Option to turn off sitting

Just let us set the keybind for sitting (seperate for interact) that would solve everything.

And for anyone who is asking how does this get in the way of pvp when you are in a rush and need to spam F to grab stuff quickly in the heat of combat as you are boarding there is nothing worst than accidentally sitting. It does not come up often but when it does it feel really really bad. This change does NOTHING to ruin the experience for players that want to keep it. Just don't force everyone to enable it constantly.

@personalc0ffee this game was released for both PC and Xbox...

L3 and R3 still exist as options, second this allows anyone to disable it as well if they want.

Also sitting on edges all across the boat when going for barrels (cannonball on the sloop mainly) and trying to pick up crates quickly when boarding or trying to refill cannonball crate quickly on my boat.

In addition when wanting to look at map table quickly when tucking to accidentally sit on the table.

Does not come up every fight but comes up enough that it gets really really annoying when its pay off to having it always on being little to none for me personally. Overall has just brought me more negative than positive moments.

Don't get why so much opposition to us just being able to rebind it or toggle it? Changes the game for no one else if it does not bother you personally than keep it on.

gets in the way especially in pvp

In what way? You have to hold the button to activate the sit. And they mostly (on ship) away from locations fights take place.

@personalc0ffee We're not asking for its removal. We're asking for it to be optional. I have zero interest in sitting. None. I'm not a content creator. I'm not a role player. It just gets in the way. It'd be nice for this to be a toggle option.

@apesot said in Option to turn off sitting:

I think there should be an option to turn off sitting since it gets in the way especially in pvp and I barely use it.

This could be done with just a simple toggle like they did with the rats or a keybind where we can set to another key or turn it off

This.

I like sitting. But nah lol

I agree, I often accidentally sit sown when trying to use the map table on a sloop, an option to turn it off would be great.

@personalc0ffee once again I repeat we don't want it removed you can keep it on all you want just give players the OPTION to disable it.

And if you have reduced hold to interact which is needed to juggle loot you sit accidentally. All the time.

At the end of the day some of us are complaining about something affecting us, we explained how it is affecting us, still don't know why you would not want to let players turn it off for THEM ONLY. If this is not affecting your experience of the game you can keep it on why force players it is affecting to suffer it does NOT change the game for you if it is on or not.

@burnbacon it's called reduced hold to interact...

Once again if it is not affecting you that is fine we are not asking to change your experience. Why are you opposed to this change which is no way changes your game experience but will make the game better for other players who it is affecting!

We just want an option to toggle or rekeybind it, your game and experience will not be affected at all as a result of this change you would not even notice the change if it went through.

Why not add this change the will improve significantly the QOL for players who this is really really annoying for.

@pithyrumble why not this does not change the game for you at all! This change will be off by default and you can disable sitting by going into the settings. You will not feel the change at all it will not change your experience remotely.

Why not allow this option which will improve the game for other players without remotely affecting yours.

@nitroxien

I was agreeing that I found sitting annoying

@aerotsune said in Option to turn off sitting:

Repair is done with primary action, not interact. But the rest of those could be potential issues, aye.

While you are correct, the issue is that the interact prompt interferes with repairing because (unlike with primary and secondary interact prompts) you have wait for the "repair" prompt to be visible before you can begin to use that action.

So sit prompts, especially around the map table and back on a sloop, can block you from engaging repairs.

@personalc0ffee said in Option to turn off sitting:

There should be nothing in the game that gives advantage over others, especially toggleable settings.

You mean kinda like the ability to toggle on/off screen shake?

Here. I went and scienced it over at a fort and took screenshots to SHOW the problem on the sloop. The back two side holes, where you want to see the "Repair Hull" prompt on the screen, you are only given the "Take a Seat" prompt at certain angles. I am pointed directly at the holes in my ship. I do not want to take a seat. I want to repair.

With the addition of these new sitting positions, muscle memory is now thrown off. Angles and positions where you used to be able to repair, you now need to adjust and finesse to get the "Repair Hull" prompt to appear on the screen. And worse, with the rocking of the boat, it is now more likely to cancel the repair when the boat rocks enough to present the "Take a Seat" prompt instead.

Either get rid of those sitting locations on the sloop or allow us to toggle off sitting altogether. Or, I saw another suggestion for all "Take a Seat" prompts to be disabled when holding a plank. I don't remember who suggested that, but that would work also.

@schwammlgott

You just made my point. In all 3 of these locations, you absolutely can get the "Repair Hull" prompt to appear. It just takes some finesse. You didn't used to have to finesse it to get the "Repair Hull" prompt. It just used to be the only prompt.

The third image is about the limit of where you can repair that hole. The first 2 images, I'm actually pretty close and it's ridiculous that the "Take a Seat" prompt is prioritized over repairing a hole.

@schwammlgott lol..dude..these are screen grabs from videos I recorded. Within those same videos standing in the exact same spot, I am prompted with both the "Repair Hull" prompt and the "Take a Seat" prompt depending on certain angles. If you want me to go out of my way to take more screenshots and upload them to prove you wrong, I am more than happy to.

@schwammlgott

No-one has said it's unplayable, it's just very frustrating when you are under pressure to have to be very precise with things that shouldn't be an issue.

To be clear, this problem has existed on a sloop for a long time with the cage open/close prompt interfering with the hole repair at the voyage table. It's just in more areas now - mainly around the map table.

I think it's okay to love the sitting feature and not want it disabled but looking at it from an objective point of view, the feature needs work to integrate fluidly and not be a hindrance to gameplay. Any such annoyances break immersion and make players feel like they are playing a bunch of code rather than existing in a living world.

I was the one who suggested that the sit prompts simply be turned off when you are holding a plank. I think that would be a good solution that doesn't remove the sitting feature but prevents it from interfering with repairs.

@schwammlgott

The same way I've been playing the game since launch. As you can see from replies, I'm not the only player with this issue.

Congrats on being a pro Sea of Thieves player, I hope your NAL scrims are going well.

@schwammlgott said in Option to turn off sitting:

@sweetsandman uhh...I have to look more careful to repair...how unplayable...🤦🏻‍♂️

To be clear...you're in favor of prioritizing a sitting function where there used to be a repair function...got it.

@schwammlgott said in Option to turn off sitting:

@sweetsandman by the way, I guess you made that pictures/videos while the ship is standing still...because never ever while the ship is moving and bouncing up and down due to the waves you would be able to repair from that distance...AND, for the 3rd time, as I said this was also the chase before sitting was a thing

I mean...you're wrong. I've always repaired from where I'm standing in those pictures. That's why I keep referencing muscle memory. Also, my ship was in the storm bobbing about like crazy while I was testing. Go science it yourself.