Last summer there was a bug where messages in a bottle were spawning in groups of 8+. It was incredibly fun! I'm surprised to see that it hasn't come back as a new mechanic yet.
I keep thinking about it because the chaos it brought about was unique in Sea of Thieve's existing gameplay ecosystem. We figured out which islands had the most quests, sailed there, and then every crewmember tackled different things. Fighting hordes of skeletons, digging up fields of treasure chests, filling crates of fruit/planks/cannonballs and trying to catch animals. It completely derailed our plans in the best way, and gave us a gameplay experience that was wildly different and fun in ways that Sea of Thieves doesn't normally touch with its existing gameplay systems.
I think that bug has a lot of potential as a gameplay feature with some tuning. I mean, whos writing all those messages anyway? Whos to say a crate of them didn't fall off their ship and wash up on a beach somewhere?
Maybe they need help?
