I feel sad when i watch the E3 trailer. r.i.p player base in April 3rd.

  • ZetsubouKibo
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    The majority of people that have this game is from the free 14-day gamer pass and it's already been 8 days, 6 more days to go before we will see fewer players.

    Here's the E3 Trailer if you guys want to watch it again

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=1z48qvGsA_0

    At the start of the video we see our character raises his hand close to his head to block out the sunlight but in retail, we don't have that little detail.

    Heres the comparison video of retail vs E3 graphics

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wqVrsl5pco

    Downgraded graphics from the E3 trailer and it's a bit bad (Graphics are still good but IMO you should've made graphics like that in the mystic settings in the full game), Xbox only has HDR and pc doesn't.

    There are 2 figureheads we see in the trailer that's not in the game yet.

    We see that the sharks swim in circles and there's 8 of them and they don't act like that in the final game.

    There's a scene where a guy punches a chest and there's gold in it. (Don't know if that will never be in the game and they just added that just to make it cool)

    It makes me sad that the E3 trailer was 3 years ago and the final game feels like playing the alpha with a few added stuff to it.

    I love this game, I really do but you don't get much XP in your reputation and looks like you don't get high-level chests when you're doing high-level voyages.

    You guys need to fix the game asap and add whats important to the game.

    Fix the voyages to feel more rewarding because higher level voyages are harder but the payout is like the same.

    Fix the PvP respawning.

    Fix the skeletons accuracy with range weapons, Their accuracy is extremely high, They are like aimbots pretty much all the time.

    Add in content like the barber shop so we can customise our pirate the way we want.

    More ship customisation, I don't mean new sails.

    I have high hopes for this game, I still do and i wish you all at Rare the best and I do hope you end up making a fantastic pirate game.

    Tbh idk what you guys did in the last 3 years after that E3 trailer, Why downgrade the graphics and not put them on the highest quality settings? Why take out a few things that were in the trailer and not add in little detail which makes a game good.

    Will you guys eventually add in more sea monsters and re-work the sharks?

    Add a roadmap please, Your player base Need's to see what your guy's plans are so we can discuss those features and tell you what we would love to see in the game.

    Me (And i know most if not all gamers hate the fact that E3 trailers are just to make people hype and make the game good but in reality when we do get the game it's not what we expected it to be and it's a bit worse)

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  • McDoll
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    Why do you feel sad?
    People that watched the trailer have experienced the entirety of the game, and more in fact!
    How cool is that?

    Oh. Well except being brigged by trolls and sworn at by kids.

    But otherwise, that's the whole game right there.

    My favourite bit in one of the trailers was where they imply there are traps and stuff in the caves by saying that you can "come a cropper" and looking at a trap that's killed a guy.
    See. It's clever cos it implies a level of interactivity and detail that isn't actually present, but it isn't technically lying even though that sort of content's not present!
    Genius right?

  • ZetsubouKibo
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    @mcdoll said in I feel sad when i watch the E3 trailer. r.i.p player base in April 3rd.:

    Why do you feel sad?
    People that watched the trailer have experienced the entirety of the game, and more in fact!
    How cool is that?

    Oh. Well except being brigged by trolls and sworn at by kids.

    But otherwise, that's the whole game right there.

    My favourite bit in one of the trailers was where they imply there are traps and stuff in the caves by saying that you can "come a cropper" and looking at a trap that's killed a guy.
    See. It's clever cos it implies a level of interactivity and detail that isn't actually present, but it isn't technically lying even though that sort of content's not present!
    Genius right?

    Yeah, I just hope they will add the stuff, later on, I just feel sad because the E3 trailer is literally the entire game and that was 3 years ago, We got a game that is exactly like that but with a little worse graphics, Xbox has HDR and pc doesn't idk why.

    They added voyages and cosmetics throughout the 3 years and that's it.

    I had hoped to even see the 2 figureheads that were in the trailer to be in the main game but what we saw in the E3 trailer was the stuff that's going to get added later in the future?

    Maybe pc will look like that in the E3 trailer but I very highly doubt that (I hope PC will eventually get HDR)

    I wanted a pirate game but not this, There's literally nothing and you don't feel rewarded doing the voyages, Love grinding games but ftp games like warframe feel more rewarding to get something and this doesn't.

  • SquallyCircle7
    Marauder

    oh i can't wait until the game pass crowd goes away. hopefully, when all players have committed to the game with hard earned gold, we will realize a more enjoyable playing experience.

  • McDoll
    Castaway
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    @theunknownd
    Yeah man, that's all true.
    Sad thing is, I LOATHE grinding games. And certainly think that making your own fun is pretty rad.
    However, SOT doesn't give you a comprehensive enough framework within which to do that.
    So it sort of fails hard at BOTH types of game!
    I personally had hoped that there would be at least a purpose to exploration, given that particular bit of the trailer, as well as the blurb on the website and general stuff the devs have said.
    Sadly, the game is basically ctf from unreal, but with far fewer weapons and no scoreboard.
    Combined with some basic sailing mechanics.

    Then because it is so barebones, you have rabid fans defending it, and saying that it's cos you're meant to make your own stories and adventures etc.

    It's a massive cop out in order to sell what is essentially the alpha of a free to play game that's in early access, but for $80usd.

  • ZetsubouKibo
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    @mcdoll said in I feel sad when i watch the E3 trailer. r.i.p player base in April 3rd.:

    @theunknownd
    Yeah man, that's all true.
    Sad thing is, I LOATHE grinding games. And certainly think that making your own fun is pretty rad.
    However, SOT doesn't give you a comprehensive enough framework within which to do that.
    So it sort of fails hard at BOTH types of game!
    I personally had hoped that there would be at least a purpose to exploration, given that particular bit of the trailer, as well as the blurb on the website and general stuff the devs have said.
    Sadly, the game is basically ctf from unreal, but with far fewer weapons and no scoreboard.
    Combined with some basic sailing mechanics.

    Then because it is so barebones, you have rabid fans defending it, and saying that it's cos you're meant to make your own stories and adventures etc.

    It's a massive cop out in order to sell what is essentially the alpha of a free to play game that's in early access, but for $80usd.

    Yeah man, I just wish this game had so much more to it, I love this game alot and i really hope they will keep us as a community happy by playing it.

    This game is just a huge open world and it seems like there's nothing in it, What did they do for 3 years development time? Did they add just a few things then waited and released the game?

    The 3-4 stress tests were useless, We still got so many problems at launch.)

    They weren't expecting 1 million players, OFC they should have expected that many players from the free game pass.

    I feel like they are reading the forums but not replying to us.

    They need to add the roadmap before April 3rd. I would hate it if no one will touch this game in the near future, The concept of this game is good and I love the idea but this game sailed too fast (Released too fast)

  • Johnny5Chimpo

    I wish I hadn’t watched that E3 trailer just now. Never seen it before. I’ve been loving the game so far but after seeing that I can’t help but wonder what happened?

  • Kashaarafall

    @johnny5chimpo As the ex RARE dev spoke of, there was a lot of tug of war going on during the development of the game. So, it likely made more ideas and less progress.

  • BrutalPandaX
    Marauder
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    @theunknownd before getting any of those things, I think it would be more important to make the game function right first. I get bugs constantly where I'm finally at the advantage in a 2 hour fight and I'm about to win but BAM I get a bug and if I'm not on a galleon then I'm completely screwed and 2 hours gone with zero chances of winning.

  • Vaca Hombre
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    Boatswain
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    @theunknownd

    Oh hey, so does that mean when I'm still in the game after April 3rd, I'll be like a cyber zombie or ghost??!!?

  • SausijXzal
    Master

    RIP April 3rd? How about now.
    I just spent 2 hours, saw a single enemy Galleon and I went all over the map.

    First two/three days of launch, I could sit on any one given island and see another ship atleast within 2 islands distance.

    I'm hearing of groups of players becoming fractured as people are quitting / refunding already. 1 week in.

    Most multiplayer games have enough content to support their players base for months before complaints of lack of content hit.

    Sure you'll get outlier players hitting 300hours, but compare Sea of Thieves first week with any other game and you'll find they have complaints about bugs in common, complaints about "Im bein griffed" in common, but none about "lack of content".

    Even the "forum hated comparison" No Mans Sky,managed to pull off 3 weeks before people complained about lack of content and they managed to lie about having multiplayer.

  • Look Behind You
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    Deckhand

    @theunknownd just FYI the rare employee tag doesn't do diddly. It was disabled ages ago due to overuse/abuse.

  • ZetsubouKibo
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    @v**a-hombre said in I feel sad when i watch the E3 trailer. r.i.p player base in April 3rd.:

    @theunknownd

    Oh hey, so does that mean when I'm still in the game after April 3rd, I'll be like a cyber zombie or ghost??!!?

    No, It will mean that there will be fewer players, On one of their developer videos shown here.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0KiM8n7e0w&t=2s
    they said they hit 1 million users unique users (I think they said that), Half of the people are probably using the free game pass and I know that if they won't add in something on April 3rd then a lot of them won't buy the game.

    @triheadedmonkey said in I feel sad when i watch the E3 trailer. r.i.p player base in April 3rd.:

    @theunknownd just FYI the rare employee tag doesn't do diddly. It was disabled ages ago due to overuse/abuse.

    I NEVER KNEW THAT! NO! D: damn people why you abuse it. :(

  • Vaca Hombre
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    Boatswain
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    @theunknownd

    ....

    Could I still pretend to be a ghost?

  • ZetsubouKibo
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    @v**a-hombre said in I feel sad when i watch the E3 trailer. r.i.p player base in April 3rd.:

    @theunknownd

    ....

    Could I still pretend to be a ghost?

    We all want to be a skeleton/ghost matey!

    Spooky scary skeletons.
    Me and my crew will equip ghost/skeleton outfits at night then raid ships.

  • Lord Sphinktus

    Don't be sad, the vast majority of the griefers and trolls are using the 15day trial. I mean why invest in a game when your plan is to make playing it a terrible experience. I say good riddance to freeloaders. Party Crashers are always the problem party guests.

  • TONE TZU
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    I got the game on Xpass and and yesterday after the update, when the game would not launch for the xpass, I bought the game so i could play... not everybody on Xpass with cancel. and not eveyone playing is using xpass...

  • Eph1zul

    @lord-sphinktus Do you honestly believe that? The game offers little so people get bored. Bored people find fun in annoying other people.

    For one thing the playerbase will take a hit after game pass ends.
    But it won't stop there, take Destiny 2 as an example. They lost 80% of their playerbase in just 3 months.

    Who will be left to support further development?

  • Lord Sphinktus

    @eph1zul if you hate the game so much why are you posting on the forums? Trolling is the only reason I can think of.

  • Eph1zul

    @lord-sphinktus Or we like the core of the game and feel they didn't take the opportunity they got? I'll be gone soon, don't you worry. Then all you fanboys can have fun amongst yourselves.

    We tried to point out the errors long before release, we keep doing so. But the fanherd keeps coming up with excuses.

  • Snappy 270

    @lord-sphinktus Do you really not understand how games work .... Or let alone why these forums exists !

    Devs say they have a 10 year plan to add content to this game wit hte first major update in 3 months. I'm really looking forward to it. But they kinda need money to get there. So they need all those "free loaders " to buy the game, so they can add more content. But as the game stands people will forget about it in a few days. Only fanboys will stick around. Its sad but they need a content update in the next week to keep peopel intersted.

    I really hope they can do it. Cause this game could be so great

  • BlindNev
    Captain

    It's kind of weird that you buy a game (an expensive one) and then need to wait for updates over a few years in order to get the full experience.

    I can understand why you need to wait when you buy early birds on steam, since they are still in development. But for these kind of games I don't get how it is acceptable.

    It's not like they are adding new stuff. They are going to add stuff that was already promised.

  • CryptoApocalyps

    I don’t know about fan oi but I really do enjoy the game. Sailing alone or with friends, I always have fun. I still can’t see why so many people complain. I’m not asking for reasons, just stating it

  • JumpiestDust213

    @lord-sphinktus said in I feel sad when i watch the E3 trailer. r.i.p player base in April 3rd.:

    Don't be sad, the vast majority of the griefers and trolls are using the 15day trial. I mean why invest in a game when your plan is to make playing it a terrible experience. I say good riddance to freeloaders. Party Crashers are always the problem party guests.

    doubt that, I watched twitch a lot during the betas....most of them were bored griefers and trolls

  • Vaca Hombre
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    @theunknownd

    I demand ye hand over yer boooooty.

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