Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment

@glannigan

Regardless of the platform you are on, a ladder is a bottleneck that is easily defended. Any player on any platform can be overwhelmed by a full crew collapsing at the same time. Team work, an organized crew tops any individual skill gap or equipment.

It just sounds like you are just chilling and not bothering paying attention, doing the basics and working as a team. Don't expect to win battles if you cannot even prevent a single pirate from boarding you with 4 people and then go test all your individual skills in one on one battles with the assailant. These are aspects of the game that aren't restricted to the platform you use.

I am fairly sure there are enough hardcore xbox players that wipe you out just as easily. This is more of a mentality difference than a platform related story you are preaching. A PvP bloodthirsty pirate vs the chill relax Voyager.

@squaz05 said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

@pabio-escobar said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

Notice how PC players are complaining about not enough people to match make in arena now? Why is that I wonder? Because they want to fight Xbox players who are an easier target. It’s not rocket science.

PC players : we don't want optional crossplay because it will kill the PC community and we won't have people to play with, we are not enough PC players to fill lobbies
Xbox player: you have plenty of players Rare said so
Rare adds crossplay preference
PC players: We don't have enough people to play anymore
Xbox players: because you all left...

what?

this goes to show that Xbox players don't care what happens with the PC community as long as they have enough people to play with.

@sweltering-nick said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

@glannigan

You see, PC players usually don't chill... at all... PC chairs, even gaming chairs, are designed to be comfortable, but they don't allow your body to enter couch-potato mode, you are always focused, and always stressed, which is why i would encourage you to tell your kids to take regular breaks.

Everything about this is wrong

@inboundbomb said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

So when I purchased the game at launch I thought it was an Xbox only game. Xbox buy a game they don't always look to see if it is cross platform.

That seems like a "you" problem, not a "me" problem.

@inboundbomb said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

the Xbox isn't a computer so we don't affiliate players being from another platform playing with us.

1. yes it is
2. that's the most closed-minded comment on this thread so far

1- So you buy Xbox games to play against computer players and you search every game you buy to see that it happens? Good for you. Out of gaming for 38 years plus this is my first interaction with such a game that was Crossplay on Xbox. I must've missed all those other titles out there.
2- It's a console entertainment system to me. Not a computer to do my work. Not close minded but a classification of what hardware limitations that it has and what it was designed for.

@squaz05 Thank you for the list of games. I hadn't realized that they are trying to do this and I will keep an eye out in the future. As for the legitimacy of my comment about computers you can still do more with your computer as a work platform than what we can on the xbox without jailbreaking the system and risk having the console blocked and locked out never to be able to be used again.

@cotu42 said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

@glannigan

Regardless of the platform you are on, a ladder is a bottleneck that is easily defended. Any player on any platform can be overwhelmed by a full crew collapsing at the same time. Team work, an organized crew tops any individual skill gap or equipment.

It just sounds like you are just chilling and not bothering paying attention, doing the basics and working as a team. Don't expect to win battles if you cannot even prevent a single pirate from boarding you with 4 people and then go test all your individual skills in one on one battles with the assailant. These are aspects of the game that aren't restricted to the platform you use.

I am fairly sure there are enough hardcore xbox players that wipe you out just as easily. This is more of a mentality difference than a platform related story you are preaching. A PvP bloodthirsty pirate vs the chill relax Voyager.

This right here

@faceyourdemon
Wow, you really feel like you have to justify yourself.
Sadly most of what you say is the usual tripe that comes from PC players mouths.

Xbox players ask for optional crossplay and get slated by people like you. PC players are the ones saying no, there is no advantage, it makes no difference. You don’t hear PC players asking for the optional cross play and Xbox players saying the opposite? Why do you think that is? Why is it that almost daily there are multiple threads like this from Xbox players? Is it because every Xbox player is trash? No, it’s because we are sick of being disadvantaged. PC players don’t care because it’s just easier for them, why would they kick up a fuss.
The one and only reason PC players don’t want optional cross play is because then they will be on an even playing field and won’t be able to use it as an advantage.

@sweltering-nick said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

@d-jaguar said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

@sweltering-nick spawn camping is unsportsmanlike behavior. Call it what it is. If there is nothing left to take, why not just sink the ship? Instead they kill players as they spawn in for nothing. New players should report them and move on.

If they stay on my ship, I like to view it the opposite way, they are allowing me to waste their time. I like to waste as much of their time as possible.

It's not unsportsmanlike behaviour, they're outplaying you... And instead of scuttling, like you are supposed to, you keep trying to win and failing, and then complain on the forums about it? Matey, the only one with unsportsmanlike behaviour here is you, and your refusal to admit a loss.

Here's my counter-ask, why not just scuttle your ship and move on with your life?

Why do you feel a vindictive need to "waste their time"? You're only wasting your own time, you're wasting time being angry, for losing.

Sea of Thieves Community Code of Conduct:

• "Be a good sport. Sea of Thieves is a pirate game, and stealth, stealing and battles are all part of the fun. All pirates on the seas accept that, but be a good sportsman in both victory and loss."

They are battling, it's not against this rule about sportsmanship, so the only one breaking the rule here, is you. : /
It is not your business to judge pirates on their methods, yes they could probably sink you, but they, for whatever reason, aren't doing that... This is simply something you have to accept, end of story.

Though, i will give you an idea of why making people scuttle is tactically sound... It keeps you from using resources to sink people, saves cannonballs for when they are absolutely necessary. This is a perfectly valid reason to spawn camp people until they scuttle, regardless of how YOU feel about it.

I think you are misreading everything I write, but that's the thing with perception.
I do not get on the forums and complain about things. I respond to others and give them a suggestion so they can get on with their day.

That I keep them there entertains me as I view they cannot get to others. Sorry if it's you whose time I am wasting, but I got time to kill and no where to go. A loss is only a view point. When you make them waste their own time by their own choices, that's a win. If loot meant something maybe it would be worth fighting over. If all I have to do is keep doing something over and over again, that's persistence. If they find it annoying, why do they keep doing it? After a year, there is nothing worth fighting over. I don't need loot. Besting another with a different strategy sounds great to me. The best is when you sneak out of your own ship and hide on their own watching them search my ship.
Btw, Rope a dope is a great technique. Let them pound on you and get bored. Then you get the upper hand. There is no penalty to dying so might as well use it as an advantage.

As for reporting, a sporting behavior would be to let them log in and try to fight. Bullies are bullies. We know others load in slow, why not give them a chance to at least pull out a weapon and fight?

Sorry if you read my post as complaining. I am just here to help other sailors.

I found an entertaining way to enjoy a game. May not be your way. It's just my way of policing the seas. They can always sail away if they tire of the persistent booger that won't stop.

See you on the seas as we got something new to do.

@pabio-escobar said in Please add true optional crossplay. I can't enjoy the game at the moment:

The one and only reason PC players don’t want optional cross play is because then they will be on an even playing field and won’t be able to use it as an advantage.

Whatever excuse helps you sleep at night bucko 👍

@d-jaguar to be honest with you, it's people like you who make people like me want to give up. It's like there is no room here for adventure, if YOU feel like messing with a boat for no reason, you will. Regardless of what that boat is doing. Sink boats to stop them from completing quest sucks. There are other games to play, but I guess there will always be people like you. You dont care. Your going to do what you want, regardless of others, because it's a pirate game. It's your right to be a pest to other boats. I get you.

@spartanmatt0x you just admitted to being bad? why is that not the underlying reason why you get stomped? how do you know your not getting stomped by xbox players because you are "generally bad" we really don't need your post and im not saying that because i don't think you don't have the right to discuss this but im saying this because we literally dont need 1000000000 of these posts everyday i still think people and myself included should just ignore these posts i really think you made this post to troll

@pabio-escobar how do you know? what possibly makes you think this is the case? i guess you speak for all the pc players and all of them think the same pc "input assumption" pc "input assumption here aswell" so you think you also know every people's platforms magically like woosh thats a pc player i feel it in the force but alright the more assumptions you pull out the less sense you make but i'll make an assumption aswell i bet if you get crossplay and still get stomped this will come out "pc players have hacked into our lobbies we got crossplay but we are still getting stomped and i know its because pc player have hacked into our lobbies because we all know pc players are all hackers just because they play on pc" because thats all you people complain about pc i wonder what you'll do with later gen xbox consoles or xbox with K&M better split them like moses split the red sea

also guys i've come up with a game its called guess how many crossplay posts we'll see tomorrow who ever guesses the right number at exactly 12 at night gets fame and a cookie

@squaz05 most xbox players do not want to play with pc's and should not have to. It seems like it's a you issue mr. We dont have enough pc players to play with. You are correct, I do not care about the pc community , I do not play on pc. Why should we care about "your" community size?? Get an xbox. If enough of us keep complaining, Rare will have to listen. It's all about the money, and you said it, the money is on the xbox numbers. If I wanted to play with pc players, I would open my lap top, but I'm an xbox player since day 1. Sorry, not sorry?? Ya, it kinda fits here.
Also, do you see that it's the pc players getting over excited about xbox not wanting to play?? How we are trash players...get it? So why play with us trash xbox players you can just"stomp" in cross play? Just stop.
There should be a way for ALL of us pirates to sail the seas.

It it did not make a difference, they would not have added cross play option to the arena. It matters and PC players are quick to jump on threads like this to cry and whine about console players crying and whining. If it did not hit a nerve they would not get so emotional about it.

Relax. More options are better.

@violet-oddsauce and i do not care about your community and you should get a pc instead why should we care about what you want? and if enough pc players complain they'll have to listen right? sorry? not sorry ya it kinda fits here too haha everything you said can be said to you aswell we can all point names and name fingers as a legendary pirate said which ever way you preffer it

@sirspooneth this post contradicts some said few xbox players who also complain and are quick to post bites at pc players just as pc players bite xbox players we are EQUALLY guilty of everything you named in your post do not pin it on one community thank you ^^

@jollyolsteamed Plenty of complaining on both sides. Not arguing the point. Just saying that on threads like this where PC players think someone is taking something away from them, it get's worse from the PC players.

Yes, go to another thread and it will be the other way around. There is a lot of that on the forums. You are welcome. ^^

@sirspooneth xbox trash talks pc and pc trash talks xbox its a vicious cycle but honestly dont know why the mods haven't locked these threads as if rare aren't aware of the issue i don't even think we need to discuss this issue anymore its most likely on their to do list

@jollyolsteamed I'm not complaining about not having enough people to play with if cross play opt out is implemented. So why would you care about the xbox players?? If we want to opt out, we should be able to. Why does it matter to YOU so much then? Get an xbox, I dont want to play on pc. Soon I'm hoping not to have to play with them either, unless I want to. You have the same option at that point, opt out of cross playing trash xbox players. So tired of pc players calling xbox players trash.
Have a better day tomorrow.

@faceyourdemon not true. Way wrong. Lol you are the wrongest of all that is wrong. If it was just a few salty trash players.....this would not be an issue now would it. Please stop. We need to be able to opt out of cross play if we want. You do whatever you want.

@violet-oddsauce firstly i can say i dont want to play on xbox so why dont you get a pc so it wouldn't affect you secondly im tired of xbox players making it seem like some minor advantages is ruining the game when infact its people like you who ruin it by tearing a gap in the community im so tired of xbox players assuming left and right that pc players get their egos up by killing xbox players its people like you who go "damn i died i bet it was a pc player because why else would i die" im tired of xbox players like you spamming these forums with the same verse and same lines over and over pc trash talks xbox as much as xbox trash talks pc don't be hypocritical xbox players are just as harsh as pc players and don't think just because your on xbox everyone should craddle to your demands as if pc doesn't exist but i want you to answer this what will you do with next gen xbox consoles or xbox players with an sdd or xbox players using mouse and keyboard or god forbid next gen xbox consoles who use sdd and a keyboard and mouse you going to cry "unfair" here aswell no matter how much you try there will always be advantages and disadvantages you can turn and flip and reverse whatever there always will be

@jollyolsteamed really??? You are so worked up because A: You can't force us (I say us because you know there are so many of us xbox players) to play on pc.
B: you cant make US want to play with you. Given the option most xbox players would opt out of playing with pc players. Why are you so upset? Get over it. We want cross play opt out and will keep pushing for it. Just like arena.

@violet-oddsauce what will you do with xbox players using sdd or mouse and keyboard or next gen consoles or all 3 togheter they'll have an advantage im going to guess your not going to respond to this because you realize even with opt out from pc the supposedly issues "you" are having will still be clear as day or is it suddenly okay for xbox players to have mouse and keyboard and perform as a pc player just because they are xbox players

@faceyourdemon not true. Again this would not be an issue if so many xbox players did not want this. It's the way it is. Use all the words you want. I dont care if you want to play with me or not. Soon I'll be able to NOT play with pc players.