Ambience vs fun ?

@ia-sardine just on the subject of row boats. I'm liking them, they're certainly not useless in my opinion. There's all kinds of shenanigans that you can get up to with them, you just need to be creative.

Pro tip, they're practically invisible unless you're looking for them and you can barely hear them dock to your ship unless you are expecting them.

They should be repairable though. Not while at sea perhaps, but you should be able to repair them on the beach and when docked, maybe at a cost of 3 or 4 planks to return to 100% condition.

@ia-sardine i guess you have the same problem i had with the rawboat before finding out that with Q and E on pc you can brake. So for example if you hold Q and use D you will turn around without moving. Same if you are going fast and hit just one of the "breaks" you will do like a hand breaking into a car. I had very hard time to maneuver them before, now it's super funny. Don't know the controls for the xbox

I think most would agree the skelly ships are still fun, but stocking the boat to take them on is not. That is the biggest reason most people don't do them anymore. They just don't want to spend an hour or so stocking their ship to proper levels to take on the skelly ships. Honestly, if it were not for stocking the boat, I would go after them every time I saw a cloud.

What good is a list of suggestions if there are no descriptors as to why and/or what is needed?

Besides, much of these have already been confirmed as future features. Fishing has been heavily teased since it was first brought up by the playerbase. Cooking I'm less enthusiastic about personally as a concept, but that's just me.

Constructions? This isn't Fortnite. And what use do we have of setting up forts or camps when outposts are never too far away, and sailing at night makes little difference to sailing during the day?

More instruments and music are on the way. Fiddles have been teased since E3 2015, while relatively soon we're getting the new Forsaken Shores shanty.

What do you mean by "make Taverns more useful?" Mini-games? More NPCs?

Pets are also in the pipeline.

What sorts of emotes were you thinking of? Interactions?

And new ship cosmetics have already been "accidentally leaked" by rare many times since Cursed Sails. Cannon customization is on its way, as are options for the Capstan.

@kungfustu72 you are correct. I think that is the ultimate goal based on what joe has said. But for now it is what it is. I think the issue is more a coding/technical issue. Not being from that work I have no idea why. But that is their stated goal that they become more random encounter like the meg or kraken.

@goedecke-michel I think it depends on the vernacular amongst your social group. "Guys" can refer to men, can refer to people irrespective of gender or could just be referring to two fellas whose first names are both Guy.

In general, as a term used to refer to a group of people irrespective of gender it is regarded as a term that suggests a certain endearment or closeness amongst that group. Certainly it's more familiar than using terms like "them" or "you people" which have a somewhat unfriendly air to them.

I know of some women who dislike being referred to as "girls"

@goedecke-michel I do. That's my point though, these are people I know, so I know what they find respectful and disrespectful and I adhere to their preferences.

A lot of people wouldn't be upset by being called guys, some would.

Is it probably best to avoid the term, or is it best to avoid being offended by the term unless the term was said with the intent of causing offence?

That's up to each individual to decide for themselves in my view.

I will try to avoid use of "guys" as a collective term irrespective of gender when posting from now on, as your post has highlighted to me that the term has echos of patriarchy, whatever its modern usage may be.

However compromise is a two-way street, and there's a lesson to be learned in attempting understand the intent behind the words rather than being offended only because of how the words resonate with your own lived experience.

@goedecke-michel Just curious, but where are you from. The only reason I ask is that the term guys does tend to change meaning a little depending on how it is used, and maybe that is just based on where you are from. I know that I have used the term guys when I really meant group of peeps that I enjoy being around.

@goedecke-michel I am from the USA. I can tell you that guys is used quite often over here as a term meant for a group of friends you are with or addressing. It is absolutely not meant to be offensive.

@goedecke-michel I understand what you are saying, but I will disagree as it is never meant in disrespect and is never taken that way by the groups that I refer to when using it. This is my last comment on it as we have gone well off target of the original post.