Don't Bother Posting These:

@wilbymagicbear Thanks for the post lol... one correction RARE may add private servers at some point in the future :)

Although I personally agree because I am sick aswell of seeing those same threads, I feel posters should post whatever they like.

That said, they shouldn't be surprised or whine if people are sick to hear about it too and don't give much support to ideas repeated dozens of times over.

I certainly think there should be a couple more megathreads to contain those threads, but in the meantime I suppose we simply have to civilly discuss and remind people why their ideas aren't necessarily well thought, even if most of the time those posters know full well those ideas have been discussed to death and are just trying to repeat themselves louder.

@acebead40319154 said in Don't Bother Posting These::

@wilbymagicbear Thanks for the post lol... one correction RARE may add private servers at some point in the future :)

The important point though is that not only they said they would most likely add those, they also said they wouldn't want people to farm gold (and probably rep) on them. Private servers enthusiasts can expect private practice servers with no progression!

@bloodybil Awesome... thanks for the elaboration. I think this makes sense.

@wilbymagicbear said in Don't Bother Posting These::

I've noticed a lot of posts saying the same things. To save time, here's what you shouldn't post, and why:

I want PvE servers/peaceful mode/etcetera!

Rare said no. Anyway, if it weren't for piracy (you might know it as greifing), this game would be insanely boring. If it weren't for other players, you would never lose treasure. Seriously, you can negate every PvE threat in the game by keeping your treasure in a rowboat. If you couldn't lose, you'd be insanely bored. Be glad you can lose.

Agree to an extent. But if they do somehow do this, I'd prefer if the levelling was separate from the main game and at a much slower rate to encourage players to play on PvPvE servers. But I'm not going to completely object to having choices.

Sloop isn't fair! Give Solo Players a Chance!

The sloop, especially solooping, is delibrately hard. That's to encourage sloop players to find a crew, because that's the optimal experince. Crew up, it's more fun, I promise.

No. As an introvert with social anxiety and depression, being forced into joining a crew of strangers is my worst nightmare. I play with friends when I can but 90% of the time I play solo. I can manage just fine "solooping", although I still think the damage is too OP for sloops right now (I've made the Dark Souls comparison before - this game is not Dark Souls). If they don't want people to play solo, they shouldn't have made it a choice.

I Was Attacked By Many Things At Once!

Cool. Sometimes you sink. Get over it and learn from failure.

Agree... but see previous point.

Cheaters/Toxic Players!

Report them. Don't make a forum post.

Bug!

Raise a support ticket. Don't post that here. We don't care.

Crossplay Unfair!

Yes, PC has an advantage. Yes, opt-out is coming. Yes, it's taking too long. Yes, it should've been here earlier.

Agree to all those with caveats:

• They should have a way to report players within the game (this will become more of an issue when the Xbox gamertag system changes soon)
• The bug report link is not easy to find on the site. I know it's deliberate but still. Also, it is kind of handy to know if others are having the same bug as you and if there is a solution. Take the issue with the game not even loading for some on PC. So I would say to do both - file a report but also make a post so we can find solutions together. Ideally, there should be a bug reports category.
• PC has an advantage in some instances but this is not a twitch shooter. Many of us on PC play with a controller and Xbox One just got K&M support this year. There are also a lot of PC players playing on minimum spec machines that are worse than an Xbox One X in some cases. So, yeah, I agree that argument is moot.

@wilbymagicbear said in Don't Bother Posting These::

I Was Attacked By Many Things At Once!

Cool. Sometimes you sink. Get over it and learn from failure.

That's not really failure though, that's bad luck. I'd more say the advice for that is for all the bad luck you get, it means you are then due some good luck. Swings and roundabouts.

@bloodybil I would agree with the principle of what @WilbyMagicBear is saying here - that a lot of topics have been heard many, many (many) times before...

I would not say so simply that "posters should post whatever they like" though, as this is actually against the forum rules for multiple posting.
What they should do is search for existing discussions on a topic and keep things contained.

Most frustration with the forum, especially from a lot of us Bosun has been that we see the same topics constantly in circulation, with the same arguments and often the same players in there fighting it out.
It dilutes the forum, we lose track of some truly awesome discussions that could be had and things become... chaotic!

I happen to have written a trust Search guide for folks struggling to get to grips with it a couple of days ago...

@sshteeve said in Don't Bother Posting These::

@bloodybil I would agree with the principle of what @WilbyMagicBear is saying here - that a lot of topics have been heard many, many (many) times before...

I would not say so simply that "posters should post whatever they like" though, as this is actually against the forum rules for multiple posting.
What they should do is search for existing discussions on a topic and keep things contained.

Most frustration with the forum, especially from a lot of us Bosun has been that we see the same topics constantly in circulation, with the same arguments and often the same players in there fighting it out.
It dilutes the forum, we lose track of some truly awesome discussions that could be had and things become... chaotic!

I happen to have written a trust Search guide for folks struggling to get to grips with it a couple of days ago...

I fully agree with you, I would much rather like that people search for threads instead of repeating the same ones, no matter which side of an argument you favor. I just think saying "don't post this or that" sounds a tad hypocritical is all. As Voltaire said: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". That goes both ways though!

@bloodybil absolutely, hence I agree on principle with the OP, just not the way he has gone about things...

Yeah I agree with ya there @WilbyMagicBear I'm super annoyed by the reposts of all these things.
People are allowed to voice their opinions concerns etc, but on this forum it's getting kind of rediculous.
We literally have people shouting about there being too much PvP and only agressive players and all of the people here who are on the forums regularly and play regularly are shrugging saying what?
Someone made a post asking people how they feel about how much PvP is going on right now and I've nog seen a single plerson in that thread say that there's too much PvP.

It's also mostly the people with a Reputation way lower then the amount of posts who are complaining and it's usually people demanding changes as opposed to suggesting anything constructive.

I'd love to see more actual discussions as opposed to people shouting: "I want this" and when you react with points be like: "I don't agree with you (insert insult here)"

Havent read this thread as im too angry to concentrate on it... why am i angry i hear you ask? .... well, its because i want a pve server as i continually get griefed by toxic players on pc whilst im solo slooping!... sorry, what were you saying?...................... i know, its the lowest form of wit but i couldnt resist mate!

i agree with everything but the second. i think solo sloopers have a right to criticize weather or not going solo should be consider "hard mode." they are prey to players with more than one crew member, they have no advantages against a two person sloop, and most complaints from new players is from their solo experience which makes the game look bad to a majority of these new players.

ill always say that a solo player needs a new ship with its own unique advantages.

The folks who believe solo mode is "hard mode" need to watch Beardageddon on Twitch some time. He always solo sloops and absolutely dominates the game. Granted, he's a professional gamer who plays hours every day. But one can learn a lot from watching how he does things. One of the things I really like about him is that he never fires the first shot. He gives everyone a chance to be friendly. But if they fire at him, it's on. He almost always wins, whether he's up against a sloop, brigantine, galleon, or even multiple ships. I've learned a lot watching him and gained immense respect for the formidable little sloop.

Oh, this game was designed for solo play. Believe it. :)

@genuine-heather said in Don't Bother Posting These::

Oh, this game was designed for solo play. Believe it. :)

Hehehe, I made my fortune solo slooping!