Targeted for Assassination

[Moosh89]

On topic - I was just herb picking in Tall Trees around Manzanita Post when I received an invite to a Free Roam event called "Hunt the Leader". I got excited when I saw "Hunt..." thinking I finally got lucky with the new Wildlife Hunting free roam event so I accepted it to only find it was an assassination of a posse leader, which of course was a posse of real players.

It gave me 5 minutes to get from Tall Trees to MacFarlane Ranch where there was the 4-5 strong posse, with the leader holed up in a building. They wrecked me obviously since I couldn't take that many and the area is fairly open. 40 seconds from ending I got disconnected lol. I wanted to see if I stopped pushing after the timer ran out if they'd leave me be as a "good game" gesture lol.

Edited June 3, 2019 by Moosh89

[The_Liquor]

I find that most are willing to let things go after a game event, be it assassination, or ther trying to steal your wagon or whatever else. The ones that don’t are likely either griefers that spend their day running around the map killing people for no reason, or the hard line anti griefers that think even though they’re in a game event that specifically calls for a PvP encounter, that you griefed them and now they have to chase you around for an hour and teach you a lesson... both of these types are much less common than the guy who plays the game and rides on after it’s done.

[Vaderspupil]

4 hours ago, The_Liquor said:

I was being a little tongue in cheek. Sorry... And it was more in reaction to @Kean_1 than to the fact you posted lol.

 

4 hours ago, Kean_1 said:

Easy folks.....   I only mentioned the age of the thread as an FYI to @lumper as he was directly replying to the OPs 6 month old post.  I didn't know if he realized the age as sometimes that can happen (folks don't notice the dates when a thread is bumped).  I

I'm not busting anyone's balls let alone yours @Vaderspupil for resurrecting this thread to ask your question.  ......otherwise I would have mentioned it when I answered the first time.  

Either way, it's not a big deal nor did I intend to make it one.  I guess I could have been more specific, sorry.

Sorry, was being a little tongue in cheek myself. Wasn't trying to be antagonistic.

[Kean_1]

No worries. Just wanted to make sure I didn't come off as being annoyed by the bump or anything like that.

[James Hickok_1837]

Old thread or not... I personally like the Assasination mission. When im targeted i look for a good spot to take ground and fight. 

Unfortunately when i have a target to kill most of the players run like crazy or change session. 

There are some things that i dont understand tho :

1. When i get targeted by one or more players for assasination i can kill them but they spawn close and keep attacking until they shoot you and mission is over they won no matter if You shoot them first.  Shoud be mission over since first kill. 

 

2nd thing is y-day i got assasination mission and the player system chose for me to kill was lvl 10..... im lvl 141... this is stupid. I didnt chase the dude it seemed ridiculous. 

my 2 cents on that matter

[The_Liquor]

Yes. If you get the guy(s) chasing you it should end the game. It seems unfair that they only have to get you once but they get multiple tries.

[N7Creed]

I've never done one of these before but last night before my posse got on I was tasked with killing a guy as part of a stranger mission. He was holed up in that farm building with the donkey and ox near Emerald ranch. It was 1 v 1, though I didn't catch his level he certainly knew more about strategy than I did. I actually got him with about 10 seconds to spare. What a rush! 

 

Edited June 6, 2019 by N7Creed

[HuDawg]

On ‎6‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 8:22 AM, The_Liquor said:

Yes. If you get the guy(s) chasing you it should end the game. It seems unfair that they only have to get you once but they get multiple tries.

Ya that makes zero sense.

Its also lame that its 'TIME BASED" on payouts.      So you almost have to wait till the last few seconds to kill a player to get proper payout OR you get a few dollars.

This is why I kind of like getting targeted for assassination.  Alls I have to do run away for a few mins it I get full payout.

[James Hickok_1837]

On 6/8/2019 at 2:18 PM, HuDawg said:

Ya that makes zero sense.

Its also lame that its 'TIME BASED" on payouts.      So you almost have to wait till the last few seconds to kill a player to get proper payout OR you get a few dollars.

This is why I kind of like getting targeted for assassination.  Alls I have to do run away for a few mins it I get full payout.

Yes. That is why the majority of targeted for assasination just run - ez money.   This mission needs adjustments. 

[N7Creed]

On 6/8/2019 at 1:18 PM, HuDawg said:

Ya that makes zero sense.

Its also lame that its 'TIME BASED" on payouts.      So you almost have to wait till the last few seconds to kill a player to get proper payout OR you get a few dollars.

This is why I kind of like getting targeted for assassination.  Alls I have to do run away for a few mins it I get full payout.

I was doing that. But lately I've had players use the 'join session' in order to spawn right next to me a few seconds before the timer runs out and blast me. After I've raced across most of the map and used up a bunch of tonics on my horse. 

That feature should be disallowed while on a mission.

[Vaderspupil]

Getting real tired of thin skinned, salty players coming after me after I just finished going after them during a PA mission.  On Saturday, I did two such missions. The first, I had to track down a player who was holed up with his posse in Saint Denis. I had a hard time getting to him and ultimately ran out of time. But, when it was over, his posse members continued to come after me and killed me once or twice. On the second mission, I forget where the final fight took place,  but I had to kill both members of a 2 man posse. They were swimming around in a river in a spot that was really only accessible via the steep adjacent cliffs. I managed to traverse the cliffs on foot and found a point where I could pick them off from above. I succeeded in the mission and of course when it was over,  one of them can after me and killed me. For Christ's sake, don't blame me for the game choosing you as a target, it's nothing personal. If I win, take your death like a man and move on. If you win, relish your victory, be happy you survived and that it's all over and move on.

[DNMNetTech]

Last night I was targeted while I was in Valentine. I sat there waiting and attacker never showed up. Easiest XP ever. I didn't have to do anything to get it.

[The_Liquor]

1 hour ago, DNMNetTech said:

Last night I was targeted while I was in Valentine. I sat there waiting and attacker never showed up. Easiest XP ever. I didn't have to do anything to get it.

Sometimes it’s just not worth the effort of going after the target once you look at the time and see how far they are... I once got a four man posse. They had a big head start and scattered the second the mission activated. By the time I caught up with the closest one I only had about 15 seconds left.

[Harlock1796]

I got one from Sean the other day, in his camp just near Blackwater.  I was on my own, and when I checked the map the target's posse of 3 were in Ambarino and heading West, hell for leather.

 I chased about to McFarlane's ranch, in case they were just looking for a strong position, but those boys weren't slowing down.

To be fair, all three of their levels didn't add up to mine, but it's a shame the two non-targets didn't try to speed-bump me.

[Miltonastic]

I used to hate them, but now if I'm targeted I take it as a challenge. I quickly look for a defendable spot and wait for the would be assasins. I'm not a great pvper, but I try and put up a fight. 

Most players and occasional posse will stop killing you after they pass the mission. Those that don't just end up seeing air after I quick join a match or log off. 

This is a pvp oriented game. There is no way around that. That said, there are a many different ways to never pvp in RDO. They have also already made huge changes to appease those adverse to pvp. I personally don't think they should remove these missions that encourage players to mix it up a little and learn to defend themselves. 

I do support them creating pve only servers. 

To be fair though, it's really really easy to avoid being killed if you're targeted if you just take off somewhere on your horse. Pick a railroad track and giver until the timer is up. You win!

Edited June 10, 2019 by Miltonastic

[HuDawg]

21 hours ago, Vaderspupil said:

 doGetting real tired of thin skinned, salty players coming after me after I just finished going after them during a PA mission.  On Saturday, I did two such missions. The first, I had to track down a player who was holed up with his posse in Saint Denis. I had a hard time getting to him and ultimately ran out of time. But, when it was over, his posse members continued to come after me and killed me once or twice. 

I do this all the time...  ^.       I think of it more of like a partying gift..    Its my way of saying "Thanks for coming out'.

I don't keep attacking them unless they keep coming back. .     Sometimes, if its a low level or I was bored and had fun,  I won't shoot at them if its over.  But most of the time I do.    I can help it..     Its the principle of it all that gets my trigger finger itchy

 

I personally don't do assassination missions..   And have convinced my friends not too either.   

So my mindset is.  If you "Choose' to do the assassination missions..  You're basically choosing to mindlessly kill a RANDOM player for no reason.   And at that point, you're rolling the dice at the response you'll get.     

 

Edited June 11, 2019 by HuDawg

[Major Dammidge]

14 hours ago, N7Creed said:

players use the 'join session' in order to spawn right next to me a few seconds before the timer runs out and blast me. 

Jeez I am mortified  this was putblished. This forum is full of Griefers (only a few admit it), sitting at home in three day old underwear with saliva running down their chins. But to the point: targeted for a posse assassination I had raced half a region away from my closest aggressor. I was killed with six seconds left. I messaged the guy saying I know how you did that. Not nice and not cool. Get this. He messaged me back and said  sorry mate but when I have to shoot someone I do everything I can to make it a deadly shot. Can I give you a muskie? GTFO, really? I'm going to take the bait of a cheater!??? I might have been born at night but it wasn't last night. This was the leader of a 6-man Posse after us. He was level 168. Two more were over 100. I assume the whole Posse uses the tactic regardless of whose idea it was originally.  That's what we're dealing with. It's pronounced. MOE-ronz. I will inundate Microsoft and Rockstar with complaints

Edited June 11, 2019 by Major Dammidge
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[N7Creed]

16 hours ago, Miltonastic said:

To be fair though, it's really really easy to avoid being killed if you're targeted if you just take off somewhere on your horse. Pick a railroad track and giver until the timer is up. You win!

Not when they use the 'join session' to cheat. Which is how I've been killed recently. 

[James Hickok_1837]

Damn ! 

some time ago - a couple of days dont remember. I was fishing for the 15 fish achievement and was targeted for assasination. Wanted to take ground and w8 for fight but i didnt saw anyone comming. There were not seen on map even. So i continued fishing and in the last 10 secs of the timer i was shot dead between the ears. The red dot spawned instantly close to me. So this is the "new" thing now huh? Lame.

Edited June 11, 2019 by James Hickok_1837

[The_Liquor]

Yeah, I haven’t seen it yet myself, but it’s kind of a lame cheat... I mean, I can see why someone would be tempted to do something like this, it’s nearly impossible to catch your target most times if they start running as soon as the mission starts. But a last second teleport and headshot isn’t the answer. Perhaps waiting to notify the victims until the wannabe assassin is within a certain range. But that isn’t really fair to the victims (then again, neither is the earlier discussed one death for the victim vs unlimited tries for the assassin).

 

[N7Creed]

Yes, apparently it is.

[jamesg]

On 6/11/2019 at 11:51 AM, James Hickok_1837 said:

Damn ! 

some time ago - a couple of days dont remember. I was fishing for the 15 fish achievement and was targeted for assasination. Wanted to take ground and w8 for fight but i didnt saw anyone comming. There were not seen on map even. So i continued fishing and in the last 10 secs of the timer i was shot dead between the ears. The red dot spawned instantly close to me. So this is the "new" thing now huh? Lame.

Same happened to my mate he thought it was a snake (in away he was right) so just moved away for a few yards and got shot in the back.

[Major Dammidge]

REPORT THESE PLAYERS TO MICROSOFT AND ROCKSTAR. I know it takes a few minutes of your playtime but they are destroying hours of your playtime. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM FOR ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE. It has to be a conscientious and United effort

[The_Liquor]

I’ve submitted it to Rockstar as well under the feedback/game balance issues. Everyone else should do the same. It only takes a minute, but if they get flooded with the same request they might see it’s not just an isolated issue and find a fix.

[N7Creed]

I reported mine on the night it happened. I've not had one happen since, but will report it again if it happens again. 

[NRogo33]

Coming into this late, sorry. This just happened to me, but the funny thing is about 3 minutes before the assassination I was being followed and shot dead repeatedly by the same guy from a posse. The same guys who were after me in the assassination were from the same posse as the guy who was following me and repeatedly killing me. Coincidence? 

 

[Freakshow9191]

2 hours ago, NRogo33 said:

Coming into this late, sorry. This just happened to me, but the funny thing is about 3 minutes before the assassination I was being followed and shot dead repeatedly by the same guy from a posse. The same guys who were after me in the assassination were from the same posse as the guy who was following me and repeatedly killing me. Coincidence? 

 

Back when I used to do stranger missions, I had a few instances where I accepted a P.A. mission from Shakey in thieves landing. Target ended up being in thieves landing as well. there's a proximity thing at work.  Probably picks targets that are at least in your state to begin with.

And typically there's only 20ish players in a lobby, and they're spread out all over  the map.  so there's not THAT many people it could use as targets.  I can't see it sending you on a mission from thieves landing if target was currently in Annesberg.  Riding time alone would eat most of your timer.