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[WaterAstro]

I guess the more pelts you have, they programmed it so they send a lot of danger after you.

Had 5 perfect pelts and 6 wolves jumped me. Instant death.

 

[Catphish]

I'm well past it now, but that night out with Lenny has to be one of my favorite gaming moments of all time.

Yeah that was great shit.

 

[Halo0629]

I guess the more pelts you have, they programmed it so they send a lot of danger after you.

Had 5 perfect pelts and 6 wolves jumped me. Instant death.

Did you lose everything?

 

[WaterAstro]

Did you lose everything?

Yeah, you lose pelts when you die.

 

[Soleil rouge]

Traveling to a way point while using the cinematic camera is fucking brilliant. I love that feature.

 

[PuppetMaster]

I really love this game. Definitely my game if the year. And possiblity game of the genetation.

 

[Kamina]

Yeah, you lose pelts when you die.

You dont though. If you go to the trapper its still as if you have it and you can buy the fancy outfit.

 

[Halo0629]

Yeah, you lose pelts when you die.

Damn that sucks. I hate when ambushes are so random and unpredictable. I remember yesterday I was examining a dead corpse hanging from a tree only to get ambushed by mud people with knives. Lol!

 

[yet_another_alt]

Damn that sucks. I hate when ambushes are so random and unpredictable. I remember yesterday I was examining a dead corpse hanging from a tree only to get ambushed by mud people with knives. Lol!

I got ambushed in a bridge on the way back to Valentine after taming the white Arabian horse and stupid me didn't switch saddles so it wasn't considered my main horse and I lost it when I respawned. That would teach me to travel with an empty dead eye meter.

 

[zkorejo]

Witcher 3 was the last game I was this immersed. This game takes the in-game realism to the next level.

 

[v0mitg0d]

Enough people are confused by it, so I threw together a simple Bathing guide.

 

[Vtecomega]

Well, the game finally clicked with me and I am absolutely loving it. Almost up to chapter 4.

 

[camelCase]

Yeah, you lose pelts when you die.

Ah, good on them for making it hard for you /s

But man there is no greater feeling than murdering a snitch in this game. Having someone ride away on horseback after seeing you do some minor misgiving only to hogtie them, bring them to some desolate creek and cut them up myself with a knife. Shoulda kept riding your fuckin horse, mister.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Ah, good on them for making it hard for you /s

But man there is no greater feeling than murdering a snitch in this game. Having someone ride away on horseback after seeing you do some minor misgiving only to hogtie them, bring them to some desolate creek and cut them up myself with a knife. Shoulda kept riding your fuckin horse, mister.

Remind me to never get on your bad side xD

 

[camelCase]

Remind me to never get on your bad side xD

I'm flattered! but really hogtying your victims in this game seems to be the way to avoid incurring annoying bounties and is also a very visceral and calculated way to get out your digital murderous kinks.

 

[Wunray]

What did you guys call your horse?
Mine is the 'War Admiral'

Not Epona

 

[camelCase]

Not Epona

Mines trigger cuz of whatever shoe that was on. Willy Nelson? Andy Griffith? Idk but trigger seemed like a fine namesake after their nazi censorship scheme prevented various vulgar options I had come up with on the spot

 

[Geki-D]

Mines trigger cuz of whatever shoe that was on. Willy Nelson? Andy Griffith? Idk but trigger seemed like a fine namesake after their nazi censorship scheme prevented various vulgar options I had come up with on the spot

 

[Zewp]

I spent more than 2 hours just fishing the big lake last night. It was awesome. Unfortunately I caught a sturgeon and the game made me either go to shore or throw it back, then it dropped me on a deserted little island. So I couldn't swim back with the fish and had to leave it there.

Then I decided to go fish in a small lake somewhere in the North and caught a bunch of Sockeye Salmon, which turned out to sell for very good money in Rhodes.

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

anyone ever figure out a way to rob the Valentine place without any Bounty whatsoever?

it seems scripted to me... the sheriffs spawn across the street on the balcony and even in my fastest attempt (just grab the revolver but nothing else) I can get out of there with a $1.50 bounty (cuz the first sheriff hasn't entered the building yet) but they still automatically spot me soon as I get outside

even I did it stealth like this ...



I tried killing the doctor, grabbing just the revolver and leaving, anything... still always went from Investigating to Wanted

was able to get it done to about $12 by grabbing the revolver and blowing the safe... probably lower if I had just run by the sheriff.

Don't bring a bear to gunfight, got it.

genuinely LOLed... pretty much tho haha

 

[LaughingStock]

I think i'm enjoying the game more now that i'm not trying to be a good guy.

 

[Spukc]

I think i'm enjoying the game more now that i'm not trying to be a good guy.

are you evil or something ?

 

[ThatStupidLion]

damn, i've done a quest or two in Valentine so far, but have been trying to play with no radar and just tap dpad for casual glances, but i just dont know the lay of the land well enough yet so that im pressing the dpad like every turn I need to make. kinda wish there were more signs or landmarks to utilize without the minimap on. maybe i'll try just the compass

loving it so much though now esp after the prologue. taking my time. checking things out. doing side quests and camp chores. making sure to abide by the rules as much as possible. no stealing, accidental gunshots, returning horses etc. really just dont want the town to hate me so that i miss quests or cant do certain things. of course if i sense someone will be trouble down the line for my crew, I'll deal with them away from any watching eyes


edit: how do you retry missions once completed, i feel like i'm never aware of the requirements for the missions, until after the fact and it says 2/6 completed and i keep getting a bronze... are there any benefits to getting silver or gold?

 

[drotahorror]

lul

 

[Mathrin]

edit: how do you retry missions once completed, i feel like i'm never aware of the requirements for the missions, until after the fact and it says 2/6 completed and i keep getting a bronze... are there any benefits to getting silver or gold?

Start > Story > and you can choose each mission in each chapter

 

[ThatStupidLion]

lul

gotta keep that personal brand up i guess.

 

[Neverwas]

What did you guys call your horse?
Mine is the 'War Admiral'

Neighthan.

 

[lefty1117]

Well, the game finally clicked with me and I am absolutely loving it. Almost up to chapter 4.

What was it that made it click in for you?

 

[Ulysses 31]

From what I've seen so far, the areas are very "green", are there like no dusty areas, canyons and deserts in this western?

 

[Strife In a Teacup]

Ah, good on them for making it hard for you /s

But man there is no greater feeling than murdering a snitch in this game. Having someone ride away on horseback after seeing you do some minor misgiving only to hogtie them, bring them to some desolate creek and cut them up myself with a knife. Shoulda kept riding your fuckin horse, mister.

I lasso'd one, hogtied him, and left him on the train tracks.

Yeah it's a little cartoony, but what the hell.

 

[AgentP]

I went to get the bounty on that Confederate guy in the fort. I snuck around throwing dynamite through windows, exploding oil barrels, etc. Never saw or heard anyone. Finally I blew up one barrel which killed the target and triggered the fight. Suddenly 10 guys spawn from no where. For a game that wants to be real, where were these guys hiding and how come they were undetectable until an event?

 

[lefty1117]

From what I've seen so far, the areas are very "green", are there like no dusty areas, canyons and deserts in this western?

There is one area I think north of valentine where you can hunt some bison. But from what I've read some of the areas from RDR are available on the far west side of the map, and you'll be going there late in the game.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Get game today. Any tips? I hear the beginning is a slog. How long does it take to get moving?

 

[Pejo]

Well, been playing this a ton since Friday, and at first I was put off by a lot of the slower gameplay and tedious stuff, but now I've settled in, and it's the absolute best cowboy sim I ever could have asked for. There's so much to do, take in, and run into. I haven't touched a story mission in 2 days and I am in no hurry to. The one thing I wish - we need an ongoing mission type that lead to big gun fights. I still feel that gameplay during the gunfights is the biggest learning curve, with all the controls fighting you every step of the way, so I'd love more of an on-demand way to fight rival gangs without raising your bounty so I could practice. Something like a gang war battle for territory or something that you can initiate whenever.

One neat little thing I learned yesterday - if you set a waypoint or have a mission waypoint and you start on the horse and go into cinematic camera (hold the touchpad for a bit), it will auto-ride you to the destination in that cool cinematic camera. Great for if you want to go grab a snack. Not sure what happens if you get hijacked by random strangers or if it shuts off that possibility.

 

[AgentP]

Get game today. Any tips? I hear the beginning is a slog. How long does it take to get moving?

There is a dedicated tips thread, check it out. Tons of stuff are not explained.

 

[TheZink]

Get game today. Any tips? I hear the beginning is a slog. How long does it take to get moving?

I didnt find it to be a slog. Just more cinematic in setting up the game. Probably 2 hours or so.

 

[Spukc]

well i just tried to disable HDR on my lg oled c7
bunch a wank people scream online in echo chamber.

at least for my model and perhaps all oled tv's
the game looks better in hdr

my bet it's people with shitty hdr tv's or those fake ones that caused all this rumour shit.
lesson learned don't take advice from rando's

 

[DryvBy]

well i just tried to disable HDR on my lg oled c7
bunch a wank people scream online in echo chamber.

at least for my model and perhaps all oled tv's
the game looks better in hdr

my bet it's people with shitty hdr tv's or those fake ones that caused all this rumour shit.
lesson learned don't take advice from rando's

 

[DryvBy]

The Ultimate Edition has the Dappled Black Thoroughbred as a horse to obtain. I went to the stables and got one for $0 but it died. Is my Ultimate Edition horse permadead?

 

[Spukc]

so my screen looks brighter but as the same dynamic range that must explain why i prefer the HDR settings

at the end it's just brighter cause in non hdr all i saw was just less bright picture.
so it must be my oled known for good black that i dont notice this washed out image as other non oled users.

 

[noonespecial]

I spent more than 2 hours just fishing the big lake last night. It was awesome. Unfortunately I caught a sturgeon and the game made me either go to shore or throw it back, then it dropped me on a deserted little island. So I couldn't swim back with the fish and had to leave it there.

Then I decided to go fish in a small lake somewhere in the North and caught a bunch of Sockeye Salmon, which turned out to sell for very good money in Rhodes.

Oh shit! I didn't even think about there being some kind of limited economy in this game! I just assumed that you get the same price for selling things anywhere. That's awesome! So if you want to make more money, get stuff only available on one side of the map and sell it on the other? Brilliant - wish I would have thought of that sooner and feel dumb that I didn't.

I have seen "sales" sometimes on items but didn't know if they were temporary or something at that particular store only but I had no idea there was maybe an actual economy of sorts in RDR2.


By the way, for those of you wanting to know a bit more about hunting, make sure you study an animal the first time you encounter it. It will tell you what kind of animal it is, what quality of pelt it has, and if you look it up in your compendium it will tell you what kind of weapon works best to get a clean kill on it. Not getting a clean kill or using weapons too powerful for that particular animal can lower the quality of the pelt I think. To get the animal to show up in your compendium you have to kill the animal at least once. However, generally, small animals require the varmint rifle, medium sized animals are best with a repeater, and large game (or animals with thick hides like a boar) are best killed with a rifle. I think that bows tend to work with all animals but they won't necessarily "one shot" an animal if you don't get a good hit on it. Note that I am by no means an expert, have read no online guides and could be wrong with some of this information - this is just what I've figured out on my own.

This damn game is the finest piece of entertainment I've ever had the pleasure to play and all I want to do is to keep playing even after dumping 60+ hours in and I'm still early in Chapter 3. Don't want it to end. This is my dream game.

 

[Zewp]

Oh shit! I didn't even think about there being some kind of limited economy in this game! I just assumed that you get the same price for selling things anywhere. That's awesome! So if you want to make more money, get stuff only available on one side of the map and sell it on the other? Brilliant - wish I would have thought of that sooner and feel dumb that I didn't.

I have seen "sales" sometimes on items but didn't know if they were temporary or something at that particular store only but I had no idea there was maybe an actual economy of sorts in RDR2.


By the way, for those of you wanting to know a bit more about hunting, make sure you study an animal the first time you encounter it. It will tell you what kind of animal it is, what quality of pelt it has, and if you look it up in your compendium it will tell you what kind of weapon works best to get a clean kill on it. Not getting a clean kill or using weapons too powerful for that particular animal can lower the quality of the pelt I think. To get the animal to show up in your compendium you have to kill the animal at least once. However, generally, small animals require the varmint rifle, medium sized animals are best with a repeater, and large game (or animals with thick hides like a boar) are best killed with a rifle. I think that bows tend to work with all animals but they won't necessarily "one shot" an animal if you don't get a good hit on it. Note that I am by no means an expert, have read no online guides and could be wrong with some of this information - this is just what I've figured out on my own.

This damn game is the finest piece of entertainment I've ever had the pleasure to play and all I want to do is to keep playing even after dumping 60+ hours in and I'm still early in Chapter 3. Don't want it to end. This is my dream game.

Unfortunately I'm not sure if they sell for more in certain towns. I was just surprised at the money I was getting per fish.

That said, I'd be VERY surprised if sell prices were the same all over the map. I'll have a look tonight and report back on what I find.

 

[Nymphae]

What did you guys call your horse?
Mine is the 'War Admiral'

Shadowfax

 

[Horns]

Do I need the treasure map in order to find the treasure? Or can I find/stumble onto a treasure without the map?

 

[Pejo]

Do I need the treasure map in order to find the treasure? Or can I find/stumble onto a treasure without the map?

Great question. I can't even find them with the maps, so you'd probably need incredible luck to do so.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

lul

Am I going to Hell for laughing at this?

 

[Vaev]

I know the encounter you're talking about. Lol. The one that this happened to me on was a different one where the AI was trying to set me up. It was on a bridge. They just sat there at the wagon. One shouted at me to stop! I noticed on my Mini-Map that they were represented by red dots(enemies). I drew my repeater rifle and uses a tree at the bridge for cover just below it at an angle while picking them off one by one. After looting them, I thought I'd be the good guy and free the horses. My mistake. They'd rather kick you than flee apparently.

I stopped at the bridge, pulled out a stick of dynamite and lobbed it at the wagon, 4 instant kills with bodies flying off the cliff. The lone survivor got on his horse and said NOPE I don't want to die today! and rode off LOL

 

[AgentP]

Do I need the treasure map in order to find the treasure? Or can I find/stumble onto a treasure without the map?

I found some stuff via google alone, but the one in the waterfall was not not there. I got the map now but need to head back.

 

[Vaev]

Damn that sucks. I hate when ambushes are so random and unpredictable. I remember yesterday I was examining a dead corpse hanging from a tree only to get ambushed by mud people with knives. Lol!

DUDE SAME! For some reason I had my knife out trying to cut the corpse down, then those swamp dwellers jumped me! I managed to get a triple knife kill which was awesome and also an achievement apparently, try the knife combat on them!

 

[DryvBy]

I double dipped last night after playing the Pro for about 15 hours. I just played this on the Xbox One X for the first time after playing on PS4 Pro and there's not a drastic difference between the two. If you're on PS4 Pro, don't sweat it; it looks great. The biggest difference is the resolution is sharper in 4K and the texturing looks better when zoomed up against someone. In motion, I can't tell a huge difference.