Red Dead Online: Discussion & Speculation

[Watain 1,364]

1 hour ago, paddymcg said:

So I just got finished watching the credits and seen that there's an entire team of people dedicated to the online Economy and Progression system. 

 

I think they will have their work cut out for them if they plan on matching the revenue stream that GTA Online had.

 

I can't imagine what would ever tempt me to buy some digital currency in a wild west game but if all they're going to do is make it a grind fest like GTA then I'll probably just stick to single player. 

There are "facts posts" floating around on Instagram which I think claimed RDO will be grindier than single player, but less grindy than GTAO. We can only hope they don't make it too greedy.

 

I'm totally with you on this, though. I'm not really looking forward to playing another grind-fest like GTAO. Unlike in GTA V, I actually like the protagonist in RDR2. I would have no problem sticking to story mode if they go full out encouraged PvP+griefers+microtransactions in RDO.

Edited November 25, 2018 by Watain

[Nurolight 149]

I came across a house with an interesting sign out front.

 

Now remember with GTA Online  that these For Sale signs indicated properties that could be bought online? In GTA V, the (initial) online properties could already be located in the single player by their For Sale signs out front - which people initially suspected and was later confirmed when online released.

 

I'm in the thinking now that this fairly blank slate house could very easy allow for a lot of customisation and the for sale sign is a very big giveaway.

 

I've no idea how property will work online, as a seamless interior is a far cry from GTAO's instance-based apartments. Perhaps whoever is in the area first with the house ownership will have their instance of the house loaded and if you wish to see yours, you'll have to wait until they leave or *migrate server*.

 

I'd say keep an eye out and see if you spot anymore of these empty houses with for sale signs. I know the Downes residence eventually empties out and has a For Sale sign - possibly an indication Online will take place post 1899.

Edited November 25, 2018 by Nurolight

[DreadedSilverback 79]

16 minutes ago, Nurolight said:

I came across a house with an interesting sign out front.

 

Now remember with GTA Online  that these For Sale signs indicated properties that could be bought online? In GTA V, the (initial) online properties could already be located in the single player by their For Sale signs out front - which people initially suspected and was later confirmed when online released.

 

I'm in the thinking now that this fairly blank slate house could very easy allow for a lot of customisation and the for sale sign is a very big giveaway.

 

I've no idea how property will work online, as a seamless interior is a far cry from GTAO's instance-based apartments. Perhaps whoever is in the area first with the house ownership will have their instance of the house loaded and if you wish to see yours, you'll have to wait until they leave or *migrate server*.

 

I'd say keep an eye out and see if you spot anymore of these empty houses with for sale signs. I know the Downes residence eventually empties out and has a For Sale sign - possibly an indication Online will take place post 1899.

Yea I've heard some rumblings saying online would probably take place post campaign.  Also in one online achievement which talked about upgrading a camp of some kind which would lend credence to it possibly being a seamless interior as that seems like the only way one could have a camp type set up. I'm kind of hoping that property is like gang based or something like that so you could have like a ranch for your posse or just as a ranch to do "rancher things " (which while unlikely , given that some missions in the campaign involved those kinds of things It would not be impossible) and have ranch hands and such so you could have a seamless build but also not have it limited to one person at least for the bigger buildings cause people fighting over them will be a sh*t show

[Emmi 10,219]

I never imagined I'd say it but I'm really excited for Red Dead Online. Hopefully it gets unlocked this week!

I think this can be much more fun than GTA Online could ever be!

[tonko 1,685]

13 hours ago, Emmi said:

This might actually be the first game since RDR1 where I'll actually play online ... I just hope there's a poncho outfit to chose from! It's a shame there is none for the story mode!

Very similar here. Played RDR1 online, then GTA from 2104 till 2016, then went back to RDR 1 online. Also last 5 years played PES. 3 games last 5 years.

[RyuNova 13,161]

15 hours ago, mr quick said:

can we please have clothing that wrinkles and moves like in singleplayer? it's such an annoying thing to look at - like strauss' and trelawny's coats

 

I just hope that coats have physics.

I really could not go back to static coats from how glorious they are in SP.

[HockeyMike24 940]

I wonder if the hair growth mechanics will be in online and how they'll work

[HockeyMike24 940]

On the topic of houses, here is a empty lot in Saint Denis with a sign that reads "The miracle of the age precut and easy to assemble log homes. Available at H. Fischer"

[Nurolight 149]

16 minutes ago, HockeyMike24 said:

On the topic of houses, here is a empty lot in Saint Denis with a sign that reads "The miracle of the age precut and easy to assemble log homes. Available at H. Fischer"

Seems like H. Fischer might be the equivalent of viewing the Apartments on the Dynasty site.

 

I wonder if we can find his store in game? It may include a property map/catalogue with available housing?

[Emmi 10,219]

1 hour ago, Nurolight said:

Seems like H. Fischer might be the equivalent of viewing the Apartments on the Dynasty site.

 

I wonder if we can find his store in game? It may include a property map/catalogue with available housing?

A catalogue for sure ... as was teased in the Beechers Hope missions.

[Watain 1,364]

I have a feeling we won't get too many houses/apartments to choose from. I think we'll get a few, maybe one or two around each state. I think the main focus will lie on our personal camps and the customization options for those.

 

I really hope that is not the case, though. I would really like a nice apartment somewhere "high" in Saint Denis, with a good view over one of its main streets or something.

 

But it's also interesting to see what will happen to some of the houses in Online. If it's going to be set post the story mode events, then we should potentially have quite a few houses up for grabs. Like when I revisited the Aberdeen pig farm and found it all looted and largely emptied. That could become a nice player house, if customized a bit.

[MostWantedMVP 9,147]

1 month since release. Yep we should get something this week. Might even go live today.

[Baltel 1,386]

I hope the character creator will be a little more immersive than the character creator from gta online, if they ad some height and weight options it would be amazing ( i already see a lot of girls with big boobs and mans with very long beards robbing banks around the map xd)

[Virus.. 365]

I hope rockstar gives us a couple of body types to work with when creating our character, arthurs body type for example though it would be something if we can work with bills or pearsons lol. 

[DSandvik 24]

This is it boys! The final week! 

[Fun 2 32,162]

This achievement was 0.00% a few days ago, someone completed it a few hours ago.

"Red Dead Online: You achieved MVP 3 times (in a round with at least 4 players)."

Some devs/testers are playing during the weekend which highly hint towards online release this week.

[DSandvik 24]

I surely hope so. It's physically painful waiting for online to be released lol

[tonko 1,685]

8 hours ago, Watain said:

I have a feeling we won't get too many houses/apartments to choose from. I think we'll get a few, maybe one or two around each state. I think the main focus will lie on our personal camps and the customization options for those.

 

I really hope that is not the case, though. I would really like a nice apartment somewhere "high" in Saint Denis, with a good view over one of its main streets or something.

 

But it's also interesting to see what will happen to some of the houses in Online. If it's going to be set post the story mode events, then we should potentially have quite a few houses up for grabs. Like when I revisited the Aberdeen pig farm and found it all looted and largely emptied. That could become a nice player house, if customized a bit.

I just want decent camps since i'm not going to be in towns too much. No apartments for me, had enough of that in GTA.  Wilderness is my domain. After some time, some ranch in New Austin.

[Commander S 24,865]

Dear R*: please can you hold off just a little while longer - because my Xbox One X won't be delivered until later this week, and I'd rather do things like character creation with ultra-crisp image quality, rather than through a blurry mess of pixels on my long-suffering Xbone...

[Collibosher 1,782]

Tuesday is GTA Online day, so Thursday is probably the RDR Online day? I can't imagine them getting events and updates on the same day or even on the consecutive days.

[ALifeOfMisery 37,658]

1 hour ago, Commander S said:

Dear R*: please can you hold off just a little while longer - because my Xbox One X won't be delivered until later this week, and I'd rather do things like character creation with ultra-crisp image quality, rather than through a blurry mess of pixels on my long-suffering Xbone...

I'm betting on Friday release or a delay, so you might strike lucky, unless, a miracle occurs and R* announce RDO today and release it tomorrow.

[Krieg 15]

Honestly if there was a delay they likely would have told us by now so my guess is it is this week though no telling when.

[Mrs. Buzz 19,519]

No idea if this is already known, I just stumbled over an article where the xbox achivements for online start to be done. Final testing maybe?

 

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[RyuNova 13,161]

I just hope that R* realises that if you give players the ability to freely kill each other with no repercussions the majority of people WILL ALWAYS do that.

I ma not saying remove PvP in Free Roam but have a little law and order. Persistent Bounties for killing players, Dead or Alive status in towns etc. By all means, be an asshole but you will be an outlaw for it.

Edited November 26, 2018 by RyuNova

[Callahan44 580]

7 minutes ago, RyuNova said:

I just hope that R* realises that if you give players the ability to freely kill each other with no repercussions the majority of people WILL ALWAYS do that.

I ma not saying remove PvP in Free Roam but have a little law and order. Persistent Bounties for killing players, Dead or Alive status in towns etc. By all means, be an asshole but you will be an outlaw for it.

I guess it will just work like in singleplayer and killing other players is like killing npcs. You get a bounty,cant use shops etc. And unlike gta a death doesnt solve all your problems.

[RyuNova 13,161]

1 minute ago, Callahan44 said:

I guess it will just work like in singleplayer and killing other players is like killing npcs. You get a bounty,cant use shops etc. And unlike gta a death doesnt solve all your problems.

 

I wish! That would be perfect. It solves so many issues instantly, especially the EWO abusers. Bounties should last until you pay them off. Even across sessions.

[Captain Smootch 0]

Hey im looking for a organized group thats gonna play Red Dead Online!

[IamCourtney 6,935]

There have been a few recruitment posts (not too many to search through luckily) and I'm suree there'll be a dedicated recruitment thread or subforum once things get going.

[Krieg 15]

2 hours ago, RyuNova said:

I just hope that R* realises that if you give players the ability to freely kill each other with no repercussions the majority of people WILL ALWAYS do that.

I ma not saying remove PvP in Free Roam but have a little law and order. Persistent Bounties for killing players, Dead or Alive status in towns etc. By all means, be an asshole but you will be an outlaw for it.

They have already talked about a system they have in place. If a player constantly kills other players. Said players can snitch on them to the law giving them a large bounty.

 

But always remember snitches get stitches :P

[Crrooss 48]

Do you think characters in RDO would have a voice? It was one of the main reasons I was disappointed GTA Online. At least at the start.