A letter for you core community

@sweltering-nick i hope so my friend i will stay waitning in silence , but dosn't mean that we can say how we feel right now...

@needsmokes said in A letter for you core community:

@mhulhavhaka

Rare are a part of Microsoft and it's now only one year until the next generation of consoles will be launching. You have to expect all of those teams that were acquired are now all busy working away on brand new games. I expect Rare to be no different. Sure, this game will continue to plough on for a while, but it can't be everything they are working on.
Sea of thieves best days have been and gone, new games come out and players migrate to them. Just look at the wealth of the gamepass library now compared to one year ago.. So much choice for players.
Enjoy what has been and what is, as many of us have. Nothing lasts forever. This will soon be last gen.

I highly doubt that Sea of Thieves is going to die anytime soon. The biggest hurtle is finding the time to invest in the average play session; after that, it's a great experience to share with friends.

Rare isn't wrong whenever they don't cater to one opinion or taste or wants of any facet of the player-base. I do, however, understand, that the directions they didn't go, don't work well for YOU and those who feel similarly.
We all have to have perspective in that we're not the center of other people's universe, right?

There's one element of this that I think could be a fascinating discussion - if/when people want to have a real discussion:
Why should players who play 8-12 hours per day be catered to more than those who play 1-3 hours or even only play one session, or so per week?

For the record, I am in the first, extreme camp. However, I don't believe it is in the game's best interest to cater to that playstyle. I think we can tend to burn through things too quickly. I think we can tend to get too numb to the thrills of the game. I think we can tend to take it too seriously.
This is a very silly game. And I think many of us may tend to overlook that.
That's just my quick opinion on that though.
I find it interesting how people make divisions about "dedicated" players and "casuals" and how developers should or shouldn't cater to one or the other. I'm not saying I know the answers, or that there necessarily IS a single answer. A company could probably go either way and find success OR failure, independent of which kind of player they focus on more so.

Not gonna lie, ur right the game was a disappointment especially at launch. I thought it was a game where a pirate crew of 4 would do some sicks voyages that were equal to some mini stories that helped build story, b00by trap and platform evading and jumping, and some epic boss battles with a world rich in different enemy types and ships. . . least to say it had none of that either. The devs were very sneaky about this too, which is why I don't trust these devs the way I used too. They were too sneaky about some stuff and the game came out in a bland basic state for a full priced game. With that said, I do appreciate it for what it currently is. It feels like fishing, I'll play it for long periods, put it down and not touch it for ages later. But ill always find myself back for an ocean retreat.

If I'm reading this correctly... you want this game to cater to the 'hardcore' playerbase when it's an easy going adventure pirate game designed to be for all ages.

You want this game to leave behind its soul in place of competitiveness and player progression.

You want to ruin this game for EVERYONE except for those who play this game every day and treat it like a competitive MMO.

I am one of those hardcore players, I am part of this game's community and LOVE how everyone can enjoy this game not just the hardcore players. And if people like you are slamming the game and leaving it behind because it's not what you want; good.

This isn't your game, it's ours, and we're not destroying it to make you happy.

@fast-bike94 first... try to write a post in spanish and then we will see how well can you do it... secund we are not the core for number we are part of the core because we are here for the begining and we support the project when no one want SOT...

@electricknights we not only play 12 hours, we participate in the forum, participate in his live campain, working with they trying to make this game better and never listen they prefere to listen people how dont care the game like us... that hurts... and the game was better in the begining when casual content was not in game... with all the changes to make happy to the family guys and forgoten the real player, we how start and support the project when no one did.

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@captn-reaver no my friend i don't want a game for harcores i want a game for all his player base, now only casual and family guys are listend and we the starters aren't listen, my crew and the rest of my community reach pirate legend 8 month after the release since then we only get form rare, more skins, more commeditation and nothing more, then they put a cash shop with what? oh, more skins, more commeditation, it's a joke right? where are the progresion system, where is the insentive for athena's 10 players to keep playing? where is our place, good for you casual how has what you want, we dont have problem with that, insted we are happy for you, but what happen with us? what we do? just leave? that is the easy part and we don't want that, we want to stay and keep loving the game, but help us to, dont attack us.

@galactic-geek for you its a simple game that you can leave where you want for us its not, its a place how love in the past, we play SOT for the same rease because its SOT, we don't wanna go we want take part like you do. the easy is killing or erase that you dont like, but its not the better, we want to help, we want to be part...

I have mixed feelings in this post. On a side I can see the point on be dissapointed for the evolving of this game, its getting slow, it doesnt improve anything and it's always do the same thing... and in another side I don't feel like the reasons you gave it's the real reason of why this game its not that great. This game never seem to be a progresion game and niehter a MMO, so I think u have a mistaken vision of the game.

By the way, I really do feel the potential of this game is being wasted... It's a pirate world and we look like a delivery service... in EVERY QUEST. And I'm tired to read and hear "you play like that because you want", well... What else im gonna do? Attack other people, YES, and what else??? Keep sailing around? Re-do the Tales?

This game is amazing, with a beautiful world to explore, but we can't explore it, we are there to get gold, and get more gold, and get more gold... to buy cosmetics. Idk... I guess we just need more things to do, and different ways to make thoose diferent thigns to do.

Im not complaining about Rare's effort on always trying to improve the game... but still year 2... and the game has more things than year 1, that's for sure, but still feels kinda empty.

Yehaaaa!!
Spread the curse in the seas!!

@nukdar we dont want an mmo my friend, that its not our goal, we want progresion for all those athenas 10 who don't have nothing more that just chat with old friend on discord, 10 or more lvl for the athena's, not more lvl from doubloons, how do you think i felt when i look my pirate legend status, that was a 8 month work, selling only chikens for months and see that now anyone can be a pirate legend, content reserved only for how take the work of making new friends, how organize is real life to reach is goals on game, not just gifting all the things to all... that its only a part of why we feel sad.

@weedstar-deluxe anyone can make a single player game there's no innovation on that... all the good of RRII its lost when you see that the campain can't be made in coop, what was that a 90's game? the future its online, persistent and massive. look what star citizen its traing to do, what No Man's Sky did, they transform his single obsolete game and make a beauty multiplayer experience, why, because they are traing to make something new... any how are make single player game in the industrie right now its make it wrong, look what scarlet propose, a cloud console, OMG!!! that is future

@mhulhavhaka honestly this game is still fun for me. I am a day 1 player. I hit legend in 3 months and a10 in 6 I think. I still play 3 or 4 days a week.

A progression system with stats would ruin this game.
If we get a progression system it's likely to be cosmetic based.

Having fun is the point of this game, not being a pirate legend, or an athena 10, etc.

@captain-coel ok, im agree with you, we don't have problem with the non stat progression system, but now nothing of that its on game, now there's only things for new player, for console players, we need a little goal to have fun, we rich all our goals theres nothing for us... can you try to put in our shoes for a moment, and trying to be more empathic, if you are happy cool, we are happy to for you, but we, what we do,
kill ourselves?

@needsmokes that is the point, theres people how love simple things other like us we need something to work for, where is that in the game, theres not, an infinity lvl of rep its a really good sys...

@captain-coel another think, ok, lets have this skin progressión sys, but what happen with us how has all the skin?

@mhulhavhaka I own all the cosmetics I'm just playing for fun. that's what the game is for. Why do you need something to earn?