CECIL C. TUCKER: ARSONIST AND MURDERER ON THE RUN (October 15th)

[Jason]

NEW LEGENDARY BOUNTY, PLUS ROLE-SPECIFIC REWARDS AND BENEFITS, DISCOUNTS AND MORE

 

A mere twenty years old, Cecil C. Tucker is a known arsonist and murderer wanted for burning down homes in the slums of St. Denis. Since going on the lam, Tucker has aligned himself with local ne'er-do-wells in the Lemoyne Raiders and has been sighted entering Fort Brennand, north of St. Denis. 

 

Licensed Bounty Hunters can take on this Legendary Bounty Mission by approaching the nearest Bounty Board, indicated on the map. A short while after completing a Legendary Bounty, it will reappear to be played at an increased difficulty - indicated by the number of stars present on the poster.

 

 

 

As an ongoing element of Frontier Pursuits, Role-specific rewards will often become available to those who pursue the paths of the Bounty Hunter, Trader and Collector. This week, Licensed Bounty Hunters will receive 5X Tracking Arrows; Traders will get 5X Potent Predator Bait and 5X Potent Herbivore Bait; and Collectors will receive Three Collectible Coins. In addition, completing a 3-day Role Daily Challenge streak will reward you with an exclusive tint of the Folwell Hat. All gifts should arrive within 24 hours of playing Red Dead Online. 

 

This week also brings a slew of items to Xbox One, including the American Foxhound breed of Camp Dog, new Ability Cards (Gunslinger's Choice, Strength in Numbers and Ride Like The Wind), plus the Shoot the Sky Emote. And when flipping through the pages of the Wheeler, Rawson & Co. Catalogue, Xbox One players can also peruse new clothing additions - the felt Carrigan Hat, leather Burnham Boots, and the fur-lined Avery Gloves.

 

Sureshot players looking to test their mettle can jump into several Free Aim modes, including this week's featured Free Aim Series, Last Stand. Compete in a bloodbath of a free-for-all with no easy way out, and be the last gunslinger standing to win.

 

Sharpshooters can also try their hand at Free Aim variants of the Shootout, Takeover and Elimination Series through October 21st.

 

 

 

Take 25% off all Novice Role Items -- some particularly useful items include the Bounty Hunter's Reinforced Lasso to restrain tough targets, Collector's Field Shovel to uncover buried treasures under piles of disturbed earth or the Trader's Stew Pot for your Camp with recipes that grant Gold Cores. Gunsmiths are also offering 50% off all Pistol, Revolver, Repeater, Shotgun and Rifle Ammo (including High Velocity and Express rounds).

 

Red Dead Online players who connect their Social Club account with Twitch Prime will receive the Bounty Hunter license for free, plus an additional 10% off of the discounts listed above, while players with an active PlayStation Plus subscription who log in any time before November 4th will receive an exclusive colorway of the Killiman Vest.

 

As a reminder, members of the Wheeler, Rawson & Co. club who have opted for The Outlaw Pass have until November 18th to progress through all 70 Ranks and unlock each available item. To give all Outlaw Pass holders an opportunity to acquire these unique items before they're gone for good, players can now unlock their next Club Rank for the price of 1 Gold Bar.

 

Stay tuned to the Newswire for more Red Dead Online news in the coming weeks, and head over to the Social Club Events page for all current special events, bonuses and discounts.

Check Rockstar Support for details and limitations.

 

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/61174/Cecil-C-Tucker-Arsonist-and-Murderer-On-the-Run

[Rokushakubo]

That's a whole lotta meh. However, you dual wielding Xpokes are gonna LOVE gunslingers choice. That's become easily my favorite skill and removes all bloom from your initial target making consecutive headshots a piece of piss. Can't bring myself to take it outta my set up.  

[ALifeOfMisery]

Even though I was expecting it, no new clothing being added is sh*t, even though R* have a seemingly insatiable thirst for tacky pink and purple fur.

 

The new LB is alright. No real challenge in a straightforward fort clear out.

 

The 1gb to advance 1 Outlaw Pass rank made me laugh. 1k XP per rank is ridiculously easy to progress through. The thirst for players spending gold is real.

 

At least Xbox players get their hands on the PS timed exclusive content, hopefully R* ditch that strategy at some point.

 

Can't complain about the ammo discount though, all ammo types back to 999 again.

 

Most disappointing this week is the lack of a patch. Camp and animal spawns are still heavily bugged, seemingly based on lobby player count in my experience, the issue needs fixing.

Edited October 15, 2019 by ALifeOfMisery

[Jason]

Meh week for sure. Not surprised they're selling Outlaw Pass ranks, a lot of battle passes I've seen have some sort of way to skip to the end for a fee. Absolutely pointless to do that here mind you given how easy it is to rank up.

 

Good week for Xbox though, I can also backup that Gunslingers Choice is amazing.

 

I'm guessing new clothing is every two weeks until they run out?

[Danish Crusader]

So, at minimum 1 more week of the extinction bug... Great... I was kind of hoping for a patch for that today.

Well, time to capture myself an arsonist.

[Pumpkin Zone]

Those original 'PlayStation exclusive' item videos used to have this at the bottom, implying they would only get 4 updates worth of early access content.

 

I feel like we've gone past that 4 update mark ages ago, or maybe we're finally at that mark... unless Sony threw some more money at R* for an indefinite extension.

 

Edited October 15, 2019 by Pumpkin Zone

[ALifeOfMisery]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Meh week for sure. Not surprised they're selling Outlaw Pass ranks, a lot of battle passes I've seen have some sort of way to skip to the end for a fee. Absolutely pointless to do that here mind you given how easy it is to rank up.

 

Good week for Xbox though, I can also backup that Gunslingers Choice is amazing.

 

I'm guessing new clothing is every two weeks until they run out?

Yeah, I'm completely unsurprised by the Outlaw Pass rank sale, but I'm struggling to see how or why anyone would need or want to take R* up on their offer. As you say, it's fairly standard practice to offer a way to buy yourself through the end of the pass, it's just that it's so easy to get through that it seems pointless.

 

Gunslingers choice is a great card, I swap it back into my load out when playing story missions.

 

The fortnightly clothing drops are lame, I'm not happy about that decision at all. R* got sh*t before FP because of their tendancy to release 3 clothing items a week, to which their answer seems to be releasing a few more items every two weeks. More clothing on a weekly basis throughout the dripfeed would surely have been better for all involved.

[Danish Crusader]

@Pumpkin Zone I think we are only at the first one. Isn't the Frontier Pursuits the first actual content update to the game? Not counting patches and quality of life addition updates?

[Pumpkin Zone]

1 minute ago, Danish Crusader said:

@Pumpkin Zone I think we are only at the first one. Isn't the Frontier Pursuits the first actual content update to the game? Not counting patches and quality of life addition updates?

No, as that text was always on the old videos like this one back from February.

 

[P.T.]

Honestly i could care less about most of the update. But there is one part i think that should not be overlooked. They made about every Showdown mode out there Free Aim ! Yes it not 100 % free aim but its way better like this than with the auto headshot crap that showdown has been for a year.

 

Ive been playing it all morning and i love it. At least there are some shootouts not as it should be . This is also a big step imo for the direction. For a year they fought to not give us free aim now , i believe with enough people giving feedback wanting it, its finally starting to take shape. I hope they keep it this way. I know it says until Oct 21st, but before there was only 1 type of showdown that was free aim. I love this change .

[Danish Crusader]

2 minutes ago, Pumpkin Zone said:

No, as that text was always on the old videos like this one back from February.

 

Huh, well, fingers crossed that exclusive BS is finally over with and we can all get the same stuff at the same time from now on

[XxJazzy42xX]

meh.......no clothes makes this update kinda trash, but has anybody tried the new bounty yet?

Edited October 15, 2019 by XxJazzy42xX

[IamCourtney]

I just refilled all my ammo last night -_- more bummed than is reasonable over the maybe $30 I could have saved by waiting...

[ALifeOfMisery]

3 minutes ago, XxJazzy42xX said:

buthas anybody tried the new bounty yet.

It's a fairly easy fort clear out.

 

Kill the enemies, wait for the endlessly respawning second wave, keep killing until the target bottles it and runs, hogtie him and trot off to Annesburg.

 

That's how 1* and 2* have played out for me so far anyway.

[Pellanda]

Why God I can’t play any legendary bounty or mission in RDO without getting disconnected due the error 0x21002001???

[Leftover Pizza]

Thanks for the cheaper ammo refill, Rockstar. Not that I'm bothered with the normal price, but at least it's something positive about this weekly update. Would have much rather seen a fix for all the heavily annoying and gameplay crippling bugs and glitches in this mess of a game, but I'd expect no more from Rockstar these days. 

[ALifeOfMisery]

2 minutes ago, Leftover Pizza said:

Would have much rather seen a fix for all the heavily annoying and gameplay crippling bugs and glitches in this mess of a game, but I'd expect no more from Rockstar these days

We've been 1 role down pretty much since FP released. BH had the blackscreen bug which made progress an unforgiving grind and since that was fixed we've had the camp and animal spawn rate bugged.

 

I enjoy the Collector role immensely, but it would be nice to be able to change it up occasionally, concentrate on hunting and resupplying the Trader business for an hour here and there.

 

I still maintain that if lobbies can't remain stable once they have over a certain amount of players in them, R* should, temporarily at least, decrease the player limit to 15 or 16, in order to allow access to all content for all players in any given lobby.

[XxJazzy42xX]

This bounty Cecil.......this dude is dumber than a box of rocks. Ok so what happened was that the dude ditched his wagon while breaking for the woods and was trying to torch it for some dumb reason and he is standing next to the wagon about to torch it. Now a logical person would step away from the wagon before torching it, but no this guy is right next to it and tosses the molotov at his own feet. I thought it was hilarious, but R* I thought these Legendary Bounties were Legendary due to their crimes and ruthlessness not because they have legendarily low intelligence.

[Leftover Pizza]

1 minute ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

We've been 1 role down pretty much since FP released. BH had the blackscreen bug which made progress an unforgiving grind and since that was fixed we've had the camp and animal spawn rate bugged.

 

I enjoy the Collector role immensely, but it would be nice to be able to change it up occasionally, concentrate on hunting and resupplying the Trader business for an hour here and there.

 

I still maintain that if lobbies can't remain stable once they have over a certain amount of players in them, R* should, temporarily at least, decrease the player limit to 15 or 16, in order to allow access to all content for all players in any given lobby.

 

Even with 15 players max, lobby stability is plausible. You may get your camp to pitch a bit easier, but the lack of wildlife still remains. I absolutely enjoy collecting the most of the current roles, because it depends not on lobby stability much. I do hunt in the meanwhile and stow a 3 star buck on my horse for when I get back at the camp and donate it for the business, if the camp is still there. Collecting and Trading mix well together. Due to the camp despawning, I never do supply runs and risk being dropped in another lobby again, sans camp. I buy supplies instead, taking the loss of income rather over the loss of my camp again. It's not how it should be done, I know, but Rockstar doesn't seem to be fixing anything any time soon. If there is a fix coming, my guess it will be at least 2 weeks after the PC release. 

[TheOriginalGunslinger]

Can’t wait to hunt this SOB down.

[deadx23]

I might have to buy gold to unlock the club ranks

i completed my 3rd character to club Rank 70, in the process to rank up my 2nd character currently on club Rank 55 but I haven't played my main character I think he is club Rank 5 it's taking too long plus I'm not playing as much. 

[Leftover Pizza]

1 minute ago, deadx23 said:

I might have to buy gold to unlock the club ranks

i completed my 3rd character to club Rank 70, in the process to rank up my 2nd character currently on club Rank 55 but I haven't played my main character I think he is club Rank 5 it's taking too long plus I'm not playing as much. 

 

Rank it up by doing the Collector's role. Bob 's your uncle in a day or 2.

[SirFartsAlot]

52 minutes ago, Pellanda said:

Why God I can’t play any legendary bounty or mission in RDO without getting disconnected due the error 0x21002001???

Call your ISP and ask for a different modem...

 

I couldn't play for 5min straight since release but it's working fine now. Haven't got a single error in 2 weeks. 

[clinical oppression]

1 hour ago, IamCourtney said:

I just refilled all my ammo last night -_- more bummed than is reasonable over the maybe $30 I could have saved by waiting...

Never buy stuff the day before update day ......but just make sure to fill it all back up next monday 

[Caffeination]

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Gunsmiths are also offering 50% off all Pistol, Revolver, Repeater, Shotgun and Rifle Ammo (including High Velocity and Express rounds)

This is a useless discount because not only is the ammo dirt-cheap, the club that required us to buy the Outlaw Pass to join showered us in hundreds of bullets of each caliber. Now, had they said 50% of all weapons, that would've been amazing. Could've fallen for Rockstar's trap and splurged my money on two Volcanics and two Semi-Auto Pistols, maybe a Carcano snippy rifle too, but that'd be too good to be true.

 

Anyway, I won't feel bad about picking up the Bounty Hunter role for this week since I'm hunting a legitimate piece of sh*t instead of a revolutionary who did nothing wrong.

[Ronin Ogami]

11 minutes ago, Caffeination said:

This is a useless discount because not only is the ammo dirt-cheap, the club that required us to buy the Outlaw Pass to join showered us in hundreds of bullets of each caliber.

It's not so bad for some of us, I'm a little annoyed because I keep all my express ammo (in my lockbox) topped up, & most of my other ammo stores have been full since the last ammo sale in beta. I was able to fill up my HV rifle ammo, since I always ignored it in lieu of express rounds. However, I'll be using HV in "Trade Route" (from the front of the train) from now on.

Edited October 15, 2019 by Ronin Ogami

[Shadowfennekin]

About damn time that content arrived, bought my first dog! Hopefully we get a husky soon.... and not exclusive for 2 months >_<

Anyone who defends console exclusive content ain't worth listening to.

[Waingro]

Wait you can get a bandolier now?

[RyuNova]

One Gold Bar for one Level of Outlaw Pass? Seriously? It should be five levels for one Gold bar.

 

Are they really expecting people to drop fifty Gold Bars for example on the Outlaw Pass after dropping the thirty five?

[Shadowfennekin]

51 minutes ago, RyuNova said:

One Gold Bar for one Level of Outlaw Pass? Seriously? It should be five levels for one Gold bar.

 

Are they really expecting people to drop fifty Gold Bars for example on the Outlaw Pass after dropping the thirty five?

Honestly the price is fine. People still got a month and it's pretty freaking easy to level up fast. XP is easier now to obtain than it was before this update, I was leveling up at a snail's pace soon as I reached 50... now I'm 107, but my last level up was two weeks ago as I stopped playing as much after maxing out the true grind, Bounty Hunting lol

 

Resupplies award a TON! Even a full level if you've got four in your posse!