World Expansion Suggestion

Ahhh amazing I will get back to you after work, EXCITED!!

@galactic-geek said in World Expansion Suggestion:

Well, I'm not against the idea, but the SoT is supposed to be secluded and mysterious. A city kind of goes counter to that. Also, numerous arguments have been made why safe areas are actually a bad idea. I do like the idea of new activities though.

I don't agree with the first part in your post. Having a non-mysterious place would make the rest of the world feel more mysterious. To me right now, the world doesnt feel secluded and mysterious at all because it's all the same. A place of civilization would make it feel like you'd be safe there (while you arent but wait for it). But when you depart from the city island and go out in the ocean and explore islands, it may feel a little more "wild" because you got used to the city for a while. You think indiana jones is in a world consisting of 100% jungle and temples? No. This is what makes it exciting. The shift of civil/wild. Capt jack sparrow robs a bank in the city (fifth movie) and is a sad drunk and walks around in the city in all movies. When he has a ship and sets sail from the city, it makes his journey on the ocean feel more adventureous.

I 100% agree with you on the safe area's and how they're a bad idea. I do believe though we can find a middleground between the two parties. You could still pvp, BUT there are a few npc (or player) guards. When you attack another player the guards come to arrest you can put you in jail. (maybe a minigame where the dog has the keys and you need to grab them without a guard noticing it. Guards may be asleep or patrolling).

This offers another alliance opportunity. Players can become guards (inlcuding police ships?) for the alliance and they get a notification if someone breaks the law.

@xix-zeno-xix What do you think about my idea about the safe zones in my previous post this thread? I'm not a fan of safezones as well but I can understand other people. Guards would be a cool middleground. Giving some people a "safe" zone while still enabling us to kill and plunder everyone we want (with a risk).

@lebaguette27

I agree to some extent - the game certainly needs some sort of civilisation. But I don’t think a city.
Mainly because there weren’t any cities which is why the pirate era thrived, as “civilisation” hadn’t reached there.

Instead these outposts should have more going on, Nassau in Black Flag and Black Sails, Tortuga in PotC etc
And then perhaps have a more straight and narrow town ie Port Royal but this harbours the navy.

I’ve put a thread together on my idea on bringing civilisation in:
https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/84212/civilisation

I love all of these ideas, just amazing!!

Right I might have made a mistake when saying City. By City I did not have in mind a huge advanced city with big buildings or something that would remindlike black flag. As it was mentioned here I kind of had something in mind like tortuga, a bit of a city but a hell of a mess of a city... More like a pirate civilization city. I like PvP but you know, if that was enabled inside the "City" noone would really be able to kind of explore the place if you could get attacked by pretty much anyone. Maybe guards as someone mentioned could work well with this.

Yes mini outpost quests seem fun as well.
Just thought this could be a nice addition and now that this has some attention lets hope rare comes up with something greater maybe?

@sailorkek I'm adding that to my watch list haha!!! (If im being honest my main inspiration was from the game monkey island but god it's been years since I played that ao its all kinda blurry)

@xix-zeno-xix yea I see your point. Adding it to the game wont be a problem. Just pvp but adding a tag(guard) and a score to people working for the alliance.

But the feel of the game might be a problem ofc. Having npc and player guards to guard a pirate city might change the feeling of the game slightly. But is this a bad thing? I think we can use some new innovative features.