Where are all the players?

[Spada]

Everytime when i join freeroam i see no one in the game
why is that?
Isn't Freeroam the same like in Gta V?

[pRaX]

Originally posted by Spada:

Everytime when i join freeroam i see no one in the game
why is that?
Isn't Freeroam the same like in Gta V?

They are busy with opening multiple threads in short succession for every question that comes to their mind

[Silhouette]

Well...

According to Steam Charts:

[GTA V] has 132,392 players a day on average.
[RDR 2] has 14,063 players a day on average.

Although, [GTA] supports 30 players per Lobby, while [RDR] supports 32 players per Lobby.

For better or for worse, because there's no Global Chat in [RDR] like there is in [GTA] the world feels a lot less active. And because there's no Text Chat in [RDR] (most popular way for players to communicate on PC online worlds) there's usually zero social activity going on.

Finally, you can't see other players on the map unless they're within 150 meters of your character. While this is great at stopping griefers from harassing other players, it also makes it a lot more difficult for players to find each other.

Arguably [GTA's] system of putting all players on the map AND allowing players to enter passive mode is a better solution. It allows players to find each other, and makes Passive Players immune to greifing.

So yeah. Red Dead Online feels pretty empty. :(

[Edit]
Last note, while the map in [RDR 2] is a bit smaller than [GTA V's], because horses travel so much slower than cars and helicopters it can make it feel like players are even further apart from each other. This makes "random-encounters" with others a lot less likely. You mostly only find players in settlements like Valentine, Black Water. and Saint Denis

[pRaX]

How can it feel more empty if a lobby can only have 32 max. The playercount doesn't really matter in that regard. Doesn't it?

[Silhouette]

Originally posted by pRaX:

How can it feel more empty if a lobby can only have 32 max. The playercount doesn't really matter in that regard. Doesn't it?

lol, I just realized that and edited my above post. XD

The other reasons I listed might help explain why [RDR] feels a lot more empty than [GTA].

[BEEP!]

Originally posted by Spada:

Everytime when i join freeroam i see no one in the game
why is that?
Isn't Freeroam the same like in Gta V?

If you're marked as a blue player you will only see players that you are close to you can't open the map and see for yourself cross the map if you're a red player that distance that you can actually see other players is reduced unless you're basically right on top of guy from what I understand they did this do you make it so people can't hunt down players and grief them so players could do their own thing they basically made it a single player multiplayer game the only time you'll ever really get killed by a blue players if you draw your gun on then and you're set on offencive online but basically any red player you see will shoot you on sight if you're not on defensive mode

[Spada]

I should atleast be able to see how many player playing in the lobby atm

[Silhouette]

You can check how many players are in your Lobby. :)

On a game pad press [Left D-Pad], then select Players.
On a keyboard press [L], then select Players.

... At least I think those are the right buttons. O_o

[pRaX]

Originally posted by PoisonBlade:

You can check how many players are in your Lobby. :)

On a game pad press [Left D-Pad], then select Players.
On a keyboard press [L], then select Players.

... At least I think those are the right buttons. O_o

Correct.