Are the Kill on Sight trend changing?

@zeffin Hey buddy, from what I've been reading on the forums and reddit, is the rewards from taking a Skull Fort have dropped 50-75% so I think a lot of people are avoiding them now. No point is spending the time to loot them if the reward has been cut in half.

I may be cursing myself by posting this next part, but I have been running into ACTUAL cool/fun people in the game, lately! Certainly seems like the trolls have gotten bored for the most part and the serious fans are left to enjoy the game!

@zeffin I think so.
I use to treat skull forts as a pure PVP area with no options for diplomacy but I stopped killing on sight when some of my crewmates started working out profitable alliances.
So I see myself sailing calmer waters for now but that may change as new content is added.

This is good! I'm a solo slooper that flees from everything! this might change that!

I've noticed this too. Oddly though, I've been engaging rather than running away a lot more recently (although, of course, if someone does something to indicate that they are peaceful then as as far as I'm concerning they are now immune to PvP unless they attack me), so perhaps the player base is settling towards a balance?

@xboxdragoneddie said in Are the Kill on Sight trend changing?:

@zeffin Hey buddy, from what I've been reading on the forums and reddit, is the rewards from taking a Skull Fort have dropped 50-75% so I think a lot of people are avoiding them now. No point is spending the time to loot them if the reward has been cut in half.

I may be cursing myself by posting this next part, but I have been running into ACTUAL cool/fun people in the game, lately! Certainly seems like the trolls have gotten bored for the most part and the serious fans are left to enjoy the game!

The people that had Games Pass with no vested interest in progressing in the faction, have now left, so it's also my opinion that the PVP has decreased some.

@sml-chief said in Are the Kill on Sight trend changing?:

@zeffin I think so.
I use to treat skull forts as a pure PVP area with no options for diplomacy but I stopped killing on sight when some of my crewmates started working out profitable alliances.
So I see myself sailing calmer waters for now but that may change as new content is added.

I prefer the long con, have another crew help you clear the fort, start loading their ship first and have a crew sneak a barrel or 2 on board and boom. Now you have all the loot.

@hecklan That's a good observation and decent theory!! :D

Either way... I'm enjoying my time in this game a LOT more, lately! I still get the adrenaline rush when seeing another ship, but I'm not ganked every session!! :P

@mr-spiderhead I would not commit to any form of ideology, its not the pirate way... even the pirate code is a bit too convoluted for me. Except for the take care of your crew part.

Join a server feel it out uses your intuition and senses. Understand what your crew is good at and what they're weak at and play to your strength while you target the weakness of others. This is how you improve your self and make everyone else around you better.

@hecklan said in Are the Kill on Sight trend changing?:

@xboxdragoneddie said in Are the Kill on Sight trend changing?:

@zeffin Hey buddy, from what I've been reading on the forums and reddit, is the rewards from taking a Skull Fort have dropped 50-75% so I think a lot of people are avoiding them now. No point is spending the time to loot them if the reward has been cut in half.

I may be cursing myself by posting this next part, but I have been running into ACTUAL cool/fun people in the game, lately! Certainly seems like the trolls have gotten bored for the most part and the serious fans are left to enjoy the game!

The people that had Games Pass with no vested interest in progressing in the faction, have now left, so it's also my opinion that the PVP has decreased some.

Well, I cannot comment on this remark with too much credibility. I run off game pass as well. And, I "care' about my progress but play almost entirely for the social outlet it offers so I don't know that your that close to the mark on this.

But I can agree that, game pass certainly opened the door for awareness the product exists. I can also agree that game pass would serve to draw in a crowd of experimental "test the water" types.

This implies some merit to your remark.

But I think a better way of stating this might be: Those who didn't really feel committed to the game, are starting to thin out. I'd agree to this.

I suspect after the first wave of major updates players will return for a bit and the cycle of short term interest and eventual shelving of the title will continue until the game slips off the radar and thrives only upon the shoulders of the committed play group.

Game pass certainly had some effect on the flavor of player during launch.

But I've met more than my fair share of full copy purchasers who have already shelved the title as well.