Hey there!
I started 2 days ago and boy what an experience, within my first 5 minutes of waking up in the starting town I got blown up by a galleon. I left and created a new character, did maiden voyage and this time got boarded by 4 pirates who just said, "This is our ship now". They sailed away while I was still exploring my sloop, they then killed me and continued to kill me until I googled and found out about scuttling. So did that. I proceeded to adventure onwards and get mauled by the kraken, skeleton ships and the meg. I was on a downward spiral, to "Boy this is a brutal game for newbies" All I wanted was to find map, look for treasure and make some gold. I combed discord and found some fellow South Africans who play, and joined their galleon, I was promptly thrown into the arena, and learnt very quickly on the basics of pvp. Killing and being killed removed the fear of adventure mode death.
We managed to get a chest in arena mode after our galleon got blown up, via the rowboat, and was one of the most nail biting experiences we have had. Being tailed by 3 galleons on a rowboat is hectic.
Back in adventure land, we managed to defeat a skeleton fort boss, the loot was amazing, only for it to be destroyed by a skeleton ship and kraken battle at the same time.
This was my intro to sea of thieves, it has taught me three things.
- Dont become attached to your loot
- You will die, a lot.
- You only get better when playing more. Skill is the name of the game.
PS: The graphics are great, sometimes when you aren't dying to everything in SoT, the scenery is awesome to look at.