Sooo I've been eyeing this game ever since it came out, I like the idea of Pirates, and I like the idea of driving a huge boat and do piracy stuff.
However, seeing the youtube videos, seeing the Sea of thieves community, it contains a lot of toxicity and supports griefing, and i'll try and explain what I mean.
Griefing players means in MY opinion, and usually does when it comes to every game where experienced players that has everything, goes out after a noob player that has NOTHING on them, and steals their loot, kills them, etc, it's not good sportmanship for the game, especially when you want to atleast experience the game, instead of just having players coming after you, I've dealt with a lot of griefing players during my time in GTA and Red Dead, and this game is no excuse, this game HAS griefing players, and more than you would like to imagine.
This game is GTA 5 online during it's launch, and will forever sadly be so for another 4-5 years unless the developers shapes up.
The toxicity is what drives me away from this game too, mainly when I look at youtube moments, the only thing I CAN see is experienced players that has everything acting like they are 'hollier than thou' attitude cause they recently sunk a huge ship and got a lot of loot, and an angry opponent, the idea of PVP is not so you can feel good about yourself and that you can make someone angry, the meaning behind it is that you fight the player fair and square, and you sometimes win, and sometimes lose, but the toxicity in this community makes it unbearable, I've seen videos where they are like "oh they have salty tears cause I sank their ship." or "oh they mad cause I took all their loot." Yeah, exactly, they are going to be sad or mad, its a human reaction when stuff feels unfair or not in their control, stop boasting about it, it literally does nothing for you, or for the player that you recently have defeated.
PvE needs to added, I know, I know, I KNOW, this has been on everyones lips, its been discussed multiple times, but it truly does need to be added, the only reason why players are complaining is because most of them are PVP and are so scared that there'll be no other players left, well guess what, THERE WILL BE, GTA 5 has a passive mode, and it STILL has players in it, Red Dead Redemption has a passive mode, and it STILL has players in it. (And dont worry about PVP players, they will STILL be there for you to defeat, let the griefers and the PVP players play with themselves, you'll be fine.)
Every online game mode, has some type of a passive mode, and this is what needs to be added to this game until I fully commit my attention to it.
Scuttle ship needs to be removed, I'm sorry but this is one of the most stupidest anti griefing tool ive ever seen in a game, how is this suppose to prevent any griefing when you lose ur ship, ur loot, and ur life and you let the griefiers and pvp players win anyways? I don't see the point of losing when you've grinded really hard for the stuff you've worked for.
Add in PvE Pirates.
I dunno if someone HAS suggested this, but this SHOULD be added too for the PvE players (and also PVP) let them be a bit challenging aswell, it'll be fun, I promise it'll be fun.
PvE pirates should drive around in sloops, galleons, and be at different levels, tough ones, (for more reward.) or easy ones (for less rewards of course.)
Anyways, I know I havent tried the game out, and it could be completely fun for me, but the community, and the youtube videos of the sea of thieves community (you can just search sea of thieves, and it'll come up) just makes this game heavily unattractive, take in consideration of the suggestions I've put in if you want the game to thrive, otherwise you'll have a GTA 5 mess on your hand, developers.
