Hey so I’ve recently started playing the game with my friends and we are loving it! It’s really inspired us to imagine all kinds of other things that could feature in the game, so I’m just gonna list some of the ideas I’ve had for what would be fun and cool to add in and improve the experience even more. Please consider these things!
In no particular order:
- Sea serpents, Aspidochelone, Kraken body. The Megalodons and Krakens are great, but the game could really benefit from a third sea monster encounter to be made possible. The most obvious inclusion for another iconic sea monster that has not yet been represented in the game would of course be a sea serpent or Leviathan of some kind. I would love to see what you guys would do with such a creature, and there already are enough skeletons around the Sea of Thieves world that appear to be from such a monster that I’m surprised you haven’t already added it! Another great sea creature to include that probably wouldn’t be one for a fight, but rather as the explanation behind what could be a single island that is mysteriously always moving is the “Aspidochelone,” which is the name for the mythological concept of a giant turtle whose back is an entire island. Finally, in reference to the Kraken, whenever this infamous creature appears in any movie or book or game or anything, the number 1 thought in my head is always “What does its body look like?” And the same goes for the Kraken of SoT, especially seeing how uniquely you designed its tentacles. It would be amazing if you could add a new attack or something for the Kraken that would involve it raising at least part of its head/body out of the inky water so it could be seen and perhaps opening its huge, horrible mouth to swallow the ship or something!
- Whirlpools, waterspouts. To add a couple more dynamic weather features in the open ocean could really make things that much more exciting. Whirlpools are a pretty obvious inclusion, and waterspouts could be delightfully terrifying, as well. To occasionally have to avoid oncoming vortexes of these sorts one sees as their ship approaches would really make sense, be exciting, and could lend itself to some homages to other great seafaring depictions of the phenomena as well (including that epic whirlpool scene from Pirates of the Caribbean), even further fulfilling the pirate fantasy that Sea of Thieves is.
- Underwater city, Mermaids, Ocean Crawlers. I know there are already a few ancient, underwater structures and things out there, but it would be phenomenal if, perhaps as part of a Tall Tale, players could visit an entire sunken civilization, perhaps depicting where the Mermaids live, who could as friendly and/or hostile NPC’s. Mermaids could also sometime appear perhaps on rocks that stick up out of the ocean and behave more like the evil Sirens. Another thing is, ever since I saw the Ocean Crawler cosmetics and customizations, I have wondered what an “Ocean Crawler” IS, as, going by the color scheme and similar biological elements throughout all of the clothes and equipment and ship parts and such, it looks as if it must be a specific species of brightly colored crustaceous creature in the game’s world, which is perhaps hunted for its parts to be used in all of these different cosmetic pieces. And now I just can’t help but think about how awesome it would be for there to be a race of big, crab-like creatures crawling around as another enemy type perhaps in the underwater city or even just anywhere on the ocean floor and even sometimes crawling up onto land for short durations! And perhaps there could be several types, including some that looked more crab-esque, some more lobster or even part starfish or coral something, and some even having elements like a giant creepy angler fish or other real-life creatures of the deep, as if they were a composite aquatic species. Definitely including elements in the game of the mysterious creatures that live deep in the oceans in real life would be cool.
- Returning time-limited events / items. We newcomers who joined for the anniversary didn’t get the chance to experience all the cool campaigns and exclusive cosmetic items that came with earlier updates! It would be a dream if you were to bring back some of the old events every once in a while (once a year?) so we can experience the stories and get the gear. I would love to finally meet this Merrick fellow everybody talks about and to get the Wailing Barnacle and Bone Crusher clothing set!
- More items, with effects. Of course we would all love for there to be even more clothes, weapons, ship parts, etc., but also something that would be cool is if some clothes and weapons would actually have special effects, such as actually acting as armor increasing your resistance to damage somewhat, or boots that increase speed or jumping, or swords or guns that do more damage, and so on. They could be worth more or be hard to unlock, to keep the balance.
- More magic. It would be really cool and enhance the piratey dream if magic could have a bit more of a presence in the world; perhaps we could learn to do or use voodoo magic or items to some degree, or we could go to the Order of Souls to have weapons enchanted to do poison damage or any number of other effects, perhaps like that of the cursed cannonballs, and perhaps only temporarily if it would be too overpowered.
- Royal Navy, Spanish Armada? This is just another little potential idea I had that might not even fit into the lore you had in mind and so it’s no big deal, but it could potentially be kind of interesting to see what you guys would do with bringing non-pirate soldiers in the Sea of Thieves. They could perhaps be another enemy, sailing around occasionally or stationed in forts, like the current ghost ships do. Perhaps they could even arrest players sometimes and there could be a sort of minigame in which we have to make an escape.
Anyway, I thank you if you read this, and I really hope there’s I chance we could see some of these things in the game! Maybe you’re already working on some of it.
