this game doesnt need a bigger map, it doesn't need more quests, it needs more ships, if you add 5 more ships to the current map, the game would be way better
A lot of these ideas probably will never happen on the current out of date engine that SOT is running on, Rare has acknowledged in the past on multiple occasions that they are very restricted from what they can add to the game due to restraints on the engine it's currently run on and can only add more content such as world events, etc. Without making a sacrifice to something in the game. If Rare was ever to update their game engine they could alleviate a lot of the server issues and restrictions but don't see that happening in the short-term just hope that Rare can make some adjustments not far down the line
Ideas of my own. Upgrade enemy combat mechanics Add ways to relax like a pirate at a tavern. Add ways for people to want to stay on an outpost. A pirate needs to kick his legs up every so often and just relax , Get drunk. Punch each other. Sing shanties. Enjoy food that would only be accessible at a tavern.
these are great ideas but the problem that the game has are restrictions that dont allow them to add things, for example having more players per server would be great and a bigger map as well but the amount of lag other issues it would cause would just make things worse.
"with a larger map rare could increase the number of players per server" uh no? the opposite actually? the more they add to the map, the more strained the servers become and at that point the one thing they can do to alleviate the strain on the servers is to turn the number of players per server down this exact scenario has happened several times throughout the last years
Every suggestion about upgrades is always the same terrible idea. Powercreep the existing weapons, cannons, ships and sails so that rich crews have an edge while new players have to grind to match in powerlevel. If you just say "give us upgrades without breaking the game balance" it doesn't solve the problem, you can't even think of a way to make it balanced and you expect Rare to do it. Well they have, it's built in to the sandbox design of SoT: all gameplay advantages are session based. This way every single thing you could find and add to your arsenal is available for every player in the game from the moment they log in and is lost the moment they log out. This has been true in 2018 with basic things like finding kegs, to the modern tools like horn of fair winds and tridents. You want the secret to "saving" SoT? Good gameplay and good updates. Keep gameplay experience smooth and playable while constantly removing bad agents (and cheaters) while also making sure every new update ships bug free, and the game can enjoy a long lifespan.
I would say expand the game to add dungeons, which are basically small interconnected sections that provide a given challenge or requires a gimmick. For example, since day 1 I’ve been wanting something like a bulls eye activation plate that needs to be shot to open a door/ lower bridge etc. another thing I’ve wanted was a better use of the stop watch with a puzzle that depended on time or light and shadows.
@reddemon6668 Your concept of dungeons has already been implemented in SoT through the shrines, treasuries, caverns, vaults and beacons. You want a bullseye that opens a door, but that exists in the mechanism to enter underwater shrines. Pressure plates that progress puzzles? Played any tall tales lately? And we do have timed puzzles in the treasuries. I would be ok if there were more of them, its always nice to have these unique setpieces.
@ What we currently have aren’t interconnected, they’re not different puzzles/ challenges across a chain of rooms, areas. the bullseye mechanic only exist in shrines to open the same doors the same way and only requires 1 target to be shot. I was thinking more of the lines of moving, opening/ closing targets including multiple targets that need to be shot in order based on what a riddle says. Treasuries aren’t timed puzzles, they’re combat arenas that change based on waves completed. They also don’t require the stop watch tool in game I was giving examples, but I expect more, gunpowder barrel hopping, drunk platform jumping race against other crew members, race across platforms to get to the end of a path that fills up with water or fire, lantern color change to open maze gates, dodging a barrage of cannonballs using multiple obstacles, etc Pressure plates could be expanded too, they can have symbols on them that required to be stepped in certain order or based on a riddle.
With player owned outpost, I would love to see more of the crafting side of things and using in game resources to build up everything and build it exactly how you like it.. kinda like raft or sons of the forest kind of vibe.
Please I swear to god NO ice zone, it makes thee least sense out of any idea, a better idea would be either a large jungle island or a network of swamps and mangroves
I REALLY want settelments/islands/forts that are owned by players that we can decorate. They could reuse a lot of the captaincy cosmetics while adding new stuff aswell. Maybe there would be a pvp or pve raid mode where you defend your hideout.
This would change the game and revitelize some of its former glory and even bringing new players to the game. Also thank you for continuing even with what is going on I'm glad this Journey hasn't ended just yet❤
I love the ideas. The problem, the engine they're currently using. We need to chop the Xbox One and PS4 players off and replace the engine from Unreal 4 to Unreal 5. Not only will it fix LOTS of the issues relating to performance, player security and server security, but also allow the potential for MORE content with more ships. To be fair, at this point with what is available, it would actually be awesome if these ideas we have can be used for a Sea Of Thieves 2. Rare has formed a few teams working on the current game, why not use those teams and work together to make the sequel. Rare is owned by Microsoft afterall. If that isn't happening of course, at least use the opportunity to cut the Xbox One and PS4 plays off the map and update the engine enough so that we can have new content like a new biome of islands, more fun voyages and more cosmetics. I am happy to recently play it again after not touching or progressing through it at all previously with a new pirate with my own Sloop (The Duke) that is part of my own Guild (The Communion). One thing I will say, not the type of gamer for Sea Of Thieves but I am open as heck to have fun. With only 5 player ships per server though... yeah, I see why we have Dive To Location as an option. I had a game session where I got server merged like 4 times with 2 of them being literally while I was just about to park my Sloop at Port Merrick not even like 5 minutes between it. Would be um... good if there is a notification that pops up AFTER the message. If a new player was playing the game for the first time and saw _The world is changing_ - they would be wondering... "what the heck, is that riddle?". Anyways, picked up one of those Reaper Chests and went to The Reaper's Hideout for the first time and saw Captain Flameheart. Hear me out, Captain Flameheart is hot - I like him. I haven't delved much into PvP, but I may give it a go in the future.
this would be amazing if they added it, but if they do it would be a lot like Ark, and i love the feeling of high seas without having to worry more and more about my base being raided or having to protect my ship when going underwater for an hour
Would love to see more life, more mystery, more difficult enemies, more players/ships, expanded map, guild hideouts. You pretty much hit my list. Ah one more thing.. pets with a utility/use function for more dynamic gameplay. Mostly for PvE.. examples are monkeys that carry food, dogs that sniff out treasure, birds that carry messages, the list goes on. Couldn’t be pay to play so being able to tame them in the wild would be so great. Leave the emporium for skins. Maybe for the next video!
"similar to what adventures used to be, but way more dynamic and fun" what, you just think they didn't try to make adventures dynamic and fun? they tried their best with adventures and even that they barely managed to pull off to just say "hey we want this back but just better in every way" it doesn't seem very realistic youknow
Only one i disagree on is Ship upgrades that actually make the ship better. The best part of sea of thieves is that a new player has no disadvantage interms of ships and stats. Adding ship upgrades would completely ruin this and make it much harder for new players to get into pvp.
These ideas are awesome. Really really well done. Rate could use you as a consultant. Keep up the great work, will be passing this along and reinforcing these in the forums. Best sandbox game with the highest potential ever!
you really just said you want actual ship upgrades in the game as if every player having the exact same tools wasn't like one of core principles the game is built upon you want them to just throw that out so you can have a hull that takes 10% less damage and how exactly does your hull taking 10% less damage "save the game"?
The land combat idea is interesting, a "pirate paintball"" . We have a pvpve game PVP crew want more action. PVE crowd want less action. We need 2 games both styles will be happy. Perhaps if we had DLC content for a small cost or more tall tales
All this is possible in unreal 5 engine but this old engine is at the end of the max that’s the whole reason there is no new content. The unreal 5 engine is also capable te host more players on servers and larger maps and more content at the same time… I vote for SOT 2 and then put this idea in the game … expect the ship upgrade… no pay to win stuff or stuff like uber metagaming
Sorry not sorry for being that guy but one thing im sure about is a new region and especially new ships will NEVER happen. New ships with larger crews would have balancing issues for example and with new regions there's just no room in the sea of thieves. There's clearly no more hidden locations and the map is all there is to it. I really doubt they'll add new locations. Especially after the failure that was the devils roar which no one visits.
I JUST WANT THE ABILITY TO DRINK MY GROG WHILE SITTING AT THE TABLE OR FISHING WHILE SITTING ON THE SHIP i wanted to roleplay a bit and now its annoying me all the time knowing i cant
1. Make it where you can do everything but reapers and hour glass in safer seas 2. make it where your Friends/Guild can all play on the same server. You should be able to have a sever where all the ships are friends/guild mates. ....and that's it....that's all you need to have a lot of people play. Make it where more than you and 3 friends can play on the same server together and don't have to deal with forced pvp and a lot more people would keep playing.
Agree. Make "safer seas" a non pvp server allowing you to invite friends onto your server. It's a beautiful game with so much to discover and do--besides fighting each other. I hope that it can be made to be "co-op" and available offline some day to save it from disappearing altogether. Part of the problem is that the pvp aspect was what got pushed and promoted more than the true substance of the pve world...and now it has suffered for that.
Your not even a NAL player why should we listen to you , the only way to save the game is to bring back arena take it from me I was a North American NAL player for the scuttles over 47% of the player base played arena before shut down if they Wana save their game they have to bring back arena
im probably the minority, but i really dont like most of the ideas here. just fix bugs, rein in cheaters, and find something to do with forgotten content. if it was up to me id actually cut some bloat: take away the db pistol, the blowpipe, and traps, do away with bait and firework. make the grapple a tool instead of a weapon, either make the cursed ball ubiquitous or remove them. make a bigger boat for a crew of more than 4 players, allow us to run even with 2 handed loot... and so much more. the point is to streamline what we have which is already special imo. expanding should only come once everything related to core gameplay is well oiled.
ACTUAL private servers where you can invite more than 3 people, so you could have multiple crews on your own private servers, having your own pvp and pve experiences without cheaters. And ACTUAL character generation and customization rather than the "infinite pirate generator". I've been begging for those since I started playing.
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I'd like a pet squid.
this game doesnt need a bigger map, it doesn't need more quests, it needs more ships, if you add 5 more ships to the current map, the game would be way better
A lot of these ideas probably will never happen on the current out of date engine that SOT is running on, Rare has acknowledged in the past on multiple occasions that they are very restricted from what they can add to the game due to restraints on the engine it's currently run on and can only add more content such as world events, etc. Without making a sacrifice to something in the game. If Rare was ever to update their game engine they could alleviate a lot of the server issues and restrictions but don't see that happening in the short-term just hope that Rare can make some adjustments not far down the line
Performence update is the thing most players need, including myself
Ideas of my own.
Upgrade enemy combat mechanics
Add ways to relax like a pirate at a tavern.
Add ways for people to want to stay on an outpost. A pirate needs to kick his legs up every so often and just relax , Get drunk.
Punch each other.
Sing shanties.
Enjoy food that would only be accessible at a tavern.
these are great ideas but the problem that the game has are restrictions that dont allow them to add things, for example having more players per server would be great and a bigger map as well but the amount of lag other issues it would cause would just make things worse.
Time for a sequel and old consoles are phased out. Only way
"with a larger map rare could increase the number of players per server"
uh
no?
the opposite actually?
the more they add to the map, the more strained the servers become and at that point the one thing they can do to alleviate the strain on the servers is to turn the number of players per server down
this exact scenario has happened several times throughout the last years
Every suggestion about upgrades is always the same terrible idea. Powercreep the existing weapons, cannons, ships and sails so that rich crews have an edge while new players have to grind to match in powerlevel. If you just say "give us upgrades without breaking the game balance" it doesn't solve the problem, you can't even think of a way to make it balanced and you expect Rare to do it.
Well they have, it's built in to the sandbox design of SoT: all gameplay advantages are session based. This way every single thing you could find and add to your arsenal is available for every player in the game from the moment they log in and is lost the moment they log out. This has been true in 2018 with basic things like finding kegs, to the modern tools like horn of fair winds and tridents.
You want the secret to "saving" SoT? Good gameplay and good updates. Keep gameplay experience smooth and playable while constantly removing bad agents (and cheaters) while also making sure every new update ships bug free, and the game can enjoy a long lifespan.
I would say expand the game to add dungeons, which are basically small interconnected sections that provide a given challenge or requires a gimmick.
For example, since day 1 I’ve been wanting something like a bulls eye activation plate that needs to be shot to open a door/ lower bridge etc. another thing I’ve wanted was a better use of the stop watch with a puzzle that depended on time or light and shadows.
I don’t want any more factions, the current ones are lacking as is, and by end game they all play the same
@reddemon6668 Your concept of dungeons has already been implemented in SoT through the shrines, treasuries, caverns, vaults and beacons. You want a bullseye that opens a door, but that exists in the mechanism to enter underwater shrines. Pressure plates that progress puzzles? Played any tall tales lately? And we do have timed puzzles in the treasuries.
I would be ok if there were more of them, its always nice to have these unique setpieces.
@ What we currently have aren’t interconnected, they’re not different puzzles/ challenges across a chain of rooms, areas.
the bullseye mechanic only exist in shrines to open the same doors the same way and only requires 1 target to be shot. I was thinking more of the lines of moving, opening/ closing targets including multiple targets that need to be shot in order based on what a riddle says.
Treasuries aren’t timed puzzles, they’re combat arenas that change based on waves completed. They also don’t require the stop watch tool in game
I was giving examples, but I expect more, gunpowder barrel hopping, drunk platform jumping race against other crew members, race across platforms to get to the end of a path that fills up with water or fire, lantern color change to open maze gates, dodging a barrage of cannonballs using multiple obstacles, etc
Pressure plates could be expanded too, they can have symbols on them that required to be stepped in certain order or based on a riddle.
A tiny octopus pet would be epic!
With player owned outpost, I would love to see more of the crafting side of things and using in game resources to build up everything and build it exactly how you like it.. kinda like raft or sons of the forest kind of vibe.
Please I swear to god NO ice zone, it makes thee least sense out of any idea, a better idea would be either a large jungle island or a network of swamps and mangroves
I REALLY want settelments/islands/forts that are owned by players that we can decorate. They could reuse a lot of the captaincy cosmetics while adding new stuff aswell. Maybe there would be a pvp or pve raid mode where you defend your hideout.
This would change the game and revitelize some of its former glory and even bringing new players to the game. Also thank you for continuing even with what is going on I'm glad this Journey hasn't ended just yet❤
Good to see you myst ❤, after 2 years your still one of the best people I know.
Appreciate you
I love all of these ideas. Actual content. I’ve always wanted sort of “upgradable” ships. And player hideouts would be awesome
W video
We need the mimic dart they literally promised it 3 months ago
I love the ideas. The problem, the engine they're currently using. We need to chop the Xbox One and PS4 players off and replace the engine from Unreal 4 to Unreal 5. Not only will it fix LOTS of the issues relating to performance, player security and server security, but also allow the potential for MORE content with more ships. To be fair, at this point with what is available, it would actually be awesome if these ideas we have can be used for a Sea Of Thieves 2. Rare has formed a few teams working on the current game, why not use those teams and work together to make the sequel. Rare is owned by Microsoft afterall. If that isn't happening of course, at least use the opportunity to cut the Xbox One and PS4 plays off the map and update the engine enough so that we can have new content like a new biome of islands, more fun voyages and more cosmetics.
I am happy to recently play it again after not touching or progressing through it at all previously with a new pirate with my own Sloop (The Duke) that is part of my own Guild (The Communion). One thing I will say, not the type of gamer for Sea Of Thieves but I am open as heck to have fun. With only 5 player ships per server though... yeah, I see why we have Dive To Location as an option. I had a game session where I got server merged like 4 times with 2 of them being literally while I was just about to park my Sloop at Port Merrick not even like 5 minutes between it. Would be um... good if there is a notification that pops up AFTER the message. If a new player was playing the game for the first time and saw _The world is changing_ - they would be wondering... "what the heck, is that riddle?". Anyways, picked up one of those Reaper Chests and went to The Reaper's Hideout for the first time and saw Captain Flameheart. Hear me out, Captain Flameheart is hot - I like him. I haven't delved much into PvP, but I may give it a go in the future.
this would be amazing if they added it, but if they do it would be a lot like Ark, and i love the feeling of high seas without having to worry more and more about my base being raided or having to protect my ship when going underwater for an hour
"core systems would need a complete overhaul"
we had this
they did this
it was a terrible year
delays upon delays upon delays
we all hated it
Would love to see more life, more mystery, more difficult enemies, more players/ships, expanded map, guild hideouts. You pretty much hit my list. Ah one more thing.. pets with a utility/use function for more dynamic gameplay. Mostly for PvE.. examples are monkeys that carry food, dogs that sniff out treasure, birds that carry messages, the list goes on. Couldn’t be pay to play so being able to tame them in the wild would be so great. Leave the emporium for skins. Maybe for the next video!
Sounds good!
"similar to what adventures used to be, but way more dynamic and fun"
what, you just think they didn't try to make adventures dynamic and fun?
they tried their best with adventures
and even that they barely managed to pull off
to just say "hey we want this back but just better in every way"
it doesn't seem very realistic youknow
Only one i disagree on is Ship upgrades that actually make the ship better. The best part of sea of thieves is that a new player has no disadvantage interms of ships and stats. Adding ship upgrades would completely ruin this and make it much harder for new players to get into pvp.
These are good ideas 😊
Glad you think so!
These ideas are awesome. Really really well done. Rate could use you as a consultant. Keep up the great work, will be passing this along and reinforcing these in the forums. Best sandbox game with the highest potential ever!
We need an antialiasing slider, jaggy lines are a pain. TAA is something we needd
you really just said you want actual ship upgrades in the game
as if every player having the exact same tools wasn't like one of core principles the game is built upon
you want them to just throw that out so you can have a hull that takes 10% less damage
and how exactly does your hull taking 10% less damage "save the game"?
The legend... he is BACK (bickle gods heard my prayers)
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Do you ever play with viewers? I love your content as well
Like the ideas but many would require a sequel, phasing out old consoles on it. Being a Xbox one launch, that console is really holding it back.
The land combat idea is interesting, a "pirate paintball"" . We have a pvpve game PVP crew want more action. PVE crowd want less action. We need 2 games both styles will be happy. Perhaps if we had DLC content for a small cost or more tall tales
All this is possible in unreal 5 engine but this old engine is at the end of the max that’s the whole reason there is no new content. The unreal 5 engine is also capable te host more players on servers and larger maps and more content at the same time… I vote for SOT 2 and then put this idea in the game … expect the ship upgrade… no pay to win stuff or stuff like uber metagaming
Sorry not sorry for being that guy but one thing im sure about is a new region and especially new ships will NEVER happen. New ships with larger crews would have balancing issues for example and with new regions there's just no room in the sea of thieves. There's clearly no more hidden locations and the map is all there is to it. I really doubt they'll add new locations. Especially after the failure that was the devils roar which no one visits.
I JUST WANT THE ABILITY TO DRINK MY GROG WHILE SITTING AT THE TABLE OR FISHING WHILE SITTING ON THE SHIP
i wanted to roleplay a bit and now its annoying me all the time knowing i cant
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I know it is probably just me but something like hourglass just hand to hand combat
sot players demanding new updates while the servers crack under pressure, nothing new
1. Make it where you can do everything but reapers and hour glass in safer seas
2. make it where your Friends/Guild can all play on the same server. You should be able to have a sever where all the ships are friends/guild mates.
....and that's it....that's all you need to have a lot of people play. Make it where more than you and 3 friends can play on the same server together and don't have to deal with forced pvp and a lot more people would keep playing.
Agree. Make "safer seas" a non pvp server allowing you to invite friends onto your server. It's a beautiful game with so much to discover and do--besides fighting each other. I hope that it can be made to be "co-op" and available offline some day to save it from disappearing altogether.
Part of the problem is that the pvp aspect was what got pushed and promoted more than the true substance of the pve world...and now it has suffered for that.
Bring back the old blunderbuss
He returns
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Sea of thieves is fantasy pirate game not MMORPG to add more effect and they use old stuff not follow update that why they can't do that
Honestly one of your best vids. W comeback. Mystiqux for pirate lord !
How did you manage to reinvent the Merricks Outpost Events and Burning Blade and Shrines ALL IN ONE VIDEO
I want a huge new ship, new sea monster, and outfit saving
I love to see this
Ngl, some of the script Sounds ai generated.
Your not even a NAL player why should we listen to you , the only way to save the game is to bring back arena take it from me I was a North American NAL player for the scuttles over 47% of the player base played arena before shut down if they Wana save their game they have to bring back arena
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I want new ships
add the British
im probably the minority, but i really dont like most of the ideas here. just fix bugs, rein in cheaters, and find something to do with forgotten content. if it was up to me id actually cut some bloat: take away the db pistol, the blowpipe, and traps, do away with bait and firework. make the grapple a tool instead of a weapon, either make the cursed ball ubiquitous or remove them. make a bigger boat for a crew of more than 4 players, allow us to run even with 2 handed loot... and so much more. the point is to streamline what we have which is already special imo. expanding should only come once everything related to core gameplay is well oiled.
ACTUAL private servers where you can invite more than 3 people, so you could have multiple crews on your own private servers, having your own pvp and pve experiences without cheaters. And ACTUAL character generation and customization rather than the "infinite pirate generator".
I've been begging for those since I started playing.
Save the game? Another one claiming it's dying. Jeez...
A SpongeBob cross-over would actually be peak 🔥