Jason Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 10 hours ago, Leftover Pizza said: Not sure it would mess up the playerbase much, but it would be far too much work to maintain servers for Rockstar. What we have now is the cheapest solution for them to host the game. Argent Dawn EU is populated by about 410K characters. I'm not expecting those numbers on RDO dedicated servers, but I think it could work. But, knowing Rockstar, it will never happen. It'd mess the servers up and the experience up quite a bit tbh. RP-only servers would be pretty quiet as they aint massively popular, giving players who choose those servers matchmaking issues galore, especially long-term. Locking your self into a PvE only server would lock you out from open world PvP content, which would just cause a huge mess. If they do lobbies all they need is normal, PvE and free aim, and you should be able to hop in and out of any of them at your leisure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBuffalo Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 So if you come out of defensive mode to get autoaim and the attacker somehow to slips into defensive mode, then you can get obliterated if there is a group. A defensive mode player does the same amount of damage as normal...if there is 5 in their posse, not good. I had never attacked someone in defensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftover Pizza Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Jason said: It'd mess the servers up and the experience up quite a bit tbh. RP-only servers would be pretty quiet as they aint massively popular, giving players who choose those servers matchmaking issues galore, especially long-term. Locking your self into a PvE only server would lock you out from open world PvP content, which would just cause a huge mess. If they do lobbies all they need is normal, PvE and free aim, and you should be able to hop in and out of any of them at your leisure. It's a proven to work concept on WoW servers for years. RP servers have acces to all content too. Nowadays, they have an option to turn on World PvP mode, which basically turns the whole realm into a pvp realm for you, but not for those who have it switched off. You will only see players who have PvP switched on. They call it War Mode. You can also still enter any battle ground instance if you do so wish. The RP servers in WoW started, because of griefing and interference of RP activities. Truth be told, I've never spent a second RP'ing, but the fact that very few are out to troll or grief made the choice easy for me to join an RP server. Mind you, Argent Dawn is not only the most crowded RP server, but also the second most populated server in WoW. Several of the smaller servers have merged already, but Argent Dawn and Draenor never have, because they are filled to the rim with players. RP itself might not experience high popularity in RDO, but playing with decent and polite players does. I know that comparing RDO to WoW is like comparing apples and brussel sprouts, but there is enough to learn from the WoW concept. Pocket Fox and Karen Daniels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Daniels Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 The best solution would be to do what the first Redemption had: Friendly Lobbies. All player targeting is disabled, weapons do no damage, but you can still lock on to NPCs and wildlife. It would make the world more enjoyable. Leftover Pizza, Lonely-Martin, The Deadite and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netnow66 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Karen Daniels said: The best solution would be to do what the first Redemption had: Friendly Lobbies. All player targeting is disabled, weapons do no damage, but you can still lock on to NPCs and wildlife. It would make the world more enjoyable. I haven't played in those special hunting and fishing modes but isn't player targeting disabled in those? Seems like it would be simple enough for Rockstar to do--if they wanted to. Meanwhile, I will be playing free roam glitched solo/passive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman_Greige Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Got tackled by a rank 125 while on defensive after keeping my distance watching them light a stick of dynamite and at least it was a fist fight. For some reason, I'm good at them. Killing a griefer with your fists is most satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftover Pizza Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 It's easy to be an asshat if those you grief are never in the same session with you twice. Locking players to a specific PvP or PvE server gets them familiar with the other players much more. The random playerbase every session again messes up the playerbase a lot more, imo. When players return to the same playerbase every login again, they are more inclined to behave. For a multiplayer game, this game has a really poor community, mainly because it's mostly random players you encounter and never really buildup a community at all. Would player characters be locked in on a server, you could setup a community with players from the forums, for example, ride out together, do missions, RP, group up for some instanced PvE or PvP raids or boost a new comer. Wasn't the old west all about communities, either good or bad orientated? People without a lot of real life friends playing can find players and befriend them much easier too. Defensive Mode can be a thing of the past. Lonely-Martin and Danelaw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonely-Martin Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Leftover Pizza said: It's easy to be an asshat if those you grief are never in the same session with you twice. Locking players to a specific PvP or PvE server gets them familiar with the other players much more. The random playerbase every session again messes up the playerbase a lot more, imo. When players return to the same playerbase every login again, they are more inclined to behave. For a multiplayer game, this game has a really poor community, mainly because it's mostly random players you encounter and never really buildup a community at all. Would player characters be locked in on a server, you could setup a community with players from the forums, for example, ride out together, do missions, RP, group up for some instanced PvE or PvP raids or boost a new comer. Wasn't the old west all about communities, either good or bad orientated? People without a lot of real life friends playing can find players and befriend them much easier too. Defensive Mode can be a thing of the past. Yeah, I tend to just avoid any blue/red dot out there I see so I don't attract unwanted attention and get involved with gameplay that is just a waste of my time and theirs. That said, I'm bored of the dailies even now and haven't played this or GTA all week, lol. These games urgently need a real kick up the arse. Leftover Pizza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leftover Pizza Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Lonely-Martin said: Yeah, I tend to just avoid any blue/red dot out there I see so I don't attract unwanted attention and get involved with gameplay that is just a waste of my time and theirs. That said, I'm bored of the dailies even now and haven't played this or GTA all week, lol. These games urgently need a real kick up the arse. Frankly, I've never encountered many other players, unless going to Valentine or Blackwater. But that's more of a con than a pro, because the world looks empty and boring after a while. Of course, the lack of content doesn't make it much appealing to login and play. We still have a good 10 days of holidays left, before I can login properly again, but I'm not missing it and I wonder if I'd logon as soon as I have a chance or wait till the summer update drops. Lonely-Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonely-Martin Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Leftover Pizza said: Frankly, I've never encountered many other players, unless going to Valentine or Blackwater. But that's more of a con than a pro, because the world looks empty and boring after a while. Of course, the lack of content doesn't make it much appealing to login and play. We still have a good 10 days of holidays left, before I can login properly again, but I'm not missing it and I wonder if I'd logon as soon as I have a chance or wait till the summer update drops. Definitely much quieter and more when I need a town than anything really is when I see folk. But on the missions I do enjoy, I like meeting randoms too. (Wasn't too clear there earlier, but I did a sh*t load of heists in GTA and that was easily my favourite DLC). But in general, until we know more, I'm very comfortable in game. But that 'no pressure' feel is awesome so I'm gonna enjoy it while it lasts, lol. Enjoy the holiday dude. Leftover Pizza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Fox Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 The latest 'in' thing among griefers is trying to melee, knife or lasso tackle people in defensive mode. They're all low level and poor... gee, I wonder why, when you spend 2 hours being a clown for 300xp, $0 and 0 gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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