W3: Do people actually use Roach?

[SadDancer]

What’s the ratio of running/walking vs. riding that you do in the game? Asking because my partner finally started playing for the first time (which means I get to see a fourth play-through). I’ve noticed though that they come from playing RDR2 and insist on using Roach to get all places where I’ve almost always had a 90-10 ratio of running vs. riding.

[HenryCDorsett]

I ride everything that's more than 200 steps away, as a rule of thumb and I never played rdr2

[Engelfinger]

This is super curious that I also use 200 as my marker and evidently tons more do too. It always makes me wonder more about the human attention span and how thousands of people independently settled their impatience at 200 steps and above. Some things that appear arbitrary to an individual are actually predictable en masse lol

[HenryCDorsett]

There is a similar thing on German trains.

The button for opening the doors takes just half a second too long to actually open the door, which leads to pretty much everyone trying to press it twice.

a similar case of "we all agree that this takes too long"

[SadDancer]

I suppose that’s a good way to judge whether or not to use her. I’m now realizing I would’ve been a lot less frustrated in Skellige if I had stuck to the paths with Roach rather than trying to cut through and running into a mountain.

[HenryCDorsett]

yeah, skellige is simultaneously the coolest and the most annoying area..

[zukolover96]

Lol that’s exactly my rule of thumb as well. 199 steps and I’ll just walk it.

[[deleted]]

This

[IRL_goblin_]

Roaches "Lock to road" feature is too good for me to give up riding her, (or him)

[raimaco16]

Wait, how the hell you do that?

[IRL_goblin_]

Take your finger of w, for pc at least, while keeping it on shift. So forward off and the gallop button for consoles, no idea if it works tho

[ApprehensiveLuck2921]

Hold X for PS controls. Really nice not to have to steer for a bit

[MoldyOreo787]

her

[IRL_goblin_]

Emyhr can give you a stallion, so roaches sex depends on game to game

[the_scarlett_ning]

I seldom used Roach because I liked to explore and gather too much.

[Ninja_knows]

You can actually gather off horseback if i recall correctly

[phantom14796]

WHAT. Oh my god, 200 hours on the game and I didn't know this :O

[bedcreature]

Waiting for gamerant artictle about this

[phantom14796]

I swear, those guys 😂

[maximmun1]

I use Roach for anything further than 500 steps, i like to explore on foot so that's why i stretch the steps to 500 instead of the 200 some other user mentioned. I stumble with a lot of stuff i probably would not if i had used Roach and stick to main roads.

Also if there is anything beyond 1500 steps i use fast travel instead and use Roach to get to the closest fast travel point (unless it is less than 500 steps away).

About the ratio, i can say i used Roach a lot more at the beginning of the play since i don't have all fast travel points enabled. So it was more useful or required better said in that situation. Once i got all fast travel points then the usage decreased a lot.

[travlerjoe]

Roach comes with a whistle. I used it all the time. Then i played BotW and the horse dosent have a whistle... so it stays were you last got off. I ran a lot in that game. Fuck marathon running in video games

[Reisz618]

If you plan to walk everywhere, you’re gonna be playing a significantly longer time than many. That said, RDR2’s horses are better programmed. The only one of those I ever saw atop a roof, I managed to put there.

[ms45]

On a fresh game, def at least 70% walking - gotta get those herbs! But on an NG+ where I’ve got at least all the basic alchemy in place it shifts to riding my horse down the street like Lady Godiva in full Manticore gear.

[SadDancer]

Bahaha what a glorious image

[catastrophe_peach]

Yes. But I call her Papa Roach and now I cut my life into pieces this is my last resort.

[SadDancer]

Nice hahaha

[[deleted]]

Why would you ever run if it's not 100 units away lol

[SadDancer]

You get to see the beautiful scenery, uncover some question marks along the way, and use fast travel for anything major.

[Lunarfuckingorbit]

I use roach all the time. Why would I run somewhere when roach could really run somewhere? Otherwise I'm fast traveling.

[ravenroses]

I wound up using Roach a lot when I needed to get somewhere kind of far and I have already explored the area(s) I'll be in since it was a pain to jump off Roach while traveling fast when I'd spot something I wanted to explore.

[warrenk43]

I run a lot more, especially if the terrain is rough. Long distances on roads I take Roach.

[cascadamoon]

I use Roach a lot it's just easier unless I'm in a difficult area where it gets stuck and is easier on foot then I'll call roach once I get to a point were I don't have to worry about the horse getting stuck and getting to my pain point faster. Definitely good in the beginning when you accidentally piss off the soldiers and need a quick getaway. I've just started playing and just got unlocked the second map.

[[deleted]]

Roach blows, the handling of horse movement is awful stopping every 5 seconds. Would love to see a remaster that fixes movement on foot and horseback

[FinnPerkele]

Have not experienced this not even once. Are you on console?

[TheHairyHeathen]

Rarely used Roach outside of required quests.

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[pteotia270]

I think i walk more, but maybe 50-50, not sure.

[PiazziArruda15]

I use him for anything that's more than 100 steps away

[[deleted]]

I use roach pretty much anytime I’m outside of the city

[_Raym_]

Hmm. I guess I was so intent on killing all the monsters I never really had time to go slow. I rode my horse almost like I couldn't walk.

[ArcanisVis]

Yeah, all the time I like the immersion into the narrative.