Glannigan’s Guide to Honorable PVP

Lucky for me, honor isn't required. Jokes aside, I get and understand your point. However, these become arbitrary rules outside of being practical. Let's assume I value loot, of which I don't because I am already rich. Logically speaking, it makes sense for me to engage in theft with the lowest risk I can possible obtain. This includes selling loot before engaging or even stocking up on possible consumables needed for the fight. Something like gunpowder if that is your preference. Having honor is one thing, being smart about it is another.

No one is going to be upset if they get wrecked by a boat covered in treasure and glowing skulls. If anything they should Be excited about respawning and finding you!

Neat joke, their is more salt on the ships than their is in the actual Sea. This unfortunately is wishful thinking.

If I were to make a NAbber's Guid to PVP, it would be one sentence.

Stop putting so much value in digital loot, lighten up, and just enjoy the combat regardless of victory.

It's a fair perspective, and if that works for you, more power to you.

I will say some of my best victories are when I'm fighting for two forts worth of loot on a sloop and I manage to sink the brig that's following me with a stronghold g. barrel. Having stakes do raise the tension.

However, personally, I think being dishonorable cowards is part of the pirate way. Spawn killing is an effective way to keep a boat occupied and sink it on your own without a keg. Chasing a ship loaded with treasure when you've got nothing to lose is time efficient and safer.

Making people angry in and of itself is a strategy.

I don't know, I guess I just enjoy being the kind of pirate that will kick dirt in your face and play on the concertina after taking your loot. There's value in being honorable, but sometimes being a cruel thieving coward is just more fun.

Stop putting so much value in digital loot, lighten up, and just enjoy the combat regardless of victory.

I think the feeling of loss in the game is more to do with the time it took to get the loot than anything else. "Ah this guy just cost me 2hrs".

Nothing in this game is worse than losing time to someone that just spawned and started attacking with nothing to lose. They don't even dress up their ship. Spawn, try to get a few hits in, jump servers. Repeat.

@sirspooneth

I think the feeling of loss in the game is more to do with the time it took to get the loot than anything else. "Ah this guy just cost me 2hrs".

Nothing in this game is worse than losing time to someone that just spawned and started attacking with nothing to lose. They don't even dress up their ship. Spawn, try to get a few hits in, jump servers. Repeat.

Was no fun had in that entire 2 hour span? Did you not enjoy the comraderie with sailing with a crew? Was fending off Kraken, Megs, and other pirates not a fun part of the adventure?

If the whole contingency of fun relies on success or achievement of the goal, does that mean every time you fail their was zero fun to be had? I mean we hear it all the time on this forum. I just wasted 4 hours....3 hours....2 hours etc just for it to be lost in seconds. This isn't to say this is your thought process, but anyone who base their fun on success alone, give the vibe of sore losers. Still having fun even while losing is needed for this game. This game has somewhat a hidden maturity required for this game. If someone is unable to have fun simple due to losing loot, they might need to rethink if this is the game for them. Many other games have significantly higher stakes in comparison to Sea of Thieves.

Was playing the game called "We are Billions" This game can be super unforgiving, one careless mistake or a moment of relaxation at the wrong time means hours gone. I spent entire Saturday trying to beat this one stage. Never did beat it that day, but I wouldn't say that Saturday was wasted. I still had fun even though I never achieved what I set out to do.

@nabberwar I take your point. Yes fun was probably had in getting to the 2hr mark but not always. I don't think this diminishes the point of the honorable PVP that is being talked about. It was only meant to say that losing the picture of a chest instead of getting a picture of money for it is not the only thing lost.

It takes a bit of the sting out of losing when I am chased down by a loot laden ship dressed in all black with reapers flying everywhere as opposed to four folks on a default galleon that just spawned in and put up a white flag. Or worse yet, come up to you yelling "We're friendly" then backing it up with cannon fire.