Burning Blade is an awful event for the people who aren't doing it.

@theblackbellamy That is a fair point, but it can travel so fast, If I am doing a longer island adventure it can sneak up pretty quickly. I just feel like it is a massive hassle for the peopple not interested in doing it, more so than any other world event so far. At the very least the same behaviour that megs and skelly ships have with ships close to an island would be a nice QoL thing to just take the edge off of how much of the game is focussed on that one thing you know?

@tesiccl Rudely worded, missed the point. The point is that the game is far too focussed on the burning blade right now, even if you are not a player that is into that content. At least with all the other stuff it is largely a case of choice, the burning blade removes a lot of that choice with having to keep track of it, avoiding it, waiting for it to pass by, it being right next to you when you dive etc. It isn't about not being willing to adapt, it is about how much this one event affects the entire game, especially the players who are not interested in engaging with it.

Your experience is possible (people do go on unlucky streaks and sometimes server experiences are quite different) but it's pretty outside the norm.

The design of the content should be taking pressure off your play style, not putting pressure on your play style. Random stuff happens but it shouldn't really be happening often.

If you stream or can record gameplay sessions I'm willing to watch the tape and see what is going on. That helps for giving more accurate advice on the situation.

The only times I've had encounters with it is when I was putting myself in those situations but like I said, things can happen in this game that are outside the norm.

I think it's similar to HG in that it's not for everyone but it's creating its own situation that more takes pressure off players than puts it on (outside of the content).

I definitely think you can get yourself out of this situation and don't wanna see you quit or even switch to safer seas over it. I think you had a couple of unfortunate encounters and it has you frustrated towards the content. I think it's temporary and I think you're gonna settle in and then it'll be alright. Change takes a bit to settle in with and it's only been around a week, give yourself some time imo. Whatever happened, happened. New days and new sessions ahead.

@rotten-rocko
I must have been very unlucky then. Honestly when it is crewed it is fine, most of my trouble comes from when it is an AI ship. Soimeone else mentioned that keeping an eye on the beacon and map more often should be my first step too, I agree I am likely not doing it enough so will make more of an effor tthere in hopes of changing myh experience with it.

I still feel that it's effects are still a bit too far reaching in terms of affecting ships not engaging in that content. On the one hand it IS flameheart's ship and it does fit lore-wise. I mostly think it just needs a little tweaking to hit a sweet spot between the players that like it and the players that don't.

I am fully aware of how live service games work, but that is the point of a feedback forum like this, so that players can have their say and the game can be adjusted if need be due to player opinions.

@wolfmanbush

First off, I just wanna say thank you for a decent response. Makes all the difference and I appreciate it!

I think part of my issue is how often I need to check the map now. It was always fairly safe to check the map after each stage of a voyage but seems that I may need to run back to the ship every so often to do that more. I think that actually highlights quite well how it has impacted the other activities in the game now that i think about it!

You raise a valid point with it being so new, as well as getting used to it I am sure there will be tweaks here and there too. I may try investing some time this weekend into playing cat and mous with the blade, deliberately head into areas where it is and work out a more optimal way of keeping track of it whilst doing voyages and exploring.

When the blade is crewed it works great in taking pressure away from other activities, you know that when it is crewed those reapers are likely going for orbs which works really well in that regard!

Again, thank you for a well thought out, non-toxic response!

@cptfalling4322 said in Burning Blade is an awful event for the people who aren't doing it.:

@wolfmanbush

First off, I just wanna say thank you for a decent response. Makes all the difference and I appreciate it!

I think part of my issue is how often I need to check the map now. It was always fairly safe to check the map after each stage of a voyage but seems that I may need to run back to the ship every so often to do that more. I think that actually highlights quite well how it has impacted the other activities in the game now that i think about it!

You raise a valid point with it being so new, as well as getting used to it I am sure there will be tweaks here and there too. I may try investing some time this weekend into playing cat and mous with the blade, deliberately head into areas where it is and work out a more optimal way of keeping track of it whilst doing voyages and exploring.

When the blade is crewed it works great in taking pressure away from other activities, you know that when it is crewed those reapers are likely going for orbs which works really well in that regard!

Again, thank you for a well thought out, non-toxic response!

You'll do well. You already went through the tough part, you had those first few experience, you went through the frustration, you expressed your frustration and now you're making the plan to succeed in your situation. Now you just gotta play. It's all an investment and it'll pay off in the end.

Perhaps diving to a raid voyage for a Skeleton Fleet or Ghost Fleet or maybe even a normal skeleton fort. When you rise out of the water, sail away from the event and cancel the voyage and possibly now your now in the environment you'd prefer for the next 1-2 hours? Maybe more depending on the cycle of world events.

@WolfManbush @Karkona

About to set sail and see if I can get to grips with this beast now. Will report back on how it goes!

@CallMeBackdrafT 1. this isn't really helpful discourse on the topic. 2. When it is AI controlled I have never been able to outrun it so I would disagree there.

If you "arent into that content" then try safer seas.

I don't understand where your post is coming from. I think you just had some bad luck. Looks like you have gotten a lot of sage advice, so good luck.

I PvE all the time too. Diving to Forts all day long and I've never had issues with an AI controlled ship at all. And only once did a player-controlled ship roll up on me but they just wanted the 3-Roar commendation.

One thing of note, at least for me, is that the Burning Blade does not like storms, so if one is close by, you can use that to your advantage.

@thamb0 Want to swap? haha I think about 80% of the servers I am landing on have a BB on them!

@abjectarity Oh wow, that really is a wildly different experience! For me it seems to just immediately engage from a fairly long distance! I like what you said about treating the BB as another player ship, I think that has helped with perspective somewhat. I never really considered the timer for world events honestly, could be a useful thing to start taking note of!

@RikJaxx Hearing other peoples stories about the BB and their experiences with it, it does seem like I have just had a run of really unfortunate luck! Thanks for the tip about the storms, will definitely bear that in mind.

@WolfManbush @Karkona UPDATE! I have been sailing for a while, checking the map more frequently and scanning the horizon more has helped somewhat. It feels like a bit of a pain at the moment but once I am used to doing it more often I am sure it will just be a second nature thing! I DID however do the thing and sank a BB! Unfortunately a 3 crew brig rolled up on me at the end so I had to scarper without the CoF, but hey, it's progress!

Overall I still think my criticism is fair on some points. Perhaps not to the extent I initially thought, but I think there is room for some balancing out, especially hearing about how totally different everyones experiences are! Thank you to everyone who replied with helpful discussion so far, y'all are the best pirates!

@cptfalling4322 said in Burning Blade is an awful event for the people who aren't doing it.:

@WolfManbush @Karkona UPDATE! I have been sailing for a while, checking the map more frequently and scanning the horizon more has helped somewhat. It feels like a bit of a pain at the moment but once I am used to doing it more often I am sure it will just be a second nature thing! I DID however do the thing and sank a BB! Unfortunately a 3 crew brig rolled up on me at the end so I had to scarper without the CoF, but hey, it's progress!

See? Once you're in the mindset to face it and overcome the obstacles then it'll work out.

Down the road more obstacles will exist but you will work around those too, and the ones after those. This is gaining experience in perseverance, then you win even when you lose.

i have wanted a safe pve way to play as well. the first few years i played on pve discords but waiting in a que and having such strict rules stinks. i wanna play when i want how i want. which idealy would have been what safer seas was. but with so many methods of progression being added to the game none of which are available in safer seas and not being able to use our own ships..... the lesser income is penalty enough for a safer space. outside of maybe reapers faction i think everything should be open for safer seas. this game has always bene "play your way"..... "as long as you play how WE want you to" a bit contradicting. as a solo sloop ive sunk the the BB a few times. it can get pretty intense. rain storms not filling it with water while still wrecking havoc on my ship combined with the fight itself also doesnt help

theres already more than enough encentive for people to play high seas even if safer seas had everything including emissaries. sadly i dont think they will change their mind. instead they will wait till the servers are going to be permanently decomissioned then give us offline mode so we can FINALLY play how we want. sad to have to wait 10 more years but thats the way it is i guess