seaofthieves.com/ Sea of Thieves is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios for Microsoft Windows (10 only) and Xbox One.
Sea of Thieves is cross-play compatible with Windows 10 and Xbox One, so you can play with people on both.
Second for RIP death tax. Also, big update tomorrow.
Andrew Gutierrez
The death tax is asinine. Why get treasure when assholes in big ships come and bombard you for no reason? Not only do I have no money but now I owe gold for wanting to respawn?! Rare is shooting themselves in the foot for even thinking about this. If anything they need to punish players for attacking others at outposts.
Matthew Powell
whats the big update? im assuming its not just maintenance
Brody Scott
I know this is bait but the obvious point of. It didn't make you lose money if it was PvP it was exclusively pve deaths that gave you a death tax.
You'd think for a game with the objective of grinding cosmetics they would have put more variations into boats. Half the boat accessories we were shown are not featured, I suppose they're available at legendary pirate, though none of the ones that are missing looked any more spectacular.
Brody Roberts
Unless they changed it, I think you do not get charged for dying in pvp.
Charles Long
>tfw satisfied with how my character looks Now for the long grind for ship cosmetics
>One piece of additional feedback we've seen is around a proposed change listed in our release notes last week, and we've heard the sentiment there, so I can confirm that Death Cost is, well, dead. Thanks for the feedback here. We're listening. We did it reddit!
Wyatt Turner
They had to add an addendum in a Discord post saying you don't get taxed for PvP deaths, but the damage was already done, and people weren't on board.
Carter Jones
show pirate
Oliver Gonzalez
yep its dead anyways atleast the community can change rare but thats what rare has said all along, basically theyre developing along with the community's ideas from what ive seen
>no major content updates playerbase sinking faster than a galleon full of gunpowder
David Bell
>we are very aware of the topic of persistent player griefing (repeatedly being attacked by the same ships or players). We are discussing what short-term fixes we can make, and what slightly more involved fixes we will prioritise. If you get ganked once while turning in your stuff, shit happens. If you're getting ganked repeatedly, that's an issue.
They're running triage on the launch problems, and they've said several times that substantial content updates won't be for a little while.
Angel Rivera
this just happened >Wrapping up the session as a Sloop >ship is offloaded, decide to go over to the skeleton outpost that people have been fighting over for 20 mins >As we go, the skull disappears >We head off the Galleon, they cant do sails well so we can gain on them >They orbit the island and we do it better while destroying them >Hear over local comms, "Two high level guys are after us!" >absolutely devastate them, then we jump overboard and kill the people who are trying to ghostride their galleon to drop off treasure, and cash theirs in >The Galleon that the first galleon was fighting at the outpost shows up >Now its a 10 person, 3 way fight >slaughter everyone >Steal the galleon as they're on the island, smash it into rocks and sink it youtube.com/watch?v=yWOHtHXuGLk
If you are being chased it is 100% legit strategy for one of the crew to jump to the sea and wait for the chasing ship to come by and then try boarding it? Fuck this fucking game. I'm so glad I didn't pay for it.
Julian White
You're dumb. Can you not see a name bobbing in the water? Just swerve and leave them stranded and if they climb on, blunderbuss them at point blank.
Could someone explain to me how this is a good marketing tactic? You can explore the whole game in less than 5 hours, why would anyone even consider buying the game after having access to it for 14 days?????????
PSA: If you defeat a skeleton fort, and grab the key you MUST use the key at that specific fort. I just wasted an hour of my time running away from 4 galleons with the key just to find out the treasure doesn't spawn at other forts.
Adrian Howard
You can't see the name if they are submerged you fucking mong. And if you swerve they just lose time and speed and they just teleport back to their ship with the mermaid and do it again.
If you die or are left behind on the sea you need to respawn at the nearest Outpost.
Angel White
Why are you suprised by this? You can jump out of your boat at any time, and you can grab onto the ladder of any ship. Ergo, you can climb onto a ship chasing behind you if they're close enough that you can grab their ladder.
Thomas Roberts
we're all playing it ironically to make you angry, fag
Leo Cruz
Or you can drop explosive barrels off the back of your ship Or you can take the barrels directly to them, either by boarding them, or swimming it into their hull Or you can turn and fight them Or you can do an anchor turn to quickly U turn to behind them, forcing them to either turn manually and lose a huge amount of time and distance, or also anchor turn and be slower than you at it
Joshua Miller
On the bright side, you denied EVERYONE the treasure.
Landon Morgan
Well sure, but getting to respawn back to your ship is fucking retarded mechanic.
Julian Nelson
It's fun
Ethan Harris
You sound like you're just terrible at the game, jesus christ. Learn how to sail and boarders are a non-issue. Stop piloting your sloop into rocks.
Tyler Brooks
The game does everything possible to minimize the separation between pirate and ship at all times. That's why the ship is a respawn point when you're out in the wild. The only time you respawn at an outpost is when your ship is at dock for any reason.
Parker Turner
Can't you fucking read? The problem is that the ship that is running away can do so eternally and use cheap tricks like jumping ship to harass the chasing ship.
Carson Miller
> Learn how to sail and boarders are a non-issue.
How the fuck is a chasing ship supposed to catch up to someone ever?
>The game does everything possible to minimize the separation between pirate and ship at all times. That's why the ship is a respawn point when you're out in the wild. The only time you respawn at an outpost is when your ship is at dock for any reason.
This is shitty design.
James Gutierrez
Because the game has a great foundation but lack of content. So instead of getting a bunch of people pissed they spent money on it they get a bunch of people who may buy it after they add more content. Most people who try it on gamepass will probably like it but maybe not enough to buy it. If in 6 months they hear about more content being added some of those people may buy it. It's actually pretty smart if you think about it.
Dylan Torres
>dropping shit as a solo off at plunder's outpost >see a sloop >I wont sink him and maybe he wont bother me >get all my chest turned in and some dude takes pot shots at me with a rifle >fuck it >pull my anchor up and let her rip >hes on shore while I sink his fucking sloop >sloop sinks and I do donuts on my boat playing music while he takes pot shots at the shore literally what was he thinking?
Robert Howard
>cheap tricks Not in MY pirate game!
It's legitimate. You know you can also cannon yourself onto the ship you're perusing and drop their anchor, turn their sails and wheel, eat their bananas and steal their planks?
Camden King
>This is shitty design. Getting killed when your ship is docked just offshore and being teleported to the nearest outpost with your ship, forcing you to sail back to the island you died at, is even worse design.
Isaiah Harris
Where do you think people should spawn then?
The chasing ship has tons of things also available to them, if the Galleon is chasing a Sloop, they can do so at a pretty distant angle so that boarders cant swim over, or apply tacking so you're even in the angle for fire in cannonball range. If your idea of a chasing maneuver is to point at them and go, you're a fucking amoeba. git gud
Grayson Hall
>discord.gg/hycfgZt anyone wanna do a 2 man sloop or 4 man galleon? I am in the discord, my name is memelord69
Kayden Butler
Being a better sailor. Me and my buddy chase down galleons all the time in our sloop. Likewise we also escape galleons all the time.
Most people are too retarded to realize how much speed you lose if you lose the wind on even one sail for even 10 seconds. On top of that predict their movements and try to cut them off as they turn.
In terms of a galleon I have no clue because I played as a galleon once and hated it. I'm sure it's similar to what I said about sloops tho.
David Parker
I've been rerolling galleon crews for the last hour. Everyone is so hopeless at this game, I'm grateful for when I manage to get a full crew of competent friends on but its usually only late at night for an hour or 2.
Benjamin Ramirez
>It's legitimate. You know you can also cannon yourself onto the ship you're perusing and drop their anchor, turn their sails and wheel, eat their bananas and steal their planks?
Having abusable spawn mechanics is fucking disgusting and bad game design. Period.
Shooting yourself from the cannon atleast makes some sense as you cannot shoot cannons directly ahead or behind you. So if you want to board the enemy ship that way you have to sacrifice speed to angle your own ship to be able to use your cannons.
Lucas Phillips
You shouldn't harass people if you don't like being harrassed.
Logan Parker
trump did ruined this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG dude BRO WHAT the HECK were they thinking about the spawns?!?!!?!?!?!? OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack Richardson
>Abloo Abloo ablooo, people who have tons of tricks available to them are using the easiest one on me and I keep falling for it! >Game must be broken!
Jaxon Lee
>Rare listens to the worst fans >loudest complaint (besides muh content) is 3-man Galleons are pathetically outmatched >Rebbit might actually get us the 3-man Schooner we all keep hoping for
He wasn't, you're sailing an ocean full of children and pothead dudebros.
Leo Butler
>Getting killed when your ship is docked just offshore and being teleported to the nearest outpost with your ship, forcing you to sail back to the island you died at, is even worse design.
>death should have no consequence, wah wah wah
All a Sloop has to do to successfully outrun a galleon is to point the ship directly against the wind. Galleon is physically unable to sail faster than a Sloop against the wind even if they use tacking.
Julian Perry
Is the idea of a Schooner a problem? Seriously, I wanna know.
Camden Sanchez
Death is absolutely a consequence in this game. Unless you've got friends on your boat, your shit is completely defenseless until you get back. That time you're waiting is plenty of time for a rival pirate to sink your boat or run it aground and take your stuff.
Jaxson Ortiz
literally one of the most unintelligent moves I've ever witnessed
Jeremiah Jackson
Not gonna lie, a Schooner would be nice. I have 2 friends on as often as I have 3 and being short-manned on a galleon is suffering. People are generally pretty bad at working the sails.
Christopher Young
a 3man themed schooner sounds rad as shit >you can que maybe as 2-4 people >Faster than sloop, more agile than Galleon Comfy
Evan Smith
>You know you can also cannon yourself onto the ship you're perusing
if you're going the same speed as them how are you going to be able to shoot someone on board without losing ground?
Destroying every other crew is funny enough in a 4 man but my friend and I have been sent into hysterics at how hard we've destroyed every sloop and galleon we've come across. It's so easy to bully all the poor goobers in this game.
Juan Ramirez
90% of people who try it won't buy it ever if they haev a bad initial experience
Andrew Brooks
Would look better without the hat
Luis Cruz
Well, now Rare knows by this point that a three-man galleon is practically untenable, worse than a solo sloop, because there's just too much to do on a galleon for three people.
Ayden Ortiz
Any arguments beyond memeing?
Caleb Edwards
Simple try the game for first 14 days. After the majority of 14 days freebies are gone they are gonna do the first big content update so people are forced to pay to play.
Lucas Cooper
preorder gloves gotta go
Noah Morris
Turning when you can get wind and taking a wide path is often faster than going head on. If you're chasing effectively you will have plenty of opportunities to to fire cannons at the ship you're perusing. if you're following directly behind them regardless of the wind you need to unironically get good.
Isaac Wood
In the Golden Banana quest, there was a bit where they hinted at the idea of a Schooner
Noah Wright
anyone pls wanna queue up for a sloop or galleon ?
Christopher Davis
>Golden Banana quest wat
Jeremiah Morris
>first big content update >ever going to happen You guys are far gone with your delusion it's almost more sad than funny.
I kept saying during the alpha "they need to test 3-man galleons" but they never did till the last couple scale tests THE FOOLS, WHY DIDN'T THEY LISTEN THE FOOLS
It's an interesting game alone. More thrilling and dangerous than in a group and also comfy.
Jonathan Bell
IRL contest to earn a set of 24k gold plated bananas.
Ayden Hernandez
But most people are not having a bad initial experience as far as I can tell most people are having a good to great initial experience but the problem is that experience doesn't last long enough so they will quit. Then months later they will hear about all the new stuff that gets added and some of them will say "oh man that game was so much fun, now that there is new stuff I'll try it again" and if they add a sale on top of that they will be able to get some of those 14 dayers to become payers.
I'm not saying it'll work but the idea is solid and I won't be shocked if it does work.
Adam Morgan
youtube.com/watch?v=sa9cj_K20TA Sea of thieves did a big ARG contest with a bunch of little easter egg riddles and shit, and in one of the small bits they tossed a reference to schooners
Aiden Reyes
doubt they will release any significant content after release if the game is bringing millions of loss
Thomas Barnes
Even no man's sky has had content patches. You need better bait.
Nolan Thompson
Because you're nobody.
Eli Ortiz
is this why gears general died? from rampant shitposter?
Dylan Thomas
That's true. It all comes down to whether Microsoft has faith in this game or not.
If it's making a loss they'll have to add mt to recoup that so either way content is coming.
Ryan Martin
This, I saw a notable increase in BF1 players on Xbox once they released Revolution edition, I imagine it converted a bunch of EAaccess trial players
Joseph Kelly
>Turning when you can get wind and taking a wide path is often faster than going head on
not really. as much as I would like traditional sailing to be effective in this game, zig-zagging behind an enemy going into wind just isn't that useful. that and you usually only get one shot at sneaking a dude on board via cannon before they start watching the ladders. Also assuming the crews on either ship are equal, you aren't going to be able to just kstyle around the ship and survive forever like you can against shitters.
also from what i've noticed, players shot from cannons dont inherit the forward inertia from the boat they're on, unlike cannonballs.
Jaxson Sullivan
Its the same concept as an open beta. Devs say it's to test bugs and shit but it's all a marketing tactic. It's effective and it works.
John Adams
this game should've been a mod for Minecraft instead.
Grinding Souls quests solo is cancer but so is playing with incompetent randoms.
Jaxon Hernandez
Mind blown how similar SoT is to Minecraft, now that I think about it.
Elijah Thompson
Shit I'd like to see:
Ghost Ship random encounter. Impossible to board. You need to have skilled gunners and sailors to take the ghost ship on in ship to ship combat (the cannonballs hit the non-corporeal ship, it's a game).
Different types of cannonball. The main ball deals great damage to the structure of the ship. Chain balls will damage the sails, limiting the manouverability of the enemy. Grape-shot cannon balls are no real use against ships, but deal greater damage to beings, like skelemen and pirates.
Improved Kraken fight. Tentacles attacking the ship. After defeating a number of tentacles, the head of the Kraken will pop up somewhere off the ship. You have to turn your ship to point cannons at it to deal true damage. Repeat.
There may be other things that could flesh the game out some more, but those are all that come to mind ATM.
Angel Hill
I just want private invite slots. So I could try to solo sail a galleon