Video Games Hangouts
EtcetEra Hangouts
Trending
  • Introducing Image Options for ResetEra 2.0! Check the left side navigation bar to show or hide images, avatars, covers, and embedded media. More details at the link.
  • Community Spotlight sign-ups are open once again for both Gaming and EtcetEra Hangout threads! If you want to shine a spotlight on your community, please register now.

Red Dead Online Beta |OT| 3:10 to Launch

spyroflame0487

spyroflame0487

Member
#3,351
Nov 3, 2017
534
#3,351
TDW117 said:
They're a separate currency, you get gold bars and dollars.
Click to expand...
aember said:
Gold bars are the MT currency and we don't really know the exact worth right now because you can't actually buy them yet. Only earn ingame, so no pricing info currently.
Click to expand...
Omg I'm an idiot. I totally forgot that they were separate currency things. I guess because I haven't even gotten a full gold bar yet lol

Can anyone confirm prices for pelts/fish?
I think the salmon were a nice $4.50 or so each right? And Perfect Pig Carcass was like $5.

If they've changed, what seems to be the best thing to go after then?
 
aember

aember

Member
#3,364
Oct 26, 2017
437
#3,364
Not sure if anybody mentioned this, but horse insurance is $125 now. I don't even have the option to spend gold on it anymore.

Gold payouts have been upgraded, for PVP at least. Was sitting at 1.92 gold, played Showdown Large for like.. an hour and a half or so, was sitting at 2.46. Decent rate for getting those minor things that cost 1 or 2 gold.
 
DrewFu

DrewFu

Member
#3,365
Apr 19, 2018
3,697
#3,365
aember said:
Not sure if anybody mentioned this, but horse insurance is $125 now. I don't even have the option to spend gold on it anymore.

Gold payouts have been upgraded, for PVP at least. Was sitting at 1.92 gold, played Showdown Large for like.. an hour and a half or so, was sitting at 2.46. Decent rate for getting those minor things that cost 1 or 2 gold.
Click to expand...
Eh I don't care about that. The horses die so easily and often, I just keep using the free one.
 
DrewFu

DrewFu

Member
#3,367
Apr 19, 2018
3,697
#3,367
aember said:
Honestly, my horse has died only once so far, but I still figured I'd get the insurance for it.
Click to expand...
My horse is always either smashing into rocks and trees, or falling off cliffs, or getting shot dead by other players. My horses lead a tough existence. lol
 
PurpleRainz

PurpleRainz

Member
#3,374
Oct 27, 2017
1,547
#3,374
PVP now rewards 8 nuggets per large map completion and I was getting between 6-15 dollars depending on how I did. Old payout was like 8 dollars for doing well in most wanted I got 4th and got 15 bucks.
 
8byte

8byte

Member
#3,378
Oct 28, 2017
4,240
Kansas
#3,378
Now that people have had more time with this...is it still the waste land of MTX garbage that people thought it was when it first went live? Or is the grind not genuinely unbearable for something simple like "horse insurance"?
 
Lashley

Lashley

Member
#3,380
Oct 25, 2017
24,105
#3,380
8byte said:
Now that people have had more time with this...is it still the waste land of MTX garbage that people thought it was when it first went live? Or is the grind not genuinely unbearable for something simple like "horse insurance"?
Click to expand...
Yeah it's still grindy and there still isn't much to do

It's basically a reskinned GTAO, it'll get better when robberies etc get added
 
PurpleRainz

PurpleRainz

Member
#3,381
Oct 27, 2017
1,547
#3,381
8byte said:
Now that people have had more time with this...is it still the waste land of MTX garbage that people thought it was when it first went live? Or is the grind not genuinely unbearable for something simple like "horse insurance"?
Click to expand...
You get 8 gold nuggets per pvp match now I got a gold bar in like 12 games plus quite a bit of cash. It's still gonna take you a bit to grind out but 12 games isn't bad for a bar and you might get more nuggets for winning the best I did was 5th place in most wanted.
 
8byte

8byte

Member
#3,382
Oct 28, 2017
4,240
Kansas
#3,382
Lashley said:
Yeah it's still grindy and there still isn't much to do

It's basically a reskinned GTAO, it'll get better when robberies etc get added
Click to expand...
HelloNewman said:
You get 8 gold nuggets per pvp match now I got a gold bar in like 12 games plus quite a bit of cash. It's still gonna take you a bit to grind out but 12 games isn't bad for a bar and you might get more nuggets for winning the best I did was 5th place in most wanted.
Click to expand...
Gotcha. I may hold off for a while longer yet (I still haven't bought the game). I'm sure there will be a sale some months down the road for the digital version plus some cowboy bucks or gold bars as a bundle.

Hopefully by then you can play poker or do something, too.
 
Lashley

Lashley

Member
#3,383
Oct 25, 2017
24,105
#3,383
8byte said:
Gotcha. I may hold off for a while longer yet (I still haven't bought the game). I'm sure there will be a sale some months down the road for the digital version plus some cowboy bucks or gold bars as a bundle.

Hopefully by then you can play poker or do something, too.
Click to expand...
If you have mates who play it its worth playing
 
Last edited:
Tekku

Tekku

Member
#3,384
Jan 10, 2018
2,126
Umeå, Sweden
#3,384
8byte said:
Now that people have had more time with this...is it still the waste land of MTX garbage that people thought it was when it first went live? Or is the grind not genuinely unbearable for something simple like "horse insurance"?
Click to expand...
The problem is more the design of the activities I would say. They are currently being exploited by a vast amount of people. Me and my friend couldn’t find a single horse race today that didn’t have at least 3 people going in circles. And the rest of them throw dynamite on the racers to XP boost. Like Arthur would’ve said: ”What a god damn mess!”

There’s also lots of weird balancing and odd designs in place like extreme headshot multipliers, lock-on aiming, instant spawns close to griefers etc. It just doesn’t feel like they have reached a good compromise with what was presented in singleplayer. Everything is heavily regulated and the player freedom is not as great because many activities do not work or are not presented at all. Things like catching horses, doing robberies, go for challenges, trade with a trapper etc. I mean, many of those things felt like perfect multiplayer material but they are nowhere to be found. I find it bizarre frankly concidering multiplayer is where you would want to progress further with many hours of dedication. Let us do advanced challenges and bring our animal skins to someone who could make something unique out of it. How hard could that be to implement, like really.
 
Duo VII

Duo VII

Member
#3,386
Dec 11, 2017
31
#3,386
giancarlo123x said:
Did they add missions? Did a story mission involving robbing the oil company building that I never saw.
Click to expand...
Once you're done with the first three moral choice mission (the ones where you decide someone's fate at the end), it either unlocks an honorable story strand or a dishonorable story strand. Since you probably started off noble, you did the two missions where you kill the brothers. The vengeful path is the one where you rob the oil company for that one guy.
 
giancarlo123x

giancarlo123x

Member
#3,387
Oct 25, 2017
7,613
#3,387
Duo VII said:
Once you're done with the first three moral choice mission (the ones where you decide someone's fate at the end), it either unlocks an honorable story strand or a dishonorable story strand. Since you probably started off noble, you did the two missions where you kill the brothers. The vengeful path is the one where you rob the oil company for that one guy.
Click to expand...
Interesting. Had no idea that was a thing.

Also some piece of shit snuck up on me while I was minding my own business, killed me, then murdered my horse and disconnected immediately. What an asshole.
 
AngelL0ls

AngelL0ls

Member
#3,389
Oct 28, 2017
146
Wellington, New Zealand
#3,389
Finally with my limited time I managed to collect all the trophies for the single player portion of the game and I’m now ready to jump into the online portion. I’ve only managed to have a quick, cursory glance at the character creator and had a quick mess around and it seems pretty average with choices.

I didn’t have much time to play around with it before I had to go to work but it felt weird fiddling around and having my female character look like an 80 year old woman stuck in a 23 year old body. Has anyone found a way to “finesse” the character creator and make something nice looking? Any tips or tricks? Base appearance template? Cheers
 
Edge

Edge

Banned
Member
#3,390
Oct 25, 2017
8,360
Celle, Germany
#3,390
Chuck the Bean said:
Where did you see that and what are the consequences?
I didn't AFK btw...
Click to expand...
The consequences are, if you're in an BR match and you're eliminated early, don't put the controller away because you think you can watch the spectator mode now. It will kick you out if you don't use the controller for a few minutes, even in the forced spectator mode that you need to watch to collect XP and money.
 
Lashley

Lashley

Member
#3,391
Oct 25, 2017
24,105
#3,391
Edge said:
The consequences are, if you're in an BR match and you're eliminated early, don't put the controller away because you think you can watch the spectator mode now. It will kick you out if you don't use the controller for a few minutes, even in the forced spectator mode that you need to watch to collect XP and money.
Click to expand...
Yeah, seems to just kick you when in spectator mode.
 
AngelL0ls

AngelL0ls

Member
#3,394
Oct 28, 2017
146
Wellington, New Zealand
#3,394
From what I understood from it, if you’ve played the online portion AT ALL since launch you will be eligible for the freebie. They’re saying if you haven’t had the chance just make sure you log in before midnight PST and you should be okay.
 
DrewFu

DrewFu

Member
#3,396
Apr 19, 2018
3,697
#3,396
So far it seems like the money earned from missions hasn't been increased much. I'm only getting like $5/mission. It's still nowhere close to where it needs to be.
 
Silence_and_i

Silence_and_i

Member
#3,398
May 7, 2018
169
#3,398
AngelL0ls said:
From what I understood from it, if you’ve played the online portion AT ALL since launch you will be eligible for the freebie. They’re saying if you haven’t had the chance just make sure you log in before midnight PST and you should be okay.
Click to expand...
so if someone doesn't play beta then they won't be able to get those free bonuses?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.