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kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:I would really like to get back in to this. A friend of mine is picking up a Series S at Xmas, and i think this might appeal to him, so there's hope.

You should try the Pirate's of the Caribbean expansion, it's a lot of fun and is now 'thankfully' bug free. It'll introduce a lot of the mechanics as you go. They about an hour per 'tale' with checkpoints within them but you'd be better off finishing them completely before starting the next.

They've been adding Ice weapons and Ice themed stuff for a while now, surely only a matter of time before they add Ice/snow islands to the main map. I can only imagine how good the snow would look. :wub:

Photek wrote:
kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:I would really like to get back in to this. A friend of mine is picking up a Series S at Xmas, and i think this might appeal to him, so there's hope.

You should try the Pirate of the Caribbean expansion, it's a lot of fun and is now 'thankfully' bug free. It'll introduce a lot of the mechanics as you go. They about an hour per 'tale' with checkpoints within them but you'd be better off finishing them completely before starting the next.

Yeah, I did the first couple of PoC chapters at launch. Unfortunatley it was really buggy back then, and after about 2 hours playing chapter 2, the key near the end did not drop and the checkpoint did not pop. It's been long enough that i could go back to it now i suppose. I liked the atmosphere of the new content, so it would be good if it all runs smoothly now.

Went through four of them with no bugs at all a month ago, it was great.

That’s good to hear. If I had the same problems again I’m not sure I would be able to go through it all again.

It is a lovely game though, I have had some wonderful experiences and moments with it.

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00:02:53 - Light up the Sky
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00:15:55 - Favourite Bits

A really substantial update this, can’t wait to see the fireworks.

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Story adventures, mysteries, sea forts - looking forward to all of that!

Having started this the other day and loved it, I had an infuriating session this morning to the point where I probably won't play it again.

Get a mission, get killed as I board my ship. Come back, set off, stop at an island nearby, get killed by another player sinking my ship. Respawn again, guy comes straight for me and kills me again. Finally make it to my destination island, dig a few chests up, load them on to my ship to find a crew of people arrive, repeatedly kill me, sink my ship, then steal my treasure. About 3 hours play with nothing to show for it. What a total bag of gooseberry fool, you'd think it would make the very start of the game a bit more friendly for beginners.

Yeah, that can be a problem. I found doing the structured story stuff was a bit better as it puts you in your own instance when doing the actual quest. But there should be something that actively discourages that sort of play.

kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:Yeah, that can be a problem. I found doing the structured story stuff was a bit better as it puts you in your own instance when doing the actual quest. But there should be something that actively discourages that sort of play.

How do I get to that stuff? I've been picking up the quests from the gold runners tent and trying to do those

Victor Mildew wrote:
kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:Yeah, that can be a problem. I found doing the structured story stuff was a bit better as it puts you in your own instance when doing the actual quest. But there should be something that actively discourages that sort of play.

How do I get to that stuff? I've been picking up the quests from the gold runners tent and trying to do those

Pick a pirates life from main menu, also, If you get killed by anyone quit and go back to main menu and start another game you should be put into a diff server…

Thanks. I've been choosing whatever the left most option is, so I'll look out for the other one.

Victor Mildew wrote:Having started this the other day and loved it, I had an infuriating session this morning to the point where I probably won't play it again.

Get a mission, get killed as I board my ship. Come back, set off, stop at an island nearby, get killed by another player sinking my ship. Respawn again, guy comes straight for me and kills me again. Finally make it to my destination island, dig a few chests up, load them on to my ship to find a crew of people arrive, repeatedly kill me, sink my ship, then steal my treasure. About 3 hours play with nothing to show for it. What a total bag of gooseberry fool, you'd think it would make the very start of the game a bit more friendly for beginners.

I'm genuinely amazed they haven't even got the option of PvE servers, or areas where the more experienced players *can't* just seal club the newbies. It's a proper shambles.

Even the "private" content creator servers block you from any actual progression, so they're rubbish.

Victor Mildew wrote:Thanks. I've been choosing whatever the left most option is, so I'll look out for the other one.

The pirates life stuff is great. I’m trying to get a couple of mates to start playing it as it really benefits from playing as a crew.

Thanks for the advice. I did the first pirates life mission, it was great, very much like the pirates of the Caribbean ride :wub:

I think it’s the original dialogue? I may be wrong though. Did you catch the monkey island references?

Victor Mildew wrote:Having started this the other day and loved it, I had an infuriating session this morning to the point where I probably won't play it again...

...you'd think it would make the very start of the game a bit more friendly for beginners.

Yeah, openworld type games can be a bit unwelcoming to newcomers and more so if they're multiplayer as well. I think - from watching Pedz, Matt and others play this a couple of years back! - that you need a bit of space to learn the game and work stuff out; so avoiding other players can be a good thing. It's luck as to whether this happens, though! I think it's probably more approachable as a multi-player game; Pedz and the guys used to team-up to battle others.

It looked to be good fun and, yeah, the water effects are legit brilliant.

Sea of Thieves (XB/PC/Game Pass/PS5) - Over 40m players. Coming to PS5 on 30th April. 2024 details.

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