Could have something to do with the $30 price sticker till the end of the month.

@haveyoumetcory said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I'll add you as a friend, I need some folks to play with.

Sure, if you are European, add me. (Cause if you ain't we'll have to play with pings at sky high levels lol)

@transistor91 I'll add you as a friend, I need some folks to play with.

@haveyoumetcory said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 Yesss!! This weekend was the first time in months I've had a terrible experience with Sea of Thieves. Multiple game sessions, all servers with horrible players.

The funny part - I literally told my old SOT buddies that the game doesn't have too many toxic players and I'm having a great time again.

I love this game, I've been PL a long time and still play a ton... but man are the new players toxic. I'm not hating on PVP, it's necessary. However, these toxic players are literally out to ruin gaming experience.

I have the same experience. I finally got two of my friends to start the game and try it out. We played a couple of times, each time a couple of hours. Don't think they will play more.

@transistor91 yes it is and people saying one sucks

@transistor91 Yesss!! This weekend was the first time in months I've had a terrible experience with Sea of Thieves. Multiple game sessions, all servers with horrible players.

The funny part - I literally told my old SOT buddies that the game doesn't have too many toxic players and I'm having a great time again.

I love this game, I've been PL a long time and still play a ton... but man are the new players toxic. I'm not hating on PVP, it's necessary. However, these toxic players are literally out to ruin gaming experience.

I try to be hostile for fun but all i got was a mutiny..

We roll up on this solo sloop to check its cargo for mysterious secrets and board him calling its davy jones for you :D lets sink this sloop!

Then us four legends feel sorry for the lonely sailor and completely resupplies his boat and send him on athena voyage

Its not easy to be pirate -.-

@darkjedirebel said in Hostile players:

@marsmayflower said in Hostile players:

it's sea of thieves, not sea of friends.

Stereotypical response from the type of player that has become the reason behind all of the changes and modes coming. It needs to be "Sea of Friends" at times to help facilitate the over arching theme SOT. TRUSTED Alliances need to be formed in order to facilitate Alliances where backstabbing takes place. People need to have success to be surprised when an alliance is broken or what's the point? If teamwork and coordination don't take place, what's to help the game be as deep as was intended? The Give and Take idea is what makes this game interesting. If everyone is all Take it follows a much narrower trajectory. So "Sea of Thieves and Friends" should be the literal title.

You have no idea what type of player I am. I am the type of player that solos forts and then goes and finds ships with white sails and gives them all the loot. I am the type of player that looks for alliances first because it's just easier to get rich that way. I am the type of player that chases down galleons with my sloop. I am the type of player that expects crews to betray and is always on guard. I am the type of player that loves SoT and everything that it offers.

@marsmayflower said in Hostile players:

I still have plenty of non-hostile encounters. to say that all encounters are hostile would by hyperbole. sure, there are more aggressive pirates out there but, imo, that has only enhanced the experience. it's sea of thieves, not sea of friends.

Well we have real different experiences then. It's GREAT that there are more players in the game right now. It's great that the game is getting more attention. What I don't like is that every encounter right now is hostile. It's shoot first, ask no questions at all later.

And if you get someone to talk they yell over their mics that they are having relations with my mother. (never knew she was that way. Gotta have a talk with her...)

I still have plenty of non-hostile encounters. to say that all encounters are hostile would by hyperbole. sure, there are more aggressive pirates out there but, imo, that has only enhanced the experience. it's sea of thieves, not sea of friends.

@xultanis-dragon said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 (WAVES TORCH) BURN THE WITCH!!!

Jk.

Theory 1 is close. Its not that people are going "OH its about that PvP NOW" Its more of "hey look at the streamer. He is attacking ships, sneaking onboard, and being a Pirate. I did not know the game was that fun."

More people are interested in combat PvP games.

Contrary to popular belief this game would not have survived if it did not have PvP. PvP was the thing holding it up. I won't get into that discussion but newer players are seeing the game for the first time and they are watching the exciting parts of it. Being a Pirate.

PvP Streamers rarely ever actually do quests. They hunt for other ships. The main issue with the game on release was that the reviews focused too much on the PvE aspect of the game. In PvE you were just a glorified Fed-Ex delivery man, but the PvE was suppose to be supplemented by PvP. The reviews didn't portray the game accurately at all.

With the PvP streamers showing the exciting parts of the game and being a Pirate. We are getting a lot of newer players who want to copy what they are seeing, or some older players who were afraid to PvP now sharpening their fangs.

The wall of text was half of the issue.

The other half of the problem is the null between events. People getting antsy over Arena and sharpening their skills.

It's nothing to do with being afraid.. these kids that like to copy the streamers are so toxic it is not funny anymore at all, my fangs have been shown and been sharp since the first day of the game.

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I have some friends who own a few millions in the game and nothing more to buy.

I am there right now.. got 3 mil and nothing else to buy.

@transistor91 I have some friends who own a few millions in the game and nothing more to buy.

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I believe it's something that is out of power even from developers. Let's hope these players soon get tired of SoT and go back to Minecraft.

If we had more to spend money on. that would fix some of the problems I think. Cause at a certain point you don't have to do voyages any longer, cause money is just unnecessary.

@transistor91 I believe it's something that is out of power even from developers. Let's hope these players soon get tired of SoT and go back to Minecraft.

Keep calm and don't panic. Its just a phase the game is going through.

As a plus side to it all; the game is getting a lot of attention on Teh Internet(s), and that is hopefully a very good thing for the future of the game. Lets just wait for the Arena and the new stuff that they are adding to the adventure part... perhaps it will balance out everything and calm the seas.

Happy sailing! :)

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I get it. I'm not saying that PvP is the problem, but the behavior of the players. I liked it more in the past, the lore was part of the game and we could make alliances, sometimes even a ship betrayed another, but it was part of the game proposal.

Today everything I see is a toxic behavior of players who think that even Mario Kart is a Battleroyale game. But I do not think things will change.

So we agree then. I don't think things will change either. But I want developers to read and understand what we are saying.
I am 110% against PVE servers, cause that's just not sea of thieves any longer at that point. But right now I might as well play fortnite, I have less chance of getting attacked for no reason there. (jk never sinking that low, excuse the ship pun)

@transistor91 I get it. I'm not saying that PvP is the problem, but the behavior of the players. I liked it more in the past, the lore was part of the game and we could make alliances, sometimes even a ship betrayed another, but it was part of the game proposal.

Today everything I see is a toxic behavior of players who think that even Mario Kart is a Battleroyale game. But I do not think things will change.

@targasbr I read everything that you say. And the one thing that I can say is that I LIKE PVP. PVP is not the problem.

But 2-3 months ago it was "oh another ship. Well I hope they don't come." or "Oh another ship, let's fight them" or "Oh another ship, let's try to befriend them!"

Now it's 100% "Oh another ship. Well better get ready to fight"

@darkjedirebel At no point did I want to offend anyone, just wanted to understand what really bores people. I even gave some examples and reasons for the behavior of players like that.

At no point did I say "go away, do not play this game", all I said was that the game is meant to be this way and gives openings to this kind of behavior, and MAYBE this game is not for him.

I particularly do not like the community of many games, so I avoid them or look for alternatives. Unfortunately this behavior will not change as long as people think that "being a pirate" is what streamers show.

You should read and understand before saying "grow up."

@targasbr I understand everything you say completely and I agree to some extent. But from the start with every update it seems to be about working together with other crews. Doing the thrones and the megalodon for example. Now there is none of that "talk to others to make the game better". And that's from the players side.

Pvp is part of the game. And it should be. It also should be a bigger part of the game. But as it is right now it's toxic killing and nothing else.

(and for the amount of hours put into the game. I can say that i have way more than you. Don't wanna say how many I have. just that i play way more than that.)

@transistor91 I used to play more, played around 4 a day, and 12 a day on weekends. Today only I play 12 a week is a lot. But I do not think that's the point. The game was clear when it showed the game style to players.

I agree with you that there is now quite a bit of toxicity, but it's still a pirate game. Pirates fired in the direction of the opponent and asked to surrender. In this game people simply retaliate, so the solution is attack to not be attacked.

With the steady growth of Battleroyale games and competitive games, it is natural for players to come up with this kind of behavior. The more players appear like this, the more peaceful players get used to attack before to avoid being sunk.

Everything that is done in the game depends on both parts, i think you cannot expect conversation in a game of pirates, at least not now with this infestation of children watching toxic streamers.

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I really understand your frustration, but I think maybe this is not the ideal game for you. For example, do not like MOBA games, so I avoid this type of game. I think things are not even balanced in SoT. Well, I expected a game with intense BlackWake-style battles, but unfortunately I hardly see anyone in the servers and the battles do not last for more than 5 minutes.

This is not the game for me? I feel like I've been playing longer than you bud. and even if you have more experience than me. I love this game, I love everything about it. I just feel like all this hostility and toxicity there is right now is ruining the game for everyone. If you feel differently, tell me why. But don't say this isn't "the game for me"

@transistor91 I really understand your frustration, but I think maybe this is not the ideal game for you. For example, do not like MOBA games, so I avoid this type of game. I think things are not even balanced in SoT. Well, I expected a game with intense BlackWake-style battles, but unfortunately I hardly see anyone in the servers and the battles do not last for more than 5 minutes.