Light Role Play and your mic as a "weapon"? or An open letter for all ya Pirates

  • LordPlinde
    Ship Mate

    First some Words about me:

    My Mate and I started playing late 2018 when Devils Roar was already a place to go. We had fun doing the missions for the big 3 factions but for reasons I don´t know anymore we stopped. For sure some other games like Borderlands, Ark and Conan Exiles (on private Servers)
    We only play coop Games because Multiplayer/PvP is not really what I can enjoy.
    That changed when we picked up SoT again ~2 month ago. You have to deal with other Players if you want or not.
    We have now done all the Tale Tales and reached Pirate Legend 4 weeks ago.
    For 31 days I am on the Forum and sometimes I can´t believe these Stories about ALL the toxic players, Bad language, "I can´t play for a single hour without being sunk a 1000 times"....etc
    We sail duo Sloop, Sometimes Solo.

    So what I wanted to say Is: When we see a ship coming close, we never shoot first but always talk (or chat) first. This works really good the most times.
    Make some stupid stuff or try to role play a little mostly defused the Situation.

    The best Story was when I had to do a couple of Cargo runs for the Merchants to reach lvl 50. I was told to bring some Plants and Grog to Ed at Shipwreck Bay. When I was close I realized that the Ashen Lord Event was there. But I am an Adventurer and I promised to bring the cargo to him. So I parked my ship close to a brig whose Crew was fighting the Lord. I grapped a Plant and ran right through the fight shouting: "Don´t shoot me! I have an important delivery for Ed. He really needs his Plants!" One guy tried to shoot me but then one of the others called: "No. Protect him. Eddy needs his stuff." Some LoLs later I had finished the Mission and safely sailed a away.

    Ok. That´s already more text than I have planned but there are a lot of encounters I have with fun and nice chats ending in some Shantys and Grog. Sometimes only a friendly hello. (Lets see maybe I share some in the Tavern Tale section in the future)

    So what do you think. Is this just luck to meet the right Pirates or is this the chat/RP. Or maybe the fact that I mostly play late nights? Or even Karma :P

    And to be clear. Yes I do enjoy the PvE elements the most. Yes I get sunk, KoS, spawnkilled and robbed but this is rare and not the memories wich stick in my Head. And when they do it was also a fun and good sports fight. Also in fights or Arena I have become a better Helmsman and better at the canons. (Still not a pro and not good in close PvP)

    Love the Game, Love most of you Pirates!

    thanks for reading

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  • Delmont91
    Captain
    Insider

    I don't think you're alone here. Getting on the mic and talking to people has given me the most interesting experiences in this game. I think it's the most underestimated part.

    Latest example, we wanted to run around reaving, sunk a galleon, brig and the same sloop twice. Second time he just ran for the hills then scuttled when I boarded anyway. After we turn loot in my fiance was done but I saw the same sloop one island over. I was guessing the player was kinda new.

    I swam over to it, boarded and just said, "Hi, want some help since we sunk you so much?" We talked a bit, he invited me to his crew and I helped him do his vault. Turns out it was day 2.

    For me this is why I keep.coming back to this game. Not the ship fights, not the PVE or PVP, but these type.of experiences. And the more you try them the more they seem to work.

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