We are missing a lot of cosmetic items, also known as progression in Sea of Thieves. I love the base game and I've been playing for a while now. I usually don't make reddit posts but when the actual game released I couldn't help but feel a sense of dissapointment.
Dissapointment because of the lack of cosmetics. There has been a lot of videos, trailers and pictures about Sea of Thieves before release but almost none of the cosmetics shown is in the actual game. Even a few things from the final beta/stress tests didn't make it into the game.
So I decided to actually count the amount of missing items in shops, trailers, videos, promos and pictures on their website, twitter etc.
And we are currently missing 132 items. (link - https://pastebin.com/MuKSbZ5P )
I didn't take screenshots but I described the items I found in minimal detail as some sort of proof. If you look through the list you will most likely recognise some of the items.
So my question is, where is all the items?
One argument could be that it is content from before the game and not everything makes it into a game from the start. But as explained in this video ( https://youtu.be/fYpPbexHmig?t=1m50s ) about customisation this really should not be the case. Every cosmetic model like a jacket for example is shaped around their base template. If it fits the basic template it works for all character models. The characers used in trailers etc is actual ingame models so we know the cosmetics works. Or atleast should work.
A second argument could be that they are saving content for later. But I really think that a game in a situation like Sea of Thieves should not hold content back. Especially not cosmetics when that is the actual progression in the game.
A third argument could be that they want to complete a full set of items before releasing any clothes. (Example is - a full Bilge Rat set with clothes, equipment and weapons) I think this would be a bad approach considering most people don't buy 5 hurdy gurdy's for example. Clothes is usually the main item people get. (Also what I personally care the most about)
If you take a look through the list you can see I mentioned npc clothes. the reason behind this is that the game is about making your own pirate. I believe that in such a game like Sea of Thieves you should be able to dress up like a merchant for example. This way you can feel more like a merchant or a crooked gold hoarder. I get that in most games NPC's are supposed to look unique but I think it could be cool if you somehow could unlock the different alliance clothes. Including glasses.
That's it, I just wanted to shine some light on the thing that made me the most dissapointed about the game. I knew what I was buying but I thought it would be a tiny bit more to it.
Tl;dr Shining some light on the 132 missing cosmetic items
