I have been playing the game since the beginning. And I figured out what has slowly infected the game. RARE has done too much to make the game too easy. If this game were a dinner meal , it would be microwave and hot pockets. And I don't want to eat microwave hot pockets. The treasures all have glowing shining like , so there's no challenge there. You have skeletons on the island so they can find the treasure for you.So there's no challenge there. You have all kinds of stuff on the map to show you where the other player is.So there's no challenge there. If this were a dating game.It would be taking a boy in a girl and putting him into a hotel room and locking the door. No romance. Get rid of the shining on the treasures , get rid of the skeletons and make us work for our reward. Get rid of anything on the map that shows another ship or where another ship is. Get rid of the emissary stripes on the flag.\nAnd put them someplace in the bottom of the ship. Make people work harder and they will enjoy the game more. Bring back the romance.
The game is too easy
@captainluke56 Yeah.... they just added the reaper skellies, and they don't like taking out things they just put in. I like the reaper skellies. The players showing up on the map only shows if somebody is a reaper or has reapers mark. The emissary stripes are to easily alert players if they have a high grade, and possible treasure. Even if you are very far away and can't see the stripes, you can still tell the grade by length. The treasure being sparkly only makes it easier if you actually just scavenge for treasure instead of earning it. My only non cosmetic or quest complaints are that the eternal guard takes too long to kill, and is too hard for such an easy to find boss, and that sailing takes too long
RARE has done too much to make the game too easy
Catering to the 1% because they want them new players to stick around.
You have skeletons on the island so they can find the treasure for you
Only on large islands and often...I use them myself like Old Faithful...
Get rid of the shining on the treasures
That been a thing since D1 I believe....rather keep that.
Get rid of anything on the map that shows another ship or where another ship is
Such as?
Make people work harder and they will enjoy the game more.
Agree game has become less of a fun experience to a boring, easy to get 1million gold in under 30min.
@captainluke56 said in The game is too easy:
I have been playing the game since the beginning. And I figured out what has slowly infected the game. RARE has done too much to make the game too easy.
True.
The treasures all have glowing shining like , so there's no challenge there.
Not all have shining, I think it's very useful especially when you're trying to harpoon stuff from the water.
I've more issues with diving and ending up close to the correct location (and even then people complain about not having enough time to raise sails ...)You have skeletons on the island so they can find the treasure for you.So there's no challenge there.
If you want the challenge, don't use them. I like them for carrying items to my ship (especially when you've just done a boar's wallow and you have 5-7 items), or after a reaper's voyage where you end up with items where you don't know beforehand where you need to be.
You have all kinds of stuff on the map to show you where the other player is. So there's no challenge there.
As you well enough know it's to add risk to the crew having the indicator on.
Still have to sail there, also the other party is aware of this (well, if they pay attention to annoying pop-ups).
An easy to spot crew does not equal an easy to fight crew.If this were a dating game. It would be taking a boy in a girl and putting him into a hotel room and locking the door. No romance. Get rid of the shining on the treasures , get rid of the skeletons and make us work for our reward. Get rid of anything on the map that shows another ship or where another ship is. Get rid of the emissary stripes on the flag.\nAnd put them someplace in the bottom of the ship. Make people work harder and they will enjoy the game more. Bring back the romance.
I don't think most people'll like it if you'll remove the Emissary bonus.
Or finally a way to find X's with chests on Old Faithfull@captainluke56 said in The game is too easy:
I have been playing the game since the beginning. And I figured out what has slowly infected the game. RARE has done too much to make the game too easy. If this game were a dinner meal , it would be microwave and hot pockets. And I don't want to eat microwave hot pockets. The treasures all have glowing shining like , so there's no challenge there. You have skeletons on the island so they can find the treasure for you.So there's no challenge there. You have all kinds of stuff on the map to show you where the other player is.So there's no challenge there. If this were a dating game.It would be taking a boy in a girl and putting him into a hotel room and locking the door. No romance. Get rid of the shining on the treasures , get rid of the skeletons and make us work for our reward. Get rid of anything on the map that shows another ship or where another ship is. Get rid of the emissary stripes on the flag.\nAnd put them someplace in the bottom of the ship. Make people work harder and they will enjoy the game more. Bring back the romance.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t you frequently advocating for the removal of safer seas restrictions and/or full PvE servers? That leads me to believe that you primarily play safer seas.
If I’m correct, then of course the game is too easy. When I started playing I recognized how easy the PvE was immediately, but I was also very vulnerable to other players and did my best to avoid conflict and play to my abilities. Based on this I surmised that the PvE in this game, while entertaining and rewarding, is not meant to be the threat or challenge, the other players on the map who might decide to contest what you’re doing are the challenge. I don’t speak for Rare, but as far as I can tell, just about everything in this game is designed to foster player interaction and conflict. Big clouds in the sky, markers on the map, emissaries, the ability to see other emissaries through various means; it seems pretty obvious to me that Rare has every intention of getting us together to fight over things, work together, scheme, and so on. Players are the challenge, players are the end game.
My response isn’t intended as a slight on your desired gameplay, but when I see post advocating for PvE servers the first thing I think of is how bored everyone would be after a week or two. Sure, there will be exceptions, but I’d wager that the vast majority of people will not care to double click skeletons without any semblance of threat or challenge in the game for very long.
Rare could try to make PvE more challenging, some of the tall tales can be a bit of a challenge the first time through after all, but what would this look like at your average fort? Increase the hit points and/or damage output of bosses, I guess? Improving the AI would be cool, but the end result would be making frequently contested events and other content take longer, thus increasing the chance of other players intervening. I’m not against any of that, but others may be.
It’s clear to me that Rare’s intent is to have players cross paths, and not to have events be a quiet pve only experience with no potential for conflict (at least not every time). It’s abundantly clear that their intent for safer seas isn’t for it to be a replacement mode with its own special content (ie; improved PvE).
TLDR: I don’t think PvE was ever meant to be much of a challenge, interacting with other players is where you’ll find your challenge.
@captainluke56 said in The game is too easy:
I have been playing the game since the beginning.
^ Can we stop doing this? It's like saying, "I've been brushing my teeth since I was 5, therefore I am qualified to be a dental surgeon". Almost every time someone thinks that their topic will rub people the wrong way, they preface it with, "well, I have lots of game hours".
The game is too easy? Change the language to Korean and try finding treasure using clues you REALLY can't understand. Or sail through the Red Sea more often when going places. Or fish beside active volcanoes. Go into HG with zero supplies. SO MANY OPTIONS!!!
Unlike life, this game is as hard as you make it. So if it's not hard, you're not trying hard.@captainluke56 said in The game is too easy:
I'm sorry most of you weren't around when the game started and don't remember how fun it used to be.
@captainluke56 I have played since before release...and I am still confused with your metaphor....
I get you have a personal attachment to 'how it used to be', but complaining about making the game more accessible to newer players is not an 'infection'.
Fun is what you make of it.
I had to start not using my compass, map and buying supplies or even eating food to heal. Just to make it super durper hard.
Use only my eyes, layout of the sea and Setting sun to get my directions.
Pick up only what I find and use only those.
Using the Bed to Heal any injuries. (most dont know this)@captainluke56 Hold on there matey, aren't you the same one that only played the Safer Seas?!
https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/forums/topic/182766/safer-seas-new-content
Of course the game will seem easy when you just play the tutorial over and over, try the High Seas and you'll see the difference.
You just posted about how High Seas is too stressful for you though in a thread that got locked?
I'd imagine if they removed the features that made the game "too easy", for example taking longer to find an X on the map, not seeing a lvl 5 reaper galleon making it's way down to you, etc. it would make High Seas impossible for you to play, since it's already stressful enough it seems?
@europa4033 said in The game is too easy:
You just posted about how High Seas is too stressful for you though in a thread that got locked?
I'd imagine if they removed the features that made the game "too easy", for example taking longer to find an X on the map, not seeing a lvl 5 reaper galleon making it's way down to you, etc. it would make High Seas impossible for you to play, since it's already stressful enough it seems?
Any player engaging in PvP from time to time is too difficult for master Luke to handle. As evidenced in xx previous posts. 😂
Our beloved master "I've played since the beginning" Luke doesn't want to, and I quote, "work for our reward" in HS with other players.
Our master Luke doesn't want to be tracked on the map when playing in HS to be able to farm more cuz he's unhappy with SS restrictions, and so that OTHER players have to work for their reward (for them to be as hard as possible to track our beloved Master Luke). 😭
I have a hunch that the reason for this post being made, was that in like 10-15min after raising an emissary someone tracked and sunk our beloved master Luke. 🤣
