Yeah, sometimes the seas are crawling with that. That's why I thought it important to make this kind of video. To show that every individual player CAN be different than that.
Just watched his just after doing glitterbeard and after a whole week meeting people naturally and comically in the game, so I just have to say. That's what I love to see in this game. Sea of Thieves also doesn't mean Sea of War/Murdering and thieves can be friends too (and"thiefing" together), the game is full of people, and all these players are humans too, some humans we just don't like, or are just horrible people, but some of them, the ones that usually starts with playing a song together or just firing fireworks to each other, these are the ones you're gonna have the most amazing and awesome adventures, robbing and fighting and just having fun all together. Really loved this video, there are so many jerks in the world, but we also need to remind ourselves there are amazing humans everywhere too
Exactly. Pvp is fun in spurts but the real fun is in the interactions with other people. The pvp only crowd are going to hate me for saying this but the alliance flag is there to remind players that there's fun in being friendly with other players. My favorite time doing the Fort of The Damned was in a naturally formed 4 ship alliance where we were all doing it for special event achievements and didn't really care who turned what loot in. You also never know what antics someone might be up to. If you find someone collecting a lot of kegs, find out why before attacking because they might be setting up to blow up an island. Finding someone like that is a good reminder why Sea of Thieves is called a sandbox game.
I ALWAYS have my best sessions when I'm friendly and get up to shenanigans with another crew! Today and yesterday I helped crews do their first FoTD and stacked them, we made the most money, had the most fun, and sunk some toxic players with ease together. Friendship triumphed!
To quote PhuzzyBond, being kind to newer players and helping them out helps as an investment in future loot to steal once that player gains more experience
Yes! Some of the best and most memorable moments haven’t involved any fights or thievery. Isn’t it interesting that “We shall sail together” & “Becalmed” are both about camaraderie? This game has so much potential and not all of it has to be toxic encounters with salty sailors. My husband is actually “training” a young Buccaneer who started out trying to attack him but got schooled in the art of war on the seas. After a few chats, he started playing with my husband constantly and I can tell DH is feeling good about having a little protégé.
Don't let this man's friendly demeanor fool you. He has sunk many a sloop merely for the joy of watching a player ship sink (and their supplies). Also congrats on the 4k subscribers, ya Sloop bully!
I would love a campaign mode for the tale tales and adventures. Reset the map back to year 1, and play through all the the different events in game to unlock tall tales and adventures, devs could even use the sea dog tavern as a base, and have DeMarco alive for alive as your representative to talk to, only to find out he'd been murdered and go on a quest to discover his killer. Go through the adventures to bring the sea forts from the sea of the damned, watch golden sands be destroyed, fight the shrouded ghost with Merrick, help him rebuild golden sands and save him from the dark brethren! And in this tall tale mod, you can bring your friends using your captain ships if the server has free space for it. Obviously gold, faction rep and commendation grinding is turned off, that's for adventure mode, but having a place for new players to hang out and actually learn the game would only help the game.
Good guy Jon over here! As someone who abandoned SoT shortly after they first added the Hungering Deep and just recently getting back into it, it's been awesome seeing that people are more willing to give learning players a leg up.
This adventure that you have shared now is warming my heart this is what sea of thives is realy abaut i play by the pirat code i dont atack FIRST i always try to be friendly and i always always protect help or let noobs do their own thing this video actualy meant much to me seeing that ther is more peapol than me that at least respekt the pirat code from time to time it may not be easy to be friendly and find other friendly pirates but if you dont try you never Get moments like IN this video capten chicken may remember this their whole jorney IN sea of thives i remember peapol helping me whan i started 4 years ago keep up the good work
No way! I met you at sanctuary the other day. I didn't know you made YT videos. I read your captain's log and commented about your 555+mins on fire. You are a different breed of pirate. See you on the seas.
I actually once was at crooks hollow and a player was on my ship tucking and when they talked with the whisper part of the mic and also it was one of my first sessions it jump scared me so luch I just left
I love doing the same, helping newbies, not taking loot from them, teaching game mechanics and etc. But right before leaving I always blunderbuss them in the face to give em the last important lesson "to not trust anyone in Sea of Thieves" 😊🏴☠️
Almost certain the game checks at least a 2-map square radius around outposts before spawning players at it. Basically, if there is a player within two map squares of an outpost, it won't spawn anyone at that outpost until they're gone. This is to ensure that someone can't get immediately spawn camped like you tried to demonstrate at the beginning. At the very least it favors spawning people at unoccupied outposts over ones with people already on them. In the almost 200 hours I've played this game, I've never spawned at an outpost with another random player. I can only imagine the chaos that would ensue if a ton of players all spawned at the same outpost at the same time. It would just be a battle-royale.
@@JonBardcore It definitely performs some kind of check, that much I know. It has a clear bias for spawning people at empty outposts. Not saying it will never spawn a player at an outpost with another player on it, but it will always try its best not to, unless it doesn't have any other option.
we usually sail with party boat cosmetics and bunch of fireworks and try to befriend anyone we see even tho it doesnt work most of the time, but when it does its the best time i have in this game. Teaming up against some toxic reapers or helping someone with a FotD is always a fun time! Once we met guys who needed the achievement for vomiting in someones face and they gave us treasure for it after.
Such a wholesome video buddy i just meet your channel last night with that pineapple massacre and honestly youre the best..keep it up my friend you deserve it❤
That was pretty wholesome. I also had the thought of something like a Skill Based Match Making but that's incredibly hard to do the less people engage in fights since it's rather optional to do so, unless you're being chased to no end. It's hard with people who avoid fights to gather the data for a good match making. And if they barely fight at all and are matched together due to it, Rare might as well get over it and introduces a PvE-Mode because on such a Server with all Noobs or Swabbies nobody would pick a fight. And honestly a PvE-Mode could actually bring me back on to the game. Maybe the PvE-Mode could have a bit more NPCs and random events so more fights against NPCs would happen with the potential of you losing your loot. Still gives you the thrill, while you don't have to worry that a crew has nothing better to do than chasing you 6x accross the map for a handful of coin. In exchange, the payout of PvE Server loot is a good share less than that of PvP, so there would be motivation to participate on a PvP Server for financial gain and/or certain achievements. I know, I know. PvE in SoT is a hot take. But most engagements are with players beyond the 1k hours mark anyways and if someone like that wants to the noobs to participate in PvP then the only reason for it is so that they have a greater chance of encountering a noob to sink at the cost of the noobs experience with the game. There are channels that respect their opponent, however my experience was that there is absolutely no respect for me and my journey ahead (like F the Piratecode). There are many people out there who do not have the time to play hours and hours without end, who also pursue other activities and won't and don't want ever catch up with those 1k+ hour players. And I think after so many seasons and people still joining and the extreme differences between experienced and new players and the lack of time and motivation to deal with people who seek nothing but your misery, a PvE-Mode wouldn't be such a bad idea by now. Yes, the game is not called Sea of Friends, but it's also not exactly called Sea of Pirates, and not Sea of mindless Murders, but the latter is what it felt like to me. Just my thoughts about this matter.
The only way PVE would make sense is if there was no gold and rep. Instead introduce skill based match making based on how often you engage in PVP and gold/rep per hour. PVE would ruin the game, even if you only get 25% loot and rep. There wouldn't be that fear of losing everything and there would be no friendly encounters with other players. You wouldn't come across someone getting attacked by a Kraken, you wouldn't be able to help them or third party them. The game would be quite dead without these interactions. Force yourself into these interactions, force yourself into PVP situations. It's just loot, it's just a game. You're not losing any and you're gaining new experiences and developing your skill. Instead of running away, fight back, feel that rush, lose all your loot and feel that defeat. Sail up to other ships and ask to start an Alliance. the game is based on these player interactions. There's a reason everyone can see world event's, there's a reason there's community events that force people to interact with each other. You're bored of the game because you're not playing it to its full potential.
Yeah, an SBMM for Adventure would be tough. But maybe servers for Pirate Legends vs non-Pirate Legends? I just feel like sometimes we don't give enough grace to newer players before throwing them into the fire and churning them out the other side. Very well written, by the way!
@@Canadiantoejam PvE doesn't mean you have to remove other players at all. I rather had the idea of selective coop in mind with PvE. Other players can still sail the seas with you, but can't damage you or your ship. You can group up to fight NPC Ships and take on greater challenges with other people and I think such positive interaction is much more likely that way. You may be even more likely to find some friends to take on PvP, and some teammates to play with can be a huge driving factor since you don't have to take all that load on your own. A defeat with friends is much less frustrating, than feeling all alone and the target of everyone. You also don't need to play every aspect of the game to enjoy it. I played other multiplayer games for years where I did not play every aspect of those games regularly. However, SoT is the only game I ever returned fully despite playing it to its full potential. since I basically had no choice. There were some positive interactions, I have Glitterbeard, but 99 out 100 times the first reaction is shoot, chase, sink, kill - not even necessarily steal. And no, not even Pirates sank ships that often. And I mean I get it to some degree. But the lenghts people go to for a handful of coin is often beyond any reasoning. The community also contains of a not insignificant number of toxic people who just want to sink you, while they do not engage in the Hour Glass PvP because apparantly that's too fair.
@@JonBardcore That could be something too. Though then I fear smurfing would become a thing because of that clear border, where skilled people just don't hit PL to clap some noobs. To be fair, good Game Design is super hard. Thanks for the compliment. Good video!
This is why we need not just safer seas but the option for a pve-only SHARED server. How fun would it be to be on a server with 4-5 other crews who just want to team up and have some fun? I’ve done the 4-crew alliance before and it’s a blast. We need more of this. Sea of Thieves would be the biggest game on every platform if they would give us options like that.
Your comments on skill based is exactly how I always felt about the game, a pve mode for the younger crowd that made all items unlockable would change the game, i see some people issues with it but those type of players should be playing with each other
I do my best to be friendly to players and at the very lease drop a chest in a rowboat as ransom if I'm being chased. Started as a sloop running a fishing charter and have had a couple friendly encounters. I would love optional servers for players like most games have, but until Rare gets there I just do my best to avoid people and be a good sport.
My friend and I were joined together by two extra sloops in an alliance yesterday. Our three-men posse devised a plan that my friend and I would stack FotD, and the other two crews would tackle Fort of Fortune. We had each other's backs (complete strangers may I add) and at the end, a bigger payout was made because of friendship. Let this be a lesson for the gold-coveting pirates at sea! You want bountiful amounts of gold? Thievery doesn't always equal gold; but friendships do- fills you with a golden heart and big piggy bank. Diplomacy ain't dead just yet!!!!!
I have a great tale from yesterday, too bad that i'm not a content creator and i have just a tiny bit of footage. Everything started with a fof, and a brig trying to roll up on our duo sloop. Due to a series of random events we had all our loot on a harpoon rowboat atop of hidden spring, i sent off my crew mate to sell while i fought the brig to dlow them down, by the time i sank, he was selling loot and the brig was left guessing. Then we met that brig again, and a second sloop facilitated our parley, then we allied together and chased another brig that was doing a FotD, during the chase a third sloop joined us, so the brig had the rest of the server on their tail. They managed to sell off their Reaper Chests so we gave up the chase, and in the end even the second brig joined us for Glitterbeard. 5 ships, 10 people on Plunder Valley, all organically through the game. This has been probably the best session i ever had, and the most unlikely series of events
I truly think that you can have it both ways. Of course this is a pirate game but it's still a game and one that allows YOU to make the choice of what to do. Show kindness and others may be kind back
@@JonBardcore I actually had a group of reapers who started shooting at me , stop and even help repair the damage because i told them i was just working on tall tales and had no loot. It was an interesting experience. I do like it when “ let the tall tale people be “ u spoken rule is followed
wow thats so nice, ive yet to encounter players who dont chase you around for ages or attack on sight and regrettably i am now guilty of doing those things myself. maybe one day the pirate lord will forgive me and for my pirate themed crimes and bless me with some friendly players
I think part of it is to try and make those interactions yourself! Don't be afraid to chat. It's not going to go well 100% of the time but there are some friendly folks out there.
I do believe making friends in SOT does make things feel better. Unless your dealing with salty pirates ☠️ Yes, yes, we veterans know it's not Sea of Friends. BUT when playing this lovely game for so long, it has been a treat doing things like you did in this vid Jon. Cheers 🍻
I did similar for a new player today he boarded my ship well I was in the shrine and raised the anchor for me I saw his boat sail away when I came up then I went and found them and gave them will loot I found 😂 and proceeded to protect his sloop from another sloop
1:00 Glitterbeard was supposed to be a friendly community event? Oops! 😅For me, even Glitterbeard was a PVP encounter. We needed one more person, and our three-ship alliance had to bully an unwilling fourth crew to join us. Seven of us boarded their sloop and threatened to sink them and steal all their treasure if they didn't join us!
I don't call an adventure good if I don't meet a few friends along the way. Every time I play I look for a ship to form an alliance with (with the exception of reapers) and I feel more brave to conquer the seas. Usually, they are just as good as me, but we have a good time even then. If only open crew was reliable.
One time I was tricked by reapers looting a fort. They killed me and took all the treasure and my flag. I followed them and begged for the ashen chest. And they gave it back. That showed me that most pirates have some sort of honor.
Tbh new golden sands isn’t a hub for vibes because only 5 ships can be in a server at once or something what are the odds they all pullin up for vibes at the same time so people don’t get bored waiting for more people to show up
7:08 Wait, what?! Can anyone confirm this? I never noticed even the slightest difference between raising/lowering a damaged or undamaged Capstan. I was sure the only thing Capstan damage does is make so less people can help raise it, because there's less handles. But a single person shouldn't have any use for the second handle on the sloop, as they would only ever operate one anyways. PS: My notifications are telling me you replied to my deleted comment Jon, so in case you see this I'll just say it here. I figured out it was the spinal costume already so I deleted my old comment. Thanks for telling me though. Now the íntro also makes sense as no matter how often I rewind, I hear you saying "I've been on this spiRal sketeons ship for close to an hour now." And I was thinking "What the hell is a spiral skeleton?" xD
@@JonBardcore Pretty sure it's just an audio difference for immersion in that case actually :'D But in case you wanna test it, let me know the results. I'm interested for sure-
@@JonBardcore all things aside tho they own the rights to spinal They should add him as a boss next Halloween or something Because his attacks would be so cool to see in sea of thieves
@Jon Bardcore oh, so when people hide their gamer tags it just appears as scriped names? I just made a comment about seeing Captin Chicken in another video. That would explain some things.
Play this game like it’s One Piece! Seek an alliance before you seek war, and have a goal to achieve when you play. Be it a tall tail or loot grind. Make a reputation for your self!
@@JonBardcore “why do you need a captain ship?” I don’t know. Why do you treat your hours in Red Dead Redemption 2 like it’s a real thing? I feel like the generation of gamers are so desensitized due to shooter. When I play this game I like to imagin that im actually a ships captain and that every choice I make decides the success or failure of what every goal I’m trying to achieve. But when I play with younger players “it’s just a game” “we can just do it again, it’s not like we spend 5 hours getting several million that I just lost for us by agroing a reaper 5” It may be just a game, but there is no magic for these younger generations! They only see it as a game of numbers and the ships as glorified sea ubers!
Captain Chicken is a generic username that the game uses to replace someone's actual username when I use the hide name function. So I'll never know his true username but there's a bit of Captain Chicken in all of us!
i went to help out a brig full of new players told them they could have my suppliessince i was hoping of and they just attacked me and tried to sink me for no reason
Define rich? There's a way to ensure you get paid more for each gunpowder barrel but it's not great odds to work out every time. We'll see with the changes in Season 9 with kegs what that means though.
Meanwhile I’m running into streamers getting back spawned and camped for my level one emissary flag 😅 gotta stay positive though, as stressful as it may be you learn a thing or two from it and what to avoid so it won’t be as bad in future.
@@JonBardcore no huge names so far so lowkey happy about that 😅 but one I ran into recently streams on twitch named “Server Hops”. Lemme tell ya within the first couple minutes of engaging them I knew it was not gonna be a fun time, they were double gunning hard and really good with the flicks.
I can respect the opinion but I don't think that's ever going to come about. But a SBMM system or a separation of new VS experienced might be at least one potential solution
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Meanwhile I just run into reaper brigs spewing nothing but pure unfiltered vile/toxicity that it would make a sailor blush.
Yeah, sometimes the seas are crawling with that. That's why I thought it important to make this kind of video. To show that every individual player CAN be different than that.
Yeah, it gets old doesn’t it?
I'm 50/50 at this point
@@captaingig2 It's definitely a mixed bag at times.
Yeah it is like that sometimes when I run as my brig The Burning Fortune reapering make sure got no toxic teammates
Just watched his just after doing glitterbeard and after a whole week meeting people naturally and comically in the game, so I just have to say. That's what I love to see in this game. Sea of Thieves also doesn't mean Sea of War/Murdering and thieves can be friends too (and"thiefing" together), the game is full of people, and all these players are humans too, some humans we just don't like, or are just horrible people, but some of them, the ones that usually starts with playing a song together or just firing fireworks to each other, these are the ones you're gonna have the most amazing and awesome adventures, robbing and fighting and just having fun all together. Really loved this video, there are so many jerks in the world, but we also need to remind ourselves there are amazing humans everywhere too
Well said, Draven! Some of the best adventures are the ones unplanned and with unexpected company. 😉
Exactly. Pvp is fun in spurts but the real fun is in the interactions with other people. The pvp only crowd are going to hate me for saying this but the alliance flag is there to remind players that there's fun in being friendly with other players. My favorite time doing the Fort of The Damned was in a naturally formed 4 ship alliance where we were all doing it for special event achievements and didn't really care who turned what loot in. You also never know what antics someone might be up to. If you find someone collecting a lot of kegs, find out why before attacking because they might be setting up to blow up an island. Finding someone like that is a good reminder why Sea of Thieves is called a sandbox game.
I also agree that there should be some skill-based matchmaking for adventure. Honestly, that just makes a lot of sense.
Or some other form of "protection" for swabbies, at least until they get their sea legs.
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Hourglass needs to be more profitable than killing a merchant with a random pile of loot
Ah yes, the Sea of Wholesome. This game definitely needs more of that.
Lending a helping hand to a fellow gamer every once in a while does the body good
@@JonBardcore I completely agree. This game would have a much bigger following if people weren't so awful all the time
@@ayherdofturtlesThat is why the people I played with quit, and I have to face the horizon alone (except I do have my parrot bob)
I ALWAYS have my best sessions when I'm friendly and get up to shenanigans with another crew! Today and yesterday I helped crews do their first FoTD and stacked them, we made the most money, had the most fun, and sunk some toxic players with ease together. Friendship triumphed!
Love that! 👏👏👏
Awwww. Jon helping to the baby pirates.
Everyone starts out somewhere! I remember when you first started, Lilly!
@@JonBardcore i am a toddler pirate now:)
To quote PhuzzyBond, being kind to newer players and helping them out helps as an investment in future loot to steal once that player gains more experience
@@aidanjackson5084 Hahahahahah, that's an amazing quote.
I literally did the Glitterbeard event today based on a FOTD takedown alliance. Four ships working togheter was a sight to be seen.
I love this! Very well done!
Yes! Some of the best and most memorable moments haven’t involved any fights or thievery.
Isn’t it interesting that “We shall sail together” & “Becalmed” are both about camaraderie? This game has so much potential and not all of it has to be toxic encounters with salty sailors. My husband is actually “training” a young Buccaneer who started out trying to attack him but got schooled in the art of war on the seas. After a few chats, he started playing with my husband constantly and I can tell DH is feeling good about having a little protégé.
AWWWWWW, that is absolutely adorable! One of the best Sea of Thieves tales I've heard.
Don't let this man's friendly demeanor fool you. He has sunk many a sloop merely for the joy of watching a player ship sink (and their supplies).
Also congrats on the 4k subscribers, ya Sloop bully!
Lies, blasphemy & horrid tabloid speculation! 🤣
How does this man only have 4.4 thousand subs
@@michaelgamel5915 Two months ago, I had 0. It's been great to build an audience and we're only getting started!
I would love a campaign mode for the tale tales and adventures. Reset the map back to year 1, and play through all the the different events in game to unlock tall tales and adventures, devs could even use the sea dog tavern as a base, and have DeMarco alive for alive as your representative to talk to, only to find out he'd been murdered and go on a quest to discover his killer. Go through the adventures to bring the sea forts from the sea of the damned, watch golden sands be destroyed, fight the shrouded ghost with Merrick, help him rebuild golden sands and save him from the dark brethren! And in this tall tale mod, you can bring your friends using your captain ships if the server has free space for it. Obviously gold, faction rep and commendation grinding is turned off, that's for adventure mode, but having a place for new players to hang out and actually learn the game would only help the game.
I agree that there should be some way to replay old adventures. Don't know why we can't.
Good guy Jon over here! As someone who abandoned SoT shortly after they first added the Hungering Deep and just recently getting back into it, it's been awesome seeing that people are more willing to give learning players a leg up.
I hope you're still enjoying it today!
@JonBardcore More or less! There's only so much I can get from it while soloing at my skill level.
Loving your videos! Keep up the great work!
Aw, thank you! I feel like I'm continuing to grow with each new video and I'm glad you're here along for the ride!
@@JonBardcore Im glad you're here for me too watch and have a laugh!
Bro this is so wholesome especially the part when you said You found me! Like bro was chilling after that
It really was special. Glad I did it and glad it was recorded!
This adventure that you have shared now is warming my heart this is what sea of thives is realy abaut i play by the pirat code i dont atack FIRST i always try to be friendly and i always always protect help or let noobs do their own thing this video actualy meant much to me seeing that ther is more peapol than me that at least respekt the pirat code from time to time it may not be easy to be friendly and find other friendly pirates but if you dont try you never Get moments like IN this video capten chicken may remember this their whole jorney IN sea of thives i remember peapol helping me whan i started 4 years ago keep up the good work
I really hope that whoever Captain Chicken is, they DO remember this moment, yes! Such a wonderful comment, thank you.
No way! I met you at sanctuary the other day. I didn't know you made YT videos. I read your captain's log and commented about your 555+mins on fire. You are a different breed of pirate. See you on the seas.
Oh yeah! Like I said, content! 😂
I actually once was at crooks hollow and a player was on my ship tucking and when they talked with the whisper part of the mic and also it was one of my first sessions it jump scared me so luch I just left
Hahahaha, I love this!
I love doing the same, helping newbies, not taking loot from them, teaching game mechanics and etc.
But right before leaving I always blunderbuss them in the face to give em the last important lesson "to not trust anyone in Sea of Thieves" 😊🏴☠️
Awwwww. 🤣
Almost certain the game checks at least a 2-map square radius around outposts before spawning players at it. Basically, if there is a player within two map squares of an outpost, it won't spawn anyone at that outpost until they're gone. This is to ensure that someone can't get immediately spawn camped like you tried to demonstrate at the beginning. At the very least it favors spawning people at unoccupied outposts over ones with people already on them. In the almost 200 hours I've played this game, I've never spawned at an outpost with another random player.
I can only imagine the chaos that would ensue if a ton of players all spawned at the same outpost at the same time. It would just be a battle-royale.
I just feel like I've seen it before! Maybe it checks against recent spawns but not distance traveled?
@@JonBardcore It definitely performs some kind of check, that much I know. It has a clear bias for spawning people at empty outposts. Not saying it will never spawn a player at an outpost with another player on it, but it will always try its best not to, unless it doesn't have any other option.
@@nick15684 Fair enough!
Nice, this is similar to that other guy's channel but a far more complete production. Great work. thanks for the weekly videos Jon.
Awwww, thanks for that. I really do love making these videos and seeing how people enjoy them. ☺️
we usually sail with party boat cosmetics and bunch of fireworks and try to befriend anyone we see even tho it doesnt work most of the time, but when it does its the best time i have in this game. Teaming up against some toxic reapers or helping someone with a FotD is always a fun time! Once we met guys who needed the achievement for vomiting in someones face and they gave us treasure for it after.
Camaraderie on the seas is a wonderful thing!
dude your videos are really entertaining And you have gained like 1k subs in a WEEK?!?
I truly think you will get very popular Jon!
Wow, thanks Chad! Means a lot. :D
This is why I play. Because every good interaction makes the game better.
Totally agree! It doesn't always have to be friendship on the seas but every little bit means a better game overall.
Such a wholesome video buddy i just meet your channel last night with that pineapple massacre and honestly youre the best..keep it up my friend you deserve it❤
Awwww, glad you enjoyed this video and that you're a subscriber. Much appreciated!
@@JonBardcore hehe STILL I AM :D
That was pretty wholesome.
I also had the thought of something like a Skill Based Match Making but that's incredibly hard to do the less people engage in fights since it's rather optional to do so, unless you're being chased to no end. It's hard with people who avoid fights to gather the data for a good match making. And if they barely fight at all and are matched together due to it, Rare might as well get over it and introduces a PvE-Mode because on such a Server with all Noobs or Swabbies nobody would pick a fight.
And honestly a PvE-Mode could actually bring me back on to the game. Maybe the PvE-Mode could have a bit more NPCs and random events so more fights against NPCs would happen with the potential of you losing your loot. Still gives you the thrill, while you don't have to worry that a crew has nothing better to do than chasing you 6x accross the map for a handful of coin.
In exchange, the payout of PvE Server loot is a good share less than that of PvP, so there would be motivation to participate on a PvP Server for financial gain and/or certain achievements.
I know, I know. PvE in SoT is a hot take. But most engagements are with players beyond the 1k hours mark anyways and if someone like that wants to the noobs to participate in PvP then the only reason for it is so that they have a greater chance of encountering a noob to sink at the cost of the noobs experience with the game. There are channels that respect their opponent, however my experience was that there is absolutely no respect for me and my journey ahead (like F the Piratecode).
There are many people out there who do not have the time to play hours and hours without end, who also pursue other activities and won't and don't want ever catch up with those 1k+ hour players. And I think after so many seasons and people still joining and the extreme differences between experienced and new players and the lack of time and motivation to deal with people who seek nothing but your misery, a PvE-Mode wouldn't be such a bad idea by now.
Yes, the game is not called Sea of Friends, but it's also not exactly called Sea of Pirates, and not Sea of mindless Murders, but the latter is what it felt like to me.
Just my thoughts about this matter.
The only way PVE would make sense is if there was no gold and rep. Instead introduce skill based match making based on how often you engage in PVP and gold/rep per hour.
PVE would ruin the game, even if you only get 25% loot and rep. There wouldn't be that fear of losing everything and there would be no friendly encounters with other players.
You wouldn't come across someone getting attacked by a Kraken, you wouldn't be able to help them or third party them. The game would be quite dead without these interactions.
Force yourself into these interactions, force yourself into PVP situations. It's just loot, it's just a game. You're not losing any and you're gaining new experiences and developing your skill. Instead of running away, fight back, feel that rush, lose all your loot and feel that defeat. Sail up to other ships and ask to start an Alliance. the game is based on these player interactions. There's a reason everyone can see world event's, there's a reason there's community events that force people to interact with each other. You're bored of the game because you're not playing it to its full potential.
Yeah, an SBMM for Adventure would be tough. But maybe servers for Pirate Legends vs non-Pirate Legends? I just feel like sometimes we don't give enough grace to newer players before throwing them into the fire and churning them out the other side.
Very well written, by the way!
@@Canadiantoejam PvE doesn't mean you have to remove other players at all. I rather had the idea of selective coop in mind with PvE. Other players can still sail the seas with you, but can't damage you or your ship. You can group up to fight NPC Ships and take on greater challenges with other people and I think such positive interaction is much more likely that way.
You may be even more likely to find some friends to take on PvP, and some teammates to play with can be a huge driving factor since you don't have to take all that load on your own. A defeat with friends is much less frustrating, than feeling all alone and the target of everyone.
You also don't need to play every aspect of the game to enjoy it. I played other multiplayer games for years where I did not play every aspect of those games regularly.
However, SoT is the only game I ever returned fully despite playing it to its full potential. since I basically had no choice.
There were some positive interactions, I have Glitterbeard, but 99 out 100 times the first reaction is shoot, chase, sink, kill - not even necessarily steal. And no, not even Pirates sank ships that often. And I mean I get it to some degree. But the lenghts people go to for a handful of coin is often beyond any reasoning. The community also contains of a not insignificant number of toxic people who just want to sink you, while they do not engage in the Hour Glass PvP because apparantly that's too fair.
@@JonBardcore That could be something too. Though then I fear smurfing would become a thing because of that clear border, where skilled people just don't hit PL to clap some noobs. To be fair, good Game Design is super hard.
Thanks for the compliment. Good video!
@@Linkario86 Absolutely agree there. There are plenty of games that I just can't get into because I don't enjoy their design.
I made some of my closest friends while playing Sea of Thieves too, it was my first day playing and they were fairly new to the game as well.
That's awesome Lari! Does everyone still play?
@@JonBardcore Sometimes yes, mostly when there's new stuff. xD
But we play a lot of other games together as well.
This is why we need not just safer seas but the option for a pve-only SHARED server. How fun would it be to be on a server with 4-5 other crews who just want to team up and have some fun? I’ve done the 4-crew alliance before and it’s a blast. We need more of this. Sea of Thieves would be the biggest game on every platform if they would give us options like that.
At a reduced rate similar to safer seas, sure. I think that'd be a blast!
Ah this is what I hope of every session I have In this wonderful game
Have you ever?
Man.. This Is Straight up WHOLESOME
Thanks Star Fighter. Hoping to spread just a little bit of love on the seas today. :D
@@JonBardcore You Did well Captain, Now Ill put my skills on test and help those newbies just like you did, Thanks for the Inspiration!
Your comments on skill based is exactly how I always felt about the game, a pve mode for the younger crowd that made all items unlockable would change the game, i see some people issues with it but those type of players should be playing with each other
Well now with Safer Seas I'm curious how you feel about it!
I do my best to be friendly to players and at the very lease drop a chest in a rowboat as ransom if I'm being chased. Started as a sloop running a fishing charter and have had a couple friendly encounters. I would love optional servers for players like most games have, but until Rare gets there I just do my best to avoid people and be a good sport.
I love the fishing charter idea!
My friend and I were joined together by two extra sloops in an alliance yesterday. Our three-men posse devised a plan that my friend and I would stack FotD, and the other two crews would tackle Fort of Fortune. We had each other's backs (complete strangers may I add) and at the end, a bigger payout was made because of friendship.
Let this be a lesson for the gold-coveting pirates at sea! You want bountiful amounts of gold? Thievery doesn't always equal gold; but friendships do- fills you with a golden heart and big piggy bank. Diplomacy ain't dead just yet!!!!!
I love this! Do you recall the final gold tally?
Love how this is a SoT player’s version of “friendship”
In a game where attacking anyone is possible, I think not attacking and instead teaching is a great version of friendship! :D
@@JonBardcore nah I just meant hiding in their ship and whispering in their ear lmao
I just adore your content! It's so wholesome....good on you me matey!😊
Thank you kindly!
I love stowing away. It’s much more amusing than tucking.
What makes the difference between the two in your eyes?
this is one of the most wholesome sot videos ive ever seen : ))
Aw thank you! Happy to share some wholesomeness on the seas. :D
I have a great tale from yesterday, too bad that i'm not a content creator and i have just a tiny bit of footage.
Everything started with a fof, and a brig trying to roll up on our duo sloop.
Due to a series of random events we had all our loot on a harpoon rowboat atop of hidden spring, i sent off my crew mate to sell while i fought the brig to dlow them down, by the time i sank, he was selling loot and the brig was left guessing.
Then we met that brig again, and a second sloop facilitated our parley, then we allied together and chased another brig that was doing a FotD, during the chase a third sloop joined us, so the brig had the rest of the server on their tail.
They managed to sell off their Reaper Chests so we gave up the chase, and in the end even the second brig joined us for Glitterbeard.
5 ships, 10 people on Plunder Valley, all organically through the game.
This has been probably the best session i ever had, and the most unlikely series of events
I love this! Kudos to you for sharing such a story. I'm glad everyone got some great entertainment. :D
People seem to forget that while its not sea of friends, its sea of thieves, but there is honour among thieves
I truly think that you can have it both ways. Of course this is a pirate game but it's still a game and one that allows YOU to make the choice of what to do. Show kindness and others may be kind back
@@JonBardcore I actually had a group of reapers who started shooting at me , stop and even help repair the damage because i told them i was just working on tall tales and had no loot. It was an interesting experience.
I do like it when “ let the tall tale people be “ u spoken rule is followed
@@JonBardcore and this video is making me want to go back to sea of thieves
You should! Don't let the naysayers get you down.
@@JonBardcore its more the fact that i am having to solo sloop
Captain Chicken? I met this Dude. He has been playing for a Minute or 2.
Hahaha, I really wish there were more names in the Generic Gamertag pool for the game.
Yeah the best parts of sea of thieves is making friends and having a good time
100%, because those are the times you remember.
wow thats so nice, ive yet to encounter players who dont chase you around for ages or attack on sight and regrettably i am now guilty of doing those things myself. maybe one day the pirate lord will forgive me and for my pirate themed crimes and bless me with some friendly players
I think part of it is to try and make those interactions yourself! Don't be afraid to chat. It's not going to go well 100% of the time but there are some friendly folks out there.
omg that sloop was me no cap im like why is there just a random fotd with nobody doing it
Why didn't you finish it then?! ; _ ;
I love haveing fun with other players basically whenever I see a ship I go over to say hi
Got to shoot off some fireworks too! Love those things.
great video mate put a smile on my face
Glad to hear it!
Bravo, maybe try this again in season 9 because the fort of fortune and fort of the damned are going to be pretty active for a time I think.
Will give it a shot!
First time watching you! This was great!
Yay! Thank you Mike! Hope you'll be sticking around!
A true gamer moment
Aw, thanks Ian! I hope I made their day and spread a little bit of friendship on the seas. 😁
I will hold my good eye on that scurvy dog Captain chicken. Maybe he is a Captain over a big ship by now.😅
There's a little of Captain Chicken in all of us!
I do believe making friends in SOT does make things feel better. Unless your dealing with salty pirates ☠️ Yes, yes, we veterans know it's not Sea of Friends. BUT when playing this lovely game for so long, it has been a treat doing things like you did in this vid Jon. Cheers 🍻
Absolutely agree, Olympus. Sometimes you just got to help a Swabbie out.
I will wait for the day when they meet again and it’s an amazing battle
Hahaha, one day one day.
Hmmm this is quite silly. I like the gameplay vids. So now ya got gameplay videos, and guides that are all awesome!
Thanks Cap'n! Switching it up a little bit for a good cause!
I did similar for a new player today he boarded my ship well I was in the shrine and raised the anchor for me I saw his boat sail away when I came up then I went and found them and gave them will loot I found 😂 and proceeded to protect his sloop from another sloop
Very well done! You're one of the good ones. 👍
1:00 Glitterbeard was supposed to be a friendly community event? Oops! 😅For me, even Glitterbeard was a PVP encounter. We needed one more person, and our three-ship alliance had to bully an unwilling fourth crew to join us. Seven of us boarded their sloop and threatened to sink them and steal all their treasure if they didn't join us!
I mean.... I guess lol. As long as you didn't sink them afterward anyway
@@JonBardcore I'll never tell! 😇
Nice to see, well done.
Thank you! Cheers!
I did my second fort of fortune and gave a person the chest of fortune because I was told it was bad
View, you're killing me here. 😭
@@JonBardcore I’m confused about one thing though why do people risk a lot for it in all the TH-cam shorts I see
really fun watch, keep it up
Thanks Kai! Appreciate the comment and the support 👍
Why is youtube not giving me notificatins, I NEED MORE OF THIS FASTER!!
Aw, thanks Piugn! You're always kind in the comments and I'm so grateful for that.
I don't call an adventure good if I don't meet a few friends along the way. Every time I play I look for a ship to form an alliance with (with the exception of reapers) and I feel more brave to conquer the seas. Usually, they are just as good as me, but we have a good time even then. If only open crew was reliable.
Well said! Building bonds on the seas is such a great feeling
@@JonBardcore ikr
Love this video!❤❤❤
Glad you liked it!!
One time I was tricked by reapers looting a fort. They killed me and took all the treasure and my flag. I followed them and begged for the ashen chest. And they gave it back. That showed me that most pirates have some sort of honor.
Why did you want the Ashen Chest specifically?
@@JonBardcore to get the set of the Ashen Dragon. Back then it was my ultimate goal.
Wholesome
It's important to not always be a blood-thirsty pirate. There's time for a little TLC for the young ones out there!
Omg that's so funny. He may not have even known tucking* was a thing.
Or tucking, am I right? :)
@@JonBardcore apparently my phone doesn't know what tucking is either! 😅
shoutout to captain chicken
Long may he sail!
Fun fact: alliance flags give you the same profit with less work
Yes but the story you can tell is much more exciting this way!
This makes me look like a monster. I can tell you exactly what wouldve happened if it was me......
*CHAOS* no doubt
Tbh new golden sands isn’t a hub for vibes because only 5 ships can be in a server at once or something what are the odds they all pullin up for vibes at the same time so people don’t get bored waiting for more people to show up
Yeah, there definitely needs to be an overall server pop boost to make it work
I’m not crying, promise 🥹 Honestly though that was crazy wholesome. I’m hope he’s continued to grow into a fine pirate
Me too! One day I hope they see this video one day and share their story
@@JonBardcore I hope so too!
sea of friends :D
At least one of them, today!
7:08
Wait, what?!
Can anyone confirm this? I never noticed even the slightest difference between raising/lowering a damaged or undamaged Capstan.
I was sure the only thing Capstan damage does is make so less people can help raise it, because there's less handles. But a single person shouldn't have any use for the second handle on the sloop, as they would only ever operate one anyways.
PS: My notifications are telling me you replied to my deleted comment Jon, so in case you see this I'll just say it here. I figured out it was the spinal costume already so I deleted my old comment. Thanks for telling me though.
Now the íntro also makes sense as no matter how often I rewind, I hear you saying "I've been on this spiRal sketeons ship for close to an hour now."
And I was thinking "What the hell is a spiral skeleton?" xD
You know... now I'm doubting myself. I just feel like it creaks a bit more and thus, is harder to turn than when it's undamaged.
@@JonBardcore
Pretty sure it's just an audio difference for immersion in that case actually :'D
But in case you wanna test it, let me know the results. I'm interested for sure-
You’re a great guy
Awwwwwwww, thanks!
Wonderful video
Thank you!
I mean hes literally spinal from the hit game killer instinct you had no chance
Bro was just toying with me the whole time
@@JonBardcore all things aside tho they own the rights to spinal
They should add him as a boss next Halloween or something
Because his attacks would be so cool to see in sea of thieves
Long live Captain Chicken
May they find success on the seas!
Bro I swear Capitan chicken is always on my server, always!
Hahahaha, yeah. I wish they had more variety in those names when Gamertags are hidden
@Jon Bardcore oh, so when people hide their gamer tags it just appears as scriped names? I just made a comment about seeing Captin Chicken in another video. That would explain some things.
@@jacobmawyer6057 Yeah, Rare has like a dozen or so of those names
I have to agree that sinking newbies just feels so wrong.
It's just hard sometimes to identify new players and non-new players until you've already committed to the engagement.
Yep, and it’s easy to not sink newbies. Just don’t shoot first. 🤷🏻♂️
I'm late, but hello again, man of thieves
A zombie is never late. It just meanders in when it needs to.
This guy has the fuckn Skull curse
Nah just the paid skeleton skin from the Pirate Emporium
Okay lol hahaha
Playing with you looks like it would be so much fun lmao
LOL, thanks Chris! I hope I made it fun enough for Captain Chicken. :D
Awesome 😄
Thank you! Cheers!
I love your content. So glad I started watching before you get huge on TH-cam so you'll actually remember this comment. 🎉🎉🎉
Aw, thank you Clownworld! And how could I forget a username like that. :D
Lmao. Awsome!
It was really a blast to do. Glad you enjoyed!
4:06 I just don’t understand what happened there 🙈😂
Man, my heart was PUMPING
Play this game like it’s One Piece! Seek an alliance before you seek war, and have a goal to achieve when you play. Be it a tall tail or loot grind. Make a reputation for your self!
Every pirate has the potential to build a legend for themselves in this game! Especially now with the Captain system.
@@JonBardcore “why do you need a captain ship?”
I don’t know. Why do you treat your hours in Red Dead Redemption 2 like it’s a real thing?
I feel like the generation of gamers are so desensitized due to shooter.
When I play this game I like to imagin that im actually a ships captain and that every choice I make decides the success or failure of what every goal I’m trying to achieve.
But when I play with younger players “it’s just a game” “we can just do it again, it’s not like we spend 5 hours getting several million that I just lost for us by agroing a reaper 5”
It may be just a game, but there is no magic for these younger generations! They only see it as a game of numbers and the ships as glorified sea ubers!
He has Skeletoncurse, you said he plays just 5 days
It's a paid skeleton skin from the Pirate Emporium, not the PvP curse. You can buy it too
you are amazing
Awwww thank you!
This was a few weeks ago? He was seen as a level 5 brig reaper 3 months ago
That captain has not been playing 5 days
Captain Chicken is a generic username that the game uses to replace someone's actual username when I use the hide name function. So I'll never know his true username but there's a bit of Captain Chicken in all of us!
@@JonBardcore hm ok didn't know that
i went to help out a brig full of new players told them they could have my suppliessince i was hoping of and they just attacked me and tried to sink me for no reason
Yeah, I feel like bigger ships will almost always decline the help of a smaller ship.
I would have liked this to have been my first experience with other players 3 weeks ago instead of a Gallion sinking me as I was leaving the tavern.
Sorry Nuka! But don't give up on the game. 🙏
@@JonBardcore I won't. If anything, just the sailing is worth it to keep playing.
@@nukabat5386 Love this!
Im sorry but captain chicken is legally blind
Hahahaha, I absolutely should have been caught on several occasions. :D
How come a newer player has the skeleton curse?
It's not the skeleton curse but rather a paid skeleton skin through the Pirate Emporium - seaofthieves.wiki.gg/wiki/Spinal_Costume
@@JonBardcore I see, I've seen it; but I thought you had to have the skeleton curse to be able to use that skin. My bad
@@vegeta4693214 No worries! Just wanted to make sure it was clear! :)
6:59 ONE PIECE?
W captain
Thanks Aradze!
I did my first fort of fortune today I left this chest of fortune thing because someone told me that the chest of legends is better
Noooooooo 😭
@@JonBardcore what?
Hypothesis: Is there an exploit to getting rich off of gunpowder kegs?
Define rich? There's a way to ensure you get paid more for each gunpowder barrel but it's not great odds to work out every time. We'll see with the changes in Season 9 with kegs what that means though.
just purchased the game but like you said i dread to have ppl gank on me on solo
Just keep your awareness!
Sure. This is a pirate game but that doesnt mean we have to be dicks. As Mr. Rogers said, “look for the helpers.”
Oh man, love me some wholesome Mr. Roger's content. 😁
Meanwhile I’m running into streamers getting back spawned and camped for my level one emissary flag 😅 gotta stay positive though, as stressful as it may be you learn a thing or two from it and what to avoid so it won’t be as bad in future.
There you go, stay positive! Which streamers have you encountered on the seas?
@@JonBardcore no huge names so far so lowkey happy about that 😅 but one I ran into recently streams on twitch named “Server Hops”. Lemme tell ya within the first couple minutes of engaging them I knew it was not gonna be a fun time, they were double gunning hard and really good with the flicks.
LOL, I'm sure. :D
How much time does this guy have on his hands 😂
To come up with wacky things to showcase on YT? To paraphrase a certain Captain... "I can do this all day." 😎
dosent he have skeleton curse?
dosent that men he didnt played for like 5 days? i mean he muss have some skill or better som noleg
It's a paid skeleton skin from the Pirate Emporium, not a PVP skin.
@@JonBardcore ok
still think there should be PvE servers for those of us who don't want to deal with hostile players...
I can respect the opinion but I don't think that's ever going to come about. But a SBMM system or a separation of new VS experienced might be at least one potential solution
dont you need to be a super good reaper to get a skeleton skin? (i am also a newby
)
He's wearing a paid skeleton skin from the Pirate Emporium, not an earned one from PvP.