Time-Limited/Exclusive Content is destroying my love for Sea of Thieves. Here are my thoughts.

I disagree with some of the in-game event content coming back because they are tide to world-altering events that took place in the Sea of Thieves which has a progressing timeline.

Some of the Bilge Rat stuff and lesser events can return along with the rewards, I am not concerned about those.

As for the cosmetics that come along with items such as the HDD and Controller, I feel those should be added to the Emporium in the same price range as the item they came with. If someone wants it bad enough, they can get it and the money goes directly to Rare rather than some random person on eBay. I would love me the Vanguard set, and have even offered obscene amounts on eBay only to be outbid and another relisted for even more. I would rather that obscene amount go to Rare.

Quite frankly, your love of the game is rather shallow if its the Cosmetics that destroy it for you. Literally the things in the game that play no role in game-play whatsoever.

This wouldn't be a problem if they, you know, actually added the proper amount of cosmetics for a cosmetics based game.

@kingslayer-kurt salty much? there will be future time limited cosmetics, just collect them.

It's to be expected that people that missed out on some time limited or exclusive cosmetics may feel some envy when they see someone else wearing them. That's part of their story, having those exclusive cosmetics. They were there at the time or bought the item and you didn't.

It's not right to try to devalue their achievements and campaign against another core game concept because someone needs to see a complete collection of cosmetics even though they are late to the show and clearly have no right to them.

The dev's have always said the cosmetics that were tied to events and time limited may return in an altered form but never in the originals. Why is that not good enough? Black market archive exists now. You shouldn't miss anything going forward. That's your story and your cosmetics can tell it too.

@Kingslayer-Kurt just a tip to help you keep your enjoyment of the game alive. Don't tie so much personal value to the cosmetics or loot and realize you're getting depressed over something out of your control. Enjoy making your story going forward and keep your eye on the Black Market for the return of those cosmetics with altered colors. They are coming.

@Kingslayer-Kurt

Acceptance is the first step to moving forward.
But I find your blend of envy, passion, and salt most delicious.

I found the Obsidian Fishing Pole in my inventory and don't even know how it got there, lolz.

Wish you were here from the start, but as your typing this in haste and have real life things to attend to, thanks for posting.

@targasbr What are these "modifications" you speak of? Can you give me an example of that?

@jamzsam You're missing the point - I fell in love with the game just as much as everyone else, if not more so. But just because I didn't discover the game the moment it was released, that means I am barred from getting this content? It makes no sense. I apologize that real life stood in the way of playing video games.

@gutterangel Nobody is "devaluing" anything. I have no right to content I paid a full industry price for? That doesn't make sense. Nobody was "late to the show." Other obligations came first. My issue is that most of these cosmetics are extremely more enticing than most anything in the base store you can find at an Outpost. I've bought almost nothing from those stores; instead, focusing on the time limited content. Which in itself is a problem I have yet to go into.

@barnabas-seadog You try to sound philosophical and understanding but you come off very negative and slightly annoying. This thread is meant to be taken seriously and people like you do nothing to give actual, important input. Think next time before you post. I'm sure trolls aren't welcome here. Lolz.

@Kingslayer-Kurt

Your love is pretty twisted, pirate.

@barnabas-seadog Hey man, try and actually post something useful? Maybe?

@Kingslayer-Kurt

Dude, I get a lot of upvotes in threads like this.

Know what I'm saying?
Acceptance.

Now are you going to tell me how this Obsidian Fishing Pole ended up in my inventory, or not?

@barnabas-seadog
Nobody cares about your up-votes on this forum. Newsflash for you. Except maybe you. Your comments are irrelevant, and as such, you will not be replied to any more by me in this thread. This is for serious discussion of an issue I think is important.

@kingslayer-kurt

Rare counts the upvotes.
They even told me so.

Newsflash for rogues.

@barnabas-seadog I don't know why you got the Obsidian Fishing Pole. Maybe it was in everyone's inventory or not.

And. Again. Who cares. "RaRe MaKeS mE FeEl SPeshUL cUz I gEt UpVotez" hurr durr. Please take your trolling somewhere else. I bet you flip out when your Reddit threads get upvoted, too.

@kingslayer-kurt

I dont involve myself with social media. It's unhealthy, and evil.

Just the SoT forums.

@UltmateRagnarok
Thanks pirate.
/raise tankard

@Leyenda-Pirata what makes too much sense? Can you elaborate on your deleted comment?

@barnabas-seadog said in Time-Limited/Exclusive Content is destroying my love for Sea of Thieves. Here are my thoughts.:

@kingslayer-kurt

I dont involve myself with social media.
It's unhealthy, and evil.

@UltmateRagnarok
Thanks pirate.
/raise tankard

Yet... you're on a public social forum... do you even hear yourself?

@nabberwar You can say whatever you want but you don't know how deep my love for the game goes. Why else would I be here on the forum bringing this to light?

Why are people so quick to put labels on everyone else? Shallow? Ha. Please, do yourself a favor and leave the thread. You obviously came here just to mess another person who feels cheated out of content that they rightfully be able to get... seems like that is a recurring theme here. Which is yet another reason why these cosmetics are a problem.

@kingslayer-kurt said in Time-Limited/Exclusive Content is destroying my love for Sea of Thieves. Here are my thoughts.:

@barnabas-seadog said in Time-Limited/Exclusive Content is destroying my love for Sea of Thieves. Here are my thoughts.:

@kingslayer-kurt

I dont involve myself with social media.
It's unhealthy, and evil.

@UltmateRagnarok
Thanks pirate.
/raise tankard

Yet... you're on a public social forum... do you even hear yourself?

This is the only public social forum I care to interact with simply because I play this game.
Rare has made it known that they monitor the upvotes in threads.

This is where I point out that your thread is not generating many upvotes in your favor.

Acceptance is the first step.

@ajm123 No, they don't. This is a trope that start very recently when online games became more prevalent in this last decade. I will do more research and present a case later so I don't sound like I'm blowing smoke, but a good article that presents similar points like my thread can be read here.

https://the-geek-spot.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-problem-with-limited-time-events-in.html

It's about money. It's about bringing people back, which, in itself, isn't a bad thing; but the way it's executed here is just awful. I'm not going to pay my hard-earned money on a game that will bar me from content just because I didn't play every single day and grind as much as they wanted me to. I'm not going to buy a super-expensive hard drive so I can get a black Blunderbuss skin and appease my inner goth, which is one of the reasons I want these kinds of things. They happen to match the theme of my inner pirate.

That is NOT what gaming is about. Gaming is about relaxing and getting away from the pressures of real life and winding down. With some healthy competition, of course; there should be a mode where I can indulge my try-hard tendencies too. BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF CONTENT. That is insidious and obviously rooted in the desire for more money.

I should be able to pick up this game years from now and still be able to unlock everything that everyone else should. That was a unspoken industry standard for a long time; or at least, it felt like it was. I don't know when it all started; again, I'd have to do more research. Either way, it's a blight on video games across all platforms.

Here are some more articles that help elaborate my point.

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@kingslayer-kurt Sorry, comment was posted against my better judgment so I deleted it. However, you keep confessing your own love for the game but fail to recognize that others have/had just as much love which is why they spent their time on time-limited events. You asking for those cosmetics to be reintroduced ignores and negates all of that which seems unfair, no?

@ajm123 Good to see a Founder telling me to "get over it." I bet you have been an absolutely wonderful contribution to the Sea of Thieves community. If I ever run into you doing a Fort I'm going to steal your Stronghold Key and let it sink to the bottom of the ocean.

@leyenda-pirata It does not ignore the trials and tribulations they faced. I don't mind that they are temporary. It's just that they are PERMANENTLY temporary. Or, now, as the Black Market reserve shows us, altered. What sense does that make? None.

Cartridges for the Nintendo 64 had all the content on them from the moment they got released. Who ever heard of Banjo-Kazooie having exclusive content if you pre-ordered it? That kind of stuff NEVER happened for many of Rare's titles, and if it did, it was DLC, and it was done the right way. Granted I have not played every Rare title so I don't know the specifics of every game.

The line that defines the way DLC should be delivered is still a controversial subject. An odd comparison, but remember buying map packs for Halo games? That was the right way to do it. I remember going into GameStop and dancing with glee when I bought the standalone Map Pack for Halo 2, which was the correct way to go about these things, although I might be straying from my original point.

I am not saying that those individuals do not deserve what they got. Especially in the case of the Banana Sails. That was the perfect and acceptable way to do it. The other ones are just ludicrous. Nothing is being ignored.

@kingslayer-kurt Your first statement makes a lot of sense, to be honest.
As for your references to the past, times change.

@mr-dragon-raaar
Purchasing the game, and increasing revenue, my friend.
Taking a plethora of in-game screenshots concerning bugs and issues that I plan on uploading later to the forum to help development, although I'm not sure if that would be the right way to do that.
Downloading Insider and giving that a try.
Coming to the forum and posting this because I have numerous discussions with other pirates about it.

I have a friend who was a player since the Alpha and when his account got hacked, Rare and Microsoft told him he could not get his content back. He lost everything and has no chance of getting it back. Granted I don't know specific details as to why it happened and it probably happened because of situations he put himself into. Even so, the problem is still there.

"Whining." "Entitled." Ha. More labels, from people who probably have the stuff all these other players that just jumped in are pining for!