i've been playing this since scale-tests
preordered it
played about 3k hrs since.
apart from the game crashing to desktop randomly without any error message or anything, the game still has too many bugs, even if u manage to get on a server.
im not even starting on the MS store and xbox app - it is known, they are disastrous.
i've played about 10-12 hrs recently, and the number of bugs i've encountered is ridiculous.
-spawn at outpost, buy supplies - get stuck for 5 mins on 'counting your coins'
-'I'm having trouble accessing my inventory right now. Please try again later'
-quickly opening and closing a container resulting in getting stuck in the game menu, while character is still moving - requires alt-f4 restart
-finding treasure on an island but it's stuck in the ground so u cant pick it up
-dying on spawn after reconnecting
-skellis have stopped repairing their ships
-constant small scale visual bugs, screen shaking and shvirering in some angles (including, but not limited to, standing on docked rowboat)
-'eternal blackscreens' when merming or coming back from ferry - even if the ship is not sunk
-landsharks
-skellis in the ground
-getting stuck in plants/props in falling animation
-random people spawning and despawning on your ship, while you're traveling/queuing underwater
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the list goes on and on, this is just what i've encountered in the last 2 or 3 sessions, before i quit the game again for constant crashes to desktop.
some bugs have been around forever, some are new, some came along the way... some are not game breaking, some are. it doesn't matter.
the pure number of bugs makes it NOT FUN to play.
pleeease Rare, dedicate a whole season to only fixing bugs. u can add more skins, i dont give a damn.
But STOP changing mechanics until u fixed what u have. The game would be JUST GREAT - if it worked