Dev Update [8-12-2025]

  • BurnBacon
    Vanguard
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFBZ-WCPqaA&ab_channel=SeaofThieves

    Points of Interest

    • Speaks on new Season 17 and what to come.
    • Season Tab to help explain the season information and future "Acts"
    • Server Updates, region servers and Op-out Region HG matches
    • Rebind Secondary Keys changes
    • Mermaid Statue exploit removed?
    • Ship fight improvements, Server merge after sunk and Emergent fights/Megs
    • Insiders Stuff (pointless)
    • Second Chance (Bans)

    A lot to take in, but a few are more worth listening too.

    • Season Tab
      Frankly, they need a huge UI change up. Too many tabs...less likely ever gonna use it anyways, just have a Phone out and look these up and keep track :P

    • Server changes
      Happy to see Op-Out Region for HG matches, should of been added when it was introduced but better late than never. Glad to also see places getting some much needed love for new servers for them. Everyone getting happy.

    • Ship Fights, Megs & Emergent
      Frankly, I hope this backfires. I see the "annoyance" people have with being attacked by same crew...and Winning those fights. Only to be attacked again. (During World Events of all things) but to force them to server merge because its Annoying? I laugh when people want more PvP interactions and when those moments happen, Its too much PvP?

    Aswell, HG matches with Megs spawning or skeleton ships. They create the best stories and interactions, I dont know what the issue is. Claim its Unfair or one sided. What next reduce Storm and Fog because same? Hourglass is all about combat, PvP on demand and where ever in the world it happens. At this point, they might as well Place HG matches in the Sea of the Damned.
    Makes me wonder how Burning Blade, a world event that sinks ships back to back, is suddenly left on a nearly empty server because they Sunk the same ship enough they forced them off the server. The only ship that actually wanted to give BB a fight...not run. Or if a ship decides to Hunt a crew and sink them nonstop? New players? forcing them off the server.

    Oh well, Season 17 is just lacking so much, just Season of Big bangs that will go silent over time.
    My two pennies. I'm out of here.!

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  • heslashthem
    Legend
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    We’ve returned to the slow drip monthly content, and that’s fine, but at this point I just wish they’d pick a lane and stick with it. The constant shifting of structure is so frustrating and constantly ruins any progression we get in story. It can’t be that hard to continue stories they’ve started instead of bringing in more new stories and characters. Give us endings!

  • Captain Knyt
    Master
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    Aswell, HG matches with Megs spawning or skeleton ships.

    They didn't talk about this at all, they said it was for adventure, skeleton ships and megs already can't spawn on you in hourglass, they only attack if they roam into the arena due to another boat

  • KeylessWord4029
    Ship Mate

    being able to opt out of cross region hourglass is going to be amazing. because everyone is opt in by default and most people wont touch the options. will be much easier to find local people to win trade with!

  • PotatoSord
    Marauder
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    @tesiccl Not even just endings, give us back the stories at all. Why is Flameheart back? Why is the Burning Blade back? Why is Briggsy back as a phantom after we kill her as a skeleton lord? They gave us those answers, for 2 weeks, 3 years ago. There is no point to them not staying in the game aside from lazy writers.

  • Th3 Tater
    Marauder

    Oh look. More reasons to keep not playing anymore.

  • BurnBacon
    Vanguard
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    @captain-knyt

    Tell that to myself and everyone last couple, Weeks? who complain about Megs and such spawning on them during HG.

    Frankly, I love it when they do.

  • Ghutar
    Legend
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    Founder

    Oh so bandaid solution for exploiting skull of siren song voyage is server merge.

  • Captain Knyt
    Master
    Insider

    @burnbacon that’s the ancient meg, this change is only for adventure and only for emergent threats

  • Drgn SOT
    Marauder

    Server merging after you’ve been sunk is a TERRIBLE idea for obvious reasons.

  • Fry9889
    Commander
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    There is something to be said for moving ships to another server after sinking. It does need to be balanaced though. Something like 3 sinks in an hour and you migrated might be about right? Scuttling would need to be considered. Sometimes I want to strategically scuttle for sneaky plays, but saying that I don't want a crew to scuttle just before sinking to avoid migration.

    Storing loot in Mermaid statues - was this really that big a problem? I think I used it once or twice to stash a CoF in Ocean's Fortune shrine, after swimming it away from Sailor's knot. It seems like such a minor issue, but whatever.

    I really hope emergent megs aren't nerfed to badly. Those pristine teeth and scales are hard enough as is. I'm getting more from boar wallows these days than emergent megs, which is a bit ridiculous. Plus I have exactly 2 coms left that require meg killing.... yeah never going to happen.

  • Dominator9787
    Ship Mate
    Insider

    I wonder if Sea of Thieves knows why nobody plays their game.

  • BurnBacon
    Vanguard
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    @dominator9787

    idk about SoT, but Rare knows people play there game. after all..why are people on the forums talking about it if they dont play it? xD

  • The Old Soul800
    Marauder
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    Begs the question, will the opting out of cross region only apply to diving, or also to defending?
    Will opting out prevent people from other regions invading you?

  • Dominator9787
    Ship Mate
    Insider

    @burnbacon I do play it lol I was literally agreeing with you

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