Safer Seas FAQ

@fairwayfreddy said in Safer Seas FAQ:

Haven't been around in a long time but it's wild to see all the same arguments being thrown around about the game.

In ways this reminds me of when Arena mode was introduced, lots of Pirates celebrated the new mode, but not much was said about ruining the "core" experience of the base game.

The difference though is that Arena was a short match-based mode that did not change anything to the core of the game, nor encroached on adventure mode. It had it pros and cons just like safe safe seas though, you couldn't do all that the game offers in there and were limited to only very specific activities. The payout wasn't all that great either, most people played to get the associated cosmetics. It was a benefit to PVE even in a way, since it relieved a bit of pressure by providing a quick PVP outlet to people who craved only PVP encounters, leaving a bit of breathing room in adventure mode.

Now with the introduction of a PVE mode Pirates are concerned with the future of the game. Arena didn't kill the Sea of Thieves and neither will Safer Seas. The base game will be just fine.

What will be interesting to watch is how popular Safer Seas becomes because that is a question many have wondered about for a very long time indeed.

Agreed Safe seas will not kill the game in the measure where restrictions are balance with the regular mode is kept. With arena, Rare wanted to make a separate outlet for people who only wanted to do a specific portion of the game, and it turned out only a very small percentage used it and they ended up axing it. It will be interesting indeed to see if Safe seas will fare better and will see more usage.

Not a single staff response to any of my captaincy questions on page 6 after two weeks, and Shelley hasn't posted anything at all since page 4... and we're on page 8 now.
Safer Seas would be great for me to play on days where I'm not as well due to my disabilities, yet the "accessible gamemode" removed the accessible Sovereign Huts and accessible captain voyages, in addition to removing the ships we've grown attached to, and removing all milestone progress despite letting us progress most commendations.
What a joke.

@draaloff-x said in Safer Seas FAQ:

Captaincy:
・Why can't we progress PvE milestones when we can progress PvE commendations?
・Fishing and Tall Tales were specifically called out in the Season 10 announcement, yet we cannot progress the related milestones.
・Not being able to sell at Sovereign Huts will make Safer Seas less viable for shorter play sessions, which it would otherwise be ideal for.
・The lack of Captain Voyages also makes shorter play sessions less viable.
・Safer Seas is ideal for children and people with disabilities (who were also called out in the Season 10 announcement), yet they cannot use their ships.
・Safer Seas' players will have no reason to buy Captaincy items in the Emporium, and people who have already bought some will have less usage of them.

[Mod edit]
I have one question that I noticed doesn't seem to be answered in this faq and is slowly growing more relevant as the release month grows closer. Do we have a release date for this feature that's a little more specific than "Sometime in December" yet? Because December is in about 7 days as of the posting of this message and I think many of us who are looking forward to this new mode would like to have a firmer grasp on when it will be playable.

@mopwieldinghedgehog
Alright. Just figured I should tag the mod who made the initial post since they seemed to be in charge of explaining how it's all going to work. No need to get snippy about it.