Banking, The Old American Art

The members of the van der Linde Gang wear masks that match their preferences/races.

Examples:

Micah = Red

Lenny = Orange

Charles = Native American Indian

Javier = Mexican with a mustache

Mission: Banking, the Old American Art.

Blackwater Robbery and Saint Denis Robbery. Had gone badly wrong in the campaign. Pinkertons had Blackwater in lockdown and the Van Der Linde had fled. Even Hosea and Lenny died, the gang was finished. Hosea was the voice of reason. Lenny was the future. Dutch went crazy and really starts to go downhill and lose it after. I BEEN THINKING that Micah is a rat so he snitch to the Pinkertons and bring the law on the gang.

In the bank robbery mission cutscene at Shady Belle, Hosea says it's better to rob the bank during the day.

Do you think the bank robbery would've gone better if it was performed at night? Factors such as less number of eyewitnesses, streets and roads not being busy and less brightness could've made some difference.

Your thoughts?

Was the assault on his mansion what allowed the Pinkerton to learn about the gang’s presence and therefore the root cause of the failure of the Saint Denis bank robbery, or it did it simply remove another of the gang’s enemies from the city and help them, with the Pinkertons intervening in the bank robbery due to other reasons? (Bearing in mind that Micah only became a mole after Guarma, not before, according to Milton).

Was Bronte’s death an example of when Dutch broke his “revenge is a fool’s game” mantra? If so, does this suggest that it was why the bank robbery failed?

Within the gang, Hosea was always against killing Bronte, while John blamed the decision to go after Bronte as why the bank robbery failed. On the other hand, Dutch wanted to go after Bronte all along and never said afterwards that it was a mistake (bear in mind that he is generally very reluctant to admit failure). Arthur thinks similarly to Dutch on this, though to a lesser extent.

It's either Hosea is able to convince Dutch that going after Bronte isn't the best option, or Arthur sides with Hosea and agrees that going after Bronte will only cause more problems for the gang. Would the bank robbery in Saint Denis be a disaster like in the main story or would it go well and the gang is able to escape to Tahiti or Australia. What do you guys think would happen if Dutch did not go after Bronte?