WHAT WE NEED FOR PETS!!! PETS ARE COMING!!!!

  • We know that Pets are coming to the Sea Of Thieves but we don't know what they can do or how they act! I am guessing you have commands for them to put them on your shoulder, pick up, pet and change to other pets. But how cool would it be if your pet had a personality for the AI!

    Pets should have a random personality for each pet and I feel like this would really add uniqueness to your pets. I think we should get personalities such as this;

    Grumpy -
    Your pet will huff and puff and follow you but do everything with a frown and without energy, they will not be fond of pirates or other pets but not be vicious.

    Needy -
    Your pet will follow you and be your lost shadow, not letting you go out of sight, they will always try to go on your shoulder or spy on you.

    Loner -
    Your pet doesn't need anyone and is too cool, you might see your cat in a quiet place and enjoying itself alone and it will come to you whenever it is hungry or bored.

    Happy -
    Your pet will always be around you and have a spring in its step, excited to go on adventures and see the world!

    Vicious -
    Your pet will hiss and attack other pets, it will stay alone and only like your shoulder as a place it can relax while planning your death!

    Timid -
    Your pet will be scared easily by cannons, gunshots and other pets, it will run from other pirates and pets and try to hide behind you!

    I feel like these are some examples of how they would act and their personality will be random from a bunch of different personalities, how cool would it be if you and a friend both buy a cat and your cats both have different goals and personalities that really make your cats different and have their own unique personality that tells them apart!

    I really want RARE to notice this and start talking about this as a feature! Add suggestions and tell me what you want below!

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  • Quality suggestion. Would add alot of depth to the companions!

  • The personality idea is awesome since it would add variety to the 100 monkeys coming around :D But then how will they do it? If they add a personality at random people are gonna hate it since they maybe want no timid animal but got one, and the fact rare said they don't want any random things in the MT :/

    What I suggest is that you always get a neutral pet but since we probably get more to eat then bananas (I hope so at least :D) we could decide the trait of our pets by feeding them different things or getting them different cosmetics :D Would TOTALLY love to "dress up" my monkey with a fitting pirate hat according to my dress up :D
    They were saying something about firing our pets through the cannon...maybe when you do it too much you animal will become easily timid in nature than others :D

  • @scheefinator My bad, I changed it. Whoops.

  • @shikia-caeleaum I hope pets are also scratched up and randomly generated that would awesome! And adding clothes and eye patches to them would be cool!

  • @scheefinator haha running joke coming!!!
    @ironuzuka said in Let's take it with irony [Post Made to Laugh about Forum problems]:

    More like a running joke but:

    Captain Barbossa :
    "The Code is more what you call guidelines than actual rules."

    Captain Teague: just shot one of the Indian pirates crew member
    "The Code is the law"

    You be cap' Teague here :p

  • @jamiethe1egend or maybe have the player choose from different colors/races which cat/ monkey/ whatever they wanna buy since otherwise the whole random thing will probably lead to many people accusing rare of still randomizing the cash shop which the CLEARLY said they wouldn't do it :/
    Another idea according to the traits:
    I hope that our pets will be the same as your player, you GROW up to become a legend your not immediately one from the start! :D
    Maybe the pets are timid at first and scared of coming to the ship/other players/cannons but with time they will "evolve" just like you as a player and get more courage and happily come onto the ship with you to experience another adventure :D

    I would love the idea when first purchasing a pet you HAVE to pick it up to get it onto your ship since cats HATE water and normally don't go willingly with someone to open waters :P like they need to build trust with you to follow you :D

  • How would a pet follow you?

    I got kicked so often outa the ship, had to climb that ropeladder up a couple hundered times a day...how would you make any cat/dog climb into a boat? How often did I jump off the ship and went underwater to reach the coast...and you would make that animal follow you?

    Do you really want to see animals being fired through canons?

    Right now, the game is fun and very "innocent" and that makes a big part of its charme imho. I wouldnt say "no" to pets in game...but I cant think of any funny mechanic that could make it work.

    And, the moment I'd see an animal badly treated for the sake of being funny, is the moment I'd stop playing this.

  • @scheefinator

    Ohh I have seen many...but none of them climbed outa the sea. Just saying...

  • @scheefinator @Kustho
    They confirmed pets and that one of the rare staff members wouldn't stop until they saw a cat fired from a cannon. So they are coming. I guess they are going to be shoulder pets and they can be interacted by you and your crew. So I am guessing they probably have the AI pretty well developed and they can walk around the ship already and know if they are in the water or on your shoulder etc.

  • @kustho
    Adding a Literal meaning to Sea Dog!

  • @emanuel-wynnn thank you

  • Ok...I believe you...and I dont want to spoil your discussion.

    Its just me. I have no problemn playing a game and fiere a digital musquet on another player...when it gets to animals I see it different.

  • All good ideas. What I would like to see. Rare touched on this in the Unlocked Podcast but the pets should be like a chest. You can pick them up, move them and put them down......FOR THE SOLO PURPOSE OF STEALING ANOTHER CREWS PET. I want to be able to jump on an enemy ship and steal their pet and run away laughing. I don't know what would happen then. Maybe you can turn the pet into the Merchants and get some gold.

  • @kustho I don't know if you can kill pets or damage them but they are going to be MS and probably unable to shoot by friends and they probably die with you.

  • @lc475 I am not sure but in the interview according to pets they said something about stealing pets from the ship/crew but they WILL come back to its origin owner :D

    Otherwise it would be really maddening to buy a pet with real money and no other chance to aquire it (not confirmed I just guess it) only to have it be stolen and never returned by another player :'(

    Edit: the selling story is a little difficult since it could really be cheated with -.- say 2 crews friend up and both have pets...then they just take the other pet to sell it and get infinite gold since the pets are not gone forever. (if that's so paying real money for this would be equal to just throwing it in the trash :P :D )

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    I like how the cats are all wonky and scratched up like the pirates and I hope all pets look like this!

  • @jamiethe1egend OMG!!!! It is sooo cute ;D Maybe have a scarred and non scarred version or/and having it timed:
    After playing for maybe 5 hours straight with your pet out and conquered many voyages (you and) your pet get scatched up like this which resets after restarting the game :D

  • @shikia-caeleaum they showed this to us before telling us way way before we had pets, so they have been working on this for a while!

  • @shikia-caeleaum I forgot about the fact the pets are planned to be microtransactions with real money. Anyway it should be a must to steal others pets. As I think some people will be more angry their pet is stolen rather than their treasure hahahaha maybe when you turn in a stolen pet it is like 1 gold. Stealing is more of a personal thing than for gold. Then the pet can spawn back for free next time you are at an outpost.
    Ultimately I think pets will be more of a moving ornament at first. Part of player or ship customisation. Adding more to them in time. When full release happens and we see the pigs snakes and chickens as part of the merchants this will help understand what they plan to do and also help Rare decide as they will see alot of weird videos of people trying to do things with the animals.

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    Captain Bones leaked this back in 2016, so they probably have been working on pets for a while! Since this is concept art!

  • @lc475 I totally agree with the stealing but not with the selling (only with little gold income for that) :D I think if they had only something to do with cosmetical features then they would not wait for 3 months until releasing them ;) I think a very good AI is already programmed for them and then it will definetly be worth the money :D
    Let's just hope for reasonable prizes and good variety ;)

  • @shikia-caeleaum @lc475
    I want pets to be an extension to your character, they are like an extra crew member but only offer entertainment (to play with and interact with) but really they should be an extension of you!

  • @jamiethe1egend when I read "like an extra crew member" I thought about a monkey firing a cannon by itself :D
    But yes it should be an extension which grows with you and can be dressed up (maybe with ingame outfits and not necessary be bought with MT) :D

  • As I know Pets will be only purchasable with micro transactions, because of this fact I'm totally against a further invest of time in developing anything what has to do with pets. Because it would split up the player base even more in people how support micro transactions and people how don't.

    I for myself don't support them because I think micro transactions are the killer for community based games like this.

  • @univalvewolf976 well i cant wait to see what they are like!

  • @gradedclover504 no or thats an advantage

  • Love the idea!

  • Pets are a must for pirates... They should be account based and always available. NO to the idea of stealing pets. Thats an horrible idea, especially if its microtransactions. I'm hoping the pets are micro transactions and unlockable achievements. I fine with both options. Pets should be interactive with the players. I really like the idea of dressing the pets up. I think that will fit into the games humor.

  • @jamiethe1egend I want dogs in sea of thieves

  • I'm looking forward to seeing pet behaviors.

    Will they interact with animals in cages? It would be cool to see a monkey petting a chicken or pig, or easing closer to a snake before jumping back in fright. It could occasionally hug the fruit barrel for a laugh.

    Oh, an undead monkey could salute the fort skull clouds.

    Parrots could talk at random intervals with sometimes contextual, sometimes random lines. "Ahoy!" to a pirate or to a pig. "Shiver me timbers!" anytime. "Look out!" randomly but rarely to scare pirates. It could mimic the "Glug, glug, glug" of drinking grog.

    What else?

  • I'm cool with the idea, but its a nada from me on the random aspect of it.

    Makes the pets feel lootboxy

  • @shikia-caeleaum or they see what type of pirate you are. kind of how a "smart phone" knows the way you type normally and starts auto correcting random words to ridiculous ones you use to send to your best friend or something.

  • @jamiethe1egend

    And dont forget Niblert or Nibbly.

    A furry ball, much like the ones seen in the movie Critters!
    And they eat all chests and crates all the time. So, good luck having him. ;)

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