TRIPLE REWARDS ON ALL SHOWDOWN MODES INCLUDING THE GUN RUSH FEATURED SERIES (June 30th)

[Jason]

 

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/61618/Triple-Rewards-on-all-Showdown-Modes-including-the-Gun-Rush-Featured-S

[IzzyBlues]

[Retro_Causality]

WELP

[yeezy203]

a PVP week is a real kick in the nuts right now

[ALifeOfMisery]

3x on sh*t almost everyone hates.

 

I guess I'll stock up on gun oil, that'll add some much needed variety to my standard gameplay loop of log on, do a daily, log off.

 

 

[Tasty_Pasta]

Free gun oil again!!!!

 

But seriously WTF on everything else.

[IzzyBlues]

When they say refills are free for Trader and Moonshiner, do they mean that there are x1 free refills for each role and that's it? Or are there unlimited refills until the 6th of July? I'm assuming it would be the former and not the latter?

[Rev. Gnash]

[RaigeGames]

36 minutes ago, IzzyBlues93 said:

When they say refills are free for Trader and Moonshiner, do they mean that there are x1 free refills for each role and that's it? Or are there unlimited refills until the 6th of July? I'm assuming it would be the former and not the latter?

It says ALL trader resupplies and moonshine mash refills are free this week so I assume that's unlimited all week

[GrungeNinja]

Like we use to say here in Brazil, “mas que bela merda!”

[Leftover Pizza]

1 hour ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

3x on sh*t almost everyone hates.

 

I guess I'll stock up on gun oil, that'll add some much needed variety to my standard gameplay loop of log on, do a daily, log off.

 

 

 

You still do those? Points for perseverance earned, mate. I still can't stomach the thought of it.  

[TheOriginalGunslinger]

 

[Waingro]

I would take having to pay gold bars just to get an actual communication from Rockstar as to wtf they are looking to do in 2020 at this rate.

[RyuNova]

Bought a second Semi-Auto Pistol so now it's time to Max Payne everyone and dive around.

[ALifeOfMisery]

55 minutes ago, Leftover Pizza said:

You still do those? Points for perseverance earned, mate. I still can't stomach the thought of it.  

OCD is a motherf*cker. 

[Leftover Pizza]

12 minutes ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

OCD is a motherf*cker. 

 

Lol. I get you, mate. I really wanted to leave the game with all round numbers, but couldn't stomach the grind anymore. I did uninstall it after stocking up fully, though.....  

[Cordohen]

[CosmicBuffalo]

[ALifeOfMisery]

All jokes and banter aside, I don't know why R* are even bothering at this point.

 

Showdowns are sh*t, plain and simple. I wouldn't play them at 10x payout, mostly because they're sh*t, but also because we've had nothing to do but acquire wealth for the last 7 months, I don't need the money when there's no new content.

 

It's embarrassing that they keep rolling out these lame event weeks.

[XxJazzy42xX]

I'm sick of showdown mode. Been playing it since the Beta started when it was a viable source of income. Its not even that good to be honest. Its just something to satisfy a thirst for killing other players without trying to ruin their day in free roam.

 

Veteran/Beta Players:

 

I'm only sitting on somewhere between 30 and 35 grand and don't feel the need for money or gold really.

[Commander S]

Traders and Moonshiners, you say? So that's double nothing for me (a bounty hunter/collector), then!

 

Showdowns can do one as well - but eh, I guess it's time to stockpile gun oil like there's a second lockdown coming...

[Jason]

Rockstar: PvP is by far the least popular mode in RDO

 

Also Rockstar: Here's some new PvP modes and PvP bonuses to tide you over during the lockdown content drought

[Lonely-Martin]

22 minutes ago, Jason said:

Rockstar: PvP is by far the least popular mode in RDO

 

Also Rockstar: Here's some new PvP modes and PvP bonuses to tide you over during the lockdown content drought

If GTA's bonuses are any indicator, folk will play or AFK them just because, and it's probably all part of the grand plan to get more hooked on the pew pew/boom boom top trumps sh*te.

[Gray-Hand]

Damn, free refills of mash and trader resupplies is pretty awesome...

 

...is what I would have said 6 months ago when I still played the game.

[Commander S]

1 hour ago, Lonely-Martin said:

If GTA's bonuses are any indicator, folk will play or AFK them just because, and it's probably all part of the grand plan to get more hooked on the pew pew/boom boom top trumps sh*te.

 

 

It's the whole 'voting with your wallet only takes into account things that already exist" fallacy again, isn't it?

 

As in, R* puts in showdown modes, and normally runs new ones with double money/RP, which means they're worth doing when they're new. A whole lot of players do them, so R*'s metrics log that, and R*'s RDO team interprets that as 'thing gets played (during a bonus event) = thing must be popular'.

 

So, every so often, they go back and focus on showdown modes, and people will do them because it's at least worth doing it for the money grind while the bonuses are active - R* once again takes that spike of activity to mean 'players enjoy these modes', and the cycle repeats anew.

[Lonely-Martin]

2 hours ago, Commander S said:

It's the whole 'voting with your wallet only takes into account things that already exist" fallacy again, isn't it?

 

As in, R* puts in showdown modes, and normally runs new ones with double money/RP, which means they're worth doing when they're new. A whole lot of players do them, so R*'s metrics log that, and R*'s RDO team interprets that as 'thing gets played (during a bonus event) = thing must be popular'.

 

So, every so often, they go back and focus on showdown modes, and people will do them because it's at least worth doing it for the money grind while the bonuses are active - R* once again takes that spike of activity to mean 'players enjoy these modes', and the cycle repeats anew.

Even when any bonuses suit my playstyle and pop up on the things I do anyway, it still feels like R* are just herding cattle a bit, lol.

 

Although even if they did vary it all up more, it does still always feel we're being basically pushed into what we should play a bit. Not all of us of course, as I know I'll just do what I want and ignore what's being pushed, as will some others (I don't mean to generalise). But the majority gets swayed by the bonuses because of the way the games are structured. If anyone needs a bump in gold or cash (in either game) to buy that thing they truly want that we'll/they'll feel would add to our game, it makes sense to minimise the grind even if it means playing less desired things. And as you showed, those then get interpreted as popular and we get more crap. I hate how it's often seen as 'pay or grind' in today's gaming all too often!

 

And given that R* seemingly acknowledged plenty want more PvE content but that is naturally harder/takes longer to produce compared to throwing in a new PvP mode/map, it really plays into that 'let's do this cheap' vibe I feel they're going for too.

 

It wouldn't surprise me if R* came out saying 'now it seems the playerbase wants more PvP added' instead to be honest, lol.

 

Cynical I know, but given how (before potential lockdown delays possibly came into it) this game started so slow and with so little compared to GTA:O at launch, I can't shake that 'minimum investment, maximum return' feel to RDRO so much more than GTA:O had. And half a year of silence can only add to that I feel as the game really should have been loaded with a good variety and they should communicate more to the players. We'd surely all fully understand if the pandemic slowed production of course, but as I said, even before this era, the game was a really slow starter.

 

Sorry folks (and Commander of course), I rambled.

[Direwrath]

 

 

[RyuNova]

Going back to the normal pay ours for Bounty and Moonshiners has killed them for me.

 

I was consistently knocking out fifty dollars for three star Bounties. Around a hundred and fifty to over two hundred for four to six man Bounties but now it's nothing.

[Leftover Pizza]

11 hours ago, Gray-Hand said:

Damn, free refills of mash and trader resupplies is pretty awesome...

 

...is what I would have said 6 months ago when I still played the game.

 

Even if they had 3x cash/gold on everything and all items are free for a week, I'd not come back to play. 

[Rev. Gnash]

2 hours ago, Leftover Pizza said:

Even if they had 3x cash/gold on everything and all items are free for a week, I'd not come back to play. 

Lol - that's dark.

 

"My father's father always warned of it. Said it was a hate from old times." (c) one-eyed old man 13th Warrior