And this is why ships run from other ships

@purplemajic I see that @CallMeBackdrafT beat me to the punch. It's abuse to verbally abuse people and use game mechanics to hunt people down over and over etc.

While from your side the fix is simple: Scuttle ship and stay away from that area or simply server hop. I'd have to ask you to raise a ticket because the abuse these people give (if your story is as I read it) is just punishable.

I can totally understand a few spawn killing to get a ship sunk or to loot supplies, but to spawn kill to rub it in on people that there are better players out there is just a huge no for me.
It's also a really rare occurence and not the norm, so no the game didn't change since april 2018, the general public also didn't change, you just didn't meet this particular breed because they're not everywhere.

Id love to see a Navy faction and a Pirate or Rogue faction in SoT. Something to help differentiate the PvPers from the casuals

@uribedh said in And this is why ships run from other ships:

Id love to see a Navy faction and a Pirate or Rogue faction in SoT. Something to help differentiate the PvPers from the casuals

There are plenty of "PvPers" who are "casual" and plenty of "PvEers" who are not.

As for a faction, there already is one, the Sea Dogs (regardless of the reality of Arena, a lot of Sea Dog commendations are aimed at PvP)

@realstyli What I meant with factions was to allow the choice of a joinable alliance when you entered adventure mode. Players of the same "game alliance" would not be able to hurt each other. Something like the Rogue or Pirate "game alliance" would just mean a free for all group with no actual guarantee of player protection. I don't mean to create a specific server or game mode to separate players, instead, more so to establish an indicator for friend or foe

Edit: It's a complicated mess to articulate what I'm picturing in my head

@uribedh Pray tell what magic would prevent one from hurting another crew in a game where it's even possible to hurt your own crew and ship?

Also, why do people want to have factions and systems in place to tell people how to play the game. Accept and respect the freedom sea of thieves gives us.

@hynieth Why not? Let's split the community between pirates and sailors. The Merchant Alliance has potential to become something great, with the right lore. Why are there no Merchant Navy ships police-ing the seas from piracy? Id love to see something like that. The British Navy hunted down piracy in the Caribbean, why not have that here in SoT? It would lead to some sick fleet battles. You can trust a pirate to be dishonest and to double cross their own, but not the Navy, cus they ain't pirates

@uribedh I'm against any setting that would prevent two crews in an alliance from hurting one another. Even if we leave aside the delicious double cross, it leads to balance issues. The only advantage a single ship has against an alliance of two is the confusion that can be created in an alliance. Such as the ease of accidentally killimg your alliance members in melee, or being able to get one alliance ship to accidentally fire on the other. Removing this makes alliances way overpowered, and since pvp is a core and accepted part of the game, it would be unfair to disadvantage players who choose the pirate faction.

@uribedh I'll give you an example of why not:
At this moment in time I can roleplay a pirate who is nasty and kills for loot. Hunts down all ships and sinks everyone he comes across.

I can roleplay a passive pirate who politely asks everyone to leave him alone.

I can roleplay a protector of the seas patrolling the seas to hunt down pirates and kill those nasty pirates who hurt others.

If you railroad people into picking sides I can't do that anymore. Because I'm FORCED to do either one or the other, I cant switch it up, I cant choose to honor or break an alliance because magic prevents me from damaging others?
It's honstly quite baffeling how people just can't see that what makes Sea of Thieves great is the freedom it gives you, it doesn't limit you to either attacking one or the other faction it gives you the freedom to choose.

Why are people offended by everything

@mc-leggers I am downright offended you lump me in with "people"

@badassfro said in And this is why ships run from other ships:

@mc-leggers I am downright offended you lump me in with "people"

I'm offended this guy thinks pirate legend means you are good at combat, guess he hasn't realized how easy it is to get now and how it has absolutely nothing to do with your pvp skills lol

Been playing since the Beta, I’ve been a PL since last July, I love this game. This is the most toxic community I’ve ever been a part of though. Even the forums are full of nasty people. If this commentary doesn’t apply to you, that’s great, hope to see you on the seas and enjoy a friendly alliance with you or a sportsman-like rivalry. The toxic players know who they are and immediately get butt-hurt when called out. Unfortunately, this is most likely, not going to change. As for the boarding/spawn killing. A good mechanic would be retractable ladders from the deck only. It will add a nice “passive” defensive aspect for the ship with a downside if you get knocked off. It would also make ship to ship combat more interesting. It won’t be the same old tired META and would drastically cut down on this type of toxic gameplay.

@whyo people would still be able to fire themselves onto your ship even with out ladders. Even more importantly however clumsy pirates such as myself would not be able to quickly hop back on their boats haha. Would need to sort out some sort of solution for that other than having to swim away from the boat to get to my mermaid.

@bootmaclir that’s the thing, no one is saying you have to utilize it. If knocked you’d have to use a mermaid, that sucks. That’s the trade off. It’s an option for those who may be a bit more sure footed 😎 j/k. I personally would utilize it and can honestly say that I have never had someone land on my ship from a cannon shot, let alone having multiple land from the same crew. Most likely, because they can just board freely. Having lowered ladders invites others to climb them. I’m saying give the option to the player.

There was a lot of uproar yesterday after the dev video with players freaking out. I think this is definitely what they are looking to end specifically. Fortunately we have only had it happen to us (my crew) a couple times but it makes you want to quit entirely. I'm sure there are just some who are unlucky enough to have it happen more frequently. I'm also sure the regular PvP folks will be just fine as long as they keep it sporting and not a situation like this instance.

@Whyo I would be more than willing to test it. Perhaps they could give me a bigger ship so I stay on it..

@mc-leggers said in And this is why ships run from other ships:

@badassfro said in And this is why ships run from other ships:

@mc-leggers I am downright offended you lump me in with "people"

I'm offended this guy thinks pirate legend means you are good at combat, guess he hasn't realized how easy it is to get now and how it has absolutely nothing to do with your pvp skills lol

I can attest to this. PL10 for over a year, and I am trash at PVP.

Should have just scuttled the ship. That stops that right there.

@purplemajic hats off to you my friend. That must have been quite the surprise.