@viperishemu2992 that would be alright but idk how you would steer it, it would probs turn extremely slow wouldnt it?

@galactic-geek ahhhh well then now you agree with me that the sloop is not a solo boat. and now i will argue your row boat point; i want a solo boat that i can spawn on, store stuff on and play on all day, rowboats are not that fun and all they have is storage. im hoping for more, like maybe storage a voyage bench and a mini map table. the essentials, so i guess we dont neeeed a map table but it would be cool

I think they should have sails that you can attach to a rowboat.

This has been suggested before by many including myself but sadly it Nevers gains any traction :( . The anchor takes a bit too long for a solo player in PvP situations and the layout of the boat isn't good for repairing or grabbing food in the same context. I think it would be cool to have a circular platform for the single cannon where it can swivel 270°.

@d4m0r3d said in anyone else think a one man ship would be cool:

@galactic-geek yea well with that logic, the brig is also a solo boat

Actually no - just because you can solo it doesn't mean that it is a solo boat. The rowboat CAN'T be controlled by more than 1 person, so it IS a solo boat, unlike the others, all of which can be controlled by more than 1 person.

@butterybarnacls lol honestly when i first thought of the idea, i thought of dragon ball, when goku, or am i thinking DBZ kid gohan, anyways when one of them makes a boat, literally this boat, and they start sailing the seas. that was the ship i thought of when i was like damn wouldnt one man boats be cool. if they could fit a cannon to the back of this, and a harpoon to the front, with some storage boxes inside for bananas, planks and cannons, this would be my dream solo boat. even if this was added as a boat like a row boat that you can find stranded on the shores of islands i would like that, but if they do that i would still hope for a solo ship, one that you can spawn on. otherwise it doesnt really feel like your boat, ya know what i mean. i still wish we could name our ships.

A good, quick overview of the vessel in question:

Pirogue - Wikipedia

@glannigan adding a smaller one man ship could help diversify the seas, we could see alot less sloops

@galactic-geek yea well with that logic, the brig is also a solo boat

I have seen an uptick in Brigs. Still the seas are vastly dominated by Sloops and I wish they would share some stats as I feel the increase of Brigs is solo’ers as well!!!

@d4m0r3d I know why the rowboat's not a solo boat, but that's not the point. In any case, it only takes 1 person to use it - everyone else is just a passenger.

@dislex-fx I believe it is solo that was put in the game as players wanted it. Rare's intent was to play with someone.

Sloop was meant to be duo. We just found a way to use it well solo.

@d-jaguar yea i wasnt so much saying it to you, more just the entire thread to say i dont care that people like the sloop, whats wrong with having an actual solo ship, why settle for something that isnt the best we can get. also reading your original comment, you say "we want more to do rather than a smaller ship", a smaller ship would add a whole new playstyle, i think it would spice the game up quite a bit, when i got bored of the sloop i went to other ships, thats how it is. each ship adds a new playstyle imo.

@dislex-fx why not have a solo ship. i remember playing beta and their were sloops, or maybe im crazy. what do you mean it was put in the game because a lot of people wanted to play solo? and like i said, the sloop is a duo ship that is easily manageable as a solo player, just as the brig is a trio ship that is somewhat easy to manage as a solo. the sloop is just as much a solo ship and the brig is, the sloop is just easier to use. and why does it matter if im good on a sloop, the point is, i think it would be cool to have a 1 man boat. a new boat. alot of people suggest bigger boats, wich would potentially mess with the games ballance, but most people love the idea of a bigger ship, as far as i remember seeing anyways. so its confusing to me that i see sooo many people commenting whats the point of a one man ship when we have a sloop, it wouldnt mess with ballance other than making it easier for other players.

@d4m0r3d, cute request and all, but the sloop was put in the game because a lot of people wanted to play solo. It is the solo ship and if you're that good at it, just keep doing it.

@d4m0r3d on solo being more difficult, the developers let the pve become easy for the smaller ships. We just need Krakens, Megs and other environment to become more difficult again. For now, players prefer sloops as the Kraken is so easy compared to the galleon.
No challenge anymore.

@d4m0r3d I think you are reading more into what I typed. I am not saying you have any issues with solo.

The point is, this is not a new idea.
When the game released solo sloop was thought to be hard mode. We discussed it as a great challenge. We thought another ship would help balance it out.
Sloops turned out to be manageable and the community passed on solo ship ideas for the past two years.

Nothing about your idea, just history of the forums and this same discussion that comes up every few months.

@d-jaguar why do people keep telling me that solo slooping isnt that hard. im not yelling im just gonna type this is caps in hopes that it brings people attention and they see what im about to say. I DONT WANT A SHIP EASIER THAN A SOLO SLOOP, A SOLO SHIP SMALLER THAN A SLOOP WOULD BE WAY MORE DIFFICULT, IT WOULD BE FOR THE VETERAN PIRATE, AN EXPERIENCED LEGEND. a ship smaller than the sloop that travels around the same speed as a sloop with only one cannon on the back, by no means at all would be easier than a bloody sloop LMAOOO, idk why people keep telling me solo slooping isnt that hard once you get used to it, solo slooping is tooo bloody damned easy if anything imo. lol they even say solo slooping is hard in the menus, why do people assume a smaller ship would make sailing the seas easier???. the bloody thing would sink in just a few cannons, in the mean time only one possible person has a matter of 30 seconds to heal the damn thing while being shot at. this damn ship aint gon be easier than a sloop, and i dont even know a way for the devs to make a solo ship that is easier than the sloop.

@d4m0r3d this is an old idea that has been discussed alot on the forums. If you search solo ship on the forums you can see 2 year old threads with a similar idea.
As it stands, the players have learned to solo a sloop really well. It is not as hard of a challenge as first thought. The forums have argued that a sloop fits the solo build pretty well.

It may come one day, but I don't expect it to be a high priority. We want more to do rather than a smaller ship.

@daringclarky with that logic we have more than one, we have a sloop, a brig and a galleon. no offence but you are silly to say this. il put it in lamens terms, say i asked for a 1 seated car (they exist btw), would you then go and give me a 5 seated car and say this is a one seated car? no i would hope not lol. a 1 seated car would be smaller than a 5 seated car. i hope that helped you comprehend the situation lol. @Galactic-Geek same applies to what you commented. il do your oppositely and worse, say someone wanted a man of war, would you say why do that, just log onto a server find some people and unnoficially make them join your crew. rowboat can have multiple people sitted on it btw. and i cant be bothered to explain why that wouldnt be a solo boat you should be able to think. answer this question, why isnt a row boat a solo boat in comparison to the other boats available in SOT

@glannigan i think a six man ship would be cool, people have talked about it before. i believe it is a man of war ship, bigger than a galleon but not too much bigger. they are in the game as ruins and sunken ships at the bottom of some islands. i run into plenty of galleons, and i would say i run into almost as many brigs as i do sloops, if not more tbh, but that may differ from regions. i dont know if having a 6 man ship would suddenly make everyone friends lol, and im confused at what you mean by single player money?? how does that even work? and catering to solo players in not stupid in an MMO. MMOs do not have to be about team work, i mean sea of thieves is called sea of thieves, based on the title i wouldnt expect any teamwork. all games NEED to cater to solo players. not all players are able to play with friends 100 percent of the time, and not all players are willing to play with others, sometimes people want to go off on their own, explore stuff on their own and go one their own voyages. that doesnt mean they wont meet anyone in game. and having a solo ship wouldnt make too much of a difference, it just means that their would be less solo sloops. i mean their are already solo sloops out their. no offence but idk if you thought about the stuff your saying and their is more i can say but i cant be bothered to think for you.

@butterybarnacls i doo like those ships, they would be great for a solo sailer. i love the way you explain the ship, and its difficulty/ limmitations. i think it would actually be cool to have to cook at the cooking stations found on islands. in my mind i see this solo ship as an extreme hardcore i guess since so many seem to think i think solo slooping is hard.

@d4m0r3d We already have that - it's called a rowboat.

I recommend you try being marooned

@galactic-geek @Friedwilly mate idk if this comment is directed at those of us suggesting a smaller ship, or if its just a general comment laughing at those who cant sail a sloop. but im gonna say it anways, no one here is saying they cant sail a sloop. i have been sailing a sloop for about 2 PL pirates, and half a PL pirate. i know how to sail a sloop, i have taken down gallies, brigs and other sloops solo with ez. just a few days ago i got into pvp where people underestimated me as a solo slooper, i ended up destroying them, they were pc, i was pc, after it all we all had a laugh and they commended me on my skills. im saying this to explain that im not asking for a 1 man ship because i struggle with the sloop, im asking for a 1 man ship, cause i dont want to sail a 2 man ship anymore. i want a ship for 1 man and 1 man only. this ship absolutely would not be easier than a sloop, infact it would likely be harder. only 1 person can possibly opperate it, it would only be a small ship, meaning it sinks super duper easy. you ditch this ship for a min and it has a cannon hole, guess what its gone. you park it in the storm and leave for a minue, guess what, its gone (unless of coarse we get to turn the sail into a canopy wich would be bloody awsome).