Railroad Baron was one of the worst game modes I've ever played

[Breeze]

This was just a miserable and frustrating experience.

EVERYONE spawns on the exact same spot and are hostile to each other, so of course it's going to be a gigantic clusterf*ck. Nobody could get to the train for several minutes because the spawn location was an absolute nightmare of one-shot kills and horses tripping over each other. I spent most of the game mode just trying to escape the spawn location, and when I did, I just rode around the woods and wait for the match to end because trying to get to the train was pure chaos.

Only 3 people in my match were able to reach the train and score any points. It was an awful 4 minutes that felt like it lasted 30.

[Kashra Fall]

Shotgun, shoot people's horses (You will be fined insurance costs.) this won't kill the player, congrats you now know how to get to the train. Get on it, snipe the players approaching, or kill their horses and profit. It's a chaotic mode, but that's how I win it (shrug)

[Breeze]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Shotgun, shoot people's horses (You will be fined insurance costs.) this won't kill the player, congrats you now know how to get to the train. Get on it, snipe the players approaching, or kill their horses and profit. It's a chaotic mode, but that's how I win it (shrug)

So while you're shooting their horse, they shoot and kill you with one shot. Then they are quickly one-shot by another player and respawn with their horse right next to you. Great plan.

[Breeze]

Keep in mind you're surrounded by 5-8 other players with their horses tripping over each other while trying to accomplish this.

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Ahdovanius:

Keep in mind you're surrounded by 5-8 other players with their horses tripping over each other while trying to accomplish this.

Yup, I'm well aware of how it works. Shoot their horse, you'll see how effective it actually is.

[Mary]

I love it, personally; it's one of my favorite modes.

The ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL thing to do to avoid being killed right from the jump is to run really far to the side. People tend to ignore you if you run to the side unless they're actually trying to defend the train itself because their posse member is on it or something. Get away from the other people immediately and take the minutes to approach the train from the front/side.




As well, similar to diving out the way while you're on foot, you can always lean to the side while riding your horse if your bounty hunter level is high enough. If you're being oneshot by practically everything, I would strongly suggest investing in defensive ability cards.

[Mary]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Originally posted by Ahdovanius:

Keep in mind you're surrounded by 5-8 other players with their horses tripping over each other while trying to accomplish this.

Yup, I'm well aware of how it works. Shoot their horse, you'll see how effective it actually is.

It is super effective to stop people from tailing you. If you're running directly toward the train, you're basically guaranteed to get shot regardless, though.

Sneaky-Edit: Taking out their horse may as well be a death sentence for people that follow you off the direct path. It's so fantastic. :D

[Eminem]

It's like getting spawn camped in Warsong Gulch graveyard, heh

[Breeze]

Originally posted by Setouchi Mary:

I love it, personally; it's one of my favorite modes.

The ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL thing to do to avoid being killed right from the jump is to run really far to the side. People tend to ignore you if you run to the side unless they're actually trying to defend the train itself because their posse member is on it or something. Get away from the other people immediately and take the minutes to approach the train from the front/side.




As well, similar to diving out the way while you're on foot, you can always lean to the side while riding your horse if your bounty hunter level is high enough. If you're being oneshot by practically everything, I would strongly suggest investing in defensive ability cards.

That's exactly what I was TRYING to do for most of the match but a majority of the map was on a steep cliff and there was little place to ride other than on the train tracks. The game basically turned into a chaotic deathmatch of the respawning players, so even if you did get some distance to the side, players would see you on their radar and assume you're going to shoot them.

Edit: Also, I do happen to have defensive ability cards but only 2 of them since I'm low level.

[in]

If you get killed and respawn at the back, do NOT ride to the train on a railway. Ride deeper to the left or right, pass train at a distance, then go to railway and wait for it to come. I'd recommend jumping on train on foot as well instead of jumping from horse. This way you will be smaller target.

[Mary]

Originally posted by Ahdovanius:

Originally posted by Setouchi Mary:

I love it, personally; it's one of my favorite modes.

The ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL thing to do to avoid being killed right from the jump is to run really far to the side. People tend to ignore you if you run to the side unless they're actually trying to defend the train itself because their posse member is on it or something. Get away from the other people immediately and take the minutes to approach the train from the front/side.




As well, similar to diving out the way while you're on foot, you can always lean to the side while riding your horse if your bounty hunter level is high enough. If you're being oneshot by practically everything, I would strongly suggest investing in defensive ability cards.

That's exactly what I was TRYING to do for most of the match but a majority of the map was on a steep cliff and there was little place to ride other than on the train tracks. The game basically turned into a chaotic deathmatch of the respawning players, so even if you did get some distance to the side, players would see you on their radar and assume you're going to shoot them.

Edit: Also, I do happen to have defensive ability cards but only 2 of them since I'm low level.

cope

[Breeze]

Originally posted by Setouchi Mary:

cope

Isn't that exactly what I'm doing right now by pointing out the flaws of a terrible game mode in hope of consensus and/or change? Please understand the words you use before you spout memes.

Edit: Sorry if I sounded harsh, but I really hate the "cope" meme. It's such a dismissive and basic shutdown of thought and argument.

[Mary]

Originally posted by Ahdovanius:

Originally posted by Setouchi Mary:

cope

Isn't that exactly what I'm doing right now by pointing out the flaws of a terrible game mode in hope of consensus and/or change? Please understand the words you use before you spout memes.

Edit: Sorry if I sounded harsh, but I really hate the "cope" meme. It's such a dismissive and basic shutdown of thought and argument.

Nah, it just sounds like you're looking for things to complain about, rather than actually looking for advice for your problems. You've been given a decent amount of advice so far and counter it with literal nonsense that can be summarized into, "Learn how to just cope with your situation."

So the word itself just works. Whether it be a meme or not doesn't matter; the word, by itself, fits for what I need to say. Learn to cope with the situation and stop being a frickin' pansy about the whole thing. I care not if my tone sounds aggressive.

Extra Edit: Kind of sorry if, somehow, what we've been saying hasn't stuck, but at some point, you have to realize that maybe your problem is just you if none of the advice we give works. (also changed an adjective)

[Breeze]

Originally posted by Setouchi Mary:

Originally posted by Ahdovanius:

Isn't that exactly what I'm doing right now by pointing out the flaws of a terrible game mode in hope of consensus and/or change? Please understand the words you use before you spout memes.

Edit: Sorry if I sounded harsh, but I really hate the "cope" meme. It's such a dismissive and basic shutdown of thought and argument.

Nah, it just sounds like you're looking for things to complain about, rather than actually looking for advice for your problems. You've been given a decent amount of advice so far and counter it with literal nonsense that can be summarized into, "Learn how to just cope with your situation."

So the word itself just works. Whether it be a meme or not doesn't matter; the word, by itself, fits for what I need to say. Learn to cope with the situation and stop being a frickin' pansy about the whole thing. I care not if my tone sounds aggressive.

Extra Edit: Kind of sorry if, somehow, what we've been saying hasn't stuck, but at some point, you have to realize that maybe your problem is just you if none of the advice we give works. (also changed an adjective)

Just because you offer advice doesn't mean the advice was good or helpful. Again, your advice was the strategy I had already employed in my game, and it did not work in the slightest. Calling me a pansy or telling me to "cope" is not helping either.

[Mary]

Originally posted by Ahdovanius:

Originally posted by Setouchi Mary:

Nah, it just sounds like you're looking for things to complain about, rather than actually looking for advice for your problems. You've been given a decent amount of advice so far and counter it with literal nonsense that can be summarized into, "Learn how to just cope with your situation."

So the word itself just works. Whether it be a meme or not doesn't matter; the word, by itself, fits for what I need to say. Learn to cope with the situation and stop being a frickin' pansy about the whole thing. I care not if my tone sounds aggressive.

Extra Edit: Kind of sorry if, somehow, what we've been saying hasn't stuck, but at some point, you have to realize that maybe your problem is just you if none of the advice we give works. (also changed an adjective)

Just because you offer advice doesn't mean the advice was good or helpful. Again, your advice was the strategy I had already employed in my game, and it did not work in the slightest. Calling me a pansy or telling me to "cope" is not helping either.

And just because advice that is good and helpful for everyone who has commented in this thread somehow indicates that maybe you're the odd one out; you're the one who is just the problem here, not the mode.

Run to the side. And if cliffs and crap are in your way, go around the cliffs and stuff. If cliffs and stuff are there, logically speaking, doesn't that help you to not get shot from people who spawn in, or are you just bad and incapable of understanding the advice we've given?

Maybe you're just not cut out for PvP if you can't get over a simple thing like, "Approach from an angle that isn't directly head-on from the same way all of your opponents are approaching from."



EDIT: Also, nothing wrong with pansies. Flowers are nice. :P

[Breeze]

Originally posted by Setouchi Mary:

Originally posted by Ahdovanius:

Just because you offer advice doesn't mean the advice was good or helpful. Again, your advice was the strategy I had already employed in my game, and it did not work in the slightest. Calling me a pansy or telling me to "cope" is not helping either.

And just because advice that is good and helpful for everyone who has commented in this thread somehow indicates that maybe you're the odd one out; you're the one who is just the problem here, not the mode.

Run to the side. And if cliffs and crap are in your way, go around the cliffs and stuff. If cliffs and stuff are there, logically speaking, doesn't that help you to not get shot from people who spawn in, or are you just bad and incapable of understanding the advice we've given?

Maybe you're just not cut out for PvP if you can't get over a simple thing like, "Approach from an angle that isn't directly head-on from the same way all of your opponents are approaching from."

Again you fail to grasp the complaint.

Nothing you say here would make the game mode less of a chaotic clusterf*ck. Also, if the train tracks are surrounded by map edge or impassible terrain such as tunnels or sheer cliffs, the only way to get around them would be hacks or bugs. Surely you're not suggesting to employ these methods to win, I hope.

I fail to see how being locked on the train tracks with the other players protects me from the other players. This advice is just nonsense and I suspect you're just trying to troll me now.

Again, I was not the only one miserable in this game mode. It is multiplayer, afterall, and I mentioned that only very few people in the match were able to score any points. Almost everyone had death counts in the high 30's/low 40's even though the match was only around 3 minutes long.