Okay so i am a mother anf cant play during the day much. once I can play which is late at night the few friends I do have online to play with are asleep. Im so hooked on this game tho that nothing discourages me from playing. That being said what I normally do kate at night is go from island to island gathering any loot and quests to some sort of income. Every single night i see another sloop or two in whcih seems to be doing the same and we seem to have an understanding of leave each other alone and keep our distance. I would really like to know who these other late night solo player looters are? If we join up and do what we do together it would be easier amd quicker! Specially seeing how there also seems to be one or more galleons everynight playing cat and mouse ( give it up youll never cath me ) trying to attack me or whatever they are trying to do who knows. ( no discrimination against galleon players) but if thos is that solo player i see all the time or if its someone else doing the same thing by all means add me 1 & more = less chores.
To the late night solo cruisers - EST anywhere from 11pm-7am
I have a 2yr old.
That said, you don't want to play this game during peak hours.
It's.. a different crowd..
3-7am EST have been my best sessions.
PS I Love your outlook on island hopping and nuetrality, haha. I'm glad you've had hopefully, mostly pleasant night vouyages. (Don't be afraid to join duo sloops at night, you should only need to switch between a few before finding a good match, faster than daytime)
@elfonashelf52 Which part of the world do you hail from? Late night US is early morning UK time and I know there are a lot of players from Oceania who play around this time too :)
@katttruewalker so does that mean the match making is global, and not regional? Doesn't that bring on some heavy latency? Interesting
@adeezlfosheezl Well I know I am able to play with pirates from anywhere on the seven seas if I choose to, not entirely sure about the matchmaking process but I believe it's possible.
@adeezlfosheezl I think the matchmaking is global. I found myself on a ship with what I assumed be Spanish speakers. I ended up leaving because I couldn't understand them.
@tenableclown15 said in To the late night solo cruisers.:
@adeezlfosheezl I think the matchmaking is global. I found myself on a ship with what I assumed be Spanish speakers. I ended up leaving because I couldn't understand them.
My most memorable vouyages have been with people who speak another language.
They can often be smart. It's just the language barrier. Which is fun to work around.
Thanks to a video, I know the chat wheel does translate according to the version you're running. (Least I've only seen Spanish text)
Something in the water? Aye! It's close! Lol.
Just thought I'd add that.. to me it was a plus more than a negative.
@katttruewalker @TenableClown15 oh ok. I'm in the Midwest USA and I've yet to come across any foreign speaking pirates.. I only play solo or with friends privately. I get match making with a crew, but I was curious about other crews sailing about in match making. Cheers
If you're playing on a PC:
You can enable the ping display in the settings then you know if you were matched local or globally depending on the ping to the server. Usually the game tries to put people on local servers.Did you try the Sea of Thieves Community Discord servers yet? So far at any time I tried there were friendly people online there and you can just ask for a group to your liking like "age 30+ for chill voyages".
I know that Sea of Thieves has a certain charm when played in a solo sloop but those late night galleon adventures are something special too, when all the moms and dads start whispering to not wake any kids nearby it becomes so relaxing I almost fall asleep collecting chickens.🤗
If you're playing on a Xbox:
Making a thread like this one in the forums is probably your best bet in this case.👍@sanni yes, I'd be surprised if enemy crews are global as the latency would be noticeable in skirmishes up past 150, especially seeing USA matchmaking with Eastern Europe etc.
@sanni and others.... Also, if you're on an XBox, and I forget where you can do this, but in one of the areas on the Xbox there is a way to ask for players. You can add tags for the types of players you're looking for and chat with them before launching the game.
Also, I am on late sometimes look me up.
Hi, I'm probably one of thes "night solo cruiser" you're talking about.
I also met duo-sloops while I was leaving an island with my precious sandy chest.
Scared, I sail away, too much bad meetings with "bad players" but there was no canon balls flying... maybe these ones were peacefull... I'll never know...I play on xbox, I'm french, I'm a happy daddy who plays silently at night (21h-01h mostly often) and I'l be glad to meet any cool players to share some Zen sessions ;)
@elfonashelf52 I play mosty galleon PVP during the afternoon with friends and then due to timezone difference with them i play another 2 or 3 hours solo voyaging at night
so its fair to say im a part time night cruiser
This is such a lovely thread!
Besides any of the lovely people who posted on this thread, I can also recommend trying to find people through the SoT discord. There's also a few SoT communities filled with lovely people from all around the world.
I would link, but I feel I would be biased towards a certain community. So, instead I'd recommend going to the "looking for crew" section and sort on posts you'll find a few of these communities listed with a high number of posts. I know players in quite a number of them, and they just want to play and have fun!
I hope you find what you are looking for my fellow late night slooping friend!
@tenableclown15 said in To the late night solo cruisers.:
@sanni and others.... Also, if you're on an XBox, and I forget where you can do this, but in one of the areas on the Xbox there is a way to ask for players. You can add tags for the types of players you're looking for and chat with them before launching the game.
Also, I am on late sometimes look me up.
The Looking for group function is what you are after. If you jump a few posts down you will see someone has explained how to do it!
@katttruewalker said in To the late night solo cruisers.:
@elfonashelf52 Which part of the world do you hail from? Late night US is early morning UK time and I know there are a lot of players from Oceania who play around this time too :)
Same what time zone and time you on? I am usually a fellow late night slooper. I tend to shout to other boats "I'M FRIENDLY!!" or "WAAASSSSUUUPP!" to make them laugh.
With those two quotes I have helped people drop their loot on a out post and protected their ship long enough for us to kill those pesky Galleons :P
Yep- I'm mostly a nocturnal solo slooper... (Not snooper- that sounds weird...) Once the kids are asleep, & the inevitable adult chores are done, I try & catch a little bit of sailing time... It means the waters can be a bit quitter, yeah, & I can quietly go about my business... Mostly...
My 9 year old stepson calls me the 'loneliest pirate'! He jumps on galleons all the time. 'Why do you always go solo?' he smiles/ whines... ;D
Should we set up the Solo Sloop Appreciation Society?! Seems there's enough of us dedicated loners out there!
@sshteeve Looking for group is the best way to find players quickly to play with on Xbox and it's really easy to do. You set it up some tags by the type of player you want and within a minute or even seconds you will have people asking to join you.
@thr-wildwin7 I know! It was a lazy post response as the quote I linked had asked if there was a way to find people.
Edited it to make a little more sense!@elfonashelf52 Hi but I'm sorry to say that without even knowing your continent we don't have a clue of your time zone.
Plus there are a hell of a lot of servers so chances are that you aren't at sea with the same people twice.I am Australian and have lately been playing with an American whom I met on these forums. We usually play 2 man sloop until early day light hours (7am) for him, around 10/11pm for me, unless his wife and a friend joins us, then it's a galleon, well it was once.
It seems to be the best time for us to just do voyages and explore islands.
@katttruewalker The servers are global as I have often been a random among Americans and Canadians. I'm Australian.
However I always thought that the matchmaking was language based, so that earlier post has me confused.
@elfonashelf52 I, too, am a late night solo slooper. Sometimes it is just easier that way than jumping into galleons and having wild crews that just don't mesh.
As for global matchmaking, I can confirm that. Half the time I jump into a matchmaking galleon, I end up with people from the UK. I've actually made some decent Xbox friends that way. Other times, not so much, lol.
Anyways, Cheers to all you other sloopers out there! May your chests always come from Captains and all your chickens be golden!
@elfonashelf52
Great thread. I'm also a late night solo player, mostly on weeknights. It's perfect when the entire house is quiet with the entire family asleep in their rooms.Unfortunately, I haven't seen many folks simply doing their own thing lately as much as I did early on. During the last few nights, I've felt like the only neutral ship out there. Each evening I keep getting attacked before even reaching my first island. Last night, I was rolled over by a full galleon just minutes after leaving port. Cue the "Get good" and "it's a pirate game" comments, the reality is I'm out there to relax after a long day of working in the real world. Tends to be frustrating at times, but I keep coming back. Feel free to add me if you need extra help on that sloop.
