Useful pets? Go fetch! No P2W

  • Panda Pirate923
    Commander
    Insider
    Founder

    EDIT: Perhaps give the ship a generic pet "Aside from the cosmetic pets" so it's not pay to win?

    Pets! They are cute, but can they be useful?
    Hear me out, I'm not sugesting anything over powered here by any means, but really now, decent loot is stupid easy to find already.

    What if we could send a ship pet out to find treasure for about 10-15 mins and return it to the ship? And if that seems like too much of an advantage then perhaps only the captain could send a pet and not the whole crew.

    Great loot would obviously be super rare, and could be determined thru percentages such as the example with the dog bones.

    Dogs: Find skulls and planks
    65% Small stack of planks
    20% Foul skulls
    10% Hateful skulls
    5% Villainous skulls

    Birds: Find keys, small gold hoarder treasures and gems

    Monkeys: Finds chests, cargo and fruits

    Cats: Finds multiple fish and different meats.

    Perhaps the loot could be placed in a pets loot container on the ship?

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  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    useful is pay to win

  • Ninja Naranja
    Champion
    Insider

    It’s a cool idea but Rare has stated that pets are just cosmetic only.

  • BurnBacon
    Vanguard
    Insider

    How about they make it so we can toss a bone or toy for them to chase? If a skeleton appears they run away like normal.

    The toy would be maybe
    Dogs: Plank
    Cat: fish
    Monkey: banana
    Bird: coconut

  • GipperSeaDog
    Master

    My Idea would be for the dogs go an island with you and protect you from the skeletons while you dig up your treasure.
    You: "Git the Skelly boy, ATTACK!"
    Dog: "Grrrrrr"
    No more skelly..

  • PithyRumble
    Sailor
    Insider

    All the pets equipped at the same time as an audio deterrent!

  • MostExpendable
    Lord
    Insider

    I wish. Simple solution to every single P2w argument. Give everyone a default pet as part of a season reward. Sorted. Now we can get on with upgrading pets please?

  • PithyRumble
    Sailor
    Insider

    But then no one will buy pets?

  • Lovelocc
    Lord
    Insider

    So you want to make pets a tool for people who are too lazy to explore.
    That is actually P2W, see this like this : Pets are like shanties and grog, it's just a for fun feature to add to your immersion, give you someone to be with 24/7 and share you adventures, your little companion.
    I think it's good enough like it is right now

  • MostExpendable
    Lord
    Insider

    @pithyrumble said in Useful pets? Go fetch! No P2W:

    But then no one will buy pets?

    If pets are upgraded to be useful, presumably the kick-on effect will be that they’re equipped more. Which would lead to eventual boredom with the “default” pet. And more spending on fancy new pets…

    That’s my logic anyhow.
    Default useful pets for all! And ship battles filled with eclectic animals everywhere!

  • Greengrimz
    Marauder

    Why do so many among us want to put pets to labour?

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    @mostexpendable said in Useful pets? Go fetch! No P2W:

    @pithyrumble said in Useful pets? Go fetch! No P2W:

    But then no one will buy pets?

    If pets are upgraded to be useful, presumably the kick-on effect will be that they’re equipped more. Which would lead to eventual boredom with the “default” pet. And more spending on fancy new pets…

    That’s my logic anyhow.
    Default useful pets for all! And ship battles filled with eclectic animals everywhere!

    Equipped more? Try required. Unless you want to be at a disadvantage, that is. On top of that, because everyone will have to have a P2W pet just to compete, every ship will become far more crowded, noisier (especially during a fight), and annoying when you try to interact with something while a pet is in the way. It's a recipe for disaster. That's not enabling options; that's forcing someone into a choice that they may not want. This is Sea of Thieves; not Zoo of Thieves, or Noah's Ark.

    The simple fact of the matter is that, on this particular topic, the developers have already made their decision, and they're going to stick to it.

  • Sshteeve
    Captain
    Insider
    Boatswain

    Everyone here is ignoring how annoying pets get eventually

    • PVP - the pet gets in the way and you pick it up instead of a crate for supplies or the part of the ship they're blocking!
    • PVE - the pet gets in the way and you pick it up instead of a crate for supplied or the item you are trying to loot!
    • General sailing - the pet goes and hides somewhere and you can never find it again, forcing you to abandon it forever.
  • MostExpendable
    Lord
    Insider

    @sshteeve said in Useful pets? Go fetch! No P2W:

    Everyone here is ignoring how annoying pets get eventually

    • PVP - the pet gets in the way and you pick it up instead of a crate for supplies or the part of the ship they're blocking!
    • PVE - the pet gets in the way and you pick it up instead of a crate for supplied or the item you are trying to loot!
    • General sailing - the pet goes and hides somewhere and you can never find it again, forcing you to abandon it forever.

    All true. I’m hoping this could be part of the upgrade too. I like the messy energy they bring.
    Wish they were better integrated overall. Parrots on shoulders, pets we can’t accidentally pick up. Pets that distract skeletons.

    Also more variety in pet outfits please.

  • Galactic Geek
    Seafarer
    Founder

    @mostexpendable The developers have already stated precisely why you don't see parrots (or other pets) on shoulders.

  • PersonalC0ffee
    Captain
    Insider
    Boatswain

    @sshteeve said in Useful pets? Go fetch! No P2W:

    Everyone here is ignoring how annoying pets get eventually

    • PVP - the pet gets in the way and you pick it up instead of a crate for supplies or the part of the ship they're blocking!
    • PVE - the pet gets in the way and you pick it up instead of a crate for supplied or the item you are trying to loot!
    • General sailing - the pet goes and hides somewhere and you can never find it again, forcing you to abandon it forever.

    Always underfoot, until the moment they aren't.

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