Red Dead Online adds more than a cooperative campaign, reduces grief

Red Dead Online is still in the beta phase. Until now, most of these upgrades have been incremental, such as more cosmetic products to unlock or new modes of confrontation. Today, Rockstar has announced the most comprehensive update ever, which extends the campaign of cooperation, expands the use of free roaming and even adds poker for a little flavor.

This update is intended to "strengthen and stabilize the core world of the Red Dead Online experience," and indicates that other updates of this magnitude will be available soon.

We already know some of the improvements in this patch, including offensive and defensive play styles that reduce grief and allow for a quieter experience. There is also a redesign of the Hostility system and much more to cover.

More cooperative campaign

The main story of Red Dead Online is focused on Jessica LeClerk and her quest for revenge. The story is over with the first of his antagonists who was shot down, but there are still enemies out there. This update extends the campaign of cooperation with honorable and dishonorable missions. The honorable Gunslingers will fight the Lobos gang at Valentine, while the outlaws will commit a robbery on the road and a bank robbery in St. Denis.

The two quest chains end with a clash at Blackwater. Cooperative missions in Red Dead Online have been strong up to now, able to stand alongside Red Dead Redemption 2Autonomous missions, it will be interesting to see how the story unfolds.

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More free missions

Free missions, also known as alien missions, are part of Red Dead Online's core game loops and have a much higher replay value than the cooperative campaign because you can interact with enemy possessions along the way. We receive new free itinerant missions from the famous Aberdeen pig breeders or Thomas, the skiff captain, and other characters with quests will be added soon.

In addition, random events will now occur in the world. A workhorse Red Dead Online can now meet travelers and people in need of help … as well as opportunists and thieves. These random events can offer experience points, money, gold nuggets and honors.

If you find yourself killed in freedom, and you do not engage in self-defense, you will have the opportunity to "lay charges" during your reappearance, which will increase the hostility and value of your attacker's bonus.

Poker!

Poker is a perfectly cowboy activity to do, so it makes sense that it was added to Red Dead Online. Groups can play private games, by invitation only, with lower stakes and a friendly nature, or take place at a public table where the buy-in and rewards are higher. Six players can participate in poker and tables are located in Blackwater, Saint Denis, Tumbleweed, Valentine and Flatneck Station.

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More Posse Versus

Versus Posse is usually used for a shootout between two groups of players, but players can now use the player's menu to initiate intra-posse fights such as catching the biggest fish, shooting the greatest number of players. flying birds or gathering more plants. It's a small change, but it reinforces the fact that Red Dead Online aims to be more than just shootings and confrontations. He wants to allow all players to compete, even those who just want to fish.

Additional additions

There will be a new confrontation mode called Overrun, which works a lot like Splatoon: Whoever controls the most territory at the end of the match wins.

The LeMat Revolver is also available for sale, with a new line of clothing and emotes. Ponchos, patterned bandannas and emote where you extinguish the players are now available for sale.

The automatic tracking of head shots on enemy players has been removed, making it more difficult to kill enemy players with a shot to the head. It is always possible, but it is no longer possible to do it simply by locking and lifting the right stick. To compensate, there are faster weapon exchanges, and bottles and dynamic light more quickly.

A new control pattern, 'FPS2', goes from sprint to R1 and squats to X, in response to community feedback.

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All daily PvP challenges have been removed. There are now a number of new daily challenges and associated rewards, and the series of challenges are giving progressively increasing gold rewards. In addition, several new rewards have been added to the game.

Some quality of life additions have been added, including a delayed global signal to all other players when you start free roaming missions. The notification range of players is also reduced. You can also use the player's menu to preset specific horses in game modes or missions, to prevent tipping and summoning of new horses. Gold payments are increased and are expected to double the amount for most activities.

Finally, to thank the beta players and welcome new players intrigued by these changes, all players who log in this week will earn 15 gold bars, find 25% more gold and silver in chests. treasure, and will receive 25% XP increase for missions, showdowns, races and events. Whenever a player wins a rank, he will receive a gold bar for a limited time. All Ultimate Edition owners will receive $ 100 in cash in the game and emote Throat Slit for free, which is a nice little bonus.