Following the recent update in Red Dead Online, many players are convinced something is wrong with their horses. Horses are ignoring players, crashing into objects more often, and even flying. Itâs funny, but also annoying.
While playing Red Dead Online last night I was off in the woods, studying animals as part of the new Naturalist update. I whistled for my horse, which usually comes running. But that didnât happen last night: I whistled and whistled, but no horse. I could see the horse on the map, but it didnât move an inch. I figured it was a random bug, so I left the server and restarted my game, but my horse still wouldnât come when I whistled.
On Reddit, I found other players reporting the same problem, as well as other issues with their horses. Players have reported horses not fast traveling with them, disappearing randomly and then reappearing, or glitching into the air. These issues are obviousâwhen you see a horse shake and shoot up into the sky, you know something ainât rightâbut players are also reporting less provable issues.
Some players think their horses seem to be dumber and more cowardly after the update. âIs it just me or are horses even dumber than usual since the update?âasked one player on Reddit. Players are sharing stories that horses who once rode fine are now crashing into things and falling off cliffs constantly. My own horse is not only ignoring my calls, but Iâve fallen off of it more than ever due to it running into trees or small rocks that before it would avoid or handle easily. Many of the players reporting issues have, like myself, fully bonded horses that they have owned and ridden for weeks or even months. So it doesnât seem to be an issue with trust, which affects how well a horse handles terrain and obstacles.
Other examples of horse stupidity and cowardice include horses spawning in and then not moving, horses running away from one gunshot orjust running away for no reason, going the wrong way when steered, or just actingparanoid. âMy horses are noticeably more shit since the update,â wrote Reddit user fusi9n. I have to agree.
While itâs very likely that these broken horses are unintended, there are some conspiracy theories floating around that Rockstar broke the horses in the game so it can introduce new items to improve horses and force players to grind for gold to buy those items. Such theories have flown around before, notably when GTA Online NPCs started behaving strangely after an update. As is often the case when thereâs weird behavior in Rockstarâs online games, some players are quick to blame greed.
Kotaku has reached out to Rockstar about the current horse situation.
In a game that still suffers from server issues and other bugs, horsesâ loss of IQ is minor but still annoying. In some cases itâs funny, but itâs still a pain in the ass. Guess itâs time to send my horse to college.
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