ExtinctShadow Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) Sup guys, extinct here. Firstly I want to say I am not for nor against microtransactions. But since it's Christmas time and I don't have school right now, my mother took me to Target. I proceeded to get some psn cards and I ended up pretty much purchasing the gold on RDO for $100. I know it's alot especially for the game being in beta but i, didn't know what other game I wanted.  How much gold have you guys purchased in total? And do you agree with your decision? Edited December 21, 2018 by ExtinctShadow Mother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slonitram Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 $0. Â And it'll stay that way. JuliuszMCMXCVII, wehweh01, U Carmine and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtinctShadow Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Just now, TheSadisticOwl said: $0. Â And it'll stay that way. It takes hours just to get a nuggets guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan44 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Nothing and never will. Atm theres nothing interesting anyway,havent spent any gold yet. And if new "must have" things will cost a lot of gold and payouts stay sh*tty i will stop playing. Lonely-Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtinctShadow Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Callahan44 said: Nothing and never will. Atm theres nothing interesting anyway,havent spent any gold yet. And if new "must have" things will cost a lot of gold and payouts stay sh*tty i will stop playing. Why will you stop playing because you can't get something? It should ENCOURAGE you to play more dude. Think about it, it's kinda like life bro where you work for what you want . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouDied Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 there isnt much atm to use it on anyway DonnieVega 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan44 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 minute ago, ExtinctShadow said: Why will you stop playing because you can't get something? It should ENCOURAGE you to play more dude. Think about it, it's kinda like life bro where you work for what you want . Depends how much stuff costs,how much gifts we get from rockstar etc. Playing to get gold is a pain in the ass,if a golden gun costs 30 gold i can only imagine how much a hotair baloon will cost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKrankenstein Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 bought nothing yet, but willing to spend a little if they evolve it like gta with all its events and modes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtinctShadow Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Callahan44 said: Depends how much stuff costs,how much gifts we get from rockstar etc. Playing to get gold is a pain in the ass,if a golden gun costs 30 gold i can only imagine how much a hotair baloon will cost... It's also a nice gesture to support the developers. Idk if you live in NY or California but it's kinda like supporting a small business. You donate and help them make more products. I buy gold because it helps us get more content and helps out a business I enjoy which is gaming. You should consider buying gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnieVega Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, ExtinctShadow said: Think about it, it's kinda like life bro where you work for what you want . Says the dude who just got gold from his mom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Next-Gen Vercettis Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I don't quite understand your post, did you spend $100 on gold bars or a copy of RDR2? Or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterrrr Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 So far, $0. As soon as invite only lobbies are added, I got a $50 card ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtinctShadow Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Next-Gen Vercettis said: I don't quite understand your post, did you spend $100 on gold bars or a copy of RDR2? Or both? My Mom bought me PSN cards which I bought RDO gold with. I support the developers 1 minute ago, Hunterrrr said: So far, $0. As soon as invite only lobbies are added, I got a $50 card ready to go. Why does a Invite session matter? The map is so big you can avoid civilization completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan44 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Just now, ExtinctShadow said: It's also a nice gesture to support the developers. Idk if you live in NY or California but it's kinda like supporting a small business. You donate and help them make more products. I buy gold because it helps us get more content and helps out a business I enjoy which is gaming. You should consider buying gold Lol im sure they will be fine without my money after gtav...and i already paid a lot when i bought the game. Its a joke they want me to pay for basic stuff i already got for free in singleplayer. For me the beta is a huge disappointment and i cant understand why anyone pays for it. Lonely-Martin and DonnieVega 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slonitram Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, ExtinctShadow said: It takes hours just to get a nuggets guy I have 49 gold bars, almost nearing 50, from merely not spending them in anything at all and not caring that they're there. I have everything I want in the game and any further things I'd like to have are purchaseable with cash, which I have about $4000 dollars from economizing, hunting, playing Showdown and finding treasures.  Gold bars are completely useless in the game right now and will only do you good if you wanna buy cosmetic items that have no reason to be locked behind gold in the first place, like having to pay 1 gold bar to get something as useless as a pocket watch, or losing all your teeth.  Took this screenshot on December 3rd, which is why I have less than I stated before. Excuse the horrible character I made.  l  Sure, you can buy horses with gold bars, but in races, I've learned that they actually don't make that much of a difference, as apparently the speed between all horses are equal, thus making the faster horses you get at stables only faster in freeroam.  You can't buy guns with gold bars nor the ability cards (thank god) and thus, having gold right now is just something to get if you wanna either have cosmetics or more horses. I have an arabian horse I got for free and she's fast enough for my taste.  Sure, I believe Rockstar will add more stuff to buy with gold in the future, but if they're a smart company that don't want to face some serious backlash in the current climate of people fighting back against shady corporation practices, they won't lock things such as weapons and equipment behind gold bars, otherwise they'd be making the game pay-to-win and that'd only make them lose players and suffer bigger backlash than they've already suffered with the shark card stuff from GTA Online. They only got away with all that because it happened before EA f*cked up with Battlefront 2. Nowadays, everyone is keeping a close, keen eye on all shady business practices that companies are pulling off and I assure you, if Rockstar attempts to make RDO pay to win by having players skip rank locks with gold bars or having to grind ridiculous amount of time to get them, the game will be boycotted by many youtubers and will scare away future customers.  15 minutes ago, ExtinctShadow said: Why will you stop playing because you can't get something? It should ENCOURAGE you to play more dude. Think about it, it's kinda like life bro where you work for what you want . Not many people who bought this game get to stay all day at home grinding. Many have lives where they have to go study, go to work and whatever else duties they need to attend to that are more important than grinding currency in a video game. People will stop playing because they can't get something because of the ridiculous amount of time you have to put into getting it (like you said, you have to grind hours for nuggets).  "Oh, but that's where the microtransactions come in! To give these players a chance at getting ahead by just purchasing fake gold with real money!"  Money doesn't grow out of trees and as such, not many will be willing to spend their life savings on something as stupid as premium currency. These people end up failling behind from those who buy that sort of stuff and use it to grief them. It hasn't happened yet (and I hope it never does) because the game hasn't gone pay to win, after all, combat is, in my opinion, fair right now with the payouts you get from treasures and Showdown, which allow you to buy the good weapons and the good ability cards without having to spend a single real life cent.  6 minutes ago, ExtinctShadow said: It's also a nice gesture to support the developers. Idk if you live in NY or California but it's kinda like supporting a small business. You donate and help them make more products. I buy gold because it helps us get more content and helps out a business I enjoy which is gaming. You should consider buying gold Rockstar is a multi-billionaire company. They are not a small business. They got a lot of money and they're getting even more money with RDR2 and GTAO because both of those games are still hot among Playstation and Xbox players.  You should not consider buying gold because "you're supporting the devs". Hell, how are you supporting the devs anyway if your profile picture is a thumbnail of an unlimited money glitch video?  You're being used by them. That's what they want, money, and that's what you're giving them, straight out of your mom's bank account probably, with her hard earned money. Edited December 21, 2018 by TheSadisticOwl slippery slope, Next-Gen Vercettis and DonnieVega 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnieVega Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Just now, ExtinctShadow said: My Mom bought me PSN cards which I bought RDO gold with. I support the developers No you don't, you're supporting the whole nasty MTX economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray-Hand Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 This guy is a troll. He posts about sensitive topics to try to upset people.  Yesterday he posted some made up crap about deliberately griefing people.  It’s really sad and pathetic. DonnieVega, Lonely-Martin and JuliuszMCMXCVII 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liyah Jade Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 $0.  I don't see the appeal. DonnieVega and Lonely-Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnieVega Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Gray-Hand said: This guy is a troll. He posts about sensitive topics to try to upset people.  Yesterday he posted some made up crap about deliberately griefing people.  It’s really sad and pathetic. I could respect a good troll, but I don't think he is one. We might just have a classic teenage douche on our hands here. Lonely-Martin and Callahan44 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtinctShadow Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Gray-Hand said: This guy is a troll. He posts about sensitive topics to try to upset people.  Yesterday he posted some made up crap about deliberately griefing people.  It’s really sad and pathetic. I'm not trying to get a rise out of anyone, I stated yesterday that I am rank 101. You don't have to go around harrasing me in every thread. Please leave me alone if you cannot contribute to this discussion. Edited December 21, 2018 by ExtinctShadow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Next-Gen Vercettis Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, ExtinctShadow said: My Mom bought me PSN cards which I bought RDO gold with. I support the developers Good grief. Seems a little excessive, but then again I have bills to pay and food to buy etc.  And to answer the question.. none. The 30 free bars plus what I've made so far are plenty for me. Bought some decent clothes and a few gun customisations and still have 20 left. DonnieVega 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterrrr Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, ExtinctShadow said: My Mom bought me PSN cards which I bought RDO gold with. I support the developers Why does a Invite session matter? The map is so big you can avoid civilization completely My internet is too slow to connect to large lobbies. Constant disconnections.  And i I want the option to be able to play by myself. Lonely-Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray-Hand Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, ExtinctShadow said: I'm not trying to get a rise out of anyone, I stated yesterday that I am rank 101. You don't have to go around harrasing me in every thread. Yesterday this guy claims to be the type of griefer who dominates lobbies so hard that he converts other players into followers who help him take over lobbies ( yeah, right - like that’s a thing that actually happens). Today he’s claiming to be a kid who gets his parents to buy gold for him.  He’s a troll.  A particularly dumb one. kenmy13999, wehweh01 and Lonely-Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Next-Gen Vercettis Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, Gray-Hand said: This guy is a troll.. I was suspicious of the YouTube style intro but gave them the benefit of the doubt. I remember being in a party playing GTAO once and some guy was saying he had spent around $1000 on fish cards. Yes, a grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtinctShadow Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) OT : Ok I exaggerated my thread yesterday, so what? It's a new day. Move on already. I have taken over lobbies but this thread is about GOLD. A whole new thread so if you're concerned with what I do on my spare time PM me. I will surely prove it. Also User Gray-hand is a troll who is mad I won't be his friend 10 minutes ago, Gray-Hand said: Yesterday this guy claims to be the type of griefer who dominates lobbies so hard that he converts other players into followers who help him take over lobbies ( yeah, right - like that’s a thing that actually happens). Today he’s claiming to be a kid who gets his parents to buy gold for him.  He’s a troll.  A particularly dumb one. Reported for harrasment 29 minutes ago, DonnieVega said: No you don't, you're supporting the whole nasty MTX economy. How is buying gold against supporting developers? Edited December 21, 2018 by ExtinctShadow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 troll / bait / idiot  take yer pick :^) kenmy13999, Lonely-Martin, slippery slope and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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