Progress from the Beta Must Save
The beta is a trial-run, effectively, so it makes sense that the mode will evolve and be iterated on moving forward. But if we’re going to invest hours into this test phase helping Rockstar hone the experience, could they please make sure the character progress saves over?
Rockstar recently stated:
“We hope that all player progress during this early period of the Beta will be able to remain intact long term, however as with many betas for large-scale online experiences such as this, there is always the chance that we may need to implement rank or other stat resets in case of issues.”
Again, that certainly does make sense, but quite honestly, the last thing I was to be doing is retracing my steps through the online’s opening story and tutorial sections, not least having to rebuild my character’s stats, weapons, and equipment.
Considering what a great job Rockstar did of getting Red Dead Online up and running in a stable manner so quickly, you’d have to imagine there are millions of players hopping into the beta fresh off the back of their single-player playthrough.
That’s an awful lot of disappointed folk, potentially, and a large pool of players the developer will be hoping to form the foundation of the game’s online community. Let’s hope they can find some way to make the full release a seamless transition.
