I'm only talking about MY opinion on Boarding in Skull and Bones. I'm not saying you're wrong, or I'm right. I stream Daily on www.twitch.tv/protide1. #ubisoft #skullandbones
To start, this video may be slightly scuffed again. But I am trying to learn how to edit, sort my mic out and my speech. If you don't agree with my opinions in this video that's perfectly fine, I'm not trying to attack, upset or antagonise anyone that has a different opinion than me about this game. (Shameless) Im also giving away 3 copies of Skull and Bones on launch on my Twitch.
In fact i can already image that some of the players would start just preying on other ships that are boarding. Come on. Sea of thieves is already full of people who are willing to afk for an hour while another crew is doing fort. I bet in S&B there would be a lot of players that would look for another players, fallow them for an hour or so, wait until they are full of loot and attack and board another ship, then they move in and sink it for all the loot
I disagree with you on this one bud. I can't fathom a company that had 9 years to develop a pirate game with a blueprint (Black Flag) already completed and they come out with a bare-bones ship-to-ship naval combat game with no exploring or swashbuckling combat. And to answer the question you posed how would ship boarding work in a live PVP setting I believe it should be a risk. We already know that if you sink a ship you don't get as much loot as it should and if you board you have a chance of getting all the loot which makes sense. If you want all the loot there is some risk involved. I believe when you start boarding other ships should be able to fire on your ship or the opponent's ship. So you only have so much time to demoralize the crew, kill the captain, take the loot, and get out. If you get shot and your ship gets sunk while you are boarding that's the risk you take for being hungry and wanting all the loot. It's not as complicated as they make it seem it just needs to be implemented. They have had plenty of time to make this game right and chose not to, so I will not make excuses for them. If this game is not what was initially promised, which was a full pirate experience then they will not get my money plain and simple.
Boarding while online is also about who keeps your ship safe while you're boarding. ACBF has the luxury of stopping the gameplay. If done well it could be risk reward of getting boards done well and efficiently. But personally I'm all for the game focusing naval anyway. Roll on Nov.
Skull and bones is the same genre of Warthunder, War of Warships and World of Tanks. This game is very different to Sea of Thieves, even though they are both Pirates but for its gameplay, a very big NO.
it have been delay to 2023 but I still look forward to it. And will let the game be its own beast I don't want a Black flag copy I want to sail and shoot cannons!
Heard some people excited for this game and started looking into it. I think anyone calling this an MMO does a dis-service to the game, as it sets expectations that will only be dissapointing. 20 person servers is not massive online multiplayer, its just multiplayer. Seems like a good game, but definatly not what I'm interested in, as I would prefer to be a person rather than a ship. Best of luck lads, hope the game is super fun for naval enthusiasts.
I think boarding should have been handled more like exicutions in for honor where you get to see your captain brutally murder the other captain. Think that would have been way cooler
Fair point on the boarding, I think back to Archage, that shit got messy. it all came down to AOE and number of bodies, the servers would jitter and a person would suddenly be 10 meters away from the boat.
Boarding ships would have much more problems that it would be worth it. I bet if they would add it to the game, players would be happy... Until they would play it and experience all the bs it would bring into the game. Just like you said. If we are on enemy ship anyone could come and attack us. And if we would be invincible while boarding people would just board each other to avoid other players.
I still believe the best way is somewhere in Between. Yes the Boarding that we see in AC4 will definetly not work. But a more in Depth Boarding system where you actually have to do more than just press a button, but is still over in just a few seconds would be a very good step to give boarding more meaning and some depth.
I would appreciate the game as it is right now and they can fix it with some big updates later, I've been waiting for this game for like 7 years I just want it
My main concern is the type of ships as we have seen from the early beta version of skull and bones where you see a sailable brig, sloop and frigate. How many decks to maintain and how many guns you can get. My main question is will there be a big warship battle say including a 4 deck man of war like the one in black flag battling it out on several 2-3 deck frigates or is it gonna be like sea of thieves where you can only get the top deck as guns and use the stuff included on the ships as cosmetics/armor.
This video is basically what I have been trying to tell people who get angry over the whole "No player to player boarding" in the game. While there are likely ways around it I personally am perfectly fine and happy without actual boarding, I'd prefer the quick cutscene.
Fully agree here, boarding just wouldn't work in this kind of game. Maybe some time down the line they can add in a 1v1 mode where you do use swords? You'd be on land for it, so no need to worry about ship safety. I personally wouldn't play that kind of mode, but I'm sure many people would enjoy it.
To start, this video may be slightly scuffed again. But I am trying to learn how to edit, sort my mic out and my speech. If you don't agree with my opinions in this video that's perfectly fine, I'm not trying to attack, upset or antagonise anyone that has a different opinion than me about this game. (Shameless) Im also giving away 3 copies of Skull and Bones on launch on my Twitch.
In fact i can already image that some of the players would start just preying on other ships that are boarding. Come on. Sea of thieves is already full of people who are willing to afk for an hour while another crew is doing fort. I bet in S&B there would be a lot of players that would look for another players, fallow them for an hour or so, wait until they are full of loot and attack and board another ship, then they move in and sink it for all the loot
I disagree with you on this one bud. I can't fathom a company that had 9 years to develop a pirate game with a blueprint (Black Flag) already completed and they come out with a bare-bones ship-to-ship naval combat game with no exploring or swashbuckling combat. And to answer the question you posed how would ship boarding work in a live PVP setting I believe it should be a risk. We already know that if you sink a ship you don't get as much loot as it should and if you board you have a chance of getting all the loot which makes sense. If you want all the loot there is some risk involved. I believe when you start boarding other ships should be able to fire on your ship or the opponent's ship. So you only have so much time to demoralize the crew, kill the captain, take the loot, and get out. If you get shot and your ship gets sunk while you are boarding that's the risk you take for being hungry and wanting all the loot. It's not as complicated as they make it seem it just needs to be implemented. They have had plenty of time to make this game right and chose not to, so I will not make excuses for them. If this game is not what was initially promised, which was a full pirate experience then they will not get my money plain and simple.
Boarding while online is also about who keeps your ship safe while you're boarding. ACBF has the luxury of stopping the gameplay. If done well it could be risk reward of getting boards done well and efficiently. But personally I'm all for the game focusing naval anyway. Roll on Nov.
They cut corners and advertised a different game to what we got. Its just soooooo boring as a game.
Skull and bones is the same genre of Warthunder, War of Warships and World of Tanks. This game is very different to Sea of Thieves, even though they are both Pirates but for its gameplay, a very big NO.
it have been delay to 2023 but I still look forward to it. And will let the game be its own beast I don't want a Black flag copy I want to sail and shoot cannons!
Its a joke that we can only Walk around at the main docks this Game legit gonna be a meme if they wont change alot
Heard some people excited for this game and started looking into it. I think anyone calling this an MMO does a dis-service to the game, as it sets expectations that will only be dissapointing. 20 person servers is not massive online multiplayer, its just multiplayer. Seems like a good game, but definatly not what I'm interested in, as I would prefer to be a person rather than a ship. Best of luck lads, hope the game is super fun for naval enthusiasts.
I think boarding should have been handled more like exicutions in for honor where you get to see your captain brutally murder the other captain. Think that would have been way cooler
Black flag is better than skull and bones
Fair point on the boarding, I think back to Archage, that shit got messy. it all came down to AOE and number of bodies, the servers would jitter and a person would suddenly be 10 meters away from the boat.
Boarding ships would have much more problems that it would be worth it. I bet if they would add it to the game, players would be happy... Until they would play it and experience all the bs it would bring into the game. Just like you said. If we are on enemy ship anyone could come and attack us. And if we would be invincible while boarding people would just board each other to avoid other players.
I still believe the best way is somewhere in Between. Yes the Boarding that we see in AC4 will definetly not work. But a more in Depth Boarding system where you actually have to do more than just press a button, but is still over in just a few seconds would be a very good step to give boarding more meaning and some depth.
I would appreciate the game as it is right now and they can fix it with some big updates later, I've been waiting for this game for like 7 years I just want it
They could still add PvE boarding. I don't know about PvP boarding.
i think it would be maybe a little funner if we had sword fights but i like naval combat so much more and im glad we got exploration
My main concern is the type of ships as we have seen from the early beta version of skull and bones where you see a sailable brig, sloop and frigate. How many decks to maintain and how many guns you can get. My main question is will there be a big warship battle say including a 4 deck man of war like the one in black flag battling it out on several 2-3 deck frigates or is it gonna be like sea of thieves where you can only get the top deck as guns and use the stuff included on the ships as cosmetics/armor.
This video is basically what I have been trying to tell people who get angry over the whole "No player to player boarding" in the game. While there are likely ways around it I personally am perfectly fine and happy without actual boarding, I'd prefer the quick cutscene.
Fully agree here, boarding just wouldn't work in this kind of game. Maybe some time down the line they can add in a 1v1 mode where you do use swords? You'd be on land for it, so no need to worry about ship safety. I personally wouldn't play that kind of mode, but I'm sure many people would enjoy it.