RED DEAD ONLINE BETA UPDATE (JAN 25, 2019)

[tonko]

2 hours ago, Callahan44 said:

I created this account because i was so hyped for rdo. One of the biggest disappointments in my gaming career. I actually bought a gaming pc now. Of course not only because of rdo but it was the last tiny bit of motivation i needed. U f*cked up r*. 

Brother i ain't even gonna start about levels of my disappointment as a huge RDR 1 fan. Pain is still so fresh. This is not the game i anticipated 4 years 

[Bully2comingsoon]

damnit Rockstar do something! *shakes fist angrily*

Edited February 1, 2019 by Bully2comingsoon

[Boozey St John]

The only way character resets would acceptable is if you kept everything but was able to just remake your character. Just how creating a second character in GTAO works. 

 

Or give the option to change appearance for a reason price like $50 or 1 gold. 

[Saiyam]

It’s been over 3 months with online release and we got nothing new 

10/10

[Jasmyn]

My biggest fear is RDO being in Beta for a whole year and the only things being added while in Beta are some new death-matches, soms races and for free-roam new playerblimps

[BUT THE BENZ]

really curious to hear what it is exactly R* "can't announce just yet"

either it is the legal trouble they're having, or simply the fact they can't manage to get sh*t done propperly (DARKNESS?!?)

Edited February 3, 2019 by BUT THE BENZ

[Jason]

Just now, BUT THE BENZ said:

really curious tp hear what it is exactly R* "can't announce just yet"

either it is the legal trouble they're having, or simply the fact they can't manage to get sh*t done propperly (DARKNESS?!?)

That's a hell of a leap.

 

By that logic, any time a developer teases content they aren't ready to fully reveal yet they're in legal troubles or are useless.

 

More like they simply don't want to blow their load and reveal/announce content that's still in active development, cause things could still change.

[BUT THE BENZ]

^oh, official word from "jason"

you mean like back in the days when R* announced DLC for GTA V which didn't happen?!

poor, benzless, R*...

Edited February 3, 2019 by BUT THE BENZ

[Jason]

Still putting my name in quotes I see. 

 

I just don't see how a company chock full of veteran developers who just released one of the best single player campaigns of all time a few months a go is suddenly useless because they don't have "The Benz".

 

I don't see how these "legal issues" would in any way shape or form have an impact on the development of RDR2 or RDO.

 

But if you want to fill in the blanks for me go ahead. Legal documents detailing one side of the story 5+ years ago are no bueno these days, though.

[BUT THE BENZ]

talking about that "pinkerton" problem!

 

 

[Jason]

Ah, and that would cause problems for RDO development why? I may be wrong, but I don't recall seeing the Pinkertons in RDO.

[Boozey St John]

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

Ah, and that would cause problems for RDO development why? I may be wrong, but I don't recall seeing the Pinkertons in RDO.

...YET! 

 

or perhaps they had to scratch any missions involving them. 

 

(Being facetious, don't mind me.)

Edited February 3, 2019 by Boozey St James
Word edit

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Boozey St James said:

...YET! 

 

or perhaps they had to scratch any missions involving them. 

 

(Being facetious, don't mind me.)

trudat

 

Think it's unlikely personally, they wouldn't make make much sense in RDO for me.

[Boozey St John]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

trudat

 

Think it's unlikely personally, they wouldn't make make much sense in RDO for me.

You're probably right tbh, but with R* you just never know. But I do think that there will be a parody of the Pinkertons or a snide reference to them. 

 

The parodied Hilary Clinton even after the whole "Hot Coffee" incident.

[Jason]

Yea there could be references in future content but if we're talking, to get back to the topic that started this, that the Pinkerton legal issue would delay content or otherwise impede them from talking about it then they could simply remove those references ezpz.

 

The Pinkertons could work in select missions I guess, I think having them as a general presence in the open world would be a bit too much, I mean they're in the SP cause they're hired to chase down an infamous gang of outlaws, something which you aint in RDO. Maybe if they add heists or something like that they could work, a Pinkerton guarded bank or something.

[djb204]

On 1/25/2019 at 11:07 AM, ALifeOfMisery said:

GOLD BONUS, GUN RUSH LOBBY IMPROVEMENTS AND MORE

 

Gold Bonus

 

Thank you to dedicated Red Dead Online Beta players worldwide for your continuing feedback as we work together to refine the game experience. As a token of our gratitude for your support and understanding throughout this Beta period, we are rewarding this weekend’s active players with a bonus of 5 Gold Bars. Play the Red Dead Online Beta between today Friday January 25 and Sunday January 27 to qualify for the bonus, which will be delivered to your account by Tuesday January 29.

 

Gun Rush Feedback & Matchmaking Improvements

 

Following the launch of the new Gun Rush mode, we identified a few matchmaking issues, some of which we have addressed with short-term improvements and all of which we are working towards more permanent and proper fixes for in the longer term. The minor improvements should help generate fuller lobbies and we will add more fixes in upcoming title updates. Gun Rush is best experienced with as many competitors as possible, so if you had any issues with smaller lobbies around release, we strongly encourage you to give it another go this weekend as we are already regularly seeing much fuller matches on both PS4 and Xbox One.

 

For those who haven’t tried it yet, Gun Rush is a tooth and nail, Western style battle-royale fight to the death for up to 32 players that can be played either with Teams or as a Free For All. Players compete in an ever-shrinking battle zone with horses for quick transport (and associated risks). Skirmish for weapons ranging from Mauser Pistols to Repeating Shotguns to Fire Bottles and Dynamite Arrows – as well as for valuable, hard to obtain armor like the headshot-thwarting Ned Kelly Armor to help you survive to the end.

 

We also updated our official Feedback page to now include dedicated sections for Gun Rush. We of course want to know what you like, don’t like, suggestions for improvements and changes to this and other modes and types of gameplay – so please do keep it coming!

 

More to Come

 

Our teams are currently working on lots of fixes, changes and improvements to the game based on player feedback including the quality of life improvements that we detailed in our last status update: Proximity-Based Player Blips, Parley Changes with quicker access to Feuding, Law and Bounty Improvements to discourage griefing while introducing a new Freeroam dynamic between bounty hunters and criminal rogues, plus Daily Challenges with gold nugget rewards and more. We are currently planning to have these and other improvements to the game included in a Title Update scheduled for release in the coming months – we’ll provide more information as we get closer to the date.

 

Newswire

The coming months? How long is Rockstar planning on keeping Red Dead Online in beta?

 

dont pull a DayZ

Edited February 4, 2019 by djb204

[rusbeckia]

17 hours ago, Jason said:

Still putting my name in quotes I see. 

 

I just don't see how a company chock full of veteran developers who just released one of the best single player campaigns of all time a few months a go is suddenly useless because they don't have "The Benz".

 

I don't see how these "legal issues" would in any way shape or form have an impact on the development of RDR2 or RDO.

 

But if you want to fill in the blanks for me go ahead. Legal documents detailing one side of the story 5+ years ago are no bueno these days, though.

This. It‘s so pathetic.

[That69Guy]

18 hours ago, Jason said:

Yea there could be references in future content but if we're talking, to get back to the topic that started this, that the Pinkerton legal issue would delay content or otherwise impede them from talking about it then they could simply remove those references ezpz.

 

The Pinkertons could work in select missions I guess, I think having them as a general presence in the open world would be a bit too much, I mean they're in the SP cause they're hired to chase down an infamous gang of outlaws, something which you aint in RDO. Maybe if they add heists or something like that they could work, a Pinkerton guarded bank or something.

Pinkerton's are in a online mission already, forget the name but it's a low honor mission where you stop a Pinkerton guarded train and ride it in to the Cornwall tar company.  I think that might be the name of the mission. 

[ALifeOfMisery]

I wonder if we'll get another Newswire "update" this Friday, with it being two weeks since this latest Newswire was posted.

 

Or whether we're basically waiting for a title update announcement now.

[Fatsanchez]

I wish we got a patch this week. Is it too much to hope for?

[ALifeOfMisery]

Just now, Fatsanchez said:

I wish we got a patch this week. Is it too much to hope for?

Unfortunately, it probably is.

 

While the game still has the beta tag I can't help but think it would make much more sense for R* to introduce the QoL features one by one to ensure that they work as intended.

 

But it looks as though, in true R* style, everything we know about will get thrown into the game at exactly the same time while R* (and us players) hope everything works in unison.

[AUScowboy]

23 hours ago, Jason said:

Yea there could be references in future content but if we're talking, to get back to the topic that started this, that the Pinkerton legal issue would delay content or otherwise impede them from talking about it then they could simply remove those references ezpz.

 

The Pinkertons could work in select missions I guess, I think having them as a general presence in the open world would be a bit too much, I mean they're in the SP cause they're hired to chase down an infamous gang of outlaws, something which you aint in RDO. Maybe if they add heists or something like that they could work, a Pinkerton guarded bank or something.

There's a whole online story mission involving them, so they would have to cut that too if this ends up being the case. From what I've seen, the Pinkerton case seems pretty flimsy. R* has good lawyers, just ask Jack(off) Thompson, Hilldawg Clinton, and Lindsay Lohan... As for my opinion, despite being antagonists in the lore of RDR, they are still portrayed accurately from what I can tell, and are just one of many period accurate elements R* chose to incorporate into their story. The only leg the Pinkies even have to stand on, is that R* may have used the names of actual Pinkerton detectives. Even that is flimsy,  its something descendants could use, but not the Pinkertons as an organization.

[Ryan5252]

25% off all tonics in catalogue.

 

Now if that doesn't make you lot happy I don't know what will

[U Carmine]

36 minutes ago, Ryan5252 said:

25% off all tonics in catalogue.

 

Now if that doesn't make you lot happy I don't know what will

I refuse to buy 'em. They are a $ money sink.

[Ryan5252]

Just now, Ektope said:

I refuse to buy 'em. They are a $ money sink.

The only tonics I ever buy are horse revivers, always keep two on me at all times. 

[ALifeOfMisery]

Just now, Ryan5252 said:

The only tonics I ever buy are horse revivers, always keep two on me at all times. 

Strawberry Welcome Center, there's always one in a chest in one of the bedrooms. I pick one up every time I'm in town.

[U Carmine]

3 minutes ago, Ryan5252 said:

The only tonics I ever buy are horse revivers, always keep two on me at all times. 

I think I'll just make my own. There's special horse reviver.

[tonko]

12 minutes ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

Strawberry Welcome Center, there's always one in a chest in one of the bedrooms. I pick one up every time I'm in town.

I pick up bullet in the chest when i'm there. There's always someone waiting lol

Edited February 5, 2019 by tonko

[ALifeOfMisery]

7 minutes ago, tonko said:

I pick up bullet in the chest when i'm there. There's always someone waiting lol

Lol. Strawberry is the town I visit most, there's hardly ever anyone there in the lobbies I've found myself in.

[XxJazzy42xX]

1 minute ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

Lol. Strawberry is the town I visit most, there's hardly ever anyone there in the lobbies I've found myself in.

same, but this is mostly true in my experience playing during the weekdays or weeknights instead of the weekend. Overall Strawberry is not as popular as Valentine and Blackwater.