In Sea of Thieves there are only 4 weapons at our disposal. The Cutlass, pistol, blunderbuss and Eye of Reach. In my opinion this has lead to repetitive PvPvE combat. Therefore in this post I hope to change that.
- The Boarding Axe. Gone are the days of getting a face full of shot when you climb up the ladder. This new handy dandy weapon will allow you too board enemy vessels with ease allowing you to plunder and cease that precious gold or silver. As you will need both hands wielding an axe to board an enemy vessel; the Boarding Axe will take up both weapon slots. The Boarding Axe though being slower than the cutlass in striking speed; its damage output is greater. It has a larger parrying range as you are using both hands thus making it a good offence and defense weapon.
- The Rapier. The days of slashing are over; poking and jabbing is the new fighting style! In combat the Rapier is much more light weight and maneuverable than the cutlass allowing the combater to become much more agile. Due to the Rapiers light weight nature sword dashing is much more reliable; though on the other hand Parrying range is much smaller due to how thin the blade is.
- The Dagger. Bigger doesn't always mean better. Like the Rapier the Dagger allows the user to become much more agile than before. While wielding the dagger you still have the ability to parry but it is much less reliable than the bigger weapons. But, if you are able to successfully parry all three attacks in the melee combo you will be able to land a counter attack.
- The Grenade. (a.k.a. Smokepot or Grenadoe) When all else fails: explosions. This new Sub-Weapon will be used to damage enemy pirates upon detonation. Talk amongst the tavern goers states that it may cause damage to the ship; but by golly if that's true that would be much to overpowered for my liking. Thus I must strictly say that it is used for pirate damage only. Due to the restraint it pirate pockets everyone is strictly forced to the carrying capacity of One Grenade only! so make it count! also, I might add; due to our mischievous ways as pirates. You must prepare the grenade manually; which takes a minimum of 5 seconds to do so. Thus preventing mass hysteria among the enemy crew.
I tried to make it so that each weapon had an ability. The Boarding Axe allows pirates to scale ships without the need of the ladder. The Rapier allows pirates to sword dash faster as its light weight and more maneuverable: and the dagger has the ability to counter attack if wielded successfully. Also if you want to bring up the Cutlass and its special ability; I would say its the Sword swim. One last thing; the Grenade is a Sub-Weapon; It doesn't deserve special effects.
