Single player desperately needed!!!!

I just started really getting into the game and as a single father ive burnt dinner several times, find myself getting angry when my kids interrupt my session. All this is because of the PvP nature of the game. I need to worry about losing my ship and all my loot, I try to remember oh go turn off the stove in 30 minutes then someone starts chasing me for an hour. Then if I go afk to actually perform my fatherly duties I might get kicked from the game for being gone to long and lose everything but I also cant afford the 10-15 minutes to get to an outpost and sell depending on where I am at.

The entire opening reads as a person who needs to get their priorities in order. Its not the games fault you burnt dinner, like honestly. I am a single dude who doesn't live in Ma and Pa's basement. You don't see me burning dinner, you may wonder why? Due to the fact that I just focus on dinner rather than play something I can't walk away from. This can be said about many other games. Ranked matches in League or Overwatch, or any other multiplayer game.

I love the game but it seems like its made for single kids who dont have jobs and still live in their parents basements, or streamers whos job it is to play all day and have no other real world responsibilities.

You claim the game is for everyone but due to the long session nature of the game it seems to exclude people who actually have responsibilities.

Man this reads as bitter resentment towards your peers. Plenty of us have responsibilities and still find time to play. Many of us are Adults with full time jobs with familial responsibilities. Welcome to adulthood, the world doesn't stop because of your life decisions. You purchased a multiplayer game, what else can you expect from it?

I feel your pain. I can't count the times I've had to make an agonizing decision to end a session that's run too long. These days, as a solo player, going afk for any amount of time can spell ruin; either by straight up PvP, PvE, or worse IMO, your ship gets infested with tuckers.

After having this discussion somewhere else on the forums, I wonder if a single-player/co-op version of this game would be the answer.

A completely separate, Linear, SoT experience for those who want it. No crossover of gold, rep and commendations. Just Tall Tales, PvE and Voyages. They could tier the Tall Tales, requiring certain levels to be reached before you could set out on them. Again: there would be no crossover from this version to standard, open world SoT, which should calm those worried about others gaming the system.

Most importantly, this would allow for a PAUSE and SAVE feature.

Why not allow more people to enjoy the game? If it's separate from the Multiplayer game with no crossover? I could see myself enjoying both versions: Multiplayer when I have my crew, and Single-player when I'm on a tight schedule or solo.

@nabberwar heres a thing i would like to say to you its hard for many people to play that game during all this yeah sure your fine with your stuff bur he probably has more problems to deal with while you dont have much just let him be

@xx-mirth-xx before i say anything i have fun pvping alot as well and everyone needs to learn it at some point even this guy but heres two things

private server for friends without the benefits or limited amount of money would be fun as you can make story videos or have battles with friends like from pirates of the Caribbean and second of all some sort of single player mode sounds like fun like some sort of story mode type thing cause many people would love to play the game but cant because of them not having xbox live or internet to play it on so their would be something else they could play as well as a version of multiplayer thats harder for single players after the story so when they do get xbox live and play with others they get the grind and stuff over with and learn the ways of the game faster without delay

The game was literally made for the pvp and pve together, stop campaigning to change it into something it's never wanted to be. The pvp crowd aren't the only ones against it, the developers are against it too. You want pve only, play around in the maiden voyage and the ferry.

@FormlessZulu515

Sounds like you need to reprioritize your life. If PvP causes you to rage at your kids, then stay away from the other ships or play when the kids aren't around, or in bed. Rubber bands are the anti-AFK for me. I'd try them if I were you. The majority of us do have responsibilities, and we take care of them before we play.

Didn't even read this. I raised two by myself. The oldest is now 27 and the youngest is 23. Manchild has a daughter who will be 2 on the 19th and both live with me.

You know what I dont or didn't do while kids under my charge are awake? Play video games. The priorities are yours, not Rare's.

@formlesszulu515 Sounds like you need to choose the most trustworthy of your spawn to become First Mate and tend to the ship while you have RL duties to perform.
Though be careful, I taught my 11 year old step-son how to play and now he's more bloodthirsty than I in PvP and gets carried away barking orders at me. LOL, though he still hasn't learned not to bring a Boom barrel back to the ship if I am still on board.

I have two Jobs, own home, not married and pay my own bills. Yet I still find time to play this game, solo slooping and all.

So yeah, that argument at the beginning is invaild.
It is tho, "Teen" not "E" for Everyone :p

I'm against the idea for Single Player, because...it will remove a lot of gameplay for single players.

• FOTD? Forget about it as you need to kill a player to get the Pink Light.
• Never knowing who will appear, friend or foe and either offer a hand or take you on in a fight.
• Looting....

Seems to me, you have your own Life issues to manage and sadly, shouldnt bother with this type of game if you cant even recall to turn off a stove or cook.
AFK is in every video game and most online ones will kick you, to make room for those who aren't.

@formlesszulu515 +1 for no separate PVE. I'm a dad of two young kids and the best part of my night is stealthily avoiding grief while I undertake quests.

@formlesszulu515

Giving SoT a single player option would kill the thrill and point of this game. Sorry mate, but if you want single player pirate action, there are plenty of other titles like assassins creed pirate title. SoT isn't for everyone, and interaction with other players is vital to the core of the games principals. Sail Together matey! See you AFK on the open seas me harty!

@formlesszulu515 no

Singleplayer with progression would create a farming server where players can get loot with no risk.

It would change the game as people would farm when after loot and then go online to fight..

Adventure mode would turn ultra hostile because everyone sailing is there to fight and not collect loot...because why collect loot online with risk when you can do it risk free? Right?

Because of this it wouldnt work.
Not unless its totally seperate and have zero progression.
However, then there would be no point in getting loot.

So its unlikely going to happen because of this.

Also remember, 50% of the value of the loot is the risk of loosing it. It feels so much better to cash it in after a hard chase or battle. :)

I used to think that Rare should never add a PVE server but my mind has changed on that topic, and this is why when in adventure mode on PC server it is dead we will go for hours without seeing anyone just stacking loot with never any issues at all no one is playing on pc servers any more thanks to the streamers and pvp players have pushed the pve players to xbox only servers so the game is really dead now on the pc servers, so why not just add a pvp server with a ton of ships so ppl can go at it non stop and a pve server to do the other stuff mainly for the new players in the game to build up, arena just isn't pushing pvp anymore its just ppl who farm ships where is the fun in that, Rare needs to do something I keep running into the same ppl over and over again on the pc servers its getting old and the streamers are not helping the problem they are part of it, Rare is going to have to change something Steam isn't going to bring a lot of new players they just play a few times then off to something else as they just get annoyed with the game, the game is so boring anymore on the pc server thanks to everyone always killing the new players when I see a new player to the game I always do my best to help them and even have given them all my loot to show them the game is fun to play

PvP is part of this game. If that is too much for you to handle then maybe PvPvE games are not for you.

I assure you I am not a single kid living in my moms basement. Actually even if I wanted to live in my moms basement I could no since she lives in an apartment. I am an adult who owns their own home and has my own life responsibilities and I have no issues with how the game is. Also not a streamer, even though I have had people tell me I should be however I play games for the fun of gaming, not to make a career out of it.

Do I run into people who take this game waaaay too serious? Yes. Do I run into the occasional sweat who has seemingly made a full time job out of playing this game and being a D-bag (the two are not correlated though lets be honest they are most likely a D-bag in all areas of life, cant blame SOT)? Yes. That is any game however, not just this one. As far as hour long ship chases, to me that is so fun, I love when people chase after me. If you do not it is going past an hour scuttle your ship. If you have treasure do outpost drives by's first. You should not have that much treasure on your boat if you are solo'ing it.

As far as getting kicked for being AFK, that is one thing in games that does annoy me but they do it because people try to AFK to exploit the game. One thing you can do if you will be gone for a few minutes is try spinning in circles.

@xx-mirth-xx true they could definitely have it so if you want to play tje story mode with other players sailing around as well at the same time