A New Boss - Moby Dck

I'm always down for more sea life but the shrouded ghost already kinda fills the roll. I mean it's not different from any other meg but you know, it's big, white, and people think it's a myth.

During the Hungering Deep expansion, one thing Ol' Merrick mentioned was losing his eye to a giant bird. I instantly wanted to see that in-game, and I still do. Very much so. Even more than another sea monster (though I'm always down for more giant monsters, regardless).

@galactic-geek The tall tale reference and various island art combined with Merrick's tale simply means we have multiple sources all confirming that Bigbird is out there.

I just want it to be less 'in the sky' and more 'in the world'.

Corrupt it, Flameheart it, just make it angry for some lore reason. I want to fight it!

@augspacussh as cool as that would be fighting an air based enemy especially with a ship’s cannons would be difficult

We already have the Megalodon as our "Moby" type of enemy; how exactly would it behave differently from Megan? On top of that, there's the whole can of worms that is the ethics of whaling; you would need to make a boss monster like Moby very noticeably unnatural and monstrous to justify having us kill a whale.

I would rather we get something that all Pirates would easily and immediately identify, and which always appears at the edges of maps to signify the unknown: a giant serpent.

Sea Serpents have been an integral part of nautical lore least as long as the Giant Squid/Kraken; they're an instantly recognizable symbol associated with sailing, adventure, and danger on the high seas. Moby is a much, much later addition to the roster of iconic sea beasts, and since Sea of Thieves seems to depend as much on actual pirate lore as it does on the romantic pop-culture view of them, I'd say a Serpent would fit much better than a Whale.

@galactic-geek your mistake is relying on the harpoons 😂

@l-snapper-l said in A New Boss - Moby Dck:

@augspacussh as cool as that would be fighting an air based enemy especially with a ship’s cannons would be difficult

Bring it on!!! Make it as tough as possible. Make it blot out the sun with its sheer size as you approach its current roost. I want a world event that doesn't need a glowing cloud, because you can simply see the bird from nearly everywhere in the world (at least while it's flying)!

@pogojoe2008 no thanks. It would just be another meg encounter.

@blam320 so it's ok to kill sharks but not whales? Interesting?

@qu1etone The destructive impact of whaling industry is a pretty sensitive subject. Not to mention whales are highly intelligent, emotional mammals, versus sharks which are dumb fish. I could be wrong on this but I also don't think shark populations were ever practically driven to extinction due to over fishing them.

In regards to the OP. Including Moby Dck specifically is a little dicey, killing whales aside, it was based off a real whale attacking and sinking a real vessel resulting in the few survivors resorting to cannibalism. Some of the crew's descendants still live on Nantucket today. So some people may see it as inappropriate.

@qu1etone said in A New Boss - Moby Dck:

@blam320 so it's ok to kill sharks but not whales? Interesting?

Because whales are extremely intelligent and normally peaceful creatures, while the sharks in-game are extremely aggressive, to the point where it's just standard practice to kill them before you're eaten?

@blam320 everything is aggressive in sea of thieves by the way. And a lack of intelligence is no reason for murder. If that was the case the watchers of soaps and bad reality tv should be culled immediately! 🤣🤣🤣

@theornerybear thats a pretty negative view of sharks. Maybe you should do some research. Many species of shark are also endangered. And are not mindless killing machines. Your perception of sharks IRL is a little saddening. Save our oceans and all who live them. ✌peace

@qu1etone I understand there are endangered species of sharks, I was just saying that I don't think they were fished to such an extreme (and as I said, I could be wrong) for food as whales were hunted for blubber. It's not a negative view of sharks, and I did not claim they are mindless killing machines as many are not aggressive, just that compared to whales they are unintelligent fish. I'm not sure why my perception of sharks is saddening, I'm not advocating for the mindless hunting of anything in our oceans. You're just making assumptions and looking to belittle someone instead of just having a conversation.

@theornerybear you seemed to be totally disregarding the shark and condemning it to extinction. I believe they should be treated with the same respect as whales.
But we are ok my friend, no bad feelings here. Respect to you and yours. Happy sailing. 💛

@qu1etone nope just trying to point out why whales might be a more sensitive topic versus sharks. CHEERS Happy sailing.

@qu1etone Your reasoning is utterly irrational. We kill sharks in-game out of self-defense, because otherwise we will be eaten. Sharks in-game are like Tiger Sharks or Bull Sharks IRL, who are extremely aggressive. In fact, everything on the Sea of Thieves we kill is out of self-defense. You say lack of intelligence isn't justification for murder; I don't think you know what the word even means.

@blam320 oh dear. 😢😢😢

No need for Moby when we have a much cooler and more dangerous whale called the Shrouded ghost! That many don’t believe it’s real.

@lordplinde
UGH, I know right!? Sharks are vilified and the ones who are peaceful and have still taken humans lives aren't even in the game as an invulnerable asset to enliven the seas.
Dolphins, for example, have killed people too. Someone trying to make the situation "a matter of ethics for not including this creature" is overly concerned with how people deduce the actual hunting in real life. (which, yes, it's a bad thing to overhunt any creature; except mosquitos)

Why not include more variety? Why not? siiigh Some people just don't get it.

In the sea, you are food to be eaten. And that's the plain and simple...