I think it's time and I think it's an obvious thing at this point. They don't fix hourglass. They don't expand the map. The game just doesn't grow. It just adding new things on top of things that already exist. Reskinning if you will. Just like the cosmetics. The way the game is right now it just can't grow anymore. To many restraints and restrictions. They need to wrap this game up and start working on a new version that is more up to date not only graphic wise but performance wise. After all this is an Xbox One game that came out 7 years ago. It's out of date and you can tell the developers but all have given up because the facts are there just isn't anything they can within the constraints that they have. I really do hope they start developing a new version of the game and stop developing on the current. Every update just hurts the game more and more. Unless they start expanding the map and start giving us actual new things the game just repeats the same cycle over and over. These are my thoughts on what they should do:
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Improve combat. If you notice when you are in combat what happens? It just becomes a jump fest. It's the dumbest thing I have ever seen. In all honesty reducing or removing jumping would be great because combat really isn't combat its jumping around trying to get away from the person so you can try and sneak and shot it. Just dumb, not fun and not enjoyable
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Fix hourglass. Make it just a ship combat thing. Remove boarding. Make it fun! Make it worthwhile for anybody playing the mode. Add a timer or shrinking circle to enforce interaction. It's in opt in battle mode that lots of people just spend running away. Fix it. That was the huge miss with hourglass since the beginning. It only incentivised and was fun the for pvp people. There was nothing worth while for the non pvpers. It took to long to gain a level especially if you were losing. Yes I have both curses so I am talking from experience. Calculations need to be done based on the performance of the match and not just who sunk and who didn't. You should get credit for anything you are able to do so your level increases become easier because you are getting way more rep. The tiny barely there rep you get for losing is pathetic. You tried to win, you tried to sink the other sheet for your effort you barely get anything. Make it make sense. Also need to remove 3rd parties. I am sorry that was no most ridiculous thing Rare could have said when they said thats what they wanted. They wanted interference to make things harder for people already having a hard time just to level up. How does that make any sense? People actually exploited the 3rd party thing in beginning where you would load into a match and be surround by 5 ships...but yes Rare said they wanted that. They totally missed the part about having fun. Hourglass was a never a fun thing to do. Just a horrible grind. Again make it fun.
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Stop the horrible grind for commendations. Nothing wrong with commendations just stop making them ridiculous! Not everything in a game should be a horrible grind especially for a commendation that doesn't award any cosmetics. Again make the commendations fun and rewarding. Not a terrible grind that you just want to get done and not enjoy.
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Shrouded Ghost. Just end it already. Enough people have been screwed over in this game because it's the last commendation they need and never get it because of dumb programming choices. If you have a commendation in the game make it obtainable! This commendation especially the 5 time one is impossible. Again it goes back making commendations fun. It's not fun just sailing around and hoping you spot it. It's so rare that people who have played since the beginning have never seen it! Makes no sense to put a commendation in a game, then add a cosmetic unlock for it when the player is not in control of obtaining said commendation. It's all on bs RNG.
5, Just make the game fun and enjoyable. The issue I have seen since season 2 when I started was the developers had a vision for the game that they never wanted to let go. The people who actually played the game has made rare make some changes that needed to be done but for the most part because RARE has been so stubborn the game is what it is today. They are trying to make changes and thats a good thing. They are trying. I hope they start listening to people for once this time. I get they had a vision but the vision did not and still doesn't match the player base who actually plays the game.
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Single player/private server. Let's face it. At this point it literally makes no different if people can just play on a private server an earn/get whatever they want. Just think about it. Most of us have everything we want already. Getting gold is absolutely pointless because they never add anything worthwhile in the stores in anymore only in the emporium. Let people play how they want. Stop the restrictions and just let people play how they want...private or public servers. Incentivize for playing public servers of course. Make things you only get in public servers like certain cosmetic for playing public events etc. Outside of that let people play and earn everything else. It is literally pointless to restrict anything in a private server, safer seas, whatever . People have been calling for this for years. Are you actually going to show you are listening to your player base this time? Let me make it clear, I only play Public so its not even for me, its for others who want it.
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Listen to your player base. That is the biggest issue. They are constantly listening to the minority and not listening to the majority. You need to listen to who actually playing your game. We get you had a vision but that had to change with times because of your player base. You can't keep hiding behind your vision anymore. You have to adapt and make changes. Do things that make you uncomfortable for the better of the game. However, if I remember correctly they only had a 10 year plan so they can get by with what they are doing for the next 2 and 1/2 years I suppose but the player base will never grow.
