I'm wondering if they will finally bring them in. Have each ship start out with 2x of each. Should be an amount that every crew member can hold onto all of them so they aren't easily stolen / lost with the ship
Beat Briggsy with my crew last night, which was a huge fucking chore.
We got camped by some pirate legends for about an hour, it was late and we didn't want to lose the progress we'd made on the quest, so it was...trying. None of my crew is very good, we don't get to play very much at all, so spending a few hours getting trolled is just...demoralizing. Especially when you're fighting with the shitty combat and such an AWFUL boss fight. We finally sunk and killed the legends and beat Briggsy, got the skull on the ship and about 1 minute out from the island we got attacked by the kraken and we were totally out or cannonballs/planks, thanks to the constant respawns, ship battles and dealing with the boss. One of my crew managed to make it back to the island by swimming before we sank and the rest of us came back to find...the legends back chasing him around the island. We sunk their ship, harpooned him off a rock and took off. Finally finishing the tale at like 2:30 am.
Never playing again.
Briggsy fight is the only thing that needs fixing that I know of. The scaling they have from sloop to galleon is way too drastic. (haven't done the other boss (or 2?) yet) Having "legends" do that you is rough but rarely happens. Sucks to have it happen so early that it discouraged you further from playing.
Can confirm that the others bosses are the same. They take about 3 minutes with two of you on a sloop. Take about 40 with three of you on a sloop.
I mean, we've played on and off since launch, so we're not total novices, pretty close though lol, and we've had our share of great interactions with other people. We're just a bit older, a bit busier, and we don't get a lot of time to get the whole gang together, so when we play something and it's just a misery for us to make a drop of progress because someone decides to just be a dick? Maybe it's not the game for us to spend our time on, you know? Even though we love it.Briggsy fight is the only thing that needs fixing that I know of. The scaling they have from sloop to galleon is way too drastic. (haven't done the other boss (or 2?) yet) Having "legends" do that you is rough but rarely happens. Sucks to have it happen so early that it discouraged you further from playing.
This sounds about right. We ended up stunlocking her with the harpoon and unloading with snipers for about 10 minutes before she died. What a wreck of a fight.Can confirm that the others bosses are the same. They take about 3 minutes with two of you on a sloop. Take about 40 with three of you on a sloop.
Can't believe they haven't addressed the boss scaling. I basically tell everyone that for TT2 (Cursed Rogue) and TT8 (Revenge of Morning Star) to do those missions on Sloops because it goes SO SO SO SO SO SO SO much quicker.
TT9 (Shores of Gold) is a Toss Up. On one hand, you can do the vaults at the same time to cut down on time running around the island solving puzzles. On the other, you spend way more time on the final boss. Honestly, if both of you know how to do the vaults I think sloop is the right way to go.
I'm always down to run some tall talesWas just watching the Giant Bomb video of Sea of Thieves they did last month. Man, this game still looks like so much fun and this Tall Tale stuff looks really neat.
So... anyone here want to get an ERA game up and going? I don't really care to play with randos.
Sweet! I've never done a tall tale before, hopefully I don't like... suck at it lol.
Gamer tag is Tawpgun. Just add and see if I'm on, it's fairly sporadicSweet! I've never done a tall tale before, hopefully I don't like... suck at it lol.
When's a good time for you?
Game any fun playing solo? I know this question has be answered a dozen times sorry aha.
holy fuck this game is amazing
by amazing I also mean absolute dreadful
It's not every day I play a game like this.
How's the game for a (mostly) pacifist PvE player these days?
I like just cruising around on the high seas and occasionally doing missions.
I asked a few months ago when the arena (?) came out and it seemed better from the responses I got, but I was curious if that has held true.
Hit and miss. I've had sessions that go just fine, but you're ultimately always looking over your shoulder, and your tall tale or casual cruising turns into a stressful chase or your ship ends up sunk. Some will tell you that's part of the fun; I'd still prefer to have a pacifist mode.
Any insiders here? New patch notes look amazing. Looking to play tonight.
I think its better since Arena.How's the game for a (mostly) pacifist PvE player these days?
I like just cruising around on the high seas and occasionally doing missions.
I asked a few months ago when the arena (?) came out and it seemed better from the responses I got, but I was curious if that has held true.
Hnnngggg, been reading the insider forums and they seem like a literal blast!Let me just say my brief time with the new black powder voyages in insiders was a riot
Think of all dat fresh content tho.Hnnngggg, been reading the insider forums and they seem like a literal blast!
I've been also watching a lot of Captain Falcore's youtube videos, seems that there is a lot of hints of upcoming tall tales stuff in game already.
Too bad i'm working all over the place this summer so I can't play until early september.
The thing is that I'm on tour. Is there any way to download them or "reserve" without actually playing?Think of all dat fresh content tho.
I'd make sure to grab the voyages if you can at the very least. They may be time limited.
I'm still holding on to my gilded athena. Might form a crew to knock that out this weekend.
ripThe thing is that I'm on tour. Is there any way to download them or "reserve" without actually playing?
Summit1G tried a bit of SoT again and has already quit, going on a tear on Twitter in replies
That was what I got tbh. Dude liked how people were scared of him, lol. I suppose it's true to the piratical spirit and all but c'mon man.For the record summit is basically upset it's harder for him to troll people in adventure mode.
How is it harder now?For the record summit is basically upset it's harder for him to troll people in adventure mode.
HE claims it's more casual now (double gun exploit was fixed) and earthquakes in the DR will "wake" you from the sleep emote he used to hide on ships. Among other things.
Summit1G tried a bit of SoT again and has already quit, going on a tear on Twitter in replies
Is he? Because when he says this...For the record summit is basically upset it's harder for him to troll people in adventure mode.
As much as I like the Tall Tales, this is indeed an issue. Before TT, there were basically two outcomes of an unfriendly encounter with other players: Either the losing crew had treasure or they didn't - but in any case, the treasure had pretty much the same value for both crews. There was a symmetry in the sense that the more treasure you had, the higher the risks for you, and the higher the potential gains for an attacker.The servers now have more people focused on PvE getting sunk by people who don't profit from the hunt. Both sides end up dissatisfied with the experience