In the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2, in Red Dead Online, some players complain about griefers. However, others have no problems with the bad guys at all and praise the community highly. In any case, the topic is currently being hotly debated.
This is meant by griefing: As griefing in online games actually refers to anything negative targeted at annoying or bothering other players.
- “Grief Play” in PvE games is, for example, joining a group and not doing anything, but letting others carry you through.
- In Red Dead Online, griefing refers to PvP behavior where one attacks others, pressures them with the lasso, or simply shoots them: classic player-killing.
Griefing does not affect everyone
This is how it is in Red Dead Online: Theoretically, you can torment players in Red Dead Online and annoy them for your own amusement. You are not greatly hindered in doing so. The anti-griefing system in Red Dead Online is a construction site in the game.
The question is how widespread griefing actually is.
As the US site Kotaku reports, there are completely different reports about whether the game has a griefer problem or not:
- Some experience wonderful things in the game. People treat each other kindly and spontaneously do things together, like starting fight clubs. On Reddit, there are numerous stories of wonderful encounters with other players.
- Others, however, tell horror stories that they were shot immediately when they left the starting area. They are pressured with lassos and repeatedly killed by the same people, virtually prevented from playing.
Why is the player experience so different? Players discuss in forums why some experience such harsh trolling while others do not. Some had the idea that it varies from platform to platform, and that it’s more peaceful on Xbox One (via Reddit). Others believe that as the beta progresses, more “unfriendly” players join, perhaps from other games.
But above all, it seems to depend on chance whether you get trolled or left alone – depending on which players you meet. The “online experience” can change radically from session to session.
On our site MeinMMO, players complain, for instance, about “Fortnite kids” who have wandered into Red Dead Online. Others complain that they have no chance and are shot as soon as they log in because they are reported before they can even react.
This is the concern: The concern of players in Red Dead Online is that it will end up like GTA Online. The game is known for its trolls and difficult player base.
This is what players demand: Players have a number of suggestions on how Rockstar could deal with the problem:
- there are demands for private sessions that not all players are allowed to join
- or they wish for a “passive mode” that makes them immune to damage from other players
- or at least they should remain hidden from others on the map
- many could envision a bounty system that rewards players for taking griefers down
Until Rockstar does something, some players want to help themselves. They urge friendly players to whistle to each other.
Are there also counter-arguments? Some say: Folks, don’t be so sensitive. This is the Wild West. What else should one do here other than shoot other players?
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How to deal with griefers is demonstrated in this clip:
