With the launch of PC Red Dead Redemption 2 just days away, it's time to dust off the old guides and update them for all newbies, so you can get the most out of your Red Dead online experience. Now be warned, it's not called the Wild West at all, and while you're on the lonely trail you might come across a few hombres who aren't exactly what you would call friendly. It's times like these that you might turn to people to support you.
Posse are useful on several levels. If you've decided not to worry about defense, you'll benefit from the aforementioned extra firepower. Nevertheless, they are also useful when doing Stranger missions, Main missions, or trying to maximize your chosen frontier pursuit. Believe me on it; There are times in my bounty hunter race where I wish I had some backup by hunting a group of outlaws so that I could bring them all back alive, and not just one person stomping and three corpses in my wagon.
So how do you go about forming your gang or joining someone else? Let that old cowpoke show you the way.
How to play with friends or form a party in Red Dead Online
Join someone else
When the in-game tutorial is complete you will be thrown into the wilderness with very little money or gold and a pea shooter to protect you. Now, you can choose to go it alone, which isn't nearly as dangerous as it was in the early days of Red Dead Online, or you can choose to join someone else's Detachment. It would be a little adventurous of you to attempt to build your own squad, even if you have a ton of friends who jumped into the game at the same time, as it costs $ 200 to make one that lasts beyond. of this game session, then your best bet here is to team up with another crew, at least for a while.
To do this, open the Free Roam menu and navigate to the Posse tab. Click on it and it will show you all the nearby gangs and whether or not they are accepting members, as some posses can only be joined by invitation, and if you find one you like the look and there is no hoop to jump to join them, just click on it, and let's go.
There are several things to keep in mind here. First of all, you need to check their morals. If you follow the good guy's lead, there is no point in joining a gang of buffs and deadly demons. Otherwise, if you're going to be playing the villainous role, why waste your time hanging out with a damn good bunch? Second, if you don't want to have to do this every time you log into Red Dead Online, check whether the position you're about to apply for is permanent or temporary. If it's the first, they'll be there every time you start the game, but if it's the last, you'll need to find yourself a new crew in the morning.
The easiest way to find a new position every day, if you want to, is to click the Posse Up option when you tap the menu screen. This will automatically find a gang for you that has the same moral tendencies as you.
Form your own business
If you want to ride a bike with your friends, forming your own group is the way to go. This is only done by opening the Free Roam menu and clicking the Posse tab again. When here, go to Form A Posse and, well, get a group.
You should have two options to choose from: create a temporary group or a permanent group. The choice is yours, but it pays to create a continuous group of outlaws. For starters, you can name your team and organize a large camp that will give you access to eight other players. On the other hand, the other only allows you four, but the main thing is that any persistent posse has access to posse versus mode, which a temporary mode won't grant you, but that also comes at a price, as I said. mentioned above. earlier, $ 200.
Once you've decided how you want to tame the Wild West, change the settings and decide if you want things like "Friendly Shooting" to be on or off. If you want your group to be private or public, which is very important if you only want to play with people you know, you are ready to add your friends.
To do this, make sure the Free Roam menu is enabled and in this tab you will see "Invite To Posse". Go here, and you'll see a list of all the players that are nearby, but if you go to the right, your friends list should appear. Everyone who plays Red Dead Online will have a black and white photo of their avatar next to their name, so click on it and send the invite. Soon you will be bringing in bad guys or breaking the law like a modern ditch. In the wall gang.