. It doesn't get used up, and I don't get any message about it. I've tried applying directly from satchel, as well as from the item wheel, but neither works. Is this another bug for me, or am I just missing something obvious?

Somewhere around chapter 4 I noticed that my lantern was completely missing. It's not on my horse, not in my satchel, not in any category of "items" listed anywhere. In short, it's completely missing. Anyone else have this happen, or know what I can do about it? I haven't ventured into any dark caves for a long time, but I would like to eventually find those carvings, and I assume it will be a necessity.

This sounds like an OCD thing. I'm guessing that the OP would have been perfectly happy if RDR2 didn't award any medals at all. But since the gold medal exists... MUST HAVE AT ALL COSTS. Myself, I don't see the point in going for medals at all, with all the other more interesting content and goals in the game. When I finally finish the story, I might replay a few missions just to go for a better medal. Then again, I might not even bother. Seriously, they are pointless.