I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD)

@iduskk said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

A new in game item that allows us to speak to other pirates who are far away

A new instrument

A new Flag mechanic and cosmetics to go with it

A new boss to fight

New Skins

That seems like a reasonable "medium" update. Maybe im optimistic. As for your brother, its rare's fault he decided to skip the quests and go right for the boss? What should they make it a requirement to have to go through all the steps first? Kinda defeats the purpose of a "choose your own adventure" game.

And you think mermaids would have been better then the meg? If thats your opinion so be it, but I disagree. We already have a basic enemy that attacks us in the water. I'd much rather have a new boss fight.

Sorry this update wasn't all you hoped it would be, but I gotta disagree, I had alot of fun these past few days. For the first time there is an actual reason to work with other crews, and I've noticed the seas feel alot friendlier because of that.

Boooooo!

@triheadedmonkey

Y'all are really reading into that the wrong way. He finished the content in 45 minutes because he happened to be in the area. He didnt cheese anything it was how the game was designed. He got all the other stuff afterwards, but he was able to experience the entirety of their "medium sized update" in such a small amount of time. That's the worst part.

Even while hunting the clues it only took me an hour or so. They werent particularly hard to figure out. "Double Tree? I'm terrible at remembering names" As soon as I scrolled over Twin Groves i knew that had to be it. Not to mention I found Merrick's ship well before the content was released and the chick in the third tavern chick straight up just says "West of Shark Tooth Cay."

Everyone here desparately needs to get over themselves. "1v1 me bro" from one guy, "uninstall and get out" from another. What makes your opinions of the game so much more valid than mine? Why are you so special?

@kawaii-dumpling said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

Weekly content that'll reuse old content and mechanics and occassioanly add new content and mechanics WEEKLY! Wow.

Ahh yes, the skeletons sitting on chairs on top of mountains we have to shoot ourselves at. Mountains I've already been on top of a dozen times because I have a natural desire to explore even though this game offers nothing to actually discover. Oh how I can't wait for that spectacle and it's ilk.

@fantome-of-blue w*f i said i liked everything about it. Would just be cool if you got a little money off the shark. Can You read?

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@awfulstin said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

I think the update was great except for one thing .. why dont we make money off killing the meg!

Why is making money in the game more important than having fun playing the game?

thats due to the fact that modern trash games have conditioned us to feel joy or pleasure from seeing our own stats go up. its no longer about having a fun or good time. its about seeing a number go up

Did you not notice the numbers that go up in this game? The difference is the other games found ways of making that number much more enjoyable to watch.

@subaqueousreach said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

@kawaii-dumpling said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

Weekly content that'll reuse old content and mechanics and occassioanly add new content and mechanics WEEKLY! Wow.

Ahh yes, the skeletons sitting on chairs on top of mountains we have to shoot ourselves at. Mountains I've already been on top of a dozen times because I have a natural desire to explore even though this game offers nothing to actually discover. Oh how I can't wait for that spectacle and it's ilk.

My guess is the new item that will come with that weekly event will be a selfie stick so you can take good photos while sitting in those thrones.

One artist and one programmer could literally put this "update" together in a week's time. Reskin a shark with some extra fancy fins, make it bigger with more HP, and have it circle the ship and bite it randomly. This kind of thing should be coming out every other week for it to be worth it, not every 2+ months.

Long range voice trumpet? That's not anything new, that's just improving a mechanic already in the game, voice chat (adding range).

Drums? You already have the mechanics for instruments, you just needed the art and the sounds added.

Flag mechanics? That's cool, but not anything to go crazy over, and very simplistic.

New cosmetics? Great, but don't care.

If there are more than a dozen people working at Rare, then this is a scam.

@subaqueousreach I am in the same boat...

https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/61434/analogous-tale-of-megalodon-shark

@awfulstin said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

@fantome-of-blue w*f i said i liked everything about it. Would just be cool if you got a little money off the shark. Can You read?

Many apologies. I actually wasn't really trying to come down on you, just reading a lot of "this game has no content" posts, so I respond in kind. I think the OP and others of his kind just keep over reacting. It's a game.

Sad but true. I had the same standpoint but since I watch the vids before the update I already knew it was going to be brief and underwhelming. For those who are saying this is a good start of things to come this is basically it. If you see how much emphasis Rare is putting on this you would know they’re trying to blow it up as a revolutionary update. I’m not being pessimistic and I’m still hopeful that it will reach it’s full potential but there’s only so much us gamers can take before we move on to promising new titles.

It was a little underwhelming. 2 months To create a skin for a new boss and add 3 readable items. I've been waiting for the past few days at the cove. Both times I've been able to talk to one person while the other 2 weren't responding, or didn't have the drum. My honest opinion is that Microsoft forced rare to drop this exclusive and rare wasn't finished. They messed up the THD TCS and TFS we all supposed to be part of the entire game. But it wasn't released in time. Rare also has a track record of abandoning games

@phillyreid said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

@subaqueousreach Your statement is complete and utter nonsense!!

The last cosmetics patch? Added a handful of new outfits.

This update has added the most content there has been on this game yet!

A New World Threat.
New Instrument (Drum)
New Tool (Speaking Trumpet)
A few revised clothing items
A new Hull
5-6 New sails
2 new figure heads (1 being exclusive)
New flag system
New Shanty
New Scars
Whole load of tattoo sets

So where exactly is the evidence to back up your origonal statement? Oh yes it's lurking in the depths of Davy Jones' locker.

Do the community a favour and dont even return for Cursed Sails. Im sure you will find something else to moan about and it will be the exact same nonsense and this.

So a bunch of stuff that probably should have been in the game already according to a lot of people and a bigger shark. -

• The tattoos and scars are all the ones we got in the RNG carousel except for the 3 sets you can purchase
• The new sails are just 5 recolors of the basic sail
• The shark hunter ship set was in the beta and they took it out for launch, then re-released it as this big deal for THD
• The new shanty is solely for the event and will disappear (it's also a terrible shanty)
• The speaking trumpet literally just increases the distance at which we can shout at one another. It's not that innovative.
• The drum is nice, but a new instrument to play in the downtime doesn't change the fact that there is still excessive amounts of downtime.
• The flags are currently broken. I can't purchase them at any shop except for the Shark Hunter flag and my basic white flag is non-existent.

So the only thing they actually added to the game that isn't reusing assests that were already in the game since beta is the Megalodon who is surprisingly less intimidating than the Kraken.

Not to mention this patch broke "washed up items" so they actually had to remove content in order to bring this stuff into the game because they can't figure out their own code.

At least the last cosmetics patch was honest about how much was coming to the game and only added new things without taking anything away. This was boasted to be a medium sized patch with a bunch of new content. We got a single, hour long quest line that most people are already finished with, a megaphone and a drum. And the quest is going to be taken out in a week or so.

@subaqueousreach said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

@phillyreid said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

@subaqueousreach Your statement is complete and utter nonsense!!

The last cosmetics patch? Added a handful of new outfits.

This update has added the most content there has been on this game yet!

A New World Threat.
New Instrument (Drum)
New Tool (Speaking Trumpet)
A few revised clothing items
A new Hull
5-6 New sails
2 new figure heads (1 being exclusive)
New flag system
New Shanty
New Scars
Whole load of tattoo sets

So where exactly is the evidence to back up your origonal statement? Oh yes it's lurking in the depths of Davy Jones' locker.

Do the community a favour and dont even return for Cursed Sails. Im sure you will find something else to moan about and it will be the exact same nonsense and this.

So a bunch of stuff that probably should have been in the game already according to a lot of people and a bigger shark. -

• The tattoos and scars are all the ones we got in the RNG carousel except for the 3 sets you can purchase
• The new sails are just 5 recolors of the basic sail
• The shark hunter ship set was in the beta and they took it out for launch, then re-released it as this big deal for THD
• The new shanty is solely for the event and will disappear (it's also a terrible shanty)
• The speaking trumpet literally just increases the distance at which we can shout at one another. It's not that innovative.
• The drum is nice, but a new instrument to play in the downtime doesn't change the fact that there is still excessive amounts of downtime.
• The flags are currently broken. I can't purchase them at any shop except for the Shark Hunter flag and my basic white flag is non-existent.

So the only thing they actually added to the game that isn't reusing assests that were already in the game since beta is the Megalodon who is surprisingly less intimidating than the Kraken.

Not to mention this patch broke "washed up items" so they actually had to remove content in order to bring this stuff into the game because they can't figure out their own code.

At least the last cosmetics patch was honest about how much was coming to the game and only added new things without taking anything away. This was boasted to be a medium sized patch with a bunch of new content. We got a single, hour long quest line that most people are already finished with, a megaphone and a drum. And the quest is going to be taken out in a week or so.

The thing that made me upset about the DLC is the hype... WHY HYPE IT UP IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? If this was just a weekly patch I would happy. I wouldn't complain. But for an NPC shark Rare does a marketing campaign.... why?

It's like how on minekraft when they added the ability to hold a map in one hand and a tool in the other. They just added it! There was no title or hype! If it was Rare they would of put out a HD trailer and called it somthing like "The Hungry Hand"

Why waste resources on hyping it up instead of putting the money towards development?

@galactic-geek said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

@stubbierbell598 Because without the hype, there is no money for development. You also have to remember that MC is an established beast worth billions (not to mention, paid DLC). SoT, on the other hand, not so much...

Oii but Rare or MC paid a pretty penny for all the marketing done for THD...They both knew that 50% at least of the content in it was recycled content and the other half was a short mission.

If SoT charged users for the update I would understand the hype (get users to spend money on it) but it was free. So the only money to be had is new users. Many of which more than likely already tried the game via game pass and decided it wasn't for them.

So knowing that THD content didn't change the game much why try this???? I question the marketing....where is the revenue going to come from? Are they just hoping THD is enough to bring in users who originally passed on the game?

@crimsonraziel said in I'm not even disappointed anymore (THD):

@savagetwinky Chess badly lacks content. I mean, one single map, for 1500 years. Really?
Have you seen their forums? On top of that they have a serious bot issue.

I wouldn't pay $60 to play chess if it was the last game on the planet. If I knew what SoT was before purchasing, I wouldn't have paid more than $15.

It’s a great step towards showing the community what’s to come.

I actually think it’s helpful and fun to team with other ships It’s a grind. Stop and have some fun friends

@iduskk the game doesn't even tell you how to use the trumpet. How do you explain that?

@ve111a to call the great is subjective, but you cannot deny that this was not very user friendly.

@galactic-geek So, you enjoy sandbox games because that is what SoT is. However, in normal sandbox games, you have more toys at your disposal to make the time you spend in the sandbox a little more "Unique." People have somewhat run out of ideas for SoT and have resorted to doing social experiments "Banana challenge." So yeah...I think the notice of lack of content or direction is justified. Could just be me, but as I recall a wide majority if not most of them entirely were speaking of the same problem in reviews and videos ~Shrugs.~ Will the game be amazing in a year's time? Possibly, will it have the same amount of players it had at launch? Quite doubtful.

@galactic-geek said:

You must lack imagination if you're critiquing the games lack of content.

That's a very unimaginative response to a perfectly valid critiquing of the game. Next time perhaps try and turn that stick into a real argument.