What's Your Fastest Way To Get XP?

With the Rockstar XP challenge going on, it's the perfect time to share how to rack up XP in Red Dead Redemption. Here's some tips but feel free to add your own opinions! Newbies take note!

1. Be An Expert - Hardcore game modes will give you bonus XP for completing hideouts or other matches. The downside is you'll be using Expert aim so newbies might not fare too well.
2. Do Pike's Basin - Experienced players know Pike's Basin yields the most XP of the multiplayer hideouts. You can get near 2400XP and complete it under 7 minutes if you get good at it - which you will, by doing it over and over again.
3. Kill EVERYBODY - Each non-playable character is worth a little XP. Authorities trying to subdue you after getting a bounty are worth more. Other players are worth plenty more. Take out each and every person you come across in the Red Dead Redemption landscape. A good Public Enemy run can give you a good amount of XP.
4. Pick Enemies Apart - For any enemy you come across, disarm them and shoot off their hat for a couple extra points. The downside is that this can be time consuming, especially with Expert aim.
5. Chain Kill - Get extra XP from chaining kills together. For the newbies, it's the number in a green circle top-right. You have a short time to kill the next enemy and keep the chain going.
6. Complete Challenges - Every online challenge gives some XP. Stat challenges and Free Roam challenges have some easy ones to rack up XP. If you've already done them, you'll need to pass through Legend (level 50) to get them again.
7. Play During Double XP - Rockstar likes to give us double XP weekends here and there. Take part to level up twice as fast!

So what do you do? Free Roam? A certain game mode? Share your thoughts of the best way to get XP in the comments below or tweet it to our twitter!