Originally Posted by Drexl

If anyone is having trouble with killing the legendary jaguar in Free Roam, I found that if you stand on the little platform (facing the river) next to the cabin, the cougars can't get to you. Or at least they didn't for me. You still have to go around and draw out the jaguar when you see the icon, but if you get back on that platform, even he can't touch you.

Note: in Free Roam this is a different task from single-player, as you have to kill about 8 cougars before you even get to see the jaguar, and he has a few cougars with him as well. Of course you have no medicine, and if you die, the jaguar is gone and you start over.

Originally Posted by Rival11

So how are you enjoying the multiplayer so far? I can't say I really like it much but maybe I still have to play more (and I've been saying this for a bit now but I really think it's because I need to unlock the more advanced stuff before making a final decision).

I mean, I played capture the bag last night and got 3 captures in one game and was awarded the top player at the end....and I got all that without getting one kill but seven deaths so that was kinda cool...but the free roam is lacking big time if you just want to "hang out" so to speak....they really should have at least put in the mini games from the single player mode.

Can you level up in free roam as well? I'm guessing this is done by clearing out gang hideouts?

I also do really like that lock on aiming works in multi-player....that is a huge plus (and is needed).

Originally Posted by josh4040

Funny story, when I was doing the melee knife on a bear challenge, right after I killed the bear another bear came charging at me, I panicked and while I tried to change weapons from the knife I accidentally switched to the throwing knife and I threw one knife and hit the bear straight between the eyes and he dropped dead right in front of me, it was so f'n awesome.

Originally Posted by pinata242

Do it yourself and just don't die. Or just hang out nearby and let randoms do it for you.

Originally Posted by Brent L

I'm sorta embarrassed to admit this, but RDR pretty much taught me how to play poker. I'm no fool, I know that there is a lot to learn, but I never even so much knew the basics of it until this game.

Originally Posted by Larry C.

I have to do that free roam challenge where you complete pikes basin and another gang hideout. Anyone up for helping do that tonight?

Originally Posted by Larry C.

Sounds like you don't wanna help you yellow belly cocksucker.

Originally Posted by pinata242

One of my favorite things was in Blackwater late in the game. I went into the tailor and there was a chest on the ground, I opened it and collected like $20. The shopkeeper freaked out, became an eyewitness, and was on his way to report my crime. I caught him as he tried to leave the shop and bribed him $3 to keep his mouth shut

Originally Posted by Drexl

The patch (1.02) is out now, at least for the PS3 version. It has fixed the Mo Van Barr problem for those who pre-ordered from Gamestop, but apparently it has also drastically reduced the amount of XP you get from Solomon's Folly, and possibly other hideouts.

Originally Posted by JohnnyDaBull

Today was the first day I tried the fast xp level up. Started the day at level 37 now at level 48. At first they were giving around 1500 for solomons folly now its like 500. I don't know why they did that stupid shit.

Originally Posted by Drexl

Well, somebody has already found a workaround. If you delete the game data and let the game reinstall without applying the patch, you can start a single-player game, and switch to LAN play to level up.

I think the game was actually giving you too high of a bonus score in Solomon's Folly, and they've corrected that. If you use the workaround to go back to how it was, notice how the ratio of your bonus score to your base score will be much higher in SF than in the other gang hideouts. They just didn't catch it before release, perhaps partly because SF is exclusive to PS3.