RDO Next Updates Speculation & General Chat (Part I)

[kcole4001]

Finished the pass in a week again without trying, mainly from regular collecting and sales.

 

 

 

I really wish they hadn't lowered the XP per level to 1400 instead of 2000, it just goes by too fast, but then we higher rank players aren't relevant to greedstar.

I really felt a lack of content in this one, not least because I haven't gotten anything from levels 1-17 yet.

 

Bounty hunter next, I guess. I'll give it a try, it may be considerably more enjoyable than the first 20 ranks were.

Edited December 8, 2020 by kcole4001
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[1898]

47 minutes ago, RyuNova said:

The War Wagon or whatever its called.

THAT is a game meta changing addition to RDO and I can see why people fear it being added to Online. Might as well have just added the Armoured Kuruma and been done with it. Yes, you can just take out the horses but still...how long before we get an upgrade taht comes with Armoured Horses?

 

Also will it be able to maintain the same speed as our horses or zig-zag thru trees. Wouldn't like that but I'll bet money that it's coming tho.

Edited December 8, 2020 by 1898

[RyuNova]

1 minute ago, 1898 said:

Also will it be able to maintain the same speed as our horses or zig-zag thru trees. Wouldn't like that but I'll bet money that it's coming tho.

 

Thats why I fear a Heists level update to this game. We are going to need serious firepower to do Heists and people are going to complain if all the good stuff is locked to missions. Imagine for a moment the War Wagon in Free Roam or how easy it would make ninety-nine percent of all the missions in game against NPC's. I took out the entire Del Lobo's gang with it and never got hit.

[darkmaster234]

3 hours ago, Silentc0re said:

Rockstar confuses me. 

 

Why didn't they just leave the dailies alone and not piss off their whole player base - and then just deliver good content. I wouldn't even mind dropping 100 gold bars on that war wagon.

Because the strategy was to release the stand alone and squeeze those new players via microtransactions... its obvious only a minority of them will tolerate this new level of grinding... specially if we consider this last offers for bounty hunters, which are a temptation for those new players to buy gold to access the role before they expire... a 10/10 in business management in my opinion... we the veteran players are just collateral damage, thats how it is. All of that doesnt justify the plague of bugs, the sh*tty content and the lack of QoL thought, thats completely on them, so a 0/10 in consumer treatment.

 

If you evaluate the style and tone of the first outlaw passes and the content of the roles... youll figure those were way more mature and less edgy... hell, the first  bounty hunter outfits are masterpieces in comparison to this one... my take... they are trying to sell this content to the new players that arrived, most of whom are casuals, not geeks nor wester theme suckers, that certainly would have not buy this game otherwise.

 

Globally,the whole package isnt for us... it is directed to the new players... to microtransactions...

Edited December 8, 2020 by darkmaster234

[RyuNova]

16 minutes ago, kcole4001 said:

Finished the pass in a week again without trying, mainly from regular collecting and sales.

 

 

Upto level fifty and finding it a slog.

[Talisman_83]

4 minutes ago, RyuNova said:

 

Upto level fifty and finding it a slog.

Level 26 and its murder.

Well, another three weeks at this rate.

Done by the new year and I can look forward to a new outlaw pass filled with exciting items like fake beards and hats with skulls on them.

[darkmaster234]

2 hours ago, TagoKG said:

well tomorrow is my last day in this  game already rank 100 in pass ,  March  update should not be another 10 level for any role for the love of god.

 

 

At least daily nerf improve my life now only play like 10-20 m from 1 -2 hours before nerf

Thats probably what it will be, another role expansion after another until december. 

[RyuNova]

1 minute ago, Talisman_83 said:

Level 26 and its murder.

 

 

I jumped about nine levels by trading in my Collectors for the XP.

 

2 minutes ago, Talisman_83 said:

Done by the new year and I can look forward to a new outlaw pass filled with exciting items like fake beards and hats with skulls on them.

 

I really don't get it, why? Why all this childish crap that no-one ever asked for. Just give us clothing, I dont care if its a little outlandish as long as it fits the theme somewhat.

[YusufAmirsBF]

2 hours ago, TagoKG said:

March  update should not be another 10 level for any role for the love of god

For our own sanity let's not start again with the "March" update like last year. I still remember all the speculations, especially on Reddit, about the March update and we know how that ended

[RS123]

1 hour ago, aad9091 said:

Not exactly. GTAO became what it is today after Heists update. Before launching heists they were still planning SP dlc which shows online wasn't THAT profitable. So yeah, if they want money they should show reasons to spend first.

Heists brought players to GTAO but what really changed the game was the business which didn’t release until a year after the original heists came out. Personally I think RDO has a ton of content for a new player just coming in. They need heists to bring the masses in and consistent updates to keep them around.

[YusufAmirsBF]

5 minutes ago, RS123 said:

Heists brought players to GTAO but what really changed the game was the business which didn’t release until a year after the original heists came out. Personally I think RDO has a ton of content for a new player just coming in. They need heists to bring the masses in and consistent updates to keep them around.

True, for a new player there is content to keep him hooked for months. My point was that even GTAO needed content first to make profit after. Content-wise I am actually envious on new players. WIth skill pages locked behind Outlaw Pass, not so much

[kcole4001]

6 minutes ago, RS123 said:

Heists brought players to GTAO but what really changed the game was the business which didn’t release until a year after the original heists came out. Personally I think RDO has a ton of content for a new player just coming in. They need heists to bring the masses in and consistent updates to keep them around.

Agreed, I well remember being new and there's loads to do, but I also knew ahead of time that once you reach rank 20 in the roles things thin out real quick, so I took it at a moderate pace.

 

I still found I needed to find my own routines for maintaining the enjoyment of the game and not to rely on added content, and that's more important than ever.

When new content is lackluster or shallow (or both) then it's not so bad if I just adjust my gameplay to include the elements I like and ignore the stuff I don't.

[IzzyBlues]

1 hour ago, kcole4001 said:

I really wish they hadn't lowered the XP per level to 1400 instead of 2000, it just goes by too fast, but then we higher rank players aren't relevant to greedstar.

*ahem*

 

https://gtaforums.com/topic/923555-rdo-next-updates-speculation-general-chat/?do=findComment&comment=1071399411

[kcole4001]

10 minutes ago, IzzyBlues said:

*ahem*

 

https://gtaforums.com/topic/923555-rdo-next-updates-speculation-general-chat/?do=findComment&comment=1071399411

Yeah, but it only took me a week for pass 2 and 3.

I play to get the 9 role and whatever general dailies, usually from 1 1/2 - 3 hours per day.

That's the standard for me, and not from selling collections (I only have 2-4 collections anyway after randomized the locations), but by picking up items and doing dailies, that's all I do. I don't do sales unless they're dailies, and I severely limited my collecting because the ranks were going by to fast, only picking up what were for dailies mainly.

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[StyxTx]

4 hours ago, Silentc0re said:

Rockstar confuses me. 

 

Why didn't they just leave the dailies alone and not piss off their whole player base - and then just deliver good content. I wouldn't even mind dropping 100 gold bars on that war wagon.

Because more and more stuff will only be purchasable with gold and they don't want people making too much gold without paying real $ for it.

1 hour ago, darkmaster234 said:

Because the strategy was to release the stand alone and squeeze those new players via microtransactions... its obvious only a minority of them will tolerate this new level of grinding... specially if we consider this last offers for bounty hunters, which are a temptation for those new players to buy gold to access the role before they expire... a 10/10 in business management in my opinion... we the veteran players are just collateral damage, thats how it is. All of that doesnt justify the plague of bugs, the sh*tty content and the lack of QoL thought, thats completely on them, so a 0/10 in consumer treatment.

 

And those new players have no idea of how broken the game is even in 12 player lobbies. Good luck with LAs. No random events anymore either. And they paid for the game. Doesn't matter how much. R* is really scum of a company.

[kcole4001]

4 minutes ago, StyxTx said:

Because more and more stuff will only be purchasable with gold and they don't want people making too much gold without paying real $ for it.

Very true, but they better get to releasing something worth buying before anyone with any gold to spend just leaves.

[StyxTx]

1 hour ago, RyuNova said:

 

I jumped about nine levels by trading in my Collectors for the XP.

 

 

I really don't get it, why? Why all this childish crap that no-one ever asked for. Just give us clothing, I dont care if its a little outlandish as long as it fits the theme somewhat.

I still only have the 3 outfits I've had since the beginning.  lol

[WanteD1]

2 hours ago, kcole4001 said:

Finished the pass in a week again without trying, mainly from regular collecting and sales.

 

 

 

I really wish they hadn't lowered the XP per level to 1400 instead of 2000, it just goes by too fast, but then we higher rank players aren't relevant to greedstar.

I really felt a lack of content in this one, not least because I haven't gotten anything from levels 1-17 yet.

 

Bounty hunter next, I guess. I'll give it a try, it may be considerably more enjoyable than the first 20 ranks were.

2500 GOLDS? NICE MOD BRUH 

[kcole4001]

30 minutes ago, WanteD1 said:

2500 GOLDS? NICE MOD BRUH 

That's 13 months of dailies right there.

[ScrappyBauer]

6 hours ago, kcole4001 said:

Finished the pass in a week again without trying, mainly from regular collecting and sales.

 

Thats a problem right there... in what world does a person with that amount of gold and cash does not get bored and/or insane... I mean really dude, play something else, watch a movie, go outside, do other things... Yes the update was sh*t, but seeing sh*t like that explains why some of yall are always so pissed and butthurt about everything. ITS NOT A JOB.

Edited December 9, 2020 by ScrappyBauer

[Foxwolfe]

@AmyStone

 

Gta actually has a lot more stuff to buy though so I can at least understand the desire for instant game cash.

 

Either way the point still stands, I do get where you're coming from and my comment wasn't so much a direct reply to you and more of displeasure at the method being used.

Edited December 9, 2020 by Foxwolfe

[darkmaster234]

39 minutes ago, ScrappyBauer said:

Thats a problem right there... in what world does a person with that amount of gold and cash does not get bored and/or insane... I mean really dude, play something else, watch a movie, go outside, do other things... Yes the update was sh*t, but seeing sh*t like that explains why some of yall are always so pissed and butthurt about everything. ITS NOT A JOB.

Off topic that gun belt seems horrible to me... cringy and over the top... i am the only one LOL?

[Direwrath]

44 minutes ago, ScrappyBauer said:

Thats a problem right there... in what world does a person with that amount of gold and cash does not get bored and/or insane... I mean really dude, play something else, watch a movie, go outside, do other things... Yes the update was sh*t, but seeing sh*t like that explains why some of yall are always so pissed and butthurt about everything. ITS NOT A JOB.

Obviously they know how to keep themselves occupied, there's nothing wrong with that.  

 

9 minutes ago, darkmaster234 said:

Off topic that gun belt seems horrible to me... cringy and over the top... i am the only one LOL?

You aren't the only one. Why aren't we getting more "worn in" clothing items? Everything is for the flashy outlaws/cowboys anymore and that leaves us not so dandy types with next to nothing.

 

 

 

I'm left wondering if all of this isn't R* last ditch effort to try and save RDRO, and it kind of scares me to be honest. Something tells me that they released the online too early and went way over their heads on the promises that they were able to actually give us, and now they are just scrambling to get new players involved. 

Maybe I am just over reacting?

 

[Rev. Gnash]

1 hour ago, darkmaster234 said:

Off topic that gun belt seems horrible to me... cringy and over the top... i am the only one LOL?

It looks like "pleather" or some designer knockoff.

[IamCourtney]

2 hours ago, Direwrath said:

I'm left wondering if all of this isn't R* last ditch effort to try and save RDRO, and it kind of scares me to be honest. Something tells me that they released the online too early and went way over their heads on the promises that they were able to actually give us, and now they are just scrambling to get new players involved. 

Maybe I am just over reacting?

 

They definitely want new players coming in but I don't think they're scrambling, there is a pretty substantial amount of content to get into from a first timer's point of view. RDO's future direction depends heavily on how these new comers respond, whether they both stay engaged long term AND buy more bars. They'll be focused on hooking people from this new crop of players into microtransactions, people who haven't been stacking gold bars under the older, generous payout system. Those of us who got rich in the boom times are low priority, R* knows there's little profit to wring out of us. My hope is that they've got something big planned for 2021 when the new players have had time to max out the roles and will be looking for new things to do, and they'll want to have it out before such people have had time to stockpile too much gold during a content drought.

 

 

[StyxTx]

4 hours ago, ScrappyBauer said:

Thats a problem right there... in what world does a person with that amount of gold and cash does not get bored and/or insane... I mean really dude, play something else, watch a movie, go outside, do other things... Yes the update was sh*t, but seeing sh*t like that explains why some of yall are always so pissed and butthurt about everything. ITS NOT A JOB.

I'm pissed and butthurt about the game because the f*cking game is broken as sh*t and they categorically refuse to fix it while they continue to throw more and more pathetic, useless sh*t out there. And yes, I am already off doing other things. Playing in traffic is more enjoyable than this garbage.

 

They have lobbies set at 12 people. Just enough to keep random things and LAs from spawning (9 people lobbies work just fine) and just small enough to make the world pretty empty of other players (for those who like interaction). So they are spitting on all types of players.

 

Then they have the utter audacity to SELL the BROKEN game to poor saps who don't know they are getting shafted. I doubt if more than 5% of people who paid the $5 will play very long anyway, but still, they had to pay for a broken as sh*t product. So what's that say about the kind of people running R*?

Edited December 9, 2020 by StyxTx

[Emilie]

Couldn’t find a screenshot thread so I hope it’s ok to post this here? 
 

Friend took this today, I‘m the soon to be bits and pieces of the left of Freddie Mercury

 

 

[Direwrath]

2 hours ago, IamCourtney said:

They definitely want new players coming in but I don't think they're scrambling, there is a pretty substantial amount of content to get into from a first timer's point of view. RDO's future direction depends heavily on how these new comers respond, whether they both stay engaged long term AND buy more bars. They'll be focused on hooking people from this new crop of players into microtransactions, people who haven't been stacking gold bars under the older, generous payout system. Those of us who got rich in the boom times are low priority, R* knows there's little profit to wring out of us. My hope is that they've got something big planned for 2021 when the new players have had time to max out the roles and will be looking for new things to do, and they'll want to have it out before such people have had time to stockpile too much gold during a content drought.

That's my hope too, they have got to find a way out of the mess they made.

 

2 minutes ago, Emilie said:

Couldn’t find a screenshot thread so I hope it’s ok to post this here? 
 

Friend took this today, I‘m the soon to be bits and pieces of the left of Freddie Mercury

That's the first time I have ever seen anyone striking a rock band pose in the process of being blown up.

[RyuNova]

It's a shame that one of the best parts of the game, the low dollar Player Bounties are locked behind such an egregious paywall.

 

It should have been open to all players even those without the Licence.

 

As it is now it's just a way for high level players to legally grief lower level players.

 

Any Bounty under ten dollars should have been open to all players to encourage fair PvP.

 

I wonder if we are going to get a Frontiers Pursuits part II in Summer.

 

Just the expansions to Trader and Collector and possibly Moonshiner and Naturalist. 

Edited December 9, 2020 by RyuNova

[AltiMetro]

21 hours ago, BUT THE BENZ said:

since the update, did they CHANGE something about legendary animals? I shot that spirit bear, as usual, with EXPRESS AMMO, and before the update I could still skin the animal. BUT THIS TIME, I was told the animal is ruined....not allowed to use explosive bla...well, I did NOT, still, ruined.

anyone?!

haven't had that problem
Killed around 5 Legendaries since the update, no problems.
Always use a shotgun with normal shells, though