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

[spyroflame0487]

They're a separate currency, you get gold bars and dollars.

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.

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?

 

[Pizza_King]

So has anyone gotten their money/bars yet?

 

[Zeta Ori]

I'm getting around 50 cents from looting bodies now, so there's that.

 

[Pizza_King]

I'm getting around 50 cents from looting bodies now, so there's that.

That's actually huge.

 

[Sensei]

who gives a shit about the economy, where's the stuff to do lol

 

[Pizza_King]

who gives a shit about the economy, where's the stuff to do lol

Bingo.

 

[PintSizedSlasher]

So I just did a Wagon escort mission. It gave me 260 xp and $10.38. That doesn’t seem buffed?

 

[Pizza_King]

So I just did a Wagon escort mission. It gave me 260 xp and $10.38. That doesn’t seem buffed?

That's a big buff. Those missions used to give like $2-3. lol

 

[aember]

So I just did a Wagon escort mission. It gave me 260 xp and $10.38. That doesn’t seem buffed?

It was like $4 or so on average for the free roam missions I believe.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Yeah, XP changes don’t seem as bad as a thought. But it was still lowered unnecessarily.

 

[PintSizedSlasher]

That's a big buff. Those missions used to give like $2-3. lol

Seriously? Haha. That’s nice I guess. And the XP?

 

[Stryder]

I don't see a lot of people online playing the Stranger missions on the map. I want to ruin someones day gdi!

 

[Pizza_King]

Seriously? Haha. That’s nice I guess. And the XP?

Yeah the exact amount varies, but yeah $10 is a pretty nice upgrade. It actually makes them worth doings. On the XP, I have no clue.

 

[aember]

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.

 

[Pizza_King]

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.

Eh I don't care about that. The horses die so easily and often, I just keep using the free one.

 

[aember]

Eh I don't care about that. The horses die so easily and often, I just keep using the free one.

Honestly, my horse has died only once so far, but I still figured I'd get the insurance for it.

 

[Pizza_King]

Honestly, my horse has died only once so far, but I still figured I'd get the insurance for it.

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

 

[Chuck the Bean]

afking has been patched, ya'll can stop crying now

Where did you see that and what are the consequences?
I didn't AFK btw...

 

[Lashley]

Good. Hopefully there’s some retrospective bans or stat resets.

lmao

 

[Zeta Ori]

Edit: Nvm, found it.

 

[Lashley]

Where did you see that and what are the consequences?
I didn't AFK btw...

It kicks you midway through now, and there's no consequences

 

[Chuck the Bean]

It kicks you midway through now, and there's no consequences

Ok thanks. At least they'll get kicked. But that doesn't help for peeps who rubberband....

 

[Lashley]

Ok thanks. At least they'll get kicked. But that doesn't help for peeps who rubberband....

Eh, at least missions pay out decently now, so we actually have stuff to do when we're playing

Hunting got old quick

 

[HelloNewman]

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.

 

[dreamfall]

So what’s steelhead trout going for now?

 

[Lashley]

So what’s steelhead trout going for now?

2.50

 

[dreamfall]

2.50

Well damn, that much we called baha.

 

[8byte]

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"?

 

[giancarlo123x]

Holy shit I got 48 dollars for winning a large free for all.

 

[Lashley]

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"?

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

 

[HelloNewman]

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"?

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]

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

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.

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]

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.

If you have mates who play it its worth playing

 

[Tekku]

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"?

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.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Did they add missions? Did a story mission involving robbing the oil company building that I never saw.

 

[Duo VII]

Did they add missions? Did a story mission involving robbing the oil company building that I never saw.

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]

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.

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.

 

[Lashley]

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.

I'm sure Van and Vapor approve

 

[AngelL0ls]

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]

Where did you see that and what are the consequences?
I didn't AFK btw...

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]

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.

Yeah, seems to just kick you when in spectator mode.

 

[Van Bur3n]

I'm sure Van and Vapor approve

A fine kill. A man after my own heart.

 

[leng jai]

The wording for the free gold is confusing me. Can you still get itf you haven'tloggrd in yet? If so what's the deadline?

 

[AngelL0ls]

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.

 

[Lashley]

A fine kill. A man after my own heart.

The way of the griefer

 

[Pizza_King]

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.

 

[Lashley]

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.

Depends on the mission, some are $10, but yeah they should be more

 

[Silence_and_i]

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.

so if someone doesn't play beta then they won't be able to get those free bonuses?

 

[Pizza_King]

Depends on the mission, some are $10, but yeah they should be more

I've yet to see one of these fabled $10 missions.

 

[Van Bur3n]

The way of the griefer

I’m a survivor, cowpoke. There are winners and losers. Nothing else besides.