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Papaya

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
2,474
California
Oh jeez I feel bad lol. A prostitute was being attacked in valentine and she killed someone. She begged me to cover it up for her. So I did. Then I stop by the sheriff's office, and it said "Report Crime". I had no clue what it meant, so I pressed it. He arrested the girl. I checked my autosave but it was way too far back.

Sorry lady.
 

Noob Pilot

Member
Jun 10, 2018
302
Be warned when travelling the swamps at night....just encountered something I didnt expect!

Love this game.
 

ctcatsby

Member
Oct 27, 2017
569
USA
In Saint Denis, outside of the market where the trapper is, there were two guys (may or may not have been gang members) who were taunting me. I defused the situation and went in to the trapper. I exited the market and the guys took me for a tough guy who wanted action, so they started firing at me. Knowing how stupid the wanted system is, I fled, hoping to defuse the situation this way. After about ten seconds of being chased I became wanted by the authorities and had the cops gunning for me.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS CRAP? This is literally ruining the game for me at times. I can't surrender to the law. I'm having difficulty getting away from them on foot and my horse isn't getting into range. I don't want to fire back and raise my bounty even higher. There is literally no way to defuse a situation that I should not have been put in to begin with. I don't know if they're going to fix the wanted system, but gang members popping off at you with no repercussion from the law, and being unable to defend yourself from them without getting the law on you is absolutely ridiculous.

I had this exact issue. I walked out of the alley after selling some goods to a trapper, and three Lemoyne Raiders picked a fight with me. I didn't fight back at—I simply ran. I sprinted by a policeman, hoping he would be interested in three men firing revolvers downtown, but then *I* became Wanted. The hell, man?
 
Oct 27, 2017
2,890
It's kinda of amazing how silent R* has been on this game support wise. Missing person's glitch, HDR support, etc. It's been more than a week, and nothing. Still my GOTY, convincingly so, but even a sentence officially acknowledging the issues would do a lot.
 

Deleted member 49132

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 28, 2018
968
PS: poster Lewis' post regarding control option changes etc. made a world of difference for me. I actually really dig the gunplay now in Free Aim with his settings. Default control is bafflingly shitty compared to what you CAN tweak it to. I recommend anyone who has trouble with that tries that out.

Also, first person is much more responsive indoors and in fire fights in my opinion as a heads up

More than happy to have helped.
 

Deleted member 11637

Oct 27, 2017
18,204
This game now has my respect as well as my love.


I came across the alcoholic that was complaining about how the bank took his property and his life from him and Arthur offered to get back a few heirlooms for him. And in the process of finding the heirlooms you discover that the man is a former slave auctioneer and is lamenting the end of slavery. And how he took "pride" in his work.


At the end of the quest the man is on his knees crying like a bitch because he wants to be a slave auctioneer again and how "they" (abolitionists) ruined his life.


I shot that motherfucker in the head with my sawed off shotgun and the game gave me + Honor for killing that sack of shit.


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I'm blown away by the tone of this game. GTA V never lets you forget it's a bonkers parody of the real world either through obnoxious ads or the squawking NPCs. RDR 2 has its grand cinematic moments, but I'm even more impressed by all the somber, quiet moments like the end of that mission. This game has a *lot* to say, but not in a pretentious manner. It's Rockstar's greatest achievement, and it's not even a fair fight. Motherfuckers made Westworld 1.0
 
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xxracerxx

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
31,222
The 'Dead eye' focus thing:

In RDR1, you could use the RB button to select specific points to mark for the shot. But in this game, it seems that just moving the RS selects the markers automatically. This causes all sorts of problems. Is there a way to use the RB/R1 to set the markers?
This is the exact same as how RDR1 treated the first Dead Eye level. Keep playing and you will unlock manual marking.
 
Dec 4, 2017
1,801
London
Somewhere in the middle of Chapter 2 this game finally clicked for me. Am enjoying it a lot now, but...

That duel mechanic is straight up bullshit. Or if it's not, they do a really bad job of explaining it.

I'm catching up on the sharpshooters side mission where you find them from analysing photographs. Each time I end up dying 5 or 6 times before I, completely randomly it seems, manage to shoot them before they shoot me.
 

Randdalf

Member
Oct 28, 2017
4,167
This game is so long, I'm 43% through the story and I've been playing for ages. I love it. It reminds me of the Witcher 3 in that way. A world to return to every day.
 

dmoe

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
2,290
It's kinda of amazing how silent R* has been on this game support wise. Missing person's glitch, HDR support, etc. It's been more than a week, and nothing. Still my GOTY, convincingly so, but even a sentence officially acknowledging the issues would do a lot.
They responded to the missing persons glitch. Probably working on a patch
 

Noob Pilot

Member
Jun 10, 2018
302
can someone explain me the weapon wheel on horse? so often weapons + special ammunition i set while on horse just disappear, after missions, other events? i do not understand it. every freakin time i have to set they again and again and again....
Go to a gun smith, enter the customisation menu. There you can set your weapon loadout, identified by the holster icon to the right of the weapon name in the list.
 

Wambo

Banned
Jan 10, 2018
196
So, how does the Dead Eye work in this game? Have it at Level 8/8 but it still automatically marks targets instead of letting me do it manually.
 

Hella

Member
Oct 27, 2017
23,404
Somewhere in the middle of Chapter 2 this game finally clicked for me. Am enjoying it a lot now, but...

That duel mechanic is straight up bullshit. Or if it's not, they do a really bad job of explaining it.

I'm catching up on the sharpshooters side mission where you find them from analysing photographs. Each time I end up dying 5 or 6 times before I, completely randomly it seems, manage to shoot them before they shoot me.
How in the world does duelling even work. The one time I used it, I whiffed and just shot the guy as normal or something. (This was during a mission so it was probably more lenient than normal.)
 

Bakercat

Member
Oct 27, 2017
10,154
'merica
How in the world does duelling even work. The one time I used it, I whiffed and just shot the guy as normal or something. (This was during a mission so it was probably more lenient than normal.)

Slightly hold R2 to build up dead eye. The longer you hold before drawing, the more slowmo effect you'll have to aim. Press R2 hard to draw and enter dead eye, which depending on how long you slightly held R2 you'll either have a lot of time to aim in slowmo, or not. The gimmick is that you don't want to pull to fast, cause you won't have much time to be accurate, but if you take too long to build slowmo, your opponent will draw and fire before you draw and get the shot. Risk verses reward system that isn't explained too well. I also still fuck it up still, but that's cause of anxiety and fingers not wanting to work with brain lol.
 

Deleted member 11069

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
1,001
Almost done Ch.3 and this game is becoming such a grind... The missions are so repetitive.

a) "Go here"
b) "Pick something up"
c) "Bring it somewhere"

I've been spending more time hunting - and avoiding the missions/progressing the story.

It's bothering me too, especially if I have to ride a wagon. BUT I know that in my case it mostly comes from not having as much time as I want to play.
Less work and family and I would probably really enjoy it.
Worse thing is always when they let you "out" after the mission, in the middle of nowhere and other quest markers are back at the camp.
 

Noob Pilot

Member
Jun 10, 2018
302
Is there a trick to getting consistent perfect pelts? I've hogtied animals and killed them cleanly with a knife and that still doesn't guarantee it? Same with headshotting animals with bows. I even have the talisman for higher percentage of higher quality pelts but still really struggling. Am I missing something?
Is there a trick to getting consistent perfect pelts? I've hogtied animals and killed them cleanly with a knife and that still doesn't guarantee it? Same with headshotting animals with bows. I even have the talisman for higher percentage of higher quality pelts but still really struggling. Am I missing something?
You are not using the right weapon. Check the info on the animal to see which weapon to use to get a clean kill. You can use the "Show info" button when targeting an animal.

Using the wrong weapon will decrease the quality.
 

DrM

Member
Oct 26, 2017
3,076
Slovenia
Question: I want to catch a Legendary animal, but I keep getting message that too much is happening and you cannot track it. Probably predators / bandits in the area?
 

Dhuggs_

Member
Oct 27, 2017
632
New Jersey
I had this exact issue. I walked out of the alley after selling some goods to a trapper, and three Lemoyne Raiders picked a fight with me. I didn't fight back at—I simply ran. I sprinted by a policeman, hoping he would be interested in three men firing revolvers downtown, but then *I* became Wanted. The hell, man?

Yeah it is absolutely garbage when it comes to that, why am I getting a bounty when I either get attacked and then retaliate or try to defuse a situation, get attacked and then retaliate. Makes no sense.
 

dex3108

Member
Oct 26, 2017
22,594
So Mrs. Grimshaw told me to meet somebody at

Emerald Ranch

But when I go there there is nobody.
 

Vaelic

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
2,048
Can someone fully explain the draw shootout mechanic? It says to slowly hold r2. It half the time I die and when I do win I have no idea what I did correctly
 

Akai

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,045
I don't understand why the "Honor Story Missions" are not getting their own tab in the "Progress" menu. The way that they are being listed, is straight up terrible.

Like, I completed "Money Lending and Other Sins" IV and V in Chapter 3 and they are not even showing up anywhere. Chapter 2 still shows "Money Lending and Other Sins III" as the last recent mission in this chain of missions.

Don't get it... You make these missable and time sensitive "Honor Story Missions", tie them to a missable trophy/achievement and then you also put stones in our path.
 

Coyote Starrk

The Fallen
Oct 30, 2017
53,018
I'm blown away by the tone of this game. GTA V never lets you forget it's a bonkers parody of the real world either through obnoxious ads or the squawking NPCs. RDR 2 has its grand cinematic moments, but I'm even more impressed by all the somber, quiet moments like the end of that mission. This game has a *lot* to say, but not in a pretentious manner. It's Rockstar's greatest achievement, and it's not even a fair fight. Motherfuckers made Westworld 1.0
Amen.
 

Deleted member 11069

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
1,001
Yep, I just learned that today from a YouTube video lol. I was getting annoyed that I couldn't customize a load out, because the game doesn't tell you this...

Thanks! But how in the fuck is anyone ever supposed to understand this? They focused so much on realistic horse shitting that they forgot ease of use in their UI.
 

Jiraiya

Member
Oct 27, 2017
10,285
the apocalypse has started in my game,its been storming for a hour in real life time

Something is wrong with my weather system. I keep seeing people get long storms and I'm seriously only getting minute or two rains and even those are rare. I've not seen one true thunderstorm in over 40 hours of gameplay.
 

Nephilim

Member
Oct 28, 2017
5,280
Red Dead Redemption 2 is clearly one of the best games ever made.
The more i play the more it becomes evident.
 

danowat

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
5,783
So i am STILL on chapter 2, with 33% completed, is chapter 2 a, particularly long chapter in comparison with the following chapters?