this game and it's relation to solo players

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  • UltmateRagnarok
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    Skeleton ships: On a sloop, you have the ability to weave about faster than the skeleton ships (yes, their AI makes you do it, so don't say you can't), and put cannons into their stern or bow while avoiding the worst of the cannon fire. Alternatively, you can charge an island in a straight line and pull away at the last second, which will cause the skeleton ship to get stuck and despawn.

    Volcanoes: Don't go in the Devil's Roar. It's as simple as that. If you want to go into the Devil's Roar, you need a crewmate to help repair the ship, so if the one on deck dies, the ship will stay afloat.

    The Kraken: Just ignore it and sail straight ahead with full wind. If the tentacle wraps around your ship, attack the end of the tentacle (the end will always be nearby, either hovering next to you screaming at the ship or actually on deck) The lower down you attack the tentacles, the less damage they take. Attacking the ends is far easier.

    The Chest of Sorrows: If you don't think you can handle it, then don't take it. Stash it away where you can find it and come back later, with the intent of beelining straight to the outpost nearby. If you are dedicated, rowboating it back should allow you to not have to deal with the water. If you do take it with you, place it on land whenever you leave the ship. If you are attacked, don't be afraid to drop it in the water. Whatever else is on the ship is worth a lot more than that chest.

    Hope this helped, but this game just went through a major update and needs some new balancing, so sorry about that. Keep in mind that it isn't meant to be an easy journey, and if you ask the right people, I have met galleons who love to help and guard solo ships.

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  • Barnacle Blake
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    You may be the worst Pirate I have ever heard of lol JK! That is some bad luck, maybe you would do better in a lone rowboat

  • theMasterplan84
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    Yeah I agree those skeletons are just pure toxic and sink you for no reason what so ever!

    I call for non pve and pvp servers. I want to sail on empty waters with literally nothing to do ;s

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    @barnacle-blake said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    You may be the worst Pirate I have ever heard of lol JK! That is some bad luck, maybe you would do better in a lone rowboat

    @SalientGibbon1 yes. Try the Rowboat. has no limit to how much loot.. plus I don't think NPCs target ya.
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  • xCALYPT0x
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    @salientgibbon1 On top of what @UltmateRagnarok has said, you can sail to an island when being attacked by a skeleton ship and park right next to it.

    The skeleton ship will be forced to circle around the island and only has a window of time to shoot at you when they come around to your side of the island. You should return fire in this same window and then repair & bail when they leave that window. The skeleton ship doesn't bail water, they only patch holes, so with each pass you will get them closer and closer to sinking. During this time, if you are parked with your sails up and in shallow water, holes in the back of your sloop will not leak water, so you only have to repair the sails in the lower portion of the hull, saving your resources. It should also prevent them from hitting you with so many cursed cannon balls that you can't repair, because eventually they will lose their line of sight on you (unless the island is very small).

    If you find yourself being hit by magma, remain in the lower deck of your sloop and do not patch until the eruption stops. Just bail water to avoid wasting planks. There are places where you can stand on the top of the stairs that allow you to bail and throw without moving (only need to turn).

    As far as the Kraken goes, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to solo her...

  • entspeak
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    I was attacked by a Skellie Ship near Thieves' Haven. I anchored inside the island and then proceeded to keg and cannon it (using the island cannons) as it circled. It could only fire at me when passing the openings and, even then, many of the shots hit rocks.

    The island truly lived up to its name.

  • Joe Krakatoa
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    +1 to skellie ships for making OP ragequit.

    Git Gud

  • Genuine Heather
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    @salientgibbon1 said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    in the past 24 hours I have been shipwrecked on my humble sloop 12 times by skeleton ships, 5 times by falling magma, 3 times by the kraken, and once by a chest of sorrows..... the potential for this game to be enjoyable exists, but until the day arrives that I can play the game without being destroyed at every turn by NOT EVEN OTHER PLAYERS then this game remains a pile of worthless trash. [mod edited]. I literally just want to sail the waters without NPC's murdering me

    I'm sorry you've had such a frustrating experience. But don't give up. There are many of us who sail solo every day and have learned to cope with all the dangers the Sea of Thieves may throw at you. @UltmateRagnarok and others have offered some solid advice here. When you're solo, you can't simply charge into any situation and expect to come out unscathed. You have to use your noggin for something other than a battering ram!

    Avoid those skellie ships when you can. If there are islands nearby, you can use those to your advantage. If they pop up next to you in open sea, stay as close as you can to them (yes, close!). Bail water on them if you can. If you get a shot on the cannons, take it, but don't let them get away. Use your cursed cannonballs if you have them. If they give you their broadside, you're done for. It's not easy but you can do it. Always prioritize bailing and patching on your own ship. Always always always.

    Megalodons are very easy. Just (again) prioritize bailing and repairs first and foremost. When your ship is safe, then get on the cannons. When you see and/or hear the meg attacking, run below decks so you don't get killed or knocked overboard. Do your repairs/bailing then get back to the killing.

    Krakens are tough to kill for a solo pirate, but easy to escape. The moment you realize its the kraken, turn your ship around and aim for the nearest patch of clear (non-black) water. Make sure your sails are down and trimmed, then just go below and fix your ship. Don't even try to fight until you're a bit more confident. Just keep your sloop afloat and soon you'll escape.

    If you're on an island in the Devil's Roar, and you feel an earthquake...get back to your ship immediately. You can wait to see if it's a false alarm, but when you hear that crack and see smoke rising from the crater...it's time to go. Raise anchor, set sail and get out fast. Your ship should already be pointed away from the island and your sails properly trimmed for a quick escape (right?) so just make haste. When the volcano erupts, get below the canopy and watch for incoming hits. Whatever you do, don't just stand around and let yourself get crushed by a fireball. Take cover, repair your ship, and sail on until you're out of range. Then raise sails and wait it out.

    Chest of Sorrows: Really?? My dear, all you have to do is bail. If you can't bail and pilot your ship, don't pick up the chest to begin with. Better yet, stick it on one of those skellie ships and watch it go down. :)

    Best of luck.

  • Barnacle Blake
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    @enginefear said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    @barnacle-blake said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    You may be the worst Pirate I have ever heard of lol JK! That is some bad luck, maybe you would do better in a lone rowboat

    @SalientGibbon1 yes. Try the Rowboat. has no limit to how much loot.. plus I don't think NPCs target ya.
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    No sails to see and has storage for bananas

  • John Hatter
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    This Game and It's Relation to (This) Solo Player

    I have yet to sail with a crew larger than myself or occasional solitary friend who jumps in from time to time.

    Soloing is NOT for everyone and definitely requires it's own bag of tricks(a bag that is fun to master if it is your cup of tea). Aside from some of the advice of others I recommend not keeping a running tally of deaths. A surefire way to sour ones mood. I've had my share of rough nights that ended with me walking away and my mood would only be worse had I kept count of things that didn't go my way.

    As a whole the NPC threats have been a great welcome to me as a solo player. Gave me back the thrill of sailing again as most of my experiences lately have been pretty dull prior to this bit of content. The risk is there as is with most soloing but I find the reward all the sweeter.

    If someone ain't complaining about players killing them now it's NPC's....and people wanted private servers with these AI bullies...

  • Taaaamas
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    @salientgibbon1 I wouldn't regard the game as a whole from the ability of being sunk. I have played solo since the launch of this game, sure I've been sunk but i don't salt over it (well unless i had a box of wondrous secrets) instead i just continue to play the game, to have fun, to be able to enjoy the game still. Things come at a bit of a disadvantage without a crew because you have less firepower, but that doesn't necessarily mean the difference between float and sink. It feels pointless to give up on a game entirely because of this.

  • Taaaamas
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    @theunionjames I wouldnt exactly say that solo's intention is for a harder experience, sure it supplies that but i would argue that that isn't it's design choice.

  • Taaaamas
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    @theunionjames Solo was added for more ship variation and crew sizes

  • Taaaamas
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    @taaaamas Well not exactly solo, but the sloop. But even that is designed around solo stuff

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  • UltmateRagnarok
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    Soloing is meant to be a hard mode, and was added as community feedback rather than intent. This is true. However, the sloop is incredibly well thought out for it. The sail doesn't block your view, allowing you to not have to rely on crew callouts. The map can be seen by turning around, rather than going downstairs or trying to peer through the grate. The sails and anchor respond quicker. The ship itself stops faster when anchored at high speeds. You only have to travel to the middle deck to bail water out. It is designed to be the best you can get for solo play, but it really is the players who make it work. (then there are the people like me. I solo the galleon. I like soloing the galleon. I'm [probably far too] good at soloing the galleon. But I make it work, with knowledge of player habits and game mechanics.)

  • Jack Flintlock
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    I solo all the time, and my only gripe with the AI is the relentlessness of the skellie ships and their unending supply of cursed cannonballs. Other than that, it's a lot of fun and I play every day.
    I go to The Devil's Roar often, deal with Karen, Meg and the Skalleons, and grab up every Chest of Sorrows that I see, and I do it all solo 95% of the time (I've also only had the game since 11.26.18, so I'm by no means a 'veteran' in terms of length of game ownership).
    Tonight, I had the most fun I've had playing the game, and I ended the night with Karen sinking my ship, and then beating me while I floated in the water trying in vain to save my loot.
    As a solo player, there's little I would change about SoT (my concerns regarding playing with my son do not apply to my solo play).
    When playing solo, there are some allowances you need to make, as the AI can be rather unforgiving, but (for me, at least) it's never not enjoyable.

  • SalientGibbon1

    an update to these devs and the whole forum, I have been playing the game for a few days. I am done, I have reached my utter limit with this stress simulator. I spent an hour "solo'ing" an active skeleton fort and considering having killed someone for it I felt pretty accomplished. but the second I try to leave that skeleton fort with all of my loot I'm attacked by the kraken, I escape the kraken sure thats all dandy BUT there is a skeleton ship WAITING FOR ME AT THE OUTPOST STUCK ON A ROCK....... so I think yeah this could be easy to deal with, but no the megaladon spawns because it has different plans for me. Proceeding to park myself INSIDE the safe zone outside of the skellie ships shooting radius I wait a ridiculously long time for this land phobic creature to despawn and start to try and reposition my ship to get a good angle for taking down the stuck one...... BUT NO HEY HAVE ANOTHER SKELETON SHIP RIGHT BESIDE YOU!!!!!! OH AND THAT WASN'T ENOUGH?!?!?!?!? HERE'S ANOTHER MEGALADON YOU DIDN'T NEED ANY TREASURE TONIGHT BOY!!!!!

    In conclusion.... consistency and balance are what you people need to add to your game

  • SalientGibbon1

    @salientgibbon1 said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    an update to these devs and the whole forum, I have been playing the game for a few days. I am done, I have reached my utter limit with this stress simulator. I spent an hour "solo'ing" an active skeleton fort and considering having killed someone for it I felt pretty accomplished. but the second I try to leave that skeleton fort with all of my loot I'm attacked by the kraken, I escape the kraken sure thats all dandy BUT there is a skeleton ship WAITING FOR ME AT THE OUTPOST STUCK ON A ROCK....... so I think yeah this could be easy to deal with, but no the megaladon spawns because it has different plans for me. Proceeding to park myself INSIDE the safe zone outside of the skellie ships shooting radius I wait a ridiculously long time for this land phobic creature to despawn and start to try and reposition my ship to get a good angle for taking down the stuck one...... BUT NO HEY HAVE ANOTHER SKELETON SHIP RIGHT BESIDE YOU!!!!!! OH AND THAT WASN'T ENOUGH?!?!?!?!? HERE'S ANOTHER MEGALADON YOU DIDN'T NEED ANY TREASURE TONIGHT BOY!!!!!

    In conclusion.... consistency and balance are what you people need to add to your game

    y'all have made your game impossible to enjoy

  • SalientGibbon1

    @salientgibbon1 said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    @salientgibbon1 said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    an update to these devs and the whole forum, I have been playing the game for a few days. I am done, I have reached my utter limit with this stress simulator. I spent an hour "solo'ing" an active skeleton fort and considering having killed someone for it I felt pretty accomplished. but the second I try to leave that skeleton fort with all of my loot I'm attacked by the kraken, I escape the kraken sure thats all dandy BUT there is a skeleton ship WAITING FOR ME AT THE OUTPOST STUCK ON A ROCK....... so I think yeah this could be easy to deal with, but no the megaladon spawns because it has different plans for me. Proceeding to park myself INSIDE the safe zone outside of the skellie ships shooting radius I wait a ridiculously long time for this land phobic creature to despawn and start to try and reposition my ship to get a good angle for taking down the stuck one...... BUT NO HEY HAVE ANOTHER SKELETON SHIP RIGHT BESIDE YOU!!!!!! OH AND THAT WASN'T ENOUGH?!?!?!?!? HERE'S ANOTHER MEGALADON YOU DIDN'T NEED ANY TREASURE TONIGHT BOY!!!!!

    In conclusion.... consistency and balance are what you people need to add to your game

    y'all have made your game impossible to enjoy
    side note, really glad I didn't pay $80 for this game, not even worth

  • Da German420
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    i can undertand when its to much for new players,imagine you playing the game the first times and everthing is spawning.for me my biggest fear when i solo sloop is still pvp.the kraken is supereasy solo the megs too,ye and the skelliships you just need to know what to do;)

  • SalientGibbon1

    @weedstar-deluxe when literally everything is attacking you at almost the same time and you are running low on every resource possible because of it that becomes a little difficult knowing what to do or not

  • SalientGibbon1

    @salientgibbon1 actually with the pizzaz that just happened I dont think having a full crew to help me would've even made a slight difference

  • Da German420
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    @salientgibbon1 thats true i lost also against kraken and skelliship at once

  • Genuine Heather
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    @salientgibbon1 said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    an update to these devs and the whole forum, I have been playing the game for a few days. I am done, I have reached my utter limit with this stress simulator. I spent an hour "solo'ing" an active skeleton fort and considering having killed someone for it I felt pretty accomplished. but the second I try to leave that skeleton fort with all of my loot I'm attacked by the kraken, I escape the kraken sure thats all dandy BUT there is a skeleton ship WAITING FOR ME AT THE OUTPOST STUCK ON A ROCK....... so I think yeah this could be easy to deal with, but no the megaladon spawns because it has different plans for me. Proceeding to park myself INSIDE the safe zone outside of the skellie ships shooting radius I wait a ridiculously long time for this land phobic creature to despawn and start to try and reposition my ship to get a good angle for taking down the stuck one...... BUT NO HEY HAVE ANOTHER SKELETON SHIP RIGHT BESIDE YOU!!!!!! OH AND THAT WASN'T ENOUGH?!?!?!?!? HERE'S ANOTHER MEGALADON YOU DIDN'T NEED ANY TREASURE TONIGHT BOY!!!!!

    In conclusion.... consistency and balance are what you people need to add to your game

    I'm sorry, truly...and I'm probably going to hell for this...but your story actually made me laugh out loud. Read it back to yourself and tell me you don't laugh, too. You should post that in Tavern Tales because it's just the kind of story that makes this game awesome. It might not seem funny at the moment, but let it sink in a while...

    Er, sorry. "Sink" might have been a poor choice of words. :D

    Anyway...thanks for the laugh. :D

  • SalientGibbon1

    @genuine-heather seeing as my boat full of treasure was lost to poor programming of AI and spawn chance no, I'm not amused by this event at all in any way whatsoever and cannot find a way to be as I'm trying to ENJOY the game

  • Genuine Heather
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    @salientgibbon1 said in this game and it's relation to solo players:

    @genuine-heather seeing as my boat full of treasure was lost to pathetic programming of AI and spawn chance no, I'm not amused by this event at all in any way whatsoever and cannot find a way to be as I'm trying to ENJOY the game

    I get it, and I understand but...I'm sorry, that was FUNNY. I'm really not a mean person, honestly I'm not. But dang, LOL! It's never fun losing hard fought loot, but that was like a perfect storm of failure. Finding humor in the situation can take some of the edge off. The way you told that story, though...seriously, I'm still laughing. :)

    Sorry. :)

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