I'm not sure if I'm the only one but I work a lot and don't get a ton of time to play sea of thieves. I've really enjoyed the game thus far but with the new content being timed events to actually unlock the cool content that comes with it, it's been kind of putting me off from the game. I don't get the time sometimes to get the objectives done within the time restraints and going back after the fact to not get anything for it is off putting. If the only way to earn "rare" cosmetics in the game is to conform to rares time constraints i think me and sea of theives will have to part ways.
No more times events!!
I don't mind timed events per se. But not everybody can play every day, or even every week. Many people have real lives - jobs, family, etc - that prevent them getting onto the oceans as often as others might be able to.
So timed events should be longer than a week — perhaps as long as a month. Of course, this does not mean that new events could not be released weekly or fortnightly. There is no reason that they could not overlap.
For example, there is no reason THD could not still run during the "skeleton thrones" event. Indeed, it might provide a way to allow those who could not complete it, to do so. They team for "skeleton thrones" and then get their new friends to help defeat Megan too.
You'll have two weeks to get it done, and the whole point of exclusive cosmetics from these events, is that they are exclusive, and not everyone will have them. It's not to exclude the players who don't play a lot, but to reward the players who really put the time in.
I'm going to try getting as much of the limited time cosmetics as I can, but I'm sure there will be some that I just don't have time for, and that's okay too. Not getting them has no effect on me or how much fun I have when I do play.
@swlfferhawk
You have two week to finish one, if you log on once every month you at least have a chance to participate every other event.Everyone has time, it's all a matter of priority. If you prioritize your time in a way that doesn't allow you to play once bi-weekly, then you just lose out on a certain cosmetics knowingly. It's just a skin or title you'll be missing and there's always more of those in the next event.
Rare said that the weekly events would also be used to roll out certain features that would be available for everyone after the event. Just an example, the drums, speaking trump and shanty are available to everyone after the patch, the ship parts can be bought by everyone and Megan will be added back into the game a certain way in a future update.
To each their own, of course. Rare did say, from long before launch, that there would be time-limited events to earn unique rewards.
It's not so much about exclusivity or rewarding frequent players... I think it, smartly, is an enticement to keep more people hopping online to play SoT, during each 1-2 week period.
Of course, none of these things are really necessary in order to enjoy the game.
@rockinpodunk I'm nitpicking here, but we've got less than 2 weeks. The patch notes say "until the 26th of June".
Timed events itself are not really the problem. The problem is that if you miss the first week, you'll have a hard time doing any weekly challenge because many people, by then, have already done it.
So some sort of "Matchmaking" especially for the timed events would be cool, aside from searching for players on this forum.
The latter however, forces (in a good way) you to socialize with others which is cool, if you really think about it.Also, by now we know that this game brings out the worst in people, the matchmaking will probably be misused by many.
@hynieth said in No more times events!!:
The actual content will stay but the events are timed. Are you saying that because you cant play regularly (once per week For example) everyone else has to suffer content drought?
There are other ways to add content.
I’m not a fan of timed events. Played too much Wow back in the day to know that it just becomes a chore - like a job even.
That feeling that you ’need’ to log on to do your daylies. It’s not fun.Fair enough that the content in SOT’s isn’t exactly game changing so it doesn’t worry me too much. I don’t feel the urge to log on just to get a title that’ll be redundant as time moves on.
I just feel it’s a weak / old mechanic that feels cheap in its transparency to get players playing the game more.
There are surely more exciting ways to get content into the game and get players to play more.
More mechanical variety and actual customisation would be a start. I’m hopeful the next dlc will be a move in the right direction.
Can we have something other than more bloody skeletons please? A variety of mobs perhaps?? And fishing ...
So you’re telling me you’re so busy that in 2 weeks you don’t have enough time to sit down for 2 hours to play Sea of Thieves at least once? Because 2 hours was how long it took to finish this timed event.
I call MAJOR BS. There is no way in hell anyone is THAT busy. If you really wanted to play the events you would make time. Sea of Thieves is obviously not even on your top 5 priorities if this is the case.
@zaannox said in No more times events!!:
So you’re telling me you’re so busy that in 2 weeks you don’t have enough time to sit down for 2 hours to play Sea of Thieves at least once? Because 2 hours was how long it took to finish this timed event.
I call MAJOR BS. There is no way in hell anyone is THAT busy. If you really wanted to play the events you would make time. Sea of Thieves is obviously not even on your top 5 priorities if this is the case.
Being “forced” to play the game is the turn off.
And yes ... some people ARE that busy. Timed events cater for those who have the time.
Thankfully I’m not missing out on anything. I just think the mechanic is lazy and cheap.
And yes ... SoT’s has moved way down my list of priorities.. partly because of the direction that timed events have brought about ...
@power-hansen said in No more times events!!:
Timed events itself are not really the problem. The problem is that if you miss the first week, you'll have a hard time doing any weekly challenge because many people, by then, have already done it.
So some sort of "Matchmaking" especially for the timed events would be cool, aside from searching for players on this forum.
The latter however, forces (in a good way) you to socialize with others which is cool, if you really think about it.Also, by now we know that this game brings out the worst in people, the matchmaking will probably be misused by many.
I agree. it's what happened with the THD for many players. after the first three days it was much harder and I'm pretty sure RARE released patch notes that said the bigger skull thrones will require other crews. that in itself is a big challenge considering the player base. and I don't like the trend of having to rely on other crews to help me get my exclusives.
@ath3na-cr33d said in No more times events!!:
@power-hansen said in No more times events!!:
Timed events itself are not really the problem. The problem is that if you miss the first week, you'll have a hard time doing any weekly challenge because many people, by then, have already done it.
So some sort of "Matchmaking" especially for the timed events would be cool, aside from searching for players on this forum.
The latter however, forces (in a good way) you to socialize with others which is cool, if you really think about it.Also, by now we know that this game brings out the worst in people, the matchmaking will probably be misused by many.
I agree. it's what happened with the THD for many players. after the first three days it was much harder and I'm pretty sure RARE released patch notes that said the bigger skull thrones will require other crews. that in itself is a big challenge considering the player base. and I don't like the trend of having to rely on other crews to help me get my exclusives. :(
Yep. It’s the nature of the timed event. It’ll just continue to be a source of yet more frustration in this game.
You’ve got the first 3 days to do the 2 week event. After that good luck finding other crews that still need to do the group “quests”.
It’s not a good model.
@tyburn-ketch said in No more times events!!:
@ath3na-cr33d said in No more times events!!:
@power-hansen said in No more times events!!:
Timed events itself are not really the problem. The problem is that if you miss the first week, you'll have a hard time doing any weekly challenge because many people, by then, have already done it.
So some sort of "Matchmaking" especially for the timed events would be cool, aside from searching for players on this forum.
The latter however, forces (in a good way) you to socialize with others which is cool, if you really think about it.Also, by now we know that this game brings out the worst in people, the matchmaking will probably be misused by many.
I agree. it's what happened with the THD for many players. after the first three days it was much harder and I'm pretty sure RARE released patch notes that said the bigger skull thrones will require other crews. that in itself is a big challenge considering the player base. and I don't like the trend of having to rely on other crews to help me get my exclusives. :(
Yep. It’s the nature of the timed event. It’ll just continue to be a source of yet more frustration in this game.
You’ve got the first 3 days to do the 2 week event. After that good luck finding other crews that still need to do the group “quests”.
It’s not a good model.
I'm lucky enough to play with a regular crew almost daily, we love this game and we're all PL we play it that much! but to ever lose out on a timed exclusive due to someone else? would suck.
I think two weeks is enough time. but take out the need for other players from another crew and make it optional. I feel bad for the people without mics. or who are unlucky enough to not be able to play within the first 48 hours. :(
@tyburn-ketch said in No more times events!!:
@ath3na-cr33d said in No more times events!!:
@power-hansen said in No more times events!!:
Timed events itself are not really the problem. The problem is that if you miss the first week, you'll have a hard time doing any weekly challenge because many people, by then, have already done it.
So some sort of "Matchmaking" especially for the timed events would be cool, aside from searching for players on this forum.
The latter however, forces (in a good way) you to socialize with others which is cool, if you really think about it.Also, by now we know that this game brings out the worst in people, the matchmaking will probably be misused by many.
I agree. it's what happened with the THD for many players. after the first three days it was much harder and I'm pretty sure RARE released patch notes that said the bigger skull thrones will require other crews. that in itself is a big challenge considering the player base. and I don't like the trend of having to rely on other crews to help me get my exclusives. :(
Yep. It’s the nature of the timed event. It’ll just continue to be a source of yet more frustration in this game.
You’ve got the first 3 days to do the 2 week event. After that good luck finding other crews that still need to do the group “quests”.
It’s not a good model.
It has nothing to do with "timed events" though, if it wasn't a timed thing it might have been even harder to complete because then there's no incentive to complete it "immediately". The whole reason people had trouble after the first couple of days was just because of the that there was no incentive to do it after the first time apart from being helpful. If they would have offered people to gain the Bilge Rat doubloons for each Megan kill, there would be no problem finding crews.
Also the way Rare is using weekly (or bi-weekly) events is different from the usual timed events other games like for example WoW use. There an event is started and after the time everything related to the event is reverted again. Rare however stated that they'll be using the events to not only keep the game fresh but also use it as a way to introduce new features/content into the game that will stay after the event is over.
If THD was any indication about the length of upcoming events, then everyone with one evening availability per 2 weeks could complete it. Given the fact that you'll only be rewarded cosmetic items, it's not that much of a loss to miss out on an event due to real life responsibilities.
@fishst1ck said in No more times events!!:
@tyburn-ketch said in No more times events!!:
@ath3na-cr33d said in No more times events!!:
@power-hansen said in No more times events!!:
Timed events itself are not really the problem. The problem is that if you miss the first week, you'll have a hard time doing any weekly challenge because many people, by then, have already done it.
So some sort of "Matchmaking" especially for the timed events would be cool, aside from searching for players on this forum.
The latter however, forces (in a good way) you to socialize with others which is cool, if you really think about it.Also, by now we know that this game brings out the worst in people, the matchmaking will probably be misused by many.
I agree. it's what happened with the THD for many players. after the first three days it was much harder and I'm pretty sure RARE released patch notes that said the bigger skull thrones will require other crews. that in itself is a big challenge considering the player base. and I don't like the trend of having to rely on other crews to help me get my exclusives. :(
Yep. It’s the nature of the timed event. It’ll just continue to be a source of yet more frustration in this game.
You’ve got the first 3 days to do the 2 week event. After that good luck finding other crews that still need to do the group “quests”.
It’s not a good model.
It has nothing to do with "timed events" though, if it wasn't a timed thing it might have been even harder to complete because then there's no incentive to complete it "immediately". The whole reason people had trouble after the first couple of days was just because of the that there was no incentive to do it after the first time apart from being helpful. If they would have offered people to gain the Bilge Rat doubloons for each Megan kill, there would be no problem finding crews.
Also the way Rare is using weekly (or bi-weekly) events is different from the usual timed events other games like for example WoW use. There an event is started and after the time everything related to the event is reverted again. Rare however stated that they'll be using the events to not only keep the game fresh but also use it as a way to introduce new features/content into the game that will stay after the event is over.
If THD was any indication about the length of upcoming events, then everyone with one evening availability per 2 weeks could complete it. Given the fact that you'll only be rewarded cosmetic items, it's not that much of a loss to miss out on an event due to real life responsibilities.
Well said. I completely agree with you.
I just don’t like events in games as they trigger my compulsive addictive disorders.
It has nothing to do with "timed events" though, if it wasn't a timed thing it might have been even harder to complete because then there's no incentive to complete it "immediately". The whole reason people had trouble after the first couple of days was just because of the that there was no incentive to do it after the first time apart from being helpful. If they would have offered people to gain the Bilge Rat doubloons for each Megan kill, there would be no problem finding crews.
I agree ^.^
Many games have time limited events. The time limit is a part of the challenge of these events. Everyone have family and a work .
Your suggestion is similar as if in a race a participant complains that he has to run and he complains it because he has no time to run but he still wants to win the race . So his solution is that he stay on the start line and that the finish line should move towards to him.
He complains about that a challenge is a challenge and he wanna remove this challenge to be able to win.
The time limit is a part of the challenge and to team up with strangers to be able to finish the event is another part of the challenge.Take that all away and these events are no challenges anymore.They are then just simple quests .
These events are also similiar to a race ....the first is the first!
I found a crew of 10 from 3 vessels the last hour and 1/2 of the event and helped them through it. Everyone got items lol, def not in the first 3 days.
@sargentabtastic said in No more times events!!:
I found a crew of 10 from 3 vessels the last hour and 1/2 of the event and helped them through it. Everyone got items lol, def not in the first 3 days.
And the last hour and a half of an event would also be prime time ... everyone’s scrambling to make it happen that didn’t manage to do it in the first 3 days.
The rest of the event with no incentive or reward other than good will? Dead time.
@tyburn-ketch
I think this could all be fixed by adding an in game chat box that reaches out to the whole server.To all those people wading in about why don't you have the time...you should make the time. Point one...it is a game. I fit gaming around my real life not the other way around as it is a game. That was the whole point of computer/console games in the first place. Not having to schedule with friends to come around an play monopoly, game of life, D&D etc. Not having to waste time in the set up of the board
And when time related ‘events’ happen it’s not always possible to make the time, in time.
Which is why I don’t like them.
For me it isn't about the acheivements so much as the story/legend of my character. Those moments that take you back to gameplay of the past...THD was a knightmare in my characters story. I do get frustrated that people keep saying 'well I had no problems...I had 3 ships..." That is great I'm happy for you. However I am a paid up customer like you are....all I want is my say....give people a fair crack of the whip...
@crimsonraziel said in No more times events!!:
@rockinpodunk I'm nitpicking here, but we've got less than 2 weeks. The patch notes say "until the 26th of June".
You're right. Since Rare was calling them "weekly events" I only expected one week. I have noticed though that lately they have been referring to them as "regular events" instead, likely in response to the feedback from the community that THD campaign wasn't long enough
@swlfferhawk 100% there is no excuse for this in a pay to play game. We bought the game(against our better judgement I think), so we should own the game and be able to play it on our own time. They are running this game like a free-to-play title and they should truly be ashamed. Unfortunately, a lot of the players left are defending Rare no matter what they do, and these people are going kill the game they claim to love.
I agree with BETSILL, because in the Hungering Deep I could never get with anyone to summon the megalodon, and with the Skeleton Thrones event everyone would either kill me or wouldn't want to sit in a 2 person throne. This recent event the gunpowder skeleton one you didn't need multiple people but it took so long for each achievement, and I couldn't find half the skeletons.
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