High Seas, Safer Seas and Friendly Seas

  • Teh Bosch
    Rogue

    Returning solo player here, but probably not for long given the current state of things.

    High Seas is now full of toxic PVPers who just camp at the checkpoint islands. There used to be an understanding that if people were flying the friendly flags and used chat to declare friendly, you were left alone. Doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

    Safer seas is incredibly boring playing fully solo with reduced loot and not able to use own ship - what's the point?

    Propose a new mode of "Friendly Seas" where it's PVE only, along with other players on other ships. To me, this makes far more sense for the way I (and many others) want to play. It doesn't even have to be a different gamemode, GTA does it well with their passive mode.

    I'm sure I'll get the usual GITGUD comments, but thought I'd share as this used to be a great game, and still could be.

    Also the amount of micro transactions and popups now are a joke. Almost as bad as BF6.

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    Deckhand

    The game design and intent for Sea of Thieves is a shared world adventure, and it always will be. Those who wish to play in the confines of Safer Seas will always have the option but we will not bring the rewards and activities in line with those of High Seas when many of the restrictions are in place due to the risk vs reward factor that is inherent in Sea of Thieves - removing any risk means rewards must be balanced accordingly.

    Safer Seas will act not only as a safe space for our Tall Tale players but also for families with children who just want to pirate, for people who want to play the game but learn the ropes and it will organically feed into Adventure mode, keeping the player pool there healthy and upskilled as they've learned the mechanics.

    This is not only useful for new players but also families and players with accessibility needs - the whole game suddenly becomes available in a way it hasn't before, letting them naturally progress to High Seas and become a Pirate Legend. SoT has grown a huge amount in 5 years and it can be fairly overwhelming.

    The borders put in Safer Seas mean that to experience the full depth and breadth of the game you will have to hit the high seas BUT if you're playing with your family you don't have to, you can just enjoy the game and have fun as a family.

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