Ahoy maties!
The devs were in full leak mode last night! At San Diego Comic Con, Larry Hryb asked some interesting questions to devs and they revealed some really nice things!
You can watch the stream on Mixer: Xbox Live Sessions | Sea of Thieves Live w/ Freddie Prinze Jr.
But if you don't have the time to watch it, I tried to write here everything they talked about on what will come in Sea of Thieves:
Brigantine
It's designed for 3 players, it will feel like a mini ship. It has 4 cannons, 2 on each side. It has a little cabin for the captain, two masts.
Naming our boat
It's a popular suggestion but it's not yet in their plan and they hear the feedbacks.
Skeletons ships
They have variety of chests on board and there is a new chest type and lot of rewards for taking on skeleton ships.
Face paint
Makeup and face paint are coming and are not too far.
They work on new customisation, new way to express yourself and for players to be able to present theirself as they always wanted.
Hair customisation
They said hair customisation is definitely coming into the game and they are actively working on it. They want people to show up as they want in the game. You'll keep your original hair but they are adding a way to dye them and you'll be able to choose between different tones that fit best for you.
Devil's Roar
Players will have to prepare before going to Devil's Roar, it's their decision to go there.
There will be a new outpost in Devil's Roar and only trading companies there will give voyages for this whole region.
Sea of Thieves waters are safe waters compare to Devil's Roar because it's a geologically unstable world region. It's gonna be volcanic, there gonna be earthquakes, geysers that can erupt at any moment, lava (the water could be super heat with volcanic eruptions). Players could be hit by volcanic rocks. The gameplay will feel really different in this whole region.
It will be to encourage players to stock their ship, it will feel like an epic voyage.
You'll have to sail directly to this region, you won't teleport there. You could put your ship in that direction and the sky would start to dark and you will see volcanic eruptions in the distance.
The area feel calm but when the volcanoes erupt the lightning change and you see the dark volcanic clouds coming.
Row boat
It will come in Forsaken Shores. They want the steering to be as physical and tangible as possible where players will be able to control independently the oars and maintaining the turning with left or right oar.
You will be able to attach the row boat on your ship.
Accessibility options for Xbox players (Keyboard and text chat support)
They are looking to bring text chat and keyboard support in their roadmap and extend accessibility for Xbox players. They really want to do that but they don't know yet when it will be.
Ships customisation
They have plans in the future to offer more customisation on the ship but the image of the Brigantine accidently reveal some of that work in progress.
Different weapon types
Cursed cannonballs are coming, they are hearing the feedbacks and they are looking to bring different weapon types but they don't have specific plans they want to talk about that now.
New food
Picking meat from animals is something they are looking at.
They are looking to bring cooking into the game as well.
Battle royal
They know people like competition and there will be in the future different ways to introduce some competition in the game but in a Sea of Thieves way. If they introduce a battle royal mode it will be something more than combat. No battle royal mode planned.
Miscellaneous
- Time spent in the game:
They are looking on how to bring time spent in the game because players want to know how many hours they have sailed on the sea. - Kraken sails:
They are coming in the future. - Pets:
Lot of peoples want pets, it was their first goal before launch but they had to change their roadmap. - Shipwrecks other than galleon:
No plans at the moment. - Skeleton figurehead:
Maybe, stay tuned. - Shooting coconuts with the cannons:
With the introduction of cursed cannonballs, you will be able to shoot something else with the cannons so it would make easier for the devs to introduce more thing in the future like coconuts. - Joe's mug:
He requested to bring his mug in the store :P
Cheers!
