Another Example Of RARE being Clueless The Little Things

Right. Because I've been posting absolutely nothing of value.
And I have a 500,000 in gold I don't care about the skin(s) one way or another as a prize. If you've been reading along - The whole thread is about the little things - the details - the things that make the game better by giving the perception of value to items in the game. The features that make the game tell a story visually.

I had a blast last night killing the Meg with a Galleon. I didn't care about the rewards - but I do actually care about the game.

As for the thread title - if you're petty - go ahead and report it.
While I said the title uses strong words - I stand by the words I decided to use - RARE is and has been clueless about the little things that make or break features in this game.

And that, in a nutshell, are my thoughts and my worries about the content drops.

@braxkedren said in Another Example Of RARE being Clueless The Little Things:

All I see when I read this is that you didn’t get the reward you wanted for beating this event. You wanted the reward to be something else and hated behind beating the event.

So yeah, we all get it now you think the ship Hull is cool looking and upset that everyone with the gold can buy it but it’s done done. I think the reward is perfect as is.

Also, using a clickbait title to incite others to post on your forum is against forum rules I do believe

Thanks.

@braxkedren said in Another Example Of RARE being Clueless The Little Things:

@endosku11 said in Another Example Of RARE being Clueless The Little Things:

the things that make the game better by giving the perception of value to items in the game.

This whole statement right here is what you’ve been crying about this whole time and you still fail to realize that your perception of value on a cosmetic is NOT the same as everyone else’s perception. Hardly anyone cares that the Shark Hunter Hull was able to be bought. Most perceptions on that was “Cool”.

Your perception was “that’s not I would have done it”.

Nobody cares. Personally I think this event AND rewards were great. Add a little depth to the boss and how the quest system worked and it could be perfect.

I’m not about hating ALL cosmetics behind some imaginary wall you want to put up to hamper people from having cool stuff. You know what? Rare thinks so too and didn’t implement it that way. End of story.

I’m done with this thread and your constant moaning about how cosmetics are done in this game and how you paid $60 and are upset about it. Get your refund and move on.

Let me try like... one more time...

This thread is NOT about shark skin hulls or sails or even the masthead.

What this thread has been about and is about (please RARE tell me you understand what I'm saying...) - is RARE has missed the boat (still love this pun) on the little things.

When I refer to the little things I mean this...

The "Big Picture" RARE has down - beautiful artwork - really lovely world to play in.

However, the things that make or break this fantasy are always an afterthought.

The DLC added features - added a small adventure. Great! What it did NOT do is add value to the world by adjusting what they have done in the past. They did not change their course (oh another pun!) on how they deliver and price cosmetics.

They built a game based on cosmetics as progression yet there has not been and there is no in-game perception of the value of the cosmetics.

I don't care what the skins are for - or what they said they were for - That is not my point. They are doing things wrong with this game. They have not restructured the progression system for new players to experience any kind of feeling of progression. (SEE THREADS ABOUT PROGRESSION) - This would make a big difference to new players.

Back to the DLC - they released flags with no base meaning of use. It's a little thing but it puts the online gameplaying community on the same page because it directly says what these BASE flags mean in the game. It's a little thing - but it makes a difference.
The argument of it's what the players agree on - doesn't work - we're not living all together on one server. So yes RARE making an initial statement in the game of what the BASE flags mean (in case they add a flag editor) does make a difference in gameplay to a small extent.

Back to the Hull/Sail Skins.
I get it - you like new stuff - you like unlocked stuff - with each patch. I get it. What I am saying and have been saying - if everything is the game is unlocked or free right off when you log in - there is no motivation for many players to play. It is psychological that people want to earn and work for something in games. They also like to feel as if they are progressing - since this game is cosmetics - the structure of unlocking items has to be implemented properly. It hasn't been - and it still isn't implemented.

More On Hull / Sail Skins
Event / Campaign / Mission-based skins matter in this game more than any other game because they are the perceived progression. They are the visual representation of moving forward aka through this game.

Again in case, you didn't read it "I don't care why or what kind of skin was released in this DLC"

What I am saying (again) is because this game is based on cosmetic progression and to some extent roleplaying - the items in the game that can be seen clearly (mainly ships - sails - flags - cannons - etc) matter to create the perception of in-game value. In the mind of the player if a skin stands out unique and the players have to work for it to unlock it (not grind gold!!!) it becomes valuable in the game. It becomes wanted - sought out.

And when such items are unlocked and rewarded to the player - that skin - that hull - that golden cannon - that required the players to go through a journy to get it - becomes something in the game that people can see - and they may not see it often at first and that adds value to the game - it adds a direction to set sail for (pun again!).

This game has not had that implemented. It has not had it with the 3 traders and the grind to pirate legend.

I can't say it any more than I already have. RARE continues NOT to regroup and restructure the cosmetic and game system so that there is in-game value of cosmetics.

The DLC is an example of that lack of detail to understand earning cosmetic creates value in this game - Missions that send you off in a quest to find a sail or a hull - is what makes value in t his game. One more time "I don't care about the shark skin and why they made it available to purchase"

There should have been a skin sail or whatever - that is large and in your face that says this CREW this SHIP beat the MEG.
And expand on that same concept that when you see a ship you know exactly what the crew has done by the story told through the Items on their ship.

The cosmetics for people matter much less than the ships. I can't tell you what the pirate had on that killed me (unless he's a shirtless idiot with ghost pants) - But I CAN TELL YOU that a galleon with black sails just attacked us.

I should be able to tell you - that a Galleon with the RARE (pun) skin that takes a month to acquire attacked us and I hope we don't see it again!

Let me end with this... Gold Grind is not progression - In other games maybe it is because you upgrade weapons. In this one - What is on your ship - what is on your person is the progression. And if you grind for that progression - you're simply wasting your time in this game. In this game the focus of earning cosmetics is more important that the grind. If the game tracks how many people you give chests to (we know it has an achievement for one) than you can earn your way to a Sail that represents Robinhood or whatever. That SAIL tells the story of you and your crew. Not the 140,000 black sail with c**p on it that means nothing.

Please tell me you understand what I'm trying to say. I'm not attacking you if you think New unlocked items for gold is a great thing to have - I'm saying that while it may be cool short term. Long-term RARE is missing the boat (fun pun still!) on creating the perception of value in game. And of creating items that tell the story and progression of the crew.

Sigh... I give up..

@urihamrayne said in Another Example Of RARE being Clueless The Little Things:

-1 iq posting strikes again

the skins for the ship help people know what that ship wants, this works best during events so people with shark hull sails and flags are on a higher chanse of trying to fight the meg, also there are unlockables by defeating the new threat so calm your bobs

I'm not saying it's a progression patch.
I'm saying each patch keeps hinting at how RARE does not understand how to give the game value. It says to me - someone(s) at RARE can't see a path to adding value to the cosmetic system that they decided to go within this game. The details - the little things - show the mindset of RARE is to drop patches throw out some new items please some players short term.

I am aware of the roadmap and if they continue to drop DLC without attention to the details and the little things that add to the perception of value in the game - the player base will continue to dwindle.

I'm not upset. I am concerned.

Hopefully RARE is not as dismissive as many of you are.

@urihamrayne said in Another Example Of RARE being Clueless The Little Things:

@endosku11 this is not a progression patch, its an introduction to a new ai threat, new gameplay tools and such, there was never any doubt about it, you are the only person upset about nothing here.

this game is a disguised early acess game, all the features meant to be in the game as a completed product will be released in the course of this year, as the content roadmap has shown, therefore nobody cares how you unlock things, so long as there are things to be unlocked.

move on, calm your bobs -1 iq poster