Within a few seconds of first entering Free Roam mode in Red Dead Redemption, I spotted another player. Thinking, "Hey, I'm going to go see what he's doing," I started calmly walking toward the gentlemen. I never made it; he shot my in the face without hesitation.
Who could have guessed a wild west setting plus online multiplayer would equal "kill everything that moves ... and also the stuff that doesn't"? Well, that's pretty much what Free Roam is like, for better or worse. In a title update coming next month, Rockstar hopes to make it less chaotic.
Cheaters/hackers will be banned, and those being trolled will have the option of teleporting to a new location on the map. Furthermore, whenever someone gets a six-kill streak, the game will alert NPCs and players of the killer's new "most wanted" status.
Sounds good to me!
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6:00 PM on 07.21.2010 | 
Oh man, that is hilarious. I wish that was implemented when I went for the "Most Wanted for 10 mins and live" achievement.
Although simply getting most wanted for it makes it even better!
Although i would pick it back up in a moments notice if they could have implemented a campaign co-op.
Oh well
After a stunned silence, they invited me to their posse, stating that this was the first time someone didn't just come out guns blazing and call them fags in a high-pitched voice.
In all games there are people like this. It's to bad the live rating system doesn't ban you after getting so many "player avoid" votes.
I once entered Pike's Basin when a troll decided to spawn kill me. There is NO way to get out of that situation other than to leave the game. You spawn at the very same spot every time so you're dead before you can turn around.
But if you have a posse and another shows up to harass you - there's private mode for a reason.
now that's gonna be interesting!
good one.
"The tendency of players to just go straight to killing is great, though. Because the one time you DON'T, people are just flabbergasted. I recently found myself alone, riding on a trail, when I realized three other players were standing right in the road. As I approached and slowed to a steady gallop, they shouted over the voice chat OH SHIT, HERE COMES A DUDE. But instead of the usual gunfight, I rode past and said 'Evening, gentlemen.' After a stunned silence, they invited me to their posse, stating that this was the first time someone didn't just come out guns blazing and call them fags in a high-pitched voice."
This story just renewed my faith in the world. Thanks!
And for the love of god please add the option turn of friendly-fire when your leading a posse.
Rockstar's changes seem to be a good step in stopping the really annoying griefing. It's a nice balance between letting people grief openly(which i'll admit can be a whole lot of fun to do to somebody who just killed you for no reason) and being too harsh on murdering other players.
the lack of options still amazes me: you cannot turn friendly fire off? retarded
host cannot kick player from game? retarded
keep scarfing this shit up contards, and the gameplay will become more shitty every day
But, on topic: I've never really had much trouble with griefing, and have always been able to handle the griefers myself. Still, I've seen/heard about people getting repeatedly spawn killed often enough that I can see the need for this sort of thing.