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"Might as well play offline if you don't want to play with others" I'd sympathise with this point of view if literally every role was designed around group play first and solo play second. Bounty Hunter is the most co-op friendly but is only really that by the nature of it's gameplay loop and while Collector just about works in a posse it can bug out now and then, but Moonshiner, Trader and Naturalist all have their downsides when doing co-op such as diminished rewards, greatly diminished in some cases. GTAO's various businesses are no different. Relying on the other players to provide the difficulty when doing role activities in a game that has actively tried to diminish the influence other players can have on your activities and spent half a year building a foundation to limit how much players can mess with you before they started releasing free roam based content is a case of a 2+2 = 5. It's two styles of game design tied together with a very ragged and worn piece of rope. This is all conveniently ignoring that session quality, ie various role activities, free roam events and gang hideouts, takes an absolute nose dive when the session count goes up. Or that RDO when it was announced was promoted as an experience that was intended for solo players as well.

Was about to post a similar point but Jason came in and said most of it before me. Collector has nothing to do with PvP or Co-Op. ~90% of Stranger missions have nothing to do with PvP, and Co-Op is mostly there as an added bonus, not as the main way for that content to be played (think like phantoms in Souls games). Naturalist, the freshest content, has absolutely nothing to do with PvP or Co-Op. Trader has some Co-Op friendly moments, and a PvP scenario for sales only. Bounty-Hunter has good Co-Op potential, but again, it exists only as an added bonus, not designed around it. Moonshiner has little to no Co-Op/PvP potential, mostly goofing around in the bar. All other free roam content is intended for one person riding around to encounter it; you being pre-occupied with co-op activities or pvp activities not only doesn't do well with that content, it is completely distracting from each other. You encountering some random event or a hideout doesn't really fit into the flow of the game when you're supposedly busy PvP'ing or co-oping, for instance. So yeah, let's be very clear and plain about it: RDO, just like GTA:O, have some co-op and pvp settings; those settings exist as special modes. Co-op story missions, and separate pvp modes. 95% of the freeroam content is not designed around pvp/co-op. The only thing that is directly designed around it - sales (both the co-op part and the pvp part) - are designed extremely poorly, in a very asymmetric way, favoring mostly senseless griefing and not something that is equal to the time efficiency of the seller's side. Everything else is griefing, griefing and griefing again. There is no 'pvp' in free-roam; just like in World of Warcraft, where anyone who mentions the term 'world pvp' with a straight face is the laughing stock of everyone else for more than a decade. Any multiplayer content is only meaningful when all parties involved willingly opt in to participate in that content; telling someone doing quests in world of warcraft to go back to warcraft 3 is a sure sign of severe mental retardation; telling some level 120 rogue who one-shots lvl37 players in leveling zones from invisibility to go and play on arena and battlegrounds is absolutely justified. Just because a game is 'online' doesn't mean that it's designed for some moron looking for a way to let off the steam from his inability to give a proper answer to the kid bullying him at school or his boss shouting at him at work by coming to that 'online game' and engaging in 'player interaction' with people who aren't not just willing but in most cases able to respond to those 'world pvp scenarios' (being shot in the head while in some animation, anyone?). It amazes me that there are people who still unironically consider RDO/GTAO to be some sort of shooter/pvp game like fortnite. Wake up, people, these two games are pretty much Sims. It's about collecting stuff, working on various hobbies, riding on cars and horses, fitting your character out in fancy clothers, and so on. With the added option of selling weapons, drugs, hides and antlers. Oh, there are also some mini-games. Like fishing, for instance. There's also another mini-game in these games, but it's even more minor than fishing, and it's also implemented very poorly - shooting. It is occasionally used in other activities, but is pretty much not even as meaningful as mashing buttons and sticks while fishing.

It's a shame because lobby options could all but eradicate* these types of discussions and threads. *There will always be those players who use "interaction" as cover for "easy free roam kills". The friction always arises because the PvE based players don't need anyone else to make the game fun for them and that their PvE play style doesn't directly affect anyone. Where as those wanting free roam PvP require the presence of other players as they are incapable of making their own fun and their play style does directly affect other players, whether those other players are willing participants or not. It's always going to be a contentious subject, and nothing game related should ever be off limits, but there are reasons that these threads have a short shelf life. One reason is that the opposing sides in this argument will never see eye to eye when it comes to this issue. But another main reason, and most members who have been around the online sections since around 2016 will probably be aware, since the introduction of crates in GTAO there has been a prevalent lean towards a PvE sentiment on the forum, those members who stick around tend to hold that viewpoint. I'm not saying anyone is right or wrong, but it is the case that whenever these types of threads pop up there will likely be far more members posting in favour of PvE and solo play styles and no one's mind is going to be changed.

I found the solution, you collect the 5 plants and then go to the tree thats on the pamphlet. Near the tree is a yellow marker and when you inspect that youll eat the plants and turn into the dear. Lasts a few mins and then youll transform back.

Never shared her before. But yeah here she is.

You can still get the liveries back through merge glitching. Others have already mentioned that this glitch goes back to the original Heists DLC, but I would also like to add that you can in fact play heist finales without doing preps legit -- that is by joining one. So that's what complicates punishing people for doing this glitch. People who do a heist finale replay glitch multiple times a day might be in danger, but anyone who does it at a rate of like once a day, I think should be fine -- assuming Rockstar even intends on punishing people for it, which they haven't done yet in years. Yeah, it is pretty weary as a non-grinder to be around grinders, whether that is legit ones or heist glitchers, which I consider also a grind. (In fact if you save up crates for a x2 event, that grind pays about 1/3rd the rate of the Bogdan glitch. Still significantly less of course, but not that much considering one is playing legit and the other is an exploit.) Me having grinded a lot of money is one part of the equation, but the other is that I don't actually buy that much stuff in the game; for example I've never bought every or even most cars in a DLC. I may end up only keeping the Club from the current update. (I try pretty much all cars with SP mods though; before I did that I used races and creator mode.) Collecting cars is a major activity in the game, especially for long-term players, and it's about the only thing you constantly need lots of money for. There are so many ways to have fun in the game that don't cost money, but the game has conditioned players to make money first, foremost, and at the expense of fun. A few of my GTA friends go into a session almost every day just to sell their businesses. I know for a fact they don't need the money, but it seems to be the only way they know how to play the game. I purposefully avoid this session nowadays because when I enter it, I'm going to get asked to help sell MC businesses, which I hate and don't even consider worth doing after the duffel bag sale missions got disabled.

Usually I can make up enough stuff to keep myself occupied that I never even notice if there are other players around or not, unless they mess with me. I don't join random posses, although I will help a fellow player if they seem like they need it. Other than that I merely greet anyone else I see and move on with my game, so without them there it wouldn't really make much of a difference in the way that I play. I can still play with friends, and as far as it goes with these fresher lobbies there are usually enemies spawning no matter the path you take. I also understand that it can be boring for those who like a rough and tumble fight through the map, and I don't judge anyone for wanting other player competition but it's not my main intention when I play this game. I play online to engage in the Red Dead world with a character that I created myself and to play with friends and family, it's not entirely to play with random strangers. Like @Leftover Pizza said above, if I could play my character offline I would just do that. R* made a huge mistake when they assumed that the two player types would be able to get along with one another. What's worse is that they aren't giving us a good way to communicate our intentions with one another, nor do they give us a way out of the type of game play we do not agree with. With the low pop lobbies working so well, it's obvious that they could give both pve and pvp players the game they are looking for but for some reason they don't want to do it yet. By giving us that choice they would have more eager players engaging in all aspects of the game.

You can get a ghost buck in your camp by burning some Harrietum plants by the fire

This update yes

Not to mention... Meanwhile this just looks like you tripping balls yet again, same as when Philip Carlier dosed you with goodness-knows-what, and you start hallucinating that he's appearing in a puff of smoke, or there are giant animals everywhere... As for the discounts, I'm just glad to get a decent one on role outfits that also applies to gold ones - all of the vouchers only work on $$$ outfits, and so being able to buy the Hemiston for 7 bars instead of 12 (or two colours for barely more than one at normal price)? Noice - that'll do me just fine, ta!

They will have received thousands of tweets about gta 6 from 2013 to 2020. But only from September 2020 they decide to reply to those tweets with "automatic" replies? Definitely not a coincidence.

Watched the cutscene but not even going to bother looking for the plants. I will however shoot every animal in sight

Some topics on the forums make World War Eight pale in comparison... okay lame joke. Have some half-assed memes I found on the Internyets.

That's the thing. We can't do all the Online content Offline. Believe me, if I had the chance to play my custom character with all the DLC offline, I would.

R* instead showed a big chunk of the community that greedy side of the company again. They now have the record for biggest currency wipe in an online video game while being highly hypocritical and not fixing glitches that negatively affect the actual gameplay and are a much bigger issue than some minor money glitch.

r* actually planned to replace a few billboards with an ad for the casino when it released, but never enabled them for some reason

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/61699/Rumors-Abound-in-Annesburg-About-the-Mysterious-Shadow-Buck

The game's full of paranormal sh*t like ghosts and a glowing pentagram that shows up at night, the story has a robot, the last game had zombies. There is a steampunk magic metal detector. You inject yourself with magic potions to gain superpowers. I'm probably forgetting a bunch of stuff like this.

It's not a cheat, buddy, but a legitimate way of ranking up fast (for noobs or people who have been reset). Because special cargo is 2X this week (until Thursday) you get a lot of RP for collecting and delivering a single crate, plus it's quicker than doing two or three crates. if you have two or more warehouses, there is negligible cooldown and you can alternate between collection and deliveries to your heart's content. Note that this is not the most profitable way of making money, but a technique that you can use to quickly gain RP this week. Right. It's like listening to your favorite music and then someone pulling the plug on your headphones. It's an unwelcome jolt that ruins your immersion.

So much wasted potential with the ability to turn into animals. Limited both by time & location instead of letting people freely roam around. Would’ve been nice to be able to turn into a bird then fly around & admire the map from above. Could’ve got some weird fun new game modes. Something like predators versus humans & more comical variations of animals versus humans. Like one where you can be a squirrel & try to bite people to death. I thought the handling of peyote plants in GTA 5 online with it being considered “Halloween content” making it only available for a limited time each year what is rockstar handling it terrible. RDR2 made the concept more interesting but the execution worse. Tho both games did not expand on it to make new game modes.

This two job openings are pretty interesting. "a freelance SCREENSHOT CAPTURE ARTIST to capture “still footage of gameplay for use in marketing campaigns.” Also under responsibilities it talks about working with new and unfinished games." https://www.rockstargames.com/careers/openings/position/9e5ed9aa the link is dead now Another job opening was for "an editor to create a video game trailer in a “60 second format”. https://www.rockstargames.com/careers/openings/position/4a880d65 This link is also dead The job opening for editor had interesting description I think there's a 50% chance of announcement this year.

empty lobbies mean guaranteed smooth consistent sales and spawns and thats it no other people no other drama

The billboard of the dude in his underwear? I don't mind it...

It would be nice to be able to hold up people on the road, money or your life sort of deal. Then perhaps that could start some dynamic repercussions, like they come after you, large bounty on you etc EDIT: Yes I know you can just hogtie and loot someone, but its not the same

Totally new player to Red Dead series here and went straight for the online section. Think I've had it for 3 days now? Anyway, since this is a thread about the lobbies, as a new player, I haven't really felt alone despite low numbers. I end up seeing people and almost always just avoid them. One time I actually teamed up for bounties. Only thing that matters for me really is getting a person or two or three for the missions and poker. I don't really enjoy packed servers filled with people doing insane griefing things that ultimately just make me not want to play. I know others adore that gameplay... but ain't for me. Hopefully something is sorted out for the lobbies soon so people can enjoy the game however they like. Solo, Friends, Limited, and Full would be nice options.

It's only because I care so much. Believe me, I want to be hyped. It's been 7 years since V, and no other game has really matched what GTA V did in terms of hype, and community experience. So I'm eager for the next one. But... I hate seeing people get excited over nothing. I know where it leads, and how disappointing it is when you find out the truth. Spoiler alert, it f*cking sucks way worse than harsh truths.

yo, at least NO posse bullsh*t eh!? madam nazar is near bradywine drop

Its been like 7 years and they still haven't figure out a way to get rid of them. What makes you think the next update would be different lol Suuure, you just opened another 'Cockatoos', stop lying to yourself Yeah I was pitching that for the Casino update but instead they gave us virtual horse racing... I guess its possible (since we have some leftover code about horses from the beta version) but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Thats a lot of unnecessary effort on top of adding a new island. At best I can see them porting some bisons from rdr2 for the next gen version. edit: What kind of stupid ass question is that? What did he expect? "Nah, GTA V was the last GTA game we'll ever gonna make. Thanks for asking, have a nice day" ?

Some gameplay footage for 1991 Excuse the placeholder dialogue of CJ, and my bad voice acting those are just temporary. Enjoy

So today i had a "justice was served" episode that justifies solo lobbies... i just had started a resupply mission when two douchebags with green weapons:s in a pose ambushed me with fire and explosive ammo and the most hated slippery bastard set... i mean, i have been ambushed nicely, the other night a folk killed me and then pursue me for like 15 minutes through the map, but that dude was clean: no special ammo, no slippery, no horse killing, just a "mano a mano"... exciting... yummy...thats interacting in a fashionable way... but no! this pricks just stopped me from retrieving the supply and no happy with that, hindered a legendary hunt that spawn inbetween. Thats pure harastment, the type that deserve a beatdown. Of course, i kick their asses in-game and then change sessions, the damage was done nonetheless.

1. Karin Sultan Classic - 16 2. Lampadati Komoda - 53 (+1) 3. Vapid Retinue MK II - 52 4. Ocelot Jugular - 62 5. Übermacht Sentinel Classic - 23 (-2)

Personally I don’t prefer empty lobbies. But with the current small lobbies, there are a number of benefits: Random free mode events spawn very regularly. In more populated sessions they spawn almost never. Legendary animals spawn in free roam. I can still invite and play with all of my friends, so there are no changes there, other than fewer strangers around in the session, which is generally a positive. This is closer to an invite only session. The only downside to the smaller session sizes is that there’s less of a chance of running into strangers in the game. As someone who plays in defensive mode, and plays with friends as often as I can, that’s not something that really bothers me.

Thank you! She's the sorrel overo Criollo. For a small horse she's pretty sound, a little more skittish than my other horses but that's okay, I still love her for her markings. She's called Rif Raf because she's troublesome, lol. Yes it is, she's gorgeous. @Stoakzee lol Marcel doesn't look to happy with the competition. Been working on my new Naturalist Role ranking and began to notice something. Most everyone else takes these beautiful pictures of the legendary animals, and than there's me... Lol, if they make photography an actual role I think I might be screwed.

Hunting along the Kamassa river is dirty work!

I think the heist finale glitches are going to get patched and patched hard, resulting in possible punishments when Rockstar figure out how to do so. The amount of focus on these glitches in my own community since the reset is extremely high, and if my friends are constantly discussing how to glitch extra money then it must be the same in most other communities in GTA online. It's not just the Bogdan glitch, but other heist finale glitches too, with the potential to make many millions in an evening by trading off finales with friends. I can't believe that Rockstar are happy about this? How can they be? They've just taken extreme measures to reset people, and we know how important the bottom line is to them, so they must be really concerned about this. There's no point asking people to be sensible about this because when you've had a billion in assets and cash wiped away you probably don't care about being wiped again, but it does have an effect on the wider community: your friends are constantly grinding/glitching and are no longer having fun and GTA online has regressed to the days of repeat Rooftop Rumble or Coveted. OK, you can make so much more in-game cash these days than in 2013, but everything is so much more expensive in return, so we have an endless cycle of never having enough. I want people to be happier with less, but how can they be expected to take a backseat when they're back to noob status after being so harshly admonished Rockstar? Rockstar didn't just punish glitchers, but smashed a whole stack of plates over their heads, so we've got this endless and cyclical battle that will never end. I'm in danger of losing my online friends over time because of the horrible imbalance between their own greed and Rockstar's/T2 even bigger greed in paying out so little for a 100-dollar shark card. I just don't get it any more and am mentally worn out. Why only give GTA 8 million for USD 100? This buys two upgraded OWR cars and a garage, or a static-prop yacht? Big deal! You should be able to buy the game for USD 60 and then purchase an additional shark card or two, which should be enough for a year, and I guarantee that money glitching would be totally irrelevant if high-end shark cards paid out decently. In the meantime, we have this constant squabble between Rockstar and gamers over something as menial as virtual cash, which stops players from having fun because they're on an endless glitch/grind mission. And Rockstar/T2 don't cheat us? Have you ever been blown sky high while doing a delivery because it's the only way of getting in-game cash without forking out real cash for uneconomical shark cards? Try to understand why people cheat instead of being so judgmental.

2021- GTA III 20th anniversary. 2022- GTA VC 20th Anniversary 2023 - GTA V and GTA Online 10th anniversary 2024 - GTA SA 20th anniversary

Another sub par week. The dripfeed sighting missions are weak compared to their day one counterparts. No new clothing is lame too, R* may as well release the last 4 items. I can't help but feel that R* have missed the mark with the Vitalism Studies animals. What's the point in playing as the 4 animals that will eventually be available? A bird would have been really interesting and apex predators would at least have had the cool factor working for them, but the animals R* have chosen don't do it for me. There's probably going to be 6 weeks left of the dripfeed, 3 Moose, 3 Bears and 3 Panthers (2 free roam and 1 mission of each) alongside the 4 items of clothing, before the Halloween content becomes available and I think it's really going to drag.

These legendary animals interest me none, so fridge man will appear every week until the Halloween Outlaw Pass drops.

You can call them greedy when they hide behind the "we're doing it to keep a healthy game environment for all players" excuse but do almost nothing with god mode glitches and other things that harm the players Can't say I've ever noticed any transaction warnings on console Repeat heist finale was never fixed on console at least, all they did was try and move when the game started saving at the end, that and patching some other things but finale replay was never patched to my knowledge There's been several different apartment trade in glitches but no one as easy as this one

Do the 1 crate source & sell trick with two small warehouses to avoid the cooldown; with 2x that's practically half a level for 30-90 per 1 crate sale. Took me an entire day of playtime (which means around two actual days) to jump from 50 to 85. Would recommend you do this while it's still on 2x (and keep in mind, associates also get the same RP as the CEO, so only one person needs the warehouses)

So, another 2 minute mission, 1 new pamphlet, no new clothing, no new free roam LA. I said we were due for some dry weeks.

On that topic, Id like to share how back in 2011 R* Support replied to me about GTA V's reveal (as part of a different ticket ofc) a few hours before anyone knew it was coming

My 2 current NA characters: main male: Alt female:

Man, they should have. That one above my Nightclub is ass

1. Karin Sultan Classic - 16 2. Lampadati Komoda - 52 [-2] 3. Vapid Retinue MK II - 52 [+1] 4. Ocelot Jugular - 62 5. Übermacht Sentinel Classic - 25

Praise where due: this game is more fun than it's ever been. One disconnect in the past few weeks! I can't overstate how awesome it is to play without fear of a disconnect. And working encounters to make my game days more eventful and different! And the players I've come across have been friendly and even cooperative as I deliver 'shine or eliminate regulators. Thank you, R*, for finally fixing your great game.