Hostile players

@transistor91 (WAVES TORCH) BURN THE WITCH!!!

Jk.

Theory 1 is close. Its not that people are going "OH its about that PvP NOW" Its more of "hey look at the streamer. He is attacking ships, sneaking onboard, and being a Pirate. I did not know the game was that fun."

More people are interested in combat PvP games.

Contrary to popular belief this game would not have survived if it did not have PvP. PvP was the thing holding it up. I won't get into that discussion but newer players are seeing the game for the first time and they are watching the exciting parts of it. Being a Pirate.

PvP Streamers rarely ever actually do quests. They hunt for other ships. The main issue with the game on release was that the reviews focused too much on the PvE aspect of the game. In PvE you were just a glorified Fed-Ex delivery man, but the PvE was suppose to be supplemented by PvP. The reviews didn't portray the game accurately at all.

With the PvP streamers showing the exciting parts of the game and being a Pirate. We are getting a lot of newer players who want to copy what they are seeing, or some older players who were afraid to PvP now sharpening their fangs.

The wall of text was half of the issue.

The other half of the problem is the null between events. People getting antsy over Arena and sharpening their skills.

@d4m0r3d said in Hostile players:

You must not play much, just yesterday me on a sloop ran into a brig who i befriended, then i ran into a galleon same server who me and the brig then befriended to the point where i joined the galleon and now have some of them on my friends list lol, not everyone is hostile. I genuinely dont believe you play much or maybe us aussies are just more chill than other people

I've played pretty much every day for a couple of months. So, yeah I feel like I can say with confidence that I play"much"

@d4m0r3d said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 how long every day?

3-6 hours. Depends on what we do.

I just want to clarify yet again, I do like pvp. I really do. I mostly pvp myself now a days. (Cause I got everything money can buy) But only with people that don't respond when I try to communicate with them, or people that fire at me first.

@d4m0r3d said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 if you do play alot it must be like i said, aussies are chill or you are freaking out to much and arent trying to befriend people anymore, you should let people shoot the first shot, otherwise idk but we are experiencing completely dif things

One of the things could be that people you run into actually speak English. I dunno, could be the case.
Cause I can say right now that Europeans are mute and bloodthirsty it seems.

And tonight I play again. We see one boat, first boat we see all night. And they are coming for us... and they are not saying a word. This game is getting to the point where you can't do quests.

I really don't want to go full pvp. But it seems to be the only way to play the game right now. FeelsFuckingBadMan.

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

Once you become a legend and buy everything from the game things become kind of meaningless. There are only a few decorations to do, and most of them are pretty boring. I have not done the simplest of merchants decorations because I do not have patience to hunt chickens or carrying rum. Those who want excitement end up attacking other players just to have what to do in the game.

However, the game has had a significant increase in beginners, most of the time I see ships with white sails coming up to me. They are no challenge at all, just imitate these streamers, which is no big deal, as these streamers do not even know how to play this game in the right way.

Before I avoided attacking other players, now I simply attack to avoid being attacked.

I generally don't have the problem where new players try to kill me, not "no skin people" anyway. It's people with skins that are the worst. Cause they just go for hunts.

@targasbr I see exactly what you mean. I am there myself. But still, kinda ruins the game for everyone when there isn't even conversations. Just brain dead killing. Best thing is a mixture of pvp and pve. (In my opinion)

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I really understand your frustration, but I think maybe this is not the ideal game for you. For example, do not like MOBA games, so I avoid this type of game. I think things are not even balanced in SoT. Well, I expected a game with intense BlackWake-style battles, but unfortunately I hardly see anyone in the servers and the battles do not last for more than 5 minutes.

This is not the game for me? I feel like I've been playing longer than you bud. and even if you have more experience than me. I love this game, I love everything about it. I just feel like all this hostility and toxicity there is right now is ruining the game for everyone. If you feel differently, tell me why. But don't say this isn't "the game for me"

@targasbr I understand everything you say completely and I agree to some extent. But from the start with every update it seems to be about working together with other crews. Doing the thrones and the megalodon for example. Now there is none of that "talk to others to make the game better". And that's from the players side.

Pvp is part of the game. And it should be. It also should be a bigger part of the game. But as it is right now it's toxic killing and nothing else.

(and for the amount of hours put into the game. I can say that i have way more than you. Don't wanna say how many I have. just that i play way more than that.)

@targasbr I read everything that you say. And the one thing that I can say is that I LIKE PVP. PVP is not the problem.

But 2-3 months ago it was "oh another ship. Well I hope they don't come." or "Oh another ship, let's fight them" or "Oh another ship, let's try to befriend them!"

Now it's 100% "Oh another ship. Well better get ready to fight"

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I get it. I'm not saying that PvP is the problem, but the behavior of the players. I liked it more in the past, the lore was part of the game and we could make alliances, sometimes even a ship betrayed another, but it was part of the game proposal.

Today everything I see is a toxic behavior of players who think that even Mario Kart is a Battleroyale game. But I do not think things will change.

So we agree then. I don't think things will change either. But I want developers to read and understand what we are saying.
I am 110% against PVE servers, cause that's just not sea of thieves any longer at that point. But right now I might as well play fortnite, I have less chance of getting attacked for no reason there. (jk never sinking that low, excuse the ship pun)

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I believe it's something that is out of power even from developers. Let's hope these players soon get tired of SoT and go back to Minecraft.

If we had more to spend money on. that would fix some of the problems I think. Cause at a certain point you don't have to do voyages any longer, cause money is just unnecessary.

@targasbr said in Hostile players:

@transistor91 I have some friends who own a few millions in the game and nothing more to buy.

I am there right now.. got 3 mil and nothing else to buy.

@marsmayflower said in Hostile players:

I still have plenty of non-hostile encounters. to say that all encounters are hostile would by hyperbole. sure, there are more aggressive pirates out there but, imo, that has only enhanced the experience. it's sea of thieves, not sea of friends.

Well we have real different experiences then. It's GREAT that there are more players in the game right now. It's great that the game is getting more attention. What I don't like is that every encounter right now is hostile. It's shoot first, ask no questions at all later.

And if you get someone to talk they yell over their mics that they are having relations with my mother. (never knew she was that way. Gotta have a talk with her...)