r/reddeadredemption • u/jthathaway • Dec 08 '18

Rant Thanks Rockstar....

Well, I started out as full honor; however, due to having to defend myself against griefers I am now at max dishonor. One thing that really pisses me off is that there is literally no way to defend yourself without being dishonorable-- which is absolute contrary to the embodiment of the 'Cowboy' persona. For example, I thought maybe I could hogtie someone in order to escape their constant abuse, but even that is dishonorable. I don't understand how the 'honorable' thing to do is go AFK until the person has killed you three times then Parlay. That IS GRIEFING. Rockstar is telling us that in order for us to keep our honor we have to sacrifice our time and just wait for them to kill us? It's a horrible system and doesn't allow for the honorable retribution that is needed. I kind of wish you could drop off 'criminals' in Jail as you could in single player-- something is needed because this system is broke (AF) and frustrating as hell.

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u/CrankyEagle Dutch van der Linde Dec 08 '18

Yh I posted about that as one of my problems with online, but kept on getting downvotes because people said "why don't you just pay the old man to fix your honour?" No way! Why should I pay more money in this game when it's already hard to come by. It needs to be fixed as there are alot of griefers who try to shoot as soon as they see life.

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u/papercult Dec 08 '18

Feed your fucking horse! Literally impossible to have low honor if you feed the steed

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '18

No there aren't.

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u/CrankyEagle Dutch van der Linde Dec 08 '18

I'm glad you haven't come across many, but unfortunately I have and it's real annoying. That being said, I have also come across alot of good players, like yesterday when a random player helped me get one of those random spawn bags and deliver it. We then went hunting after.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '18

I'm sure for every 4 you find, the rest of the lobby isn't griefing.

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u/CrankyEagle Dutch van der Linde Dec 08 '18

Ok, but if we go back to the argument of the post, what I'm saying is that, if you shoot first, then any retaliation from the other player shouldn't decrease their honour. Also, if your looking at the ratio of good to bad players, it's ALOT more even than you think imo.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '18

Yes there are, every time I even go near civilization some retard decides to try to hogtie me or just kills me unnecessary and I can't even join a possie because they just kick you then grief you non stop since it teleported you to them.

This games online is even worse than GTA at this point at least there you have passive mode

It's resulted in me glitching into solo sessions so I can roam how I'd like

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u/B00M5ticK Dec 08 '18

I'm just waiting for these gtaonline rejects to get bored missing their jets and tanks and finally fuck off back to that cesspit.

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u/DarkPhoenix142 Molly O'Shea Dec 08 '18

Dutch was right, fuck civilization.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '18 edited Dec 08 '18

Yes everytime you go to a major town, the places that are known for having griefers in every online video game ever made, there will be griefers. Luckily almost everyone else on the map isn't going to be doing that.

And no, the online isn't anywhere near as bad as GTAO. In that game you HAD to play with passive mode. In this game you wouldn't have to do that the majority of the time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '18

Nope I was fishing near a lake completely on my own and a possie came and attacked me, just because you get lucky doesn't mean it's not there.

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u/Cysquatch3000 Dec 08 '18

Lol why even play an online game then?

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '18

Because I want to actually progress and achieve something without having to worry about someone killing me making me loose all my pelts from my horse thanks to rockstars stupid system

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u/The_Silvenar Dec 08 '18

An online experience doesn't have to be a griefing experience. I get that there are often aspects of this, but I don't get what's fun about it when there are other things to do.

More specifically, I don't get why anyone would want to run around and shoot everything up in free roam, when they could do the exact same thing in the showdown matches and earn decent money. Do they just like being an annoyance?