How Pets May be Implemented (My Personal Synopsis)

  • Sgt Paloogoo
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    Avast Maties!
    Ahoy lads & lasses, so Rare has announced that Pets aren't too far off from being added to the Sea of Thieves. (Don't quote me on that)
    Cat
    Rat

    But how will they be added?
    Well, here's how I think they'll be added:
    Please note that these are just my predictions on how Pets will be implemented. Except the part about pets not providing an advantage.
    So take this with a grain of sea salt.

    • At Outposts you'll find a shop near the Docks (or maybe even on the dock) that sells pets.
      The Shop will be colorfully decorated and will be very welcoming to the eyes.
      I don't know what the NPC shop keeper will look like but he/she will probably be a welcoming lass or fellow.
      Active but pleasant music will play when players pass by & enter the shop.
      (The purpose of the shop being at Docks is that the Maximum amount of players notice & come into the shop)

    What pets will be for sall?
    These ones:

    • Cat 🐈
    • Dog 🐕
    • Monkey 🐒
    • Parrot
    • (Probably a few unexpected pet types, maybe a Rat 🐁 or a fish bowl?)

    Some of the pets mentioned above probably won't be there on the day pets are released but will be added at a later date.
    Each pet may have different Skins for additional purchases.
    Pets & Pet skins will be purchasable via a new currency:

    • Silver
      Silver Coins
      Silver will be acquired from buying Silver Bags that are for real 💲money💵 at the Pet Shop.
      Each silver bag when purchased will give you a certain amount of the new silver currency.
    • 4.99$ = 2999 Silver Coins
    • 9.99$ = 6999 Silver Coins
    • 19.99$ = 10,999 Silver Coins
      Also there will be weekly or monthly deals on silver.

    When you purchase a pet from the shop 🎊celebratory effects🎉 will play on the screen, 🎶triumphant music🎵 & cheering will be heard followed by the purchased pet's signature animal noise.
    And a title on the screen saying:
    (Insert pet name here) Purchased!

    What do you do with pets?
    It depends on what Rare has in mind, but what we know for sure is that Pets are just for fun & won't provide any advantage over other players.

    Well mates, you think my synopsis on pets will be some what accurate when they finally arrive?
    Let me know!
    And are you looking forward to pets?
    (Cuz I sorta am!)
    Palooggoo

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  • KING DEKA
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    Yeah im looking Forward to Pets, cause I want a Little Cat or Rat as a Friend on my Solo Sloop then I’m never Alone :D And I want to support this amazing Game with my $, € or £! And I don’t think they’re coming Pet Skins, I’m thinking that every Season are new Purchasable Pets with new Skins coming but you’re not able to switch your skin

  • Hynieth
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    I know microtransactions are a thing in this game, or going to be to be honest.

    I'm baffled how Microsoft is the only First party console manufacurer who has Microtransactions. They already get extra revenue by selling consoles AND they put microtransactions in their first party exclusives? Shame on you rare shame on you!

  • SirLiborius
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    @sgt-palooggoo First i have to say, this is a very detailed description.
    But please move the sentence about this being a pure assumption to the top or even write it into the title. ;-)
    I hope, that there will not be another currency, but pets will be available as direct DLCs (like 1,99€ for a cat or something like that).
    It was rumored that maybe some "common" pets will be available with ingame currency and "premium" pets will cost real money.
    But they should still be cosmetics only, obviously.

  • JMAPUK
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    Yea, Microtransactions - has no-one learnt from the mistakes EA has made, Shame on you RARE !

  • SupriseAutopsy
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    @hynieth agreed, thought there would finally be a game free from microtransactions, but that was wishful thinking. On the one hand, at least real money spent can only go towards cosmetic items, so no pay-to-win factor here. On the other hand, ALL items in the game are cosmetic only. Since this is all speculation, I only know one thing for sure, I'm not spending any more on this game than what I already paid.

  • KING DEKA
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    @jmapuk
    Please say clearly what do you mean

  • Shaggy2000
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    @hynieth said in How Pets Will be Implemented:

    I know microtransactions are a thing in this game, or going to be to be honest.

    I'm baffled how Microsoft is the only First party console manufacurer who has Microtransactions. They already get extra revenue by selling consoles AND they put microtransactions in their first party exclusives? Shame on you rare shame on you!

    So they have been working for the last three months adding extra content and maintaining the servers, does this all happen for free?

  • Admiral RRRSole

    @sgt-palooggoo said in How Pets Will be Implemented:

    Avast Maties!
    *Please note that these are just my predictions on how Pets will be implemented.

    Sorry to be a stick in the mud there matey, but as this is only speculation, wouldn't the thread title "How Pets Will be Implemented" be better suited if it were "How Will Pets be Implemented"?

    Your way is saying that this will be the way it is, without doubt, as if it were confirmed.

  • Hynieth
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    @shaggy2000 It's not free. You bought a game first of all. Secondly First party games sell consoles. That's the source of income. How else do you think Nintendo can add heaps of new content to games like Splatoon and Arms without microtransactions.

    In that line of thinking God of War should have Microtransactions too? and what about Bloodborne? Those servers are still up and running. Uncharted 4, want to get fat drake? Well pay up? Nope because Sony sells consoles with those games.

  • SupriseAutopsy
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    @shaggy2000 Free? I don't know about you but I paid full price for the game. Server maintenance, bug fixes, and content promised from the beta had better be covered by that.

  • Shaggy2000
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    @hynieth said in How Pets Will be Implemented:

    @shaggy2000 It's not free. You bought a game first of all. Secondly First party games sell consoles. That's the source of income. How else do you think Nintendo can add heaps of new content to games like Splatoon and Arms without microtransactions.

    In that line of thinking God of War should have Microtransactions too? and what about Bloodborne? Those servers are still up and running. Uncharted 4, want to get fat drake? Well pay up? Nope because Sony sells consoles with those games.

    1: God of War is single player and hasn't had loads of free content like SoT has had added to it.
    2: Uncharted 4 uses microtransactions.

    Seriously dude if you're going to try and start an argument at least check up on your facts.

  • SirLiborius
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    As there are some comments about general concerns regarding microtransactions, Joe already explained it a while ago.
    Basically this is a sort of financing other free DLCs by optional microtransactions, which aren't Pay2Win.

    Here are the articles about this:

    Joe Skrebels  /  Feb 13, 2018  /  News

    Sea of Thieves Will Add Microtransactions Around 3 Months After Release - IGN

    Sea of Thieves Will Add Microtransactions Around 3 Months After Release - IGN

    Rare wants the items you can pay for to have "emotional value, not mechanical value."

    Paul Tassi  /  Nov 18, 2024  /  Games

    Xbox One's 'Sea of Thieves' Will Add Microtransactions (But Not Loot Boxes), After Launch

    Xbox One's 'Sea of Thieves' Will Add Microtransactions (But Not Loot Boxes), After Launch

    Microsoft's Sea of Thieves will get microtransactions after launch and they won't be loot boxes for a change.

    There have already been long discussions about the concerns:
    https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/36477/mega-thread-microtransactions-dlc-and-games-as-a-service-part-2

  • Crimsonraziel
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    @hynieth Ask yourself:
    Does God of War get free content updates?
    Is God of War a pure online multiplayer game?
    Does God of War even follow the games as a service model?
    Why did I bring it up then?

  • Admiral RRRSole

    Sorry @shaggy2000 but I hardly think that me paying $100 for this early access incomplete game only to have the content (that should have already been there on launch) arrive months later, should be considered as free.

    Perhaps it could be looked upon as a bonus for those on a $10 game pass but I paid Aus$100 for each of two copies.
    Sure I may have already invested hundreds of hours into playing the little that is currently there but none of that time counts until it is a complete game.

  • Hynieth
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    @shaggy2000 Wow I didn't know about the uncharted 4 one. My faith in sony is ruined...

    As for god of war. This is just speculation but I think that game cost a bit more then SoT did and still does. And yeah it's singleplayer but you know any other developer would have put microtransactions in it. (look at Shadow of War for example).

  • Hudson RL
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    just let me buy a dog already d****t!

    For what it's worth. Microsoft makes a fraction of its revenue from selling consoles. Microsoft makes money through xbox live and games. Saying that this free content we've been getting post launch should have been in the game already is irrelevant to the argument. You knew what the game had at launch and bought it for retail price. None of this content was even announced prior to launch.

    I've been having such a great time in Sea of Thieves and fully appreciated the hungering deep expansion and soon to be cursed sails and beyond! Rare can't keep working on the game forever for free. They've already stated that all major expansions will be FREE so what harm is there from adding some pets that don't affect gameplay for a real world monetary value. I'm all for it.

    Some games have a disgusting microtransaction model. Looking at you shadow of war! a completely single player title with the best weapons and abilities locked behind a paywall. However, here with SoT's we have a fully online game that's consists of an ever expanding world. If i wanted to spend a little extra money to fund extra content and prolong the game for myself then perfect. Time to get realistic people.

  • Hudson RL
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    @jmapuk developers have most certainly learned from the Battlefront 2 debacle.
    In that game there was power-ups, weapons and iconic characters etc that affected gameplay, locked behind a paywall.

    What Sea of Thieves is suggesting is adding a fun but novel addition to the game that doesn't affect gameplay but allows Rare to earn additional revenue to keep working on the game. Seeing as its not pay to win and doesn't change how you play, then you can simply ignore pets and never purchase one. All MAJOR content updates will remain FREE after all.

    I suppose its easier to hate than see sense though. 👍

  • Reedski
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    I'm quite happy to buy a pet will real £'s, I don't really mind cosmetic micro transactions, in fact if I've got a game through Games with Gold and I enjoyed it I'll often look for a micro transaction to purchase just to give some money for something I enjoyed for free. I bought this game, played it, enjoyed it, now I'm enjoying free dlc with lots more to come for free, so I'm happy to pay a little here and there for pets etc, as long as its never pay to win and as long as I'm getting dlc for free.

  • Xboxfanuk
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    I think pets should discovered and caught in the world. Yes they will be cosmetic and "just for fun" but they should also have some kind of fun little tweak like a monkey that can steal a gold piece off another player.

    As for the real money side of things...rare should sell cages. Special cages which allow you to catch the pets. Once you caught it it is yours forever and will summon (or can be un-summoned) when you login.

    Rare could sell a cage for each animal type they are putting in the game and then within the game are animals of different rarities and so you can decide if you want one straight away or try and get lucky and catch a rare pet.

  • Shaggy2000
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    @supriseautopsy said in How Pets Will be Implemented:

    @shaggy2000 Free? I don't know about you but I paid full price for the game. Server maintenance, bug fixes, and content promised from the beta had better be covered by that.

    Bug fixes I agree with, but server maintenance and extra content? Your joking right.

    They have three or four teams all working on extra content, you think this all comes from the cost of the game?

    Let's say Rare have been working on this game for the last four years, you think Rare weren't paying their staff for all that time?

    The cost of the game payed for the game up to that point, all future DLC is free so as not to split the user base. You think Microsoft and Rare are creating it all for nothing? It all costs money, even just an extra hat will cost money (artists don't work for free)

    At the end of the day this game isn't Battlefront 2 which had a broken microtransactions system. That game was "pay to win" everything that will be locked behind a pay wall will be purely cosmetic. If you don't want to buy it that's fine, it won't make you worse in combat.

  • Sargent Sully
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    To those saying for shame on Rare about microtransactions, they have already stated long ago the Premium shop will only sell cosmetics. It literally isn't that controversial. Look at Digital Extremes with Warframe's Tennogen, it is all cosmetic! You don't have to buy anything. Some of you are going on about EA and such, but remember, their lootboxes were randomized and provided vertical progression items, these are cosmetic items you know exactly what you are getting, no lootbox. More so I recall them mentioning in one devstream that the new currency, like the bilge rat doubloons, will be obtainable through an in game process so there would be alternatives. For all we know, there might be a pet in a Bilge Rat adventure as a possible reward.

  • Kapitan Klaps
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    I really wish some basic pets will be obtainable without investing real money. I mean, SoT is not a free to play game =/. I know they need to keep on earning cash, but you can still do that with some really cool premium skins.

  • Crazed Corsair
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    Oh it's controversial alright. I'm a strong believer that Microtransactions have no place in a full priced game. At the very least people who paid for the game should get a huge starter helping of currency to buy one or two pets of their choice, especially with the state of the game. Alternatively they could make all pets freely obtainable in-game, with extra customization options for them primarily unlocked through microtransactions.
    But some type of free pets are an absolute MUST.

  • Sgt Paloogoo
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    @sirliborius said in How Pets Will be Implemented:

    @sgt-palooggoo First i have to say, this is a very detailed description.
    But please move the sentence about this being a pure assumption to the top or even write it into the title. ;-)

    I moved it to the top like you requested.

  • Dr Peter Tezla
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    Your spot on with the new currency assumption.
    That's how all micro transactions work.
    And the Music & cheering assumption makes them sound like req packs.

  • Orgrum
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    The best part is that as a games as service game if people don't buy these pets the game is done for. This shallow game with insane grinds will now live or die by how many whales it has playing. This is not going to end well.

  • SupriseAutopsy
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    @shaggy2000 I didn't say extra content, I said content promised at release. And yes, if I buy an online game that doesn't require a subscription, I expect server maintenance to be covered in the price. If servers aren't maintained, the game will be pretty useless to me pretty quickly. Rare sold at least 2million copies the first week, they should be able to budget staff with that, and if they can't they better start sending out refunds. I also acknowledged that buying pets is not pay-to-win, just pointed out adding cash-only cosmetics to a game that has no in-game transaction other than cosmetics is kind of weird. You want to throw away your cash for a parrot animation, that's your call.

  • Shaggy2000
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    @supriseautopsy said in How Pets Will be Implemented:

    @shaggy2000 I didn't say extra content, I said content promised at release. And yes, if I buy an online game that doesn't require a subscription, I expect server maintenance to be covered in the price. If servers aren't maintained, the game will be pretty useless to me pretty quickly. Rare sold at least 2million copies the first week, they should be able to budget staff with that, and if they can't they better start sending out refunds. I also acknowledged that buying pets is not pay-to-win, just pointed out adding cash-only cosmetics to a game that has no in-game transaction other than cosmetics is kind of weird. You want to throw away your cash for a parrot animation, that's your call.

    You say Rare should be able to budget staff from the 2 million sales, what about the four or five years of development? Did the staff work for free during that time?

    I'm sure both Rare and Microsoft are doing very well when it comes to finances. However you can't expect Rare to give all the DLC away for free and not have microtransactions. It's one or the other, and games that go with paid DLC suffer due to splitting the user base between those that have and those that have not.

  • Tre Oni
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    They better not be under some premium currency that we need to spend money for...

    Just charge us...

  • Yo its Jerm
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    @jmapuk Its skins for a completely optional thing that has no effect on gameplay.

    We get a steady stream of updates and support, and increasingly complex and meaty content.

  • HandSh0t
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    If Micro Transactions mean Rare will put more effort in adding more content to the game, Count me in.... If it will be a cash grab and things will continue the way it's going now......... meh....

  • Yo its Jerm
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    @jmapuk Lootboxes vs. microtransactions.

  • xCALYPT0x
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    @tre-oni I would rather have it that way as well but if they are smart they'll make a premium currency. Then sell us currency bundles and the pet would cost just enough that we have some premium currency left over and are more willing to buy it again because we already have some but not quite enough for a second purchase.

  • MrGrim67686

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    That’s how it’s usually done. Not a fan of that model but there’s not much we can do besides get loud now before it is set.

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