2024 Preview Event

I'm so beyond excited. I've felt the seasons around 9 and 10 have been a little bland. I've never given up hope. There's something so magical about SoT as an experience, and these upcoming seasons look to be so worth the wait! Imagine a harpoon board, and while you're midway through the walk, your opponent shoots the harpoon, disengaging it. I love how EVERYTHING impacts boarding. In my opinion, boarding hasn't felt balanced. If players are good enough, you're just gonna get ladder guarded and while there are workarounds, you can't do much. For example, in hourglass yesterday, my buddy went for a board and I told him to hold on a sec because he was being ladder guarded. I oneballed the guard and told him he was good to climb the rest of the way. Or, you can pump enough holes that they have to go bucket eventually. But again, good enough players will utilize teammates if they have them, blunder bomb you off ladder, or shoot you off from the side. Boarding is a very narrow process if that makes sense. I feel like there's so much more opportunity now. I want that grapple gun! It might be a bit more balanced if it replaces a weapon slot so really you'd trade one combative weapon for the maneuverability, but that'll change boarding forever still! Even the bone callers! Hit an enemy ship with that before a board to give them more to do! Ugh, anyway, I'm hyped. And I'm beyond excited to show all these new PS5 players the ropes and maybe swindle a few out of their loot too 😉

in before triple barrel replaces double gun meta.

Windcaller is OP.

Where are all my pets? worst update ever.

No PVP focused players are allowed to complain about PVP being neglected for a year. At least lol.

Staring at the Season 13 announcement

"... You crazy sons'a flintlocks, you did it..."

Link to a thread of mine, four years ago:
https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/forums/topic/123530/man-o-war-the-mobile-skeleton-fort

While not exactly the same in concept, it's very exciting to see an iterated version of it actually coming!! AND SO MUCH BETTER, too! (while incorporating several others' ideas for a Man'O War style ship, too) This entire presentation has me so very excited, every single new feature was such a fantastic addition to the Sea of Thieves, I would be lying if I said I wasn't vibrating in my seat for features upcoming this year!

I actually cried for joy when I saw Season 13 content. It's basically what I always dreamed since I saw the Reapers, Flameheart and the Burning Blade for the first time.

That grapple gun to board enemy ships is gonna be a beast! Can taste the tears from the squeakers already.

What we saw for Season 12
New Tools & Weapons

• Double Flint

Frankly, idk about this. With how exploits in the game are, this gonna be another pain thing to deal with

• Throwing knives

First few months will see everyone using it. But afterwards I dont see this being meta. Maybe 1 member on a crew has them just because "Cool"

*Scatter Shot

Yeah. Its a thing that does multiple damage to ships. As someone pointed, Solo play is gonna be trickier with this. Unless they make them Unpurchasable and harder to find.

• Bone Caller

Funny item. My thought is, how many can spawn from a crew? If Galleon with all crewmates use it...does it spawn more or only 3? How OP are they?
and I am Sorry! but if we can spawn these on SHIPS! how come we havn't had Ocean Crawlers jump on our ships yet!

• Wind Caller

So for those chasers and Runners...we have this thing.
as well, someone boards your solo ship, they can easier push you off? Yep....
If the sound it make is quiet, I can see people uses this in the water (as shown) to sneak up on ships. Here comes the tuckers 2.0

• ZipLines
  Yup. As many have asked for this, I dont see many using them much. They are silly yes but really? Meh
  I hope they remove some of the ladders then since we wont be using them :P

• Balance Harpoons

So we can Tight rope walk? Wonder how this would function during moving objects (shown not good enough) surely it wont be easy or that be just horrible design. Waves bouncing, cannons firing. You see someone walking, turn the ship sharply ;P Or Carry stuff??
8:27 on video, Im sorry...but that! is steep...and they are walking without issue.

Season 13

• Burning Blade

So we..."Defeat" the ship and we become the crew? That weird thing. (doesnt sink on first defeat??)
I like the fact the ship activity sails around the world. Hope it doesnt remove Skeleton ships or Meg spawning. (or Kraken) and the Crew is now the World Event....(control the ship) yeah that wont end well for newbie players and those just doing Voyages. Since it seems you cant Sink it (atm)

• Skeleton Camps

Nice. New islands? or just updated locations. So far I dont like the fact you have to be part of the Burning Blade Crew just to do these. Sure they said you can do them regardless but they didnt say if you can explore the Ancient secrets and also get the Orb at the end and maybe deliver to Pirate Lord, prevent FH from getting them :p

Season 14
So pretty much...Season for the Tuckers or the Return of the Trap Master

• Blow Dart
  Cool.

• Throwble Traps
  Meh

• Harpoon Gun
  I can already seeing this by far the craziest thing. One, harpooning a "Chest" which is heavy...
  and of course...Boarding. Unless they introduce more ways to "Prevent" or at least stop it. Yeah keep it on the drawing board.
  Too many attacking items, not enough defense.

Well, My Story in the SoT does not include some of these things. It be more of a firepit story I heard someone tell me about and dont wish anyone to encounter.

But I only wish for 1 thing...."Lore/Story" that explains how we came across these new things.