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Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Gold and Glory this Weekend & Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:54 pm
by taychris
oh that's good to know it's on the gamepass. i forgot it was an MS game because i was out of the loop then. might give this a bash!!
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Gold and Glory this Weekend & Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:59 pm
by taychris
did they ever fix the issue of spawning right beside enemies? i saw angry joe review where he did that at launch.
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Gold and Glory this Weekend & Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:15 pm
by Photek
taychris wrote:did they ever fix the issue of spawning right beside enemies? i saw angry joe review where he did that at launch.
You never spawned beside enemies but if you sunk a ship they'd spawn about 5mins away but that's been fixed, plus a long long list of stuff has been added.
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Gold and Glory this Weekend & Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:01 pm
by taychris
Photek wrote:taychris wrote:did they ever fix the issue of spawning right beside enemies? i saw angry joe review where he did that at launch.
You never spawned beside enemies but if you sunk a ship they'd spawn about 5mins away but that's been fixed, plus a long long list of stuff has been added.
oh crap i meant real humans, not skeleton enemies etc my bad.
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Gold and Glory this Weekend & Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:04 pm
by Pedz
Pretty sure when you were killed you'd spawn on your ship. Was like that in alpha/beta. And as Photek said, the ship sinking and spawning has been changed.
Obviously if people were on your ship that's a problem, but then if you spawn miles away from your ship, you have no ship.
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Gold and Glory this Weekend & Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:46 pm
by taychris
Pedz wrote:Pretty sure when you were killed you'd spawn on your ship. Was like that in alpha/beta. And as Photek said, the ship sinking and spawning has been changed.
Obviously if people were on your ship that's a problem, but then if you spawn miles away from your ship, you have no ship.
yeah in the angry joe review he kept killing one person on their own who would respawn on the ship and they kept killing him/her.
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Gold and Glory this Weekend & Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 6:48 am
by Photek
You can now skuttle your ship at any time in the options (including while being on the ferry of the damned - dead) so you spawn back on a new ship away from any other players, so that kinda grieving has been nullified.
If you have a boat with a crew it's a voting system to agree to skuttling it.
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:06 pm
by Photek
So these Megalodons now attack sloops! Lost a few chests!
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:01 pm
by Photek
Excellent feature on the Year of Sea of Thieves:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-03-20-heres-to-a-year-of-adventure-on-the-sea-of-thievesCouple of bits:
Playing Sea of Thieves today, there are so many distractions, diversions, and goals away from the original three Trading Companies and PvP encounters that formed the focus of the launch-day game, it's a little dizzying to think how much the world has expanded in a relatively short space of time.
I recently, finally, knuckled down to grind the last few levels to Pirate Legend - and I was amazed that one year on, after hundreds of hours of play, even the most modest sessions still managed to conjure up a surprising, often hilarious, story or two. There really is no game quite like Sea of Thieves in that regard, and hopefully Rare's wonderful pirate adventure will be weighing anchor and following the horizon for years to come.
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:36 pm
by Photek
Patch notes for today's patch including M&K support for Xbox and rewards for players who played at launch.
Release Notes
Ahoy, pirates!
Come and join us as we celebrate Sea of Thieves' first anniversary with a treasure trove of gifts for you all! While the full-sized Anniversary Update is coming a little further down the line, today's build brings some special time-limited items to mark one year since launch. Whether you've been sailing with us since day one or since yesterday, there's something special here to help you enjoy the festivities.
This build isn't just full of celebratory goodies, though: there's a brand new set of Mercenary Voyages for the competitive and the adventurous alike, with some swish new rewards for their completion.
You're also getting a whole bundle of other updates to enjoy including a newly populated Skeleton Fort, Xbox mouse and keyboard support, Xbox Chatpad support, new cosmetics available to grab with your gold and much more besides!
MERCENARY VOYAGES
Reaper's Run of Shipwreck Bay – Duke offers another treacherous Reaper's Run Voyage costing 5 Doubloons to challenge daring pirates. Any crew willing to accept this challenge must brave the waters surrounding Shipwreck Bay. With multiple crews all heading to the same location, prepare to do battle!
Reaper's Mark Challenge – Looking for more of a challenge? Equip your Reaper's Mark flag before you set sail to warn rival crews of your presence. Pirates who complete the Reaper's Run of Shipwreck Bay with their Reaper's Mark raised high will unlock progress towards a Legendary Commendation (Legendary Reaper of Shipwreck Bay) and the title of The Shipwreck Reaper. Only for the most fearsome pirates!
Mercenary Voyages of The Devil's Roar and Shores of Plenty – Visit Duke to also find two new regional Mercenary Voyages on offer. Both voyages cost 5 Doubloons and direct pirates to a specific region of the sea to complete. Additionally, The Devil's Roar voyage offers significantly greater rewards!
The Gilded Mercenary Voyage of Legends – Pirate Legends should visit Duke to find the return of a popular voyage – the notorious 'Gilded Athena'. This voyage can only be taken once, so make it count, Legends!
Shipwreck Reaper Sails, Mercenary Eye of Reach and Blunderbuss – Visit Duke for his next set of time-limited cosmetics! Completing the Legendary Reaper's Run of Shipwreck Bay unlocks the dreaded Shipwreck Reaper Sails, completing the Mercenary Voyage of The Devil's Roar unlocks the Mercenary Blunderbuss and completing the Mercenary Voyage of the Shores of Plenty unlocks the Mercenary Eye of Reach.
Happy Anniversary!
Year One Celebration Shop Items – To celebrate our first year, all players can purchase two exclusive cosmetics for a limited time. Pick up the Golden Sailor's Hat and Golden Sailor's Cannon for only 320 gold each from their respective Outpost shops. Get them before they're gone!
Year One Player Reward – Thank you to everyone who joined us on our first year on the seas! To celebrate, all eligible players will have Captain Bones' Original Pirate Cutlass added to their armoury. Wield it with pride!
Year One Pirate Legend Rewards – Congratulations to everyone who reached Pirate Legend in our first year on the seas! As a reward for this mighty effort, all Legends will be gifted a range of items: the Golden Legendary Tankard, Golden Legendary Hurdy-Gurdy, Golden Legendary Blunderbuss, Golden Legendary Sails, Golden Legendary Hull and Golden Legendary Figurehead!
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Insider Programme relaunches
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:41 pm
by Monkey Man
April 30th.
Two new Companies(Sea Dogs and Hunter's Call)
Fishing
Cooking
Harpoons
New ship damage (broken masts, wheels, capstans, different sized holes)
New narrative quests with puzzles and traps.
The Arena.
Bunch of new cosmetics.
Sea of Thieves Anniversary Update Celebrates the Start of Year Two on April 30
Today, we are celebrating a year of adventures in Sea of Thieves! It’s been both humbling and awe-inspiring to see millions of players from all over the world set sail and create their own stories on the Sea of Thieves. On behalf of everyone at Rare, I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone wh o’s played and made Sea of Thieves what it is today.
While it’s been an amazing first year, we’re not done yet. With four major updates, nine time-limited events and more than thirty game updates, we’re still just getting started. We’re as excited about Sea of Thieves today as we were a year ago, and I’m pleased to be able to share with you a big reason why – The Anniversary Update, our biggest content update so far, will be coming free to all players on April 30.
The Anniversary Update is a game changer that takes Sea of Thieves to a whole new level. Packed full of new content that’s guaranteed to have something for everyone, tune into a series of live streams on Mixer, Twitch and YouTube where we’ll share more details, insights and glimpses from behind the scenes on the run-up to April 30:
17:00BST (9:00 a.m. PT)
Wednesday, April 10
Anniversary Preview: The Arena
Find out more about the all-new competitive game mode that will let you and your friends test yourselves against other crews in fun and fast-paced matches to amass the most loot.
17:00BST (9:00 a.m. PT)
Tuesday, April 16
Anniversary Preview: The Hunter’s Call
The Hunter’s Call is a new trading company that gives you more ways to play and progress towards Pirate Legend. Find out more about what you can do, the company behind it and the rewards on offer.
17:00BST (9:00 a.m. PT)
Tuesday, April 23
Anniversary Preview: Tall Tales – Shores of Gold
This is Sea of Thieves like you’ve never seen it before. Tall Tales are a collection of story-rich quests that are played out in our shared world and can be fully experienced by yourself or with your crew. This first collection, ‘Shores of Gold’, invites you to embark on an epic adventure of love, honour and betrayal in search of the mythical Shores of Gold.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/03/20/ ... ouncement/
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Free Mega Update out 30th April (Arena/Quests/Fishing/Harpoon/Cooking etc)
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:19 am
by Photek
Knew about the Harpoon for a while now as it was in the insiders build, you can also grapple your boat towards other boats with it.
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Free Mega Update out 30th April (Arena/Quests/Fishing/Harpoon/Cooking etc)
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:34 pm
by Monkey Man
twitter.com/SeaOfThieves/status/1115269514323795968
Re: Sea of Thieves (XB1/Win10) - Free Mega Update out 30th April (Arena/Quests/Fishing/Harpoon/Cooking etc)
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:59 am
by Monkey Man
Previews
twitter.com/pcgamer/status/1115873795460542464