I will not deny that RDO has been broken from the start! The addition of microtransactions and Rockstar pushing gold purchases are not what everyone wanted and turned many players away...which was very disappointing and unfortunate.  I admit I have been very negative about online for a long time...but, deep down I am still hoping it can make a turnaround.  RDO has SO MUCH potential for being the game everyone loves!  The roles have been a big improvement. Yes, it is a big grind...but what game isn't? Yea, some games are more grindy than others and RDO is right there at the top. I usually give RDO a break to play other games like GTAV and I am totally enjoying Death Stranding...I play some silly mindless games like Goat Simulator and My Friend Pedro. Then I can go back to RDO for a fresh start again.

I don't know how long RDO will last as far as keeping the player's interest with new things. How much more wild west stuff can they add?  I doubt it will outlast the popularity of GTAV Online, but I hope more good things are ahead. Personally, I continue my grind with making money and gold because I think (I hope) more big things will be added to purchase. (As I've said before, collecting is THE BEST way to make money fast!)  Give it time.....the game's only been out for a little over a year.

And, I agree the decline in activity here at the forums is unfortunate. Things happen, people move on to other things or just...life happens. I have found Twitter to have a great RDR community and you even get to interact with some of the voice actors from the RDR2 story. Pretty cool!

Hi, punt...glad to see you stop by!

Yea, there's explosive ammo and arrows in RDO...same as the old boomstick in RDR1!  People love to grief with that, but I only use it for protection on delivery runs or while I'm doing my collectibles.  Hope you are doing well, too!

What they need to add is private/invite only sessions!  I keep hearing hints and rumors and I hope they are true! That's THE only thing that will open up creative things to do with friends without griefers ruining your activities. The addition of Rockstar Editor to story and/or online would be great along with a good photo mode!

It's really a shame that they didn't include private sessions from the start...maybe so many people wouldn't have dropped online.

Sile, I really don't like grinding all that much either, it gets so boring after a while! All that work you have to do for the trader role...hunting, getting supplies and waiting for the product to build up only to have it destroyed in a matter of minutes by some tryhard!  I think you would like the collector role (that's my favorite) you can collect items as you go or follow a map (online). You can sell them individually or in collections. It's a really fast way to rank up and make good money with little effort! If you get shot by a griefer while doing it, they can't steal your stuff you collected.

Now THIS is creative! If this doesn't get anyone interested in DS... I don't know what will!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJMElfDItc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJMElfDItc</a>

This topic has been moved to Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Now that I finally have a PS4, this game is on my wish list! Probably get it soon ....so I can add it to my backlog of games that I want to play but never get around to it! LOL!

Charles Smith

There was a time when I couldn't find a treasure map outside of ranking up every 5 levels or looting one on a corpse.  Now, I can't seem to get rid of them! LOL!  I must have over 20 maps now including some duplicates waiting at the post office/camp box.  I get to doing some of them and then I get some more!  Between getting maps from leveling up super fast with the collector role and finding maps in random places...I seem to have an endless supply lately....not that that's a bad thing!

Looking forward to the new outlaw pass and new moonshiner role!  But, I don't think it will top the collector role for ranking up and making the best money!

i miss them all but time moves on ... i'd have to say that back in the day Red Dead Redemption was something very new in gaming and had no real rivals.  if you take a look at what we have today although Red Dead Redemption 2 is for the most part the only western open world game there are so many more choices today with loads of new games coming out at a fairly steady rate ... it make things a bit more difficult to be dedicated to a single game when we have so much to choose from ... i just think that a single game no longer has the power to pull folks in like the first Red Dead Redemption did because it was so ground breaking and had no real competition ... yup we had it all back in the day ... and who knows what the future holds for gamers and the gaming communities ...

I think you are absolutely right, Will...that makes perfect sense and I never really thought about that. 

BUT, ever since I switched to Playstation....the Red Dead community is much different from what I've seen. People are more active, friendly and are enjoying Red Dead Online to it's fullest.  It was only my 2nd day online and I was able to join up with a friend and we had a posse of 5 going. They were all high levels but they took some time to help me level up a bit.  It was so nice! 

Hopefully as Rockstar adds more content....maybe people will come back to the game.  I know that I was always complaining about it and now I love it! 

As for the forums, I don't know....it's really a shame.  I do know that the spammers/bots are enjoying the forums...they are the most active. LOL!

Hey, @will136 I tried send you a friend request on PSN.....but your settings didn't allow me to. You can send me one whenever you get a chance. 

MrsMarston88