The Correct Way to Play

No such thing as "Play correctly"
But there is a fine line between, playing the game as intended, and playing the game to be a codfish.

Playing alone and running into other pirates, speaking out with a bad pirate voice and watching them react. That is how I play.

3 players on a Brigantine is perfectly acceptable as well, and is the preferred option for many.

Just because the original ships at launch were designed for 2 & 4 players doesn't mean that playing with 3 isn't "playing the game correctly".

Your preferred method of play is not the only one :?

The wrong way to play is telling someone who plays solo, no mic, and avoids combat that they're playing wrong.

I have a fantastic time. It would not be improved by joining a crew.

the correct way to playing the game is induvidual which means whatever suits the player is the way to play it

@wilbymagicbear Using game chat? Yeah right, try being a female in game chat.

predictable responses here... the same people that will say 'there is no right way to play this game' will be the first people to point out the errors a poster made when complaining about this and that on this very forum.
while there may be a few different ways to successfully deal with various issues, there are definitely WRONG tactics to use, just as there are obviously RIGHT tactics to employ. the crews/players that adopt these habits into their gameplay are far more successful than those that dont. they play the game 'the right way'. thats just life.

The galleon is by a million miles the most horrific ship in the game.

There is no right or wrong way to play.
Its a sandbox afterall.
A make your own adventure kind of adventure.

However the most important thing people need to know is that although you can do whatever you want, so can other players.

So if a pirate sinks your ship or gives you a hard time, thats still part of the experience. You can avoid them (its not even hard solo) or defeat them (still not always hard solo)

The only issue i find is when people have objections to how others play the game.
If i wanna go murder lots of players for no reason, i paid my money same as everyone else i can go and do that and i wouldnt even feel guilty.

They have every right to play the game the way they want.
PVE servers wouldnt work.
They have been confirmed to never happen anyways.

Freedom to do what you want in this game is very much what piracy is. The romanticized idea of a bunch of cutt throats, living the life and sailing without rules.

@wilbymagicbear said in The Correct Way to Play:

@jollyolsteamed said in The Correct Way to Play:

the correct way to playing the game is induvidual which means whatever suits the player is the way to play it

No, this attitude of the 'play it your way' is a recent development, inspired by non-emergent sandboxes like more recent Far Crys, Dishonoreds (much as I love Dishonored), and most other AAAs. But 'Play it your way' is at best going to split developers into making several middling games instead of 1 great one, and at worst lead to many players playing in 'their' less fun (incorrect) way.

Games should pick one playstyle, focus entirely on that, and tell players that this is how it's gonna be. Sea of Thieves almost did that, but faltered just before execution by adding the sloop, and now here we are.

Well that sounds boring. I dont know about you but I play games to have fun. Me and my friend, we are notorious for playing games how we want and the adventures we have are hilarious. We will continue playing our way.

Having a game thats focused on one playstyle is boring.
Hence why i dont play any of those kinda games.

Games that let you make the adventure, those are the true gems on gaming.

@wilbymagicbear said in The Correct Way to Play:

@jollyolsteamed said in The Correct Way to Play:

and at worst lead to many players playing in 'their' less fun (incorrect) way.

so instead we should cradle to your way of "fun"
just because you find other people preffered play choices boring? now that is a quote on quote BORE if people want to do pve let them this "influx" of pve server posts are often made by the same people banned in the past or people who barley played for an hour thats the majority of the "influx"

@wilbymagicbear

The correct way to play, have fun. Do what is needed in the game to ensure you have fun and uphold the code.

Nothing more, nothing less...

We are free roaming pirates.

@wilbymagicbear said in The Correct Way to Play:

@pithyrumble said in The Correct Way to Play:

The wrong way to play is telling someone who plays solo, no mic, and avoids combat that they're playing wrong.

I have a fantastic time. It would not be improved by joining a crew.

I was the exact same way, until one time I was dunked on by a galleon and thought I'd try LFG, and here we are.

You gotta catch me to dunk on me tho. If you manage to ambush me, I applaud you. It doesn't happen often. As much as I complain about the monthly updates concentrating traffic, I RARELY have the pvp issues others have. 🤷🏽‍♀️🧜🏽‍♀️💜

There isn’t any correct way to play, but there is the best way to play.

@galactic-geek there you go.