Restore the game to pre-latest patch

Yes Rare needs to go back and put everything back the way it was.

@dabomb139 said in Restore the game to pre-latest patch:

@daantjebnl I understand what you mean by nobody asking for the cursed cannonballs, but Rare does listen to the community. I don't know if you realize how much time it takes for you to program something. Fishing is something they are considering putting in the game and they have to figure out so many things on how and when they will implement it. A prime example on Rare listening and taking ideas from the community is the Reaper's Mark. That whole idea was posted on these forums. So please don't say they don't care/ listen to the community because they do. Also, keep in mind that this game cannot have every idea posted by players and implemented by the devs because it would take so long for a new update to come out. Let Rare have their ideas for DLC's, and maybe a couple of player ideas in each update.

Yes... very true. Very true.
I don't mind the new inventory, provided we get a "take all" key for xbox. Seems like a simple fix...
And AdmiralRRRsole had a good idea for cannonball sorting, which would be really nice.

The fact that Rare spent resources implementing something as game-breaking as cursed cannonballs, even though such a concept was clearly diametrically opposed to their own core vision of the game when it launched, instead of spending those resources adding new things to do (i.e. actual content) is mind-boggling to me.

The new update is awful (cursed cannonballs, new barrel UI), and makes me not want to play Sea of Thieves anymore.

The biggest problem is that key threads on these forums are locked to sympathizers. To put it frankly, I CANNOT STOP RUNNING. When a crew of 4 people are looking in your general direction holding guns YOU CANNOT STOP RUNNING. I dont care how good you are or whatever. When you are playing at a high level trying to have fun robbing people by yourself, you need to grab stuff as you run. Have the new inventory menu be a setting that can be turned on or off, and leave the rest of us to spam F as we please.

And now to be calm and tell yall how to make it better. Keep the cursed cannonballs and put em in crates to promote world exploration, which we are not super rewarded for as of now except for a stray chest or barrel.

Make cannonballs into their own circular menu just like we select wood or bananas. Should we require more food, make a circle hotkey menu for food. Should we require more kinds of ammo? Have that swapped at the ammo boxes when we choose our guns.

@callmebackdraft I'm not much of a PvPer so that is an interesting perspective. I think I understand where you are coming from.You are an experienced player with a set crew looking for a challenge.

The problem I see is what happens when crews like yours decide to go on the offensive against new players, solo players or players that just prefer to avoid.

A crew such as yourself would dominate the seas. While you personally are looking for a challenge other players will use these cannons to crush other players beneath their boot.

It is difficult enough to learn the ropes with no tutorial. Imagine what it will be like trying to learn to sail for the first time, encountering PvP and being hit with magical cannonballs that literally make you lose control of your character and ship. This is a recipe to destroy all future growth of this community. If they wanted to make this game accessible to the veterans and the noobs this is the wrong approach. They might as well introduce stats and weapon difference because this will achieve the same result.

Once experienced PvP players master these weapons its game over for everyone else.

In the end this too will lead to you wondering the seas searching endlessly for a challenge because these weapons are dangerous in the average players hand but devastating in a great players hands.

@callmebackdraft I think once they become less common people with chill on them some but I can spam the heck out of them. I use an anchor and ballast ball then spam the ship with venoms have 2 people keg thier ship then spam with sleep.

@callmebackdraft Good tips. Thanks for that.

But what I was getting at is there is no tutorial and many players aren't as helpful as you. A lot of players are going to use these cannons totake advantage of vulnerable players.

Can you imagine being a solo sloop and some crew of experienced players smacks you with a magic cannon that makes you fall asleep, dance, get drunk, anchor, etc? You are done. There is no counter, especially solo. That's where I see these things being very problematic.

@daantjebnl Wow, I think you need to take a vacation and then binge play fortnight or something. Because I have heard Fortnight has real life non fantasy game play you almost forgot was a game because of the realism and accuracy.
Wow, just wow. Oh, wait. You could just play the game the way you always have and just not use the fairy clown circusballs because they are not real life cannon balls....hummm. I guess I could go on forever but I really don't think you would understand? um, ya.

@coip said in Restore the game to pre-latest patch:

The fact that Rare spent resources implementing something as game-breaking as cursed cannonballs, even though such a concept was clearly diametrically opposed to their own core vision of the game when it launched, instead of spending those resources adding new things to do (i.e. actual content) is mind-boggling to me.

The new update is awful (cursed cannonballs, new barrel UI), and makes me not want to play Sea of Thieves anymore.

Classic Rare...

@daantjebnl said in Restore the game to pre-latest patch:

I think it's time for Rare to realise the way they mutilated their child and at least just restore the game to pre-latest patch conditions.
I think this would make >70% of players really happy.

I haven't enjoyed a single second of this "adventure"

Shooting magicall clownballs at skeletons, and hitting one cannonball of each wich are all over the place.

NOONE ever asked for magical fairy clown circusballs on these forums EVER.

All the time you put into programming those gamekillers you could have spent time programming a monkey for my shoulders.
Fishing,and thousands of other great ideas people put all over this forum ALL THE TIME.
And to then have the audacity to say in livestreams and youtube releases "We listen to players"
NO, you Don't.....

Have some decency towards players who payed for and love(d) this game and abort this abomination!

And then go all-in on Forsaken shores, bug-free emersive balanced expansion eryone DOES want!

Very well put claps

I remember how bad the smoke grenades that would knock over player hurt gears of war 2 release. They were nerfed over a year and eventually completely removed.

Cliff blezenski would say later any time you take the control away from a player, its a bad game mechanic.

Now personally, i dont mid the balls as much as i thought i would and i generally dont invest into much until im rolling with an alliance in this game. But i was really surprised when rare said this was the direction they wanted to go. Its very bold. They had to know they would cause major outrage.

@commandrew said in Restore the game to pre-latest patch:

Cliff blezenski would say later any time you take the control away from a player, its a bad game mechanic.

That's very interesting. It sums up the issue in a concise way

@theothervillain said in Restore the game to pre-latest patch:

@commandrew said in Restore the game to pre-latest patch:

Cliff blezenski would say later any time you take the control away from a player, its a bad game mechanic.

That's very interesting. It sums up the issue in a concise way

Whats crazy is how hard they defended them for so long. Just about killed the game.

@commandrew who is they and them in that context? Players, developers or grenades?

@trancerevolved Hit the button that lets you see your voyages and titles. It's the screen before that. Select that canon ball and place it in the cannon