Not feeling like a true pirate

@spanolio I agree. We are not pirate like in any way, but we are sailors.
Sailors had this lore in the seas about Krakens, Megalodons, mermaids, and skeletons.

We are more like Sinbad the sailor than any pirate. The closest pirate book would be Treasure Island because at least there was treasure buried.

Speaking of sailors, why do we eat bananas and not spinach? Popeye was a sailor and he ate his spinach.

@rod-runner-67 steal from the Spaniards they’re filthy rich with gold, at least back in “those times.”

@spanolio Anyone even remotely acting like a pirate in this game is now frowned on, called a 10 year old, and labeled as a toxic griefer.
People want the Sea but no Thieves.

Yeah this is a whimsical Disney esque rendering of a pirate world it's not a gritty real to life pirate world...obviously.

Skull and bones is s new pirate game coming that looks like it will meet those yearnings for something more realistic and historically accurate. See you there.

In a game where you choose your own path and make your own adventure. I was a little disappointed at how you are automatically considered a pirate to begin with. I for one follow the traditional rules of engagement, and never conducted acts of piracy. But never hold others to my standards. The unknown of people’s intentions is what makes this game so great. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Stay blood thirsty you pirates. Yar Be the ones that keep me on me toes.

I for one would like to stick it to the gold hoarder guy. Sick of him taking a cut. Give me the **** keys... all of them!!!!

@Tundra-793 @thor-von-blitz Don't get me wrong, I love pirate fantasy. I'm not saying it should be totally historically accurate. I am aware that it's my personal opinion that I'd like to see the things I mentioned implemented into the game. I guess what I am trying to say is that the game needs more action.

There are few times where I feel epic or heroic in this game. Those times being, either fighting other crews or fighting the the skeleton ships, due to the epic music playing and it coming out of the water.

I LOVE that Rare is trying to make the game what our childhood pirate fantasies were, but digging up chests becomes really "dry" and boring after a good while. Same goes for collecting skulls. It's not really fun getting the horde of skellies to the beach so that your crew mates can shoot them with the cannons. It becomes extremely repetitive, and almost never does it become a new experience.

I feel like it's almost as if Rare is afraid to push their boundaries. Although you can eliminate other players in the game, the only NPC's you can kill in the game besides skeletons are the animals (Not saying you should be able to kill the already existing NPC's). Even that is as peaceful as ever. When you kill a pig it simply falls asleep and fades away. Also, it's been about seven months since the game released and there is still no ship naming? I understand Rare don't want trolls to mess with the game, but it's slightly awkward seeing the empty sign above the captains quarters. Either way, ship naming or not, you are going to have to deal with trolls, it's the internet. If they can't write their racial slurs on the sign, I can assure you they will scream it from the top of their lungs don't their microphones.

@haydnsym45 said in Not feeling like a true pirate:

I for one would like to stick it to the gold hoarder guy. Sick of him taking a cut. Give me the **** keys... all of them!!!!

Good luck. They keys are cursed; you turn to gold if you take them out to sea with you.

@eelporridge I loved Sid Meiers Pirates!! It gets discounted on GOG.com and Steam every so often.
Gold, governor's daughters, other famous pirates, finding your lost family, and the best part a revenge story.
Great pirate game.

Someone suggested this game is inspired by the Goonies. I am not sure where Goonies inspired this game. There isn't anything remotely Goonies about it. Could we at least have a Chester Copperpot reference in one of the caverns?

@br0crastinat0r actually, your beginning role is a sailor stated by being the only title your given. You can work your way up to different looks of a mystical pirate but you honestly start as a somewhat humble sailor.

@weststormborn I think he might have ment that the tasks you are given in the game are not very "piraty", but more what a sailor would do in those times. I might be wrong though.

@rod-runner-67

I think you misinterpreted what I had to say. Skull and bones looks to satasfy more of the yearning for something closer to historical and real to life, I never said it would be an absolute accurate rendering of pirate life in the 1700's lol
And yes, solo was a pirate ✊️

@cmm-solo I thought Solo was a smuggler.

@d-jaguar indeed

@katttruewalker Speaking of Goonies - it was on UK TV last night! Still missed it :'(

We're on a sea of thieves, we're all both merchants and pirates. If you want to loot a merchant ship just go attack another player ^_^

@rk1-turbulence If you read my second post in this thread you would have understood that I am not asking for realism, but adventure. I am not at all saying you should gather 50 players and sail for days? That would be the complete opposite of what I want. You don't have to gather even full crew to fight the skeleton ships. Which in theory, a ship filled with undead skeletons should be far more dangerous than a simple merchant ship.

@goedecke-michel Alright so it's sea of thieves then, it really does not matter. You can literally only steal from other players, no one else. So, who's to say it shouldn't be called sea of merchants, since that's one of the very few in-game quests you can do. What about sea of chest finders, or sea of skull hunters? I see your point, but pirates were the thieves of the sea.

@anubis316 Good to see other people that share the same thoughts as me. I mean I can't really say I could expect it to be any violent, it's close to being a cartoon game after all.