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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Dec 27, 2018 19:11:12 GMT
As I'm going out collecting debts, I went for the closest one, witch was Mr. Wrobel. I only got one punch in and then took what I can that would make up for the money he owed. Boy, did I feel like an ass when he started crying. Then there's Chick. Along the way there in the middle of the night, I sat down with this alcoholic stranger about his sins, about what he done to some Indian folk until drunky passed out. Then Chick gives me a run for my money when I had to chase the slippery bastard and hogtie him. He then gave me a treasure map as to where to find the debt. Managed to find it using the destination marked on the map for me. Lastly, I go to collect from Lilly and her man takes a swing at me. After I beat his ass, I take the debt and then get framed for robbery by some random bystander. I hauled my ass outta there with the debts and brought them to the camp.
Then I went to Valentine post office to pay off the bounty for what happened earlier in order to keep the bounty hunters and the law off my back. Hope I won't end up having to do that too often. Oh, and I've been having some quality time with this fella named Mickey. Guy only has one arm, but I enjoy his company. I'm probably the only friend he's got. After that, I see this smoke in the distance and go check it out. Some outlaws were trying to gun down some civilians until I come riding in and shoot their heads off with Dead-eye. After that, I walked up to the old timer that approached me so he could thank me and then looted the outlaws before taking off.
I started the next mission that involved Kieran. The poor son of a bitch was close to losing his balls before he finally said where O'driscolls would be. I had a feeling we wouldn't find Colm that easily. Went out with John and Bill together and got some throwing knives. Once we reached the camp, it was time to do some stealthy stuff. Got Bill to kill ol' Pissy-by-the-tree first, then we took out two more with knives. Got John to kill a guy sitting on a log, and just went to town on him. Then I took the lead and tried using throwing knives for the first time... and we got caught. Welp, so much for stealth. I was aiming for the head, too. (Naturally.) Once everyone was dead, one last sneaky jackass almost blows my head off, and that's when Kieran actually saved me. So, I guess now he's officially(?) one of the gang.
I got all the money and stuff, plus a shotgun. But then I realize that I ended up giving up the repeater. Not sure if it'll be worth the trade. Oh, and then I get Wanted while I was busy looting the rest of the dead guys and now there's a bounty for me at a place called, Fort Wallace? I tried to pay it off, but Valentine's post office couldn't help me with that. I keep collecting and getting a notification that I don't have enough space in my satchel for some stuff. I tried getting Pearson to upgrade it, but I need pelts first before he can help me out, and I don't know which one would be more help to me in the future.
Oh, and I took the advice on getting a bath while I was at Valentine. Some lady offered to help, but I wanted to hold on to my money for now. You still have the Repeater, it's just stored in your saddle. Whenever you're with your horse you can take any combination of two sidearms and two long arms, so don't worry. Yeah, I figured that out once I looked through my horse's cargo. Now, I just went through something so stupid. I was talking to Dutch about those bonds we found and then he tells me to go into Valentine to get Lenny drunk after he told us that Micah was arrested for murder. I was planning on having just one drink and be the designated rider. Except, Arthur went and had one too many regardless of what I wanted. Now, here I am, stumbling around like an idiot, looking for Lenny, then we keep drinking, slap fight each other, then dancing, and dunking, then when sheriff came, we bailed.
I wake up in the middle of nowhere, my hat was gone, I left my horse at the bar, and Arthur is hungover. If that weren't bad enough, it's started to rain, and I was cold. This is why I only wanted Lenny to get drunk (and why I will never drink alcohol IRL). So, now I go out on the road, I find some guy working on his horse, I greet him, and then his horse just straight up kicks the shit out of him. Goddamn, that got me laughing. So, anyway, I borrowed a horse to get mine back, and then went to camp to check in on Lenny.
Continuing this drunk stupidity, Swanson was drunk as a skunk playing poker with two gentlemen and after he fainted, they ask me to play in his place. (Please note, I have never played poker in my life). With no idea how to play poker, I refused. Then I find Swanson get into trouble with some bearded fella. I knock him out, chase down a witness to convince him to not say anything, and then, I spy that drunk priest on the train tracks. At this point, I'm like, "Are you fucking kidding me right now?!". I was barely able to save him from getting ran over by a train, then I carried him all the way back to camp to sober up.
So, lesson of the day? Steer clear from alcohol, kiddos.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Dec 29, 2018 18:05:36 GMT
So, went to Blackwater for the rescue mission to save Sean. Went about as well as I would've thought. Won't be going back around that area unless I absolutely have to again. But then, God damn that Micah. I went to go bust him out in Strawberry and he raises hell on the town. Should've just left him to hang. Not only that, but after we got away, I went to pay off the bounty on me in Strawberry. That crazy son of bitch owes me. Only good thing from this is now I can dual wield. Which, actually came in handy when I got jumped by some O'Driscolls crossing this bridge. I made them thinking I surrendered, took out my pistols, used dead-eye aiming at their heads and gunned them down. I ain't letting nobody rob me and take my horse. Been pretty busy along the road. I've given two stranded ladies a ride to their homes, been helping the animal photographer Mason stay alive, and got a photo of wolves for helping him so much (which is very cool to me since I really like wolves). Oh, and I also helped Arthur's ex get her brother back. That was when I had a first "Duel" experience. Though, it wasn't so much as a duel, so much as it was me trying to keep a kid from blowing his brains out by shooting the gun out of his hand. I got to do another duel with this Joshua fella. Shot him in the hand, hogtied him and brought him all the way to the sheriff. I finally return to camp after a while, and everyone was throwing a celebration for Sean's return. everyone was having such good time. Javier was playing guitar and I joined in on singing. Uncle was telling campfire stories, Dutch was dancing with Molly and then I dance with Mary-Beth. I haven't seen Tilly anywhere during the party. And of course, everyone starts getting drunk. I sat down with John and Bill while they was talking. I sit there, listening while I'm thinking to myself, "A few years from now, they'll be sworn enemies and John's gonna be hunting him down." Eventually, they both started laughing after Bill says he likes liquor, but liquor don't like him, and then both of them look at me, like they're expecting me to comment, expect Abigail was behind me for lord knows how long during their talk and shouted "pathetic!", I turned around and was like "Oh shit." They both just laughed again and John's like "Oh, she really hates me now, Arthur." As he drunkenly walks towards his lover. Lastly, I saw Sean and Karen go into John's tent to have a little "party" of their own. After I felt like I spent enough time in the party, I find a bottle, take one drink from it and then hit the sack. The next morning, I checked in on Karen about her and Sean and she goes, "Oh, shut up." And then Arthur replied "What did I say?". The way he said it though. That just- Oh, my lord I don't know why that got me laughing. Now, I think I am reaching the end of Chapter 2. Only mission left at the moment is to speak with John at the camp. Also, I really stink at hunting. I just can't seem to get a clean kill. They keep coming up poor, and I'm using a bow while aiming for the neck. At least I can cook their meat for provisions. I also got this problem where I helped this Father out from the O'driscolls and been checking in on him when I can. Last I saw him, he needed help with getting supplies. I would've offered money, but then I would've been broke. So, I went to where to get some lumber, but they needed help as well. I gave away some of the food and tonics I had on me, and then left when there was no lumber to deliver to the father. I'd like to help them, but I don't know what to do. Any advice on what I should do next?
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Post by Rock114 on Dec 30, 2018 7:53:41 GMT
So, went to Blackwater for the rescue mission to save Sean. Went about as well as I would've thought. Won't be going back around that area unless I absolutely have to again. But then, God damn that Micah. I went to go bust him out in Strawberry and he raises hell on the town. Should've just left him to hang. Not only that, but after we got away, I went to pay off the bounty on me in Strawberry. That crazy son of bitch owes me. Only good thing from this is now I can dual wield. Which, actually came in handy when I got jumped by some O'Driscolls crossing this bridge. I made them thinking I surrendered, took out my pistols, used dead-eye aiming at their heads and gunned them down. I ain't letting nobody rob me and take my horse. Been pretty busy along the road. I've given two stranded ladies a ride to their homes, been helping the animal photographer Mason stay alive, and got a photo of wolves for helping him so much (which is very cool to me since I really like wolves). Oh, and I also helped Arthur's ex get her brother back. That was when I had a first "Duel" experience. Though, it wasn't so much as a duel, so much as it was me trying to keep a kid from blowing his brains out by shooting the gun out of his hand. I got to do another duel with this Joshua fella. Shot him in the hand, hogtied him and brought him all the way to the sheriff. I finally return to camp after a while, and everyone was throwing a celebration for Sean's return. everyone was having such good time. Javier was playing guitar and I joined in on singing. Uncle was telling campfire stories, Dutch was dancing with Molly and then I dance with Mary-Beth. I haven't seen Tilly anywhere during the party. And of course, everyone starts getting drunk. I sat down with John and Bill while they was talking. I sit there, listening while I'm thinking to myself, "A few years from now, they'll be sworn enemies and John's gonna be hunting him down." Eventually, they both started laughing after Bill says he likes liquor, but liquor don't like him, and then both of them look at me, like they're expecting me to comment, expect Abigail was behind me for lord knows how long during their talk and shouted "pathetic!", I turned around and was like "Oh shit." They both just laughed again and John's like "Oh, she really hates me now, Arthur." As he drunkenly walks towards his lover. Lastly, I saw Sean and Karen go into John's tent to have a little "party" of their own. After I felt like I spent enough time in the party, I find a bottle, take one drink from it and then hit the sack. The next morning, I checked in on Karen about her and Sean and she goes, "Oh, shut up." And then Arthur replied "What did I say?". The way he said it though. That just- Oh, my lord I don't know why that got me laughing. Now, I think I am reaching the end of Chapter 2. Only mission left at the moment is to speak with John at the camp. Also, I really stink at hunting. I just can't seem to get a clean kill. They keep coming up poor, and I'm using a bow while aiming for the neck. At least I can cook their meat for provisions. I also got this problem where I helped this Father out from the O'driscolls and been checking in on him when I can. Last I saw him, he needed help with getting supplies. I would've offered money, but then I would've been broke. So, I went to where to get some lumber, but they needed help as well. I gave away some of the food and tonics I had on me, and then left when there was no lumber to deliver to the father. I'd like to help them, but I don't know what to do. Any advice on what I should do next? You have to buy the lumber from the timber company. It costs $75 then you have to drive the wagon to the homestead. After some time passes you can return to the homestead and talk to the father when it's finished for a reward.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Dec 30, 2018 19:20:35 GMT
So, went to Blackwater for the rescue mission to save Sean. Went about as well as I would've thought. Won't be going back around that area unless I absolutely have to again. But then, God damn that Micah. I went to go bust him out in Strawberry and he raises hell on the town. Should've just left him to hang. Not only that, but after we got away, I went to pay off the bounty on me in Strawberry. That crazy son of bitch owes me. Only good thing from this is now I can dual wield. Which, actually came in handy when I got jumped by some O'Driscolls crossing this bridge. I made them thinking I surrendered, took out my pistols, used dead-eye aiming at their heads and gunned them down. I ain't letting nobody rob me and take my horse. Been pretty busy along the road. I've given two stranded ladies a ride to their homes, been helping the animal photographer Mason stay alive, and got a photo of wolves for helping him so much (which is very cool to me since I really like wolves). Oh, and I also helped Arthur's ex get her brother back. That was when I had a first "Duel" experience. Though, it wasn't so much as a duel, so much as it was me trying to keep a kid from blowing his brains out by shooting the gun out of his hand. I got to do another duel with this Joshua fella. Shot him in the hand, hogtied him and brought him all the way to the sheriff. I finally return to camp after a while, and everyone was throwing a celebration for Sean's return. everyone was having such good time. Javier was playing guitar and I joined in on singing. Uncle was telling campfire stories, Dutch was dancing with Molly and then I dance with Mary-Beth. I haven't seen Tilly anywhere during the party. And of course, everyone starts getting drunk. I sat down with John and Bill while they was talking. I sit there, listening while I'm thinking to myself, "A few years from now, they'll be sworn enemies and John's gonna be hunting him down." Eventually, they both started laughing after Bill says he likes liquor, but liquor don't like him, and then both of them look at me, like they're expecting me to comment, expect Abigail was behind me for lord knows how long during their talk and shouted "pathetic!", I turned around and was like "Oh shit." They both just laughed again and John's like "Oh, she really hates me now, Arthur." As he drunkenly walks towards his lover. Lastly, I saw Sean and Karen go into John's tent to have a little "party" of their own. After I felt like I spent enough time in the party, I find a bottle, take one drink from it and then hit the sack. The next morning, I checked in on Karen about her and Sean and she goes, "Oh, shut up." And then Arthur replied "What did I say?". The way he said it though. That just- Oh, my lord I don't know why that got me laughing. Now, I think I am reaching the end of Chapter 2. Only mission left at the moment is to speak with John at the camp. Also, I really stink at hunting. I just can't seem to get a clean kill. They keep coming up poor, and I'm using a bow while aiming for the neck. At least I can cook their meat for provisions. I also got this problem where I helped this Father out from the O'driscolls and been checking in on him when I can. Last I saw him, he needed help with getting supplies. I would've offered money, but then I would've been broke. So, I went to where to get some lumber, but they needed help as well. I gave away some of the food and tonics I had on me, and then left when there was no lumber to deliver to the father. I'd like to help them, but I don't know what to do. Any advice on what I should do next? You have to buy the lumber from the timber company. It costs $75 then you have to drive the wagon to the homestead. After some time passes you can return to the homestead and talk to the father when it's finished for a reward. Yup, went down to the timber company again in the middle of the night, and they had some lumber available this time for me to deliver. The Father seems grateful for it. I'll check in on them later. Oh, and I got rewarded for saving a man bitten by a snake by buying me a Springfield Rifle, on his tab.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Dec 31, 2018 2:23:59 GMT
Okay, prepping for a heist right now. John and I are prepping to rob a train that everyone in the camp is saying that has plenty of money in it. Went go get that oil before meeting with Micah again. This time we didn't go off on a shooting spree on an innocent town. Just a stagecoach and plenty of O'driscolls. Oh, and after finally finished looting the bodies and rode off, some stranger showed up on the road and asked me for a ride. Only expect he tried to jack my horse from me and I gunned him down before he could even get five feet away. Should've expected some folks to take advantage of me like that. Gotta be more careful.
This motherfucker Mason, man. It's one thing for him to nearly get eaten by animals, but then I gotta use myself as bait for a gator for a photo? The things I do out of kindness. As I'm creeping up on this gator, all I could think was, If it so much as twitches in my direction, I'm bailing. And then, cue the Benny Hill theme for three seconds as I run back to the boat when it notices me. Then I meet with him later while he's trying to get eagle photos, and that clumsy idiot near falls off the cliff. Seemed to serve as a wake up call for him when he finally decided to pack up and go home. I do appreciate the wolves photo he gave me.
Jack is just such a cute little guy. A couple days ago, I was chopping some wood and he's watching me with his stick saying "Chop chop, Uncle Arthur." And just now, Abigail got me to take him fishing. Not gonna lie, I thought I was gonna suck. But, turns out I'm better at catching fish than I am at wildlife (I think). But then, Agent Milton and Ross show up to our good morning by trying to get me to give up Dutch. Fuck those guys. The Pinkertons are closing in on where we are. Might have to pull off this heist fast.
Now, I don't know if I'm reading too much into it, but I feel like maybe Mary-Beth and Arthur might become a thing (which I feel like would be ironic considering Arthur's ex is named Mary.) Mainly because we danced at the party, she listened to Arthur when he confides to her about how the world is changing and I got her that fountain pen for her.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Dec 31, 2018 5:16:02 GMT
I have officially entered Chapter 3. The heist went off pretty well. Managed to scored a little over $300. And it's nice to know John and I are on the same page of the whole "no killing innocent folk" idea. Things got a little dicey when the Law came, but managed to get away without too much trouble. Then John and I go sheep herding to earn even more money. Even got a free sniper rifle to get the job done. Also, I realized that John's horse is bigger than mine. After scaring off the shepherds, John and I rounded up the sheep, and then- Goddamn it. This fucking big rock hiding behind bushes stopped Callus (my horse) instantly, I get launched from the saddle and landed square on my head. John got a laugh out of it with his "You're really showing me how it's done" comment. You saw nothing, Marston! Anyway, we managed to get those tricky little lambs into Valentine and met Dutch at a saloon. And that's when shit hits the fan. This Cornwall shows up with Hosea and John hostage. Started off with multiple Deadeye headshots and then we start fighting our way out of the town. It was pretty cool to be shooting from behind a wagon while Dutch and John were pushing and shooting. And now we were on the run, had to get away from the town and move everyone one at the camp to a new spot. That sucks. I really liked Valentine. I'll get to a post-office soon and pay off the bounty. Charles and I managed to reunite a German family while looking for a new place to set up camp, and I got a freaking gold bar as a reward. Thank you so much, kind German sir. I'll be selling that the first chance I get. So, for now, I'm gonna settle into the new spot, do more chores and shave my beard again. Oh, and I just can't seem to eat enough to not be underweight anymore. I don't wanna go through all my provisions. I even had 2 big bowls of stew at the saloon, and I'm wanting to conserve my money. Should I just do more hunting?
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Post by Rock114 on Dec 31, 2018 7:38:59 GMT
I have officially entered Chapter 3. The heist went off pretty well. Managed to scored a little over $300. And it's nice to know John and I are on the same page of the whole "no killing innocent folk" idea. Things got a little dicey when the Law came, but managed to get away without too much trouble. Then John and I go sheep herding to earn even more money. Even got a free sniper rifle to get the job done. Also, I realized that John's horse is bigger than mine. After scaring off the shepherds, John and I rounded up the sheep, and then- Goddamn it. This fucking big rock hiding behind bushes stopped Callus (my horse) instantly, I get launched from the saddle and landed square on my head. John got a laugh out of it with his "You're really showing me how it's done" comment. You saw nothing, Marston! Anyway, we managed to get those tricky little lambs into Valentine and met Dutch at a saloon. And that's when shit hits the fan. This Cornwall shows up with Hosea and John hostage. Started off with multiple Deadeye headshots and then we start fighting our way out of the town. It was pretty cool to be shooting from behind a wagon while Dutch and John were pushing and shooting. And now we were on the run, had to get away from the town and move everyone one at the camp to a new spot. That sucks. I really liked Valentine. I'll get to a post-office soon and pay off the bounty. Charles and I managed to reunite a German family while looking for a new place to set up camp, and I got a freaking gold bar as a reward. Thank you so much, kind German sir. I'll be selling that the first chance I get. So, for now, I'm gonna settle into the new spot, do more chores and shave my beard again. Oh, and I just can't seem to eat enough to not be underweight anymore. I don't wanna go through all my provisions. I even had 2 big bowls of stew at the saloon, and I'm wanting to conserve my money. Should I just do more hunting? Sell the gold bar at a fence, they're the only ones who can take them. You can sell other valuables like jewelry to fences as well. As for food, hunting is the best choice. Just kill and eat a deer every so often and you'll be fine. Being underweight can't kill you, it just makes your health core drain faster while making your stamina core drain slower. The reverse is true for being overweight but it's nigh impossible to get fat in this game unless you're eating every animal you come across. Eating Pearson's stew at camp whenever it's available won't stop your extreme weight loss but it will stave it off for a while more than the odd can of beans will. And since you're in Chapter 3 I'll say that you can get a Double Action Revolver fairly early on, if you want it. Unlike the Cattleman or Schofield you don't need to pull the hammer back after each shot, meaning each time you press the trigger Arthur is shooting and you can just unleash a flurry of lead in mere seconds with two of them. I, personally, prefer a pair of Schofields for their power, reload speed, and accuracy but if the way single action firearms work in this game throws you off then finding a Double Action will solve that. It's bullets are weaker than ferret piss but specialized ammo (High Velocity, Express, Split Point, or Explosive) can remedy that to an extent. Or you could just go for head shots.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Jan 1, 2019 2:53:59 GMT
Gotta say, Dutch has impressed me with his silver tongue. Managed to help up us get in good with some lawmen by helping them round up some Anderson boys with the deputy, and get Trelawny out. One of the two funniest moments in this mission was when one of the Andersons got clocked by a pipe. HA! That's what you get for talking shit! The second funniest was how Dutch told the tale of how he walked in on Trelawny in an outhouse. XD Glad I decided to go fishing. Also, Dutch made it clear for me to not use guns or cause trouble at anytime while in Rhodes. I'm cool with that. The town Rhodes seems like a quaint little town. Other than the fact that it has two families feuding with each other. Dutch even got him, me and Bill to be deputies of the town. Arthur doesn't seem to like it, but I don't mind, considering how honorable I am in the game. Sadie and Pearson nearly cut other back at camp and I went shopping with her down at Rhodes and mail out Pearson's letter. Thought it would be simple, but nothing ever is. After Sadie got everything from the shop and a new outfit. And then, some outlaws try robbing us and Sadie went off on them. I got nothing against with her wanting to be treated as an equal, but she's too much of a loose cannon. Still, I trust her more than Micah. And then, I come across this cross-dressing conman (if I can even say the word "Man" with him) has me fetching his circus animals for him and I'm thinking that while a zebra would be easy enough, How in the holy hell was I supposed to catch a tiger and a lion? They'd sooner make me their lunch before I could get a lasso on em. But then I find a dead dog dressed up as a lion and we had to use the poor thing as bait for a cougar painted as a tiger. That just messed me up, man. That was horrible. And I had both of my dogs lying on my bed as this was happening. Then I went to go get the lion, which turned out to be a REAL lion. I unloaded my shotgun on that thing when it tried to make me its next meal. Shit, that was scary. I had the right mind to just bitch-slap that cross-dressing lamebrain faker for this bullshit. At least he rewarded me with an emerald. A $50 emerald. Ain't this about a Not only that, I witnessed something so fucked up. The gunsmith had a cage window where a boy was begging me for help. Sorry, Dutch, but I had no choice. I made the gunsmith owner take me to the basement and I find that boy is held captive in a sailor suit. I freed him and then the owner breaks down crying, saying how he reminded him of his own boy that he lost. While I do sympathize his loss, what he did made me thinking he was some fucked up pedophile, and that is gonna cost him a repeater from the basement. Right now, Susan is just being very abusive with folks around our camp. First slapping Karen, then Mary-Beth. If it were up to me, I'd put my foot down on her, saying that we do NOT hit each other like that. At all. Things are stressful enough with Micah around while he points his guns and knives at us for a laugh. (At least, that's what I remember him doing to me during the first few minutes at the Horseshoe camp.) So yeah, pretty much everyone is either a loose cannon or batshit crazy, and I feel like me, Dutch, John and very few others are the only sane ones left.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Jan 2, 2019 19:10:57 GMT
Been pretty busy. Robbed a bank with Bill, Karen and Lenny at Valentine. Can't believe I end up going back there after causing a bloodbath not too long ago just to rob its bank. Can't we just go to Valentine without ending up with a bounty afterwards? Anyway, after the robbery, I went with Lenny to go find some place that deals weapons and Lenny was saying how these guys still haven't gotten over the civil war. Once we found their hideout, I was given two options, attack em head on or have Lenny put on a show before I start shooting. I wasn't gonna risk his life with an armed fortress, so I chose for us to attack em and blew up their dynamite. There was one cool moment where Lenny got tackled and then I saved him by shooting his attacker, which made a cool slow-mo moment between the guy getting shot and me shooting the gun. There was another slow-mo moment where I used the sniper rifle to shot the guy using the gatling gun right in the head, and his head blew up. God, that was gross. After we survived, we brought back a wagon full of weapons and I got me a bolt-action rifle. Hosea and I take this moonshine stash we stole from the raiders and tried to sell them to the Braithwaites. The lady pays us, but then tells us to go take the liquor to Rhodes. What a bitch. As we're riding, Hosea came up with a (more or less) brilliant plan to have me pose a mute idiot while he advertises the stuff at the saloon as a clown. And when he said Arthur can't speak, he really doesn't. Not even while speeding up the horses or being able to say anything to the people I pass by. He even took my hat to replace it with a crappy hat and a Popeye pipe. Next thing I know, Hosea expects me to serve up drinks real fast. I felt I was being put on the spot and thought I was gonna mess up. Thankfully the prompts were simple enough and the fast serving was done through cutscene. As I keep serving and everyone keeps drinking, it cuts to nighttime and I'm like, "Oh God, I'm getting the whole town drunk." And then the Raiders arrive shooting the place up. It's hard to not use my guns and not cause trouble when I keep being forced to use them in self-defense and trouble comes looking for me. Thankfully as far as Rhodes is concerned, "Melvin" and "Fenton" were shooting down raiders at the saloon and not Hosea and Arthur. I ended up having to save Trelawny from bounty hunters with Charles. It wasn't too hard finding two of them in the cornfield with their hats being in eyesore, but I took longer than I should've finding the last one, and that motherfucker tried to kidnap me. Thankfully, Charles managed to save me by throwing a knife at him. Out of all the folks in the camp I ride with, Charles is in my top three. After that mess was dealt with, I went with Trelawny to go rob a stagecoach in a very stealthy way with the lockpick he gave me. Him and Hosea should consider being in the acting business, cause boy do they know how to put on a performance while secretly screwing people over. Then I head out to rob another stagecoach with Bill and Tilly. This one turned out a lot more messy than the last one. It probably would've gone well, if Tilly didn't keep talking shit at Bill and made him go all agro. And then I'm riding down the road in the middle of the night, when I suddenly find some lady on the ground, saying that she hurt her leg. I get off my horse to go help her and then she pulls her fucking gun out on me. My first instinct in that situation? Punch the shit out of her. (Definitely lost some credibility in being a gentleman there, despite that it was in self-defense.) Then two more thieves show up behind me and I shot them both in the face with Dead-eye. I should be more careful, but I can't help being a nice guy. A few minutes later on the road, I find this enemy camp, and everyone was gathered around the fire. So, I take out this stick of dynamite, ignite it, threw it at the fire and blew up everyone with one quick BANG! And, holy shit, did my health go up from the carnage. EDIT: Just now went through a very fucked up situation. Pearson was to some O'driscolls about Colm wanting a civil little chat. Dutch and Micah go talk with him while I watch from afar with a sniper. I knew this would be a trap, but I didn't it was about kidnapping Arthur. Them sons of bitches tortured him, shot his shoulder with a shotgun and even got him in a one-piece outfit. All this just to get Dutch and the gang. Managed to free myself and cauterize the wound. And I was only given three knives to fight my way out. I threw one and got instantly spotted. (God, I suck with throwing knives.) So, I let them come to me in the cellar where I just beat the shit out of all them bastards, got my gear, my horse, switched back into my scout jacket and jeans, my hat and got away from the O'driscolls without much more trouble. At first, I was about ready to tear Micah a new one for, but then I remember that it was Pearson who talked with them about the meeting. Colm O'driscoll, there's gonna be hell to pay for this. Mark my words, you'll reap what you sew.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Jan 3, 2019 2:03:59 GMT
I am now in Chapter 4. Shit just got real very quick. Sean is dead... God damn it, they shot Sean. I liked that reckless Irish guy. It just happened so fast. We got so caught up between the two families, they set their crosshairs on us. And Sean paid the price. So much for being the deputy in the town. DAMN THEM! As if that weren't bad enough, they even kidnapped little Jack. Those relentless sons of a bitch. That was when nearly the whole gang raised hell on the Braithwaites in their manor. We couldn't find Jack, but we did leave a scorching mark on them all. I even threw two molotovs for good measure. Don't fuck with us, lest you suffer the wrath of Dutch's gang and burn in hell. Milton showed his ugly smug face again and had the audacity to threaten all of us while we had him surrounded. I feel like we should've shot him right then and there, but that might've caused more problems than solving them. Besides, Jack and the gang's safety were top priority. John and I managed to secure the same house Lenny and I robbed the rifles from and made it out new temporary camp for now. Dutch and I had just arrived at the city Saint Denis. Definitely not your average quaint little town like Valentine, Strawberry and Rhodes. I'll do what have I to to get Jack back, but still stay true to being honorable.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Jan 3, 2019 19:42:21 GMT
So... Saint Denis. What I like about the city is how its more modern looking than the other towns. There's also plenty of street performers playing the trumpets. What do I not like about it? The fucking pickpocket shitbags! Things were bad enough when I was getting ambushed and shot at. Now I have to keep constant watch on my things as I pass by people? I go around asking about Bronte and then I get all money taken by some street urchin. Caught the little fucker after he ditched the street railroad and got my satchel back. I've got over $1000 in there.
Had to catch another ragamuffin that took a cross from a nun, and then some lady that apparently Arthur recognized tried to talk with her, yet she wanted to avoid him after she recognized him while prostituting and got me running from the law. I can't even remember who that was.
Then I decide to go to the Tailor shop, and I get almost $500 taken from me. I had my horse nearby, so I easily caught him with a lasso and took back my money. (Strangely enough, no one around seemed too bothered by that. Didn't go get the law or nothing.)
Now, I know I'm trying to be an overall nice guy, but would anyone think less of me if I just kneecap them for pickpocket and robbery? Make it that much harder for them to rob, and karma's a bitch.
But it wasn't all bad. Met an inventor who let me drive a RC toy boat and blew shit up. And I met a, uhh... "artist". He does nude paintings. People don't really like him much. Can't say I blame him. Last I saw him, I got into a brawl at a gallery and helped him hide away. At least Arthur got a laugh from this.
I also met a nutty professor that wanted me to still 100 gallons of moonshine for him. It was easy enough to do. Stood in the middle of the road, shot everyone's brains out with Dead-eye and delivered it no problem. Then he wanted me to get permission from the chief of police for his electric chair. I decided maybe I could bring in the Lemoyne Raider leader in (alive) to get in on his good side, then I asked. Costed me $100 for the permit, but that's only half of my money on account of the bounty money I recently collected. I also got a new knife from it. Then I get another bounty to bring in McDaniels alive for Animal Husbandry? Seriously, what the fuck is that? Or is it better not to know? Anyway, As I'm taking him back, I just started feeling sorry for the poor bastard when Arthur was straight up terrorizing him with all his lightning talk. It's like he was anticipating a fate worse than death. Haven't been able to see the demonstration of the chair yet. Oh, but I bet it'll be quite a shocking experience.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Jan 4, 2019 5:28:42 GMT
What a fucking roller coaster of emotions I find myself in. John, Dutch and I were able to get Jack back safely from Bronte, after disrespecting the dead in the middle of the night with grave robbers. Once he was back at camp, everyone was so happy to see him. Even Abigail, who thanked Arthur and Dutch. Doesn't even acknowledge John did the work, too. Cold shoulder, much? Well, at least Jack is back with us, and we had another party. Everyone was gathered around the camp fire singing along. It was such a good night. And then, Dutch makes a speech about how we need to believe and to keep the faith just as it started thundering. Holy shit, talk about your dramatic timing. Saw the nutty professor's demonstration with the electric chair. It went about as well as I expected. Managed to shock even himself. He's probably fine... Right? Ran into Mary again. Only this time, I got to see dear old daddy. Followed him until he sold her wife's broach. When I went to go after that guy that bought it, I did something dumb, yet still succeeded. I just ran as fast as I could after the stagecoach, knowingly running past a horse I could've jumped on yet kept whistling for my own to come to me. I actually managed to keep chasing and running till my horse finally arrived, I rode after the coach and was actually pretty close to the secluded area I was supposed to go to after I caught the stagecoach. I bought the broach back and got it to Mary. Then she invites me to a theater. I've actually considered wanted to go to one of these back in Valentine, but either I forgot to, got distracted going to help a stranger, or I was getting ambushed by O'driscolls. The show was actually pretty good. When that fire gal did her performance, I thought that Mary had jinxed her with ending up too close to the curtains. But she performed really good. I mostly just sat there and watch without choosing to cheer or antagonize. Once the show was done, it was time to say goodbye to Mary again. I feel bad for these two. I feel like they could be a good couple if things weren't so... "complicated." Susan and I went out to go save Tilly from this Anthony Foreman. Can't believe she got put through that shit. Once I caught Anthony, Tilly wanted me to make him leave and let his posse know to stay the fuck away from her. Susan wanted me to slit his throat and let him die. I decided to let him go. Then I looted the dead guys and the house. Got plenty of extra money from that. I found that french porn artist again, dressed up like a prostitute. God, this was so stupid. At one point, he even tried to kiss Arthur just to hide in plain sight when he thought he saw someone else that knew him. After all that evading and escorting, we finally reach the ship, only to get into a 3-on-1 fist + knife fight. Knocked him out and got that French whole ass of an artist to sail away. Then I get the law looking for me. The first thing I did was jump in the water and try to hide underneath the docks. But my stamina was running out from being in the water. So, I waited until they were far enough away before I made a break for the allies. Once they stopped looking for me, I went to pay off my bounty at the post office, which was conveniently close by this time. Later on, I come across a racist on the streets and didn't think twice to antagonize him and refuse his pallet. Then I find myself attending a fancy party with Dutch, Hosea and Bill. It was quite the shindig. I hardly paid attention to all the nonsense Bronte was yammering. As I went to go mingle, I grabbed a champagne glass and took only one drink and just held onto it while greeting the guests. After helped the mayor get a heckler out of the party, I went back to speak with him. Seems decent. Then they started a fireworks show. I actually wanted to stay and watch. But then I had to tail a servant to learn what he knew about Colm O'driscoll. Suddenly I feel like I'm James Bond in Clint Eastwood's era. Only thing missing was a theme song. After I got the papers, it was time for us to bail out of there. Weirdest part of the party? Bill being there in a suit looking fancy. XD I've started wondering where Kieran was since I haven't seen him in a while. And as Dutch and I were talking of about scores and who to bring with us, Kieran comes riding at us with his head being held by his headless body, courtesy of Colm O'driscoll and his murderous bastards. And they invaded our camp. Didn't see that coming. Though, I probably should've. Fought back as hard as I could to protect everyone. And holy hell, can Sadie fight. Saw her kill three of them on her own. That lady is savage. After we managed to push them all back, we all started to mourn for Kieran. Shit. He saved my life, and I couldn't even return the favor. Wish we had more chances to bond with him. I don't feel like I did enough, even after I ran that errand for him back at Clemens Cove. We are losing people now. First Sean, then Kieran. I'm trying to keep the faith and believe in the plan, like Dutch wants me to. But now we're starting to lose people and it feels like every asshole is closing in on us from all sides. Oh, and I've found some unusual corpses hanging around. Like there's some serial killer on the loose. I found one back in Ch. 2 near Valentine, and I just found one near Rhodes. Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing with them, but I figure I may run into this killer sometime in the future. EDIT: Despite the crazyness and how intense things have been, I just wanna take an opportunity to say that I have really been enjoying this game since I first started. Living that cowboy life, being a gunslinger, traveling and riding across the country, being able to connect with folks in the gang and in towns. Throughout the game, aside from being honorable, I've had Arthur keep his hair and beard short, and I've been wearing a brownish scout jacket, blue jeans, brown rider boots and yellow(?) plaid collar shirt, and fingerless gloves. Now, post-Saint Denis, I've changed to wearing a plaid vest and white everyday shirt underneath the jacket. I also always keep a very warm outfit stowed in my horse's saddle in case it gets too cold out. My main weapons have been the Schofield revolver and Lancaster repeater. I'm curious to know, Rock, how have you had your Arthur personalized and styled in? Also, did you have any additional advice for me as to what I should look into or keep an eye out for or anything like that with where I'm currently at?
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Jan 5, 2019 3:56:41 GMT
I am now entering Chapter 5. There was this mission where I was so nervous and felt so put on the spot. I had to clean myself up and join a boat party and play poker to get to a safe. Despite the fact they kept reassuring me that they got it fixed so that I would win and reading the rules, I so did not want to play poker. Kept focusing on Strauss whenever I could and actually managed to win it all. Thank God. Then we got down to shooting our way out, cause when do we not do that by the time we start leaving? I just hope I don't have to do that ever again. Dutch had a plan. We had a plan. We were gonna get as much as we could from the bank and then get us all to Tahiti (or Australia.) But that didn't mean shit. Everything has gone to hell. Just as we got into the vault, Milton and the Pinkertons arrived, and that dickhead agent shot Hosea. He really made it personal now. He took Melvin from us now! Being P.O.ed, I just kept blasting them with my shotgun as they kept coming. And then John got arrested, Lenny got shot dead as well. Not Lenny, too! Why couldn't have they shot Micah instead? I trusted Dutch to find us a way out. Had a couple close calls, but we got on the boat and escaped. Only because Charles managed to give us an opening. I hope he makes it out safe. I thought we would catch a break at that point, but nope. A storm came raging in, I get left behind while Dutch and the others and Arthur actually tries to swim after them. And now, I feel like I have now reached rock bottom. I'm stranded on an island with no shoes on, I left all my stuff and money on my horse, Hosea and Lenny are dead, John is arrested, God knows if Charles made it out okay, the whole gang is separated, and I'm all alone. You maniacs! You ruined us all!Well, maybe not so alone as I had thought. Managed to find Dutch and the guys. He says we are in Guarma, the island of a sugar plantation east of Cuba and now we're being taken in by the locals there via chain gang. And then we get rescued by Haitians. At least we're unchained, but now we gotta rescue Javier before we leave this island. What a goddamn shit show we've gotten ourselves into. Got a lot of work to do, in escaping the island and saving the gang. (What's left of them at least.)
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Post by Rock114 on Jan 5, 2019 7:01:07 GMT
What a fucking roller coaster of emotions I find myself in. John, Dutch and I were able to get Jack back safely from Bronte, after disrespecting the dead in the middle of the night with grave robbers. Once he was back at camp, everyone was so happy to see him. Even Abigail, who thanked Arthur and Dutch. Doesn't even acknowledge John did the work, too. Cold shoulder, much? Well, at least Jack is back with us, and we had another party. Everyone was gathered around the camp fire singing along. It was such a good night. And then, Dutch makes a speech about how we need to believe and to keep the faith just as it started thundering. Holy shit, talk about your dramatic timing. Saw the nutty professor's demonstration with the electric chair. It went about as well as I expected. Managed to shock even himself. He's probably fine... Right? Ran into Mary again. Only this time, I got to see dear old daddy. Followed him until he sold her wife's broach. When I went to go after that guy that bought it, I did something dumb, yet still succeeded. I just ran as fast as I could after the stagecoach, knowingly running past a horse I could've jumped on yet kept whistling for my own to come to me. I actually managed to keep chasing and running till my horse finally arrived, I rode after the coach and was actually pretty close to the secluded area I was supposed to go to after I caught the stagecoach. I bought the broach back and got it to Mary. Then she invites me to a theater. I've actually considered wanted to go to one of these back in Valentine, but either I forgot to, got distracted going to help a stranger, or I was getting ambushed by O'driscolls. The show was actually pretty good. When that fire gal did her performance, I thought that Mary had jinxed her with ending up too close to the curtains. But she performed really good. I mostly just sat there and watch without choosing to cheer or antagonize. Once the show was done, it was time to say goodbye to Mary again. I feel bad for these two. I feel like they could be a good couple if things weren't so... "complicated." Susan and I went out to go save Tilly from this Anthony Foreman. Can't believe she got put through that shit. Once I caught Anthony, Tilly wanted me to make him leave and let his posse know to stay the fuck away from her. Susan wanted me to slit his throat and let him die. I decided to let him go. Then I looted the dead guys and the house. Got plenty of extra money from that. I found that french porn artist again, dressed up like a prostitute. God, this was so stupid. At one point, he even tried to kiss Arthur just to hide in plain sight when he thought he saw someone else that knew him. After all that evading and escorting, we finally reach the ship, only to get into a 3-on-1 fist + knife fight. Knocked him out and got that French whole ass of an artist to sail away. Then I get the law looking for me. The first thing I did was jump in the water and try to hide underneath the docks. But my stamina was running out from being in the water. So, I waited until they were far enough away before I made a break for the allies. Once they stopped looking for me, I went to pay off my bounty at the post office, which was conveniently close by this time. Later on, I come across a racist on the streets and didn't think twice to antagonize him and refuse his pallet. Then I find myself attending a fancy party with Dutch, Hosea and Bill. It was quite the shindig. I hardly paid attention to all the nonsense Bronte was yammering. As I went to go mingle, I grabbed a champagne glass and took only one drink and just held onto it while greeting the guests. After helped the mayor get a heckler out of the party, I went back to speak with him. Seems decent. Then they started a fireworks show. I actually wanted to stay and watch. But then I had to tail a servant to learn what he knew about Colm O'driscoll. Suddenly I feel like I'm James Bond in Clint Eastwood's era. Only thing missing was a theme song. After I got the papers, it was time for us to bail out of there. Weirdest part of the party? Bill being there in a suit looking fancy. XD I've started wondering where Kieran was since I haven't seen him in a while. And as Dutch and I were talking of about scores and who to bring with us, Kieran comes riding at us with his head being held by his headless body, courtesy of Colm O'driscoll and his murderous bastards. And they invaded our camp. Didn't see that coming. Though, I probably should've. Fought back as hard as I could to protect everyone. And holy hell, can Sadie fight. Saw her kill three of them on her own. That lady is savage. After we managed to push them all back, we all started to mourn for Kieran. Shit. He saved my life, and I couldn't even return the favor. Wish we had more chances to bond with him. I don't feel like I did enough, even after I ran that errand for him back at Clemens Cove. We are losing people now. First Sean, then Kieran. I'm trying to keep the faith and believe in the plan, like Dutch wants me to. But now we're starting to lose people and it feels like every asshole is closing in on us from all sides. Oh, and I've found some unusual corpses hanging around. Like there's some serial killer on the loose. I found one back in Ch. 2 near Valentine, and I just found one near Rhodes. Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing with them, but I figure I may run into this killer sometime in the future. EDIT: Despite the crazyness and how intense things have been, I just wanna take an opportunity to say that I have really been enjoying this game since I first started. Living that cowboy life, being a gunslinger, traveling and riding across the country, being able to connect with folks in the gang and in towns. Throughout the game, aside from being honorable, I've had Arthur keep his hair and beard short, and I've been wearing a brownish scout jacket, blue jeans, brown rider boots and yellow(?) plaid collar shirt. Now, post-Saint Denis, I've changed to wearing a plaid vest and white everyday shirt underneath the jacket. I also always keep a very warm outfit stowed in my horse's saddle in case it gets too cold out. My main weapons have been the Schofield revolver and Lancaster repeater. I'm curious to know, Rock, how have you had your Arthur personalized and styled in? Also, did you have any additional advice for me as to what I should look into or keep an eye out for or anything like that with where I'm currently at? Not much advice other than that Chapter 5 is... weird. But push through that and Chapter 6 is as good as, if not better than, Chapters 1-4. As for customization I used the same weapons you did. Dual Schofield revolvers, silver with ornamental engravings, and a Lancaster repeater for longer ranges. My outfits were more or less the default gunslinger jacket and the Pursuer and Grizzlies Outlaw sets, but with the last two using Arthur's normal gambler hat instead of the ones they came with. I did have one special outfit though. It was a grey everyday shirt with black ranch/work pants under a brown duster coat with western boots and spurs, and fingerless rifleman gloves. That was my Gunslinger outfit, the one I did the gunslinger stranger mission in, and more besides. I generally kept Arthur nice and trim, no beard and hair around the 3 or 4 range until I hit Chapter 6, gave up, and just let it all grow out for the rest of the game.
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Post by o0HeaDShoT0o on Jan 5, 2019 17:13:51 GMT
Okay, now I have reached Chapter 6. I'm assuming that this the last one and the end is near. Chapter 5 feels like it was shorter than Chapter 1. It felt like I suddenly entered the world of the "Far Cry" franchise. I managed to push through it. Holy crap, did I have to push through. Started off with going to help the workers, then I get darted, captured and beaten. Was able to escape, but I wanted to get a few more kicks in that asshole before following Hercule's friend, Leon. After we freed the other workers, it was time to rescue Javier with Dutch. We were getting lead to him by some old lady before Dutch straight up killed her. He's becoming more and more murderous lately. Like when he drowned Bronte and fed him to the gators. While saving Javier, Dutch showed me how we can make an explosion using sugar and a furnace. Everyday's a school day. Javier made it out alive. Barely.
Then we had to fight the freaking Navy. That was one of the most intense gunfights I've endured in this game. And the very cool part of it was that I got to shoot a cannon out at a Navy ship. Then while saving the captain, Dutch and I got into a Mexican standoff with Fussar and Levi. Doesn't get more cowboy than this. I didn't know how we were gonna get out of this one, until I looked at the captain and kick the gun to him so he can kill Levi. Fussar slipped away, but I was able to give him what was coming to him by blowing him away with a pirate cannon. Good riddance.
We finally managed to sail away from that island and get back onto civilization. At one point, I grabbed one of the guards hats and it spawned back on my head when I reached the dock. During the ride to camp, I switched to cinematic camera and rode fast while reflecting on everything. Everything we've done, how far we've come and what we've gone through. That song that played was real good. I didn't expect to see anyone still there. Of course, I had to deal with some Pinkertons before I found the letter Sadie wrote. When I reunited with everyone, I just felt so relieved and happy to see them all safe and together. Of course, that was short-lived when that bloodthirsty asshole Milton showed up again, and with a fucking gatling gun. When Sadie and I flanked them, I shot as many as I could with Dead-eye before I ran for the Gatling gun and was like, "How do you like it, motherfuckers?!" and sent them running. And Milton slipped away again.
Now, something seems off with Arthur. He's been coughing a lot lately. Maybe spending all that time in the swamps affected his health a little? Anyway, Charles and I went out to find another place to camp, and that's when we encounter the Murfree brood. These people seem worse than the other gangs I've encountered. I tried to flush them out with dynamite, that way we can fight them where we have the advantage. Managed to rescue a girl named Meredith from them and took her home. Her mother was so grateful to have her back. She even offered to give me money. But I refused. Then I see the same lady that tried to get the law on me just to get away from me, and then it hit me. She's the wife of that guy I tried collecting the debt from before he died later on. Why is she so pissed at Arthur for? He didn't kill her husband, and that guy took money that he couldn't pay back.
As we all started settling in on the new camp, Molly shows up all drunk and reveals that the bank robbery going badly as it did was because she snitched on us to Milton. She's the reason why Hosea and Lenny died, why John is arrested and why we got stranded on that godforsaken island. All over a broken heart. And then Susan straight up shot her when Arthur tried to keep Dutch from doing it. We just keep losing people in our gang. I know she betrayed us, but we've already lost too many people. Oh, and remember Cain? The dog who found his way to our camp while we've been in Clemens Point? He's gone now as well. Fuck, I really liked that dog. Fuck you Micah for upsetting Jack like that. If there was a cup of coffee on his table, I'd snatch it and throw the cup directly at his face for it.
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