Fans of Red Dead Online are more than familiar with it’s paid currency “Gold Bars”, while so far the gold bar currency hadn’t gone fully overboard, fans have been complaining about the Grindy nature of acquiring them for the past two years.
With the release of the newest RDO update the “Bounty Hunters” Rockstar has released 10 new levels to the previously available Bounty Hunter role and a new Outlaw Pass, the new role levels themselves cost 15 Gold Bars which for hardcore players isn’t very expensive or new, But the new Outlaw Pass costing 40 Gold Rockstar has made a change that has made some of the worst companies in gaming look better, In most games that have a Battle Pass style system including “Fortnite” and “Call of Duty: Warzone” You could acquire all the currency you spent on their battle passes through levelling up, Something that was previously in all the RDO Outlaw Passes, but Starting with Outlaw Pass 4 you only gain 30 gold bars from finishing it, Losing the player 10 gold.
Another way Rockstar has made the Gold grind far worse in this update is the Daily challenged system, Up to this point Daily Challenges have been the best way to earn gold, Players could hold a streak if they do 1 Challenge per day that could earn them 0.5 Bars with each challenge, Rockstar has massively nerfed this system, Now all Challenge Streaks Reset upon day 28, Many hardcore players who have challenge streaks in the hundreds feel betrayed, and Rockstar’s compensation is a small reward of 600RDO$, As well as that they’ve halved all daily challenges earnings, Earning the player a measly 0.1 Bars at first, This change would not have had such backlash if the Gold bar prices haven’t been getting more and more aggressive, With a new gun skin alone costing 21 Gold Bars.
With all the issues above plus Rockstar pushing updates that are tiny compared to GTA Online, You can tell why many longtime RDO players simply feel like the game is not respecting their investment anymore, and with GTAO constantly getting huge updates including “The Cayo Prico Heist” while RDO has not had a single heist update yet, the RDO community feel betrayed and pushed aside, with RDO simply feeling like Rockstar’s forgotten second child.
Nice, well written, to-the point article. It really is a shame that T2 is pulling scummy shit like this because rdo has a lot of potential to grow. But time and again, they try to make it another gta o which it simply isnt.
I haven’t been on for months. I used to log on daily and I’ve got somewhere between 200-300 gold bars and $30,000 in-game cash that I saved up over time. But if more bounty hunter missions is the best that they can do, then I don’t imagine I’ll be redownloading it any time soon.
And if it’s not the boring, uninspired updates that they (rarely) put out, the most basic systems in the game are constantly fucking breaking. It seems like the whole thing is always just barely being held together.
Thank you rockstar… You cured my rdro addiction. Im no longer compelled to keep my streak going as it’s going to be killed either way. Now which game to pick up cyberpunk or ghosts of tsushima??
I had always suspected this was where RDO was heading. Such a shame. On top of the grindy nature of the currency the gameplay is just repetitive and boring as well. Shame on R* and T2. You used to be the gold standard of quality.
I agree! Well written! We do feel like the black sheep of the family for sure and it keeps getting worse! It’s such a beautiful game that it’s hard still to just stop playing 😭😭😭
Dude seriously? You get paid to complain about Rockstar? You call this monetization? How about you take the time to earn your gold bars to pay for the pass? It’s really not that difficult if you put some effort into it. Jeez. Gamers these days are so lazy all thanks to COD and Fortnite being free. I miss the days when people actually enjoyed the grind.
GTA Online was such a cool game till they realized how much people were willing to blow on virtual money. They turned it into a giant cash grab with no regard for the quality of game play, and they just simply carried that over to RDR2 online not even giving it a chance to be a good game like GTA online was in its prime. So much wasted potential.
You have really hit the nail on the head loved the daily challenges and the gold was a big bonus..logged on today to do a challenge to find out it’s only .10 well I can say that I will be uninstalling this game from my ps well done rockstar u really have killed this game finally
Wouldn’t call myself a Rockstar Vet but let’s be honest anyone who cares about Rockstar enough to look at all news for it’s game. Your like me and sadly we are just waiting for Red dead to become the next fable 3
I totally agree with your article. But i noticed a small error it used to be 0.5 gold bars, not 0.4. So it’s a huge nerf almost 70% when you had a streak up.
My challenge s didn’t register today did 5 got nothing
If you buy Outlaw pass for first 7 days, you will get 10 gold bars. So ot is even for first week buyers
This game has been a huge disapointment
I played red dead online and compared to gta online, it just plain sucks. I didnt spend any real money on the game. Realizing the massive difference in the type of games they are, I feel like I get more bang for my $$ with gta. Red dead moves entirely to slow. I think maybe Rockstar and Take Two understand to an ungodly degree where they make there money and its NOT red dead online. The hype for red dead was unwarranted, in my opinion. And that’s exactly what it is. It’s not a debate, just how I feel. Gta online will continue getting support from rockstar while I think they make red dead a ghost town in the next year or two.
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This is Just not Right I paid 100 dollars on the Game , Red Dead Redemption 2 ultimate edition , pay a Online fee as well and then when I play, online, i don’t have that much time, and then try to enjoy the game but I can’t cause it telling me to, buy more to play “Better” and I already have the Game. Why should I pay more money on a game I already Have and why can’t they be regulations gaming companies on micro transactions?
ISAIAH None of us at RockstarINTEL are paid, so no we arent ‘Paid to complain’