Random encounters

[Paleface Kid]

Been playing all weekend and haven't come across a single random encounter/event. I did find a couple the day after the update but since then I haven't found squat. What am I doing wrong?

[Kean_1]

May be an issue as others have been reporting similar problems along with other strange events that have occuring the past couple of days.

I would suggest reporting any issues you may be having to R* Support here:

https://support.rockstargames.com/categories/115001624507?redirect_lang=en_us&_ga=2.91181082.1272663427.1558296620-987551609.1558296620

[Harlock1796]

They don't feel very random, to me.

I have come across the same pair of travellers being attacked about 4 times in exactly the same place (south east of Valentine), and until yesterday had not come across any others (saw 3 new ones yesterday).

I suspect that if you keep travelling the same roads, and not getting any encounters, that's because there aren't any set for those locations.  If you're roaming all over, and still nothing, I'm out of ideas beyond what Kean says above.

[pluck3]

Like the gang hideouts , i believe that depending of the time of the day and the weather , X encounters may appear at X locations.  by exemple : Gang hideout next to Armadillo fast travel , appear only between 6pm 12pm / no rain , also theres other player on game , if some1 passed there 15minute before you and cleared it , well it gone .

Edited May 20, 2019 by pluck3

[Vaderspupil]

11 hours ago, Harlock1796 said:

They don't feel very random, to me.

I have come across the same pair of travellers being attacked about 4 times in exactly the same place (south east of Valentine), and until yesterday had not come across any others (saw 3 new ones yesterday).

I suspect that if you keep travelling the same roads, and not getting any encounters, that's because there aren't any set for those locations.  If you're roaming all over, and still nothing, I'm out of ideas beyond what Kean says above.

Yeah, I've rescued the same guy at the Saint Denis cemetery twice.

[Kean_1]

I'll wager it's the same as the ambushes throughout the game world.  Those are in the same places as well but then again, it makes sense to me that they would be from a programming perspective.  

They are still random in the sense that they don't always spawn.  I'll wager the more of these events that are added and perhaps locations, the more spontaneous they might feel.

[Harlock1796]

I had 3 more new ones tonight. 

I'm not complaining!