Sea of Thieves

[Jewelz^]

This goes live at midnight tonight, who's ready to go? Yarg!!!

[albert]

So I googled how to put these xBox installed games into a drive other than C. Switched Apps default install to F: and I have 16Kb of data under the SoT folder, no pre-load?

[SithAfrikaan]

Yaaaaarrrrrrr!
A pirates life for me!

[smilodon]

Probably not till the weekend

[TheDvEight]

So after hearing Pesteh/Rabble speak so seriously like........the most serious i've ever heard him hold a conversation! I've started to download this under the 14 day game pass trial

[no peanuts]

So I googled how to put these xBox installed games into a drive other than C. Switched Apps default install to F: and I have 16Kb of data under the SoT folder, no pre-load?

It prompted me for a drive selection before install. and it did pre-load. Are you all up and running now?

[BrotherTobious]

I really want to be a professional pirate to ohh no be a good Toby, I will be singing this all.

[video=youtube;Nrj8EZm9ca8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrj8EZm9ca8[/video]

[albert]

It prompted me for a drive selection before install. and it did pre-load. Are you all up and running now?

No it didn't but I changed my new app install drive to F: before trying the install. Then it gets installed into WindowsApps which is a locked folder where the owner needs changed in security settings just to look into it.

But it did go into F for sure, 20GB of it. I logged on this morning and had a mooch. Feels like Fortnite Pirate Style.
Now I'm stuck with the ffffffin Xbox user name I setup 15 years ago. I must have changed it once already as M$ want â,¬9.99 to change it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :sad::taz::rumpy:

At least it's a sensible one: IGN is dMw Albert

[TheDvEight]

Yeah my gamertag is completely different from my Xbox 360 days:rolleyes:

[BrotherTobious]

Mine isnt and managed to hopefully found a way to play for 14 days

[TheDvEight]

I've got it via game pass trial for 14 days

[sulky_uk]

so i also did the trial pass thing, but i didnt get an option to install, am i missing something

nvm : installing now

[smilodon]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/20/sea-of-thieves-is-fun-until-you-meet-other-pirates/

I have to admit it's this that's giving me second thoughts about SoT. I don't mind PvP but this game seems offer to many options for griefers and gankers right now. Simple things like making Outposts PvP free so players can get business done, allowing players to re-spawn on an empty ship etc seem like no brainers and I would have assumed the Devs would have thought this through. I assumed, naively it seems, that the Beta was just missing these key elements.

But on first look the game does seem to be a bit of a gankers paradise. Add in the fact that they seas will be littered with Xbox players (no offence if you own an Xbox, you're all PC gamers to me )  and I'm concerned that the balance is going to be way off. The game looks great, there's all kinds of stuff to do apart from butchering each other but it seems there's a real risk that much of the fun is going to be obscured by mindless murder. I'm no game designer but even I could imagine some ideas about being able to share map locations and/or trade with other pirate crews, do co-op battles with the Kraken, get some reward for a mass musical dance festival :blink: and more, which would nicely balance the fighting and carnage. Right now there is zero incentive to meet other crews and not try to kill them. We all know there are plenty or retards out there whose idea of fun is to camp out a Tavern and slaughter players as they spawn into the game.

I'll hold fire and hopefully my fellow pirates will be able to confirm the world isn't a giant gank-a-thon. As my time in the beta, where there were very few other pirate crews about, was a blast.

[albert]

Personally speaking, I went into the game solo, but that can be I believe in an instance with 23 other players. I saw 1 other ship the whole time. Now I imagine it's not too easy to join as a team but all in solo so the end result in my game was everyone was on their own. I imagine if you play as a group you are at risk of being attacked at any time. But of course others can choose to sail on by and not attack. Can't say I got any missions completed, still learning.

So far the sailing is a bit basic, as is the cannon gunnery, the latter being nowhere near as engaging as Blackwake. Rest of the game feels like Fortnite.

[albert]

My views since trying solo, then sloop and galleon multi crew. Base game and playability is quite awesome. Roaming the open seas for the fun of exploring, wreck diving, island exploration all work seamlessly and can be done without griever interruption quite easily.

The missions vary between trade, treasure hunt and skeleton killing plus the main skull raid which is a pretty tough multi wave attack on an island.

Of course through all of this other players can intervene.  So far I’ve only seen friendlies whilst solo or sloop multi. We made a battle our business in galleon mode.

The pace is perfect, a mix of relax and action.

I’d say wait a few more weeks and and see how it is received and if players stick with it also if the development plans remain transparent.

So far for me it’s providing great fun and enjoyment.