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Windu · Oct 12, 2017

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Couple videos went up recently for Sea of Thieves. One shows stuff that they talked about at NY Comic Con (that panel video is still not up). It shows the 1-2 player ships for the first time. They have single sails, 2 cannons and looks to have some kind of lower deck, maybe just a map room and storage and they show off video of two smaller ships attacking a larger one.

They also talk about voting to lock players in the brig to use as an anti trolling system. (can also vote to release them). Players that are stuck in the brig can either quit or beg their crew mates to let them out to continue playing.

Another recent feature shown off is non-verbal communication. Obviously you can just use a keyboard to chat like any other game, but they are adding context aware communications. Better for controller players I guess, and probably good for people speaking a different language. See more about non-voice communication here

CrimsonEclipse · Oct 12, 2017

This looks awesome actually, should reduce some fears for people who may not be able to get a full crew together.

N7 MRP Weasel · Oct 12, 2017

God this looks so good!

WestEgg · Oct 12, 2017

This may be the game that gets me to get an Xbox One.

Windu · Oct 12, 2017

WestEgg said:
This may be the game that gets me to get an Xbox One.

it will be on Windows 10 PCs as well.

Gestault · Oct 12, 2017

My interactions with random players in the beta left me with no desire to ever touch this again, outside of a very dedicated crew of people I know personally. I think more streamlined ships is a good start, but man, that's an uphill fight with the way the world seemed to be built to require positive social interactions. But hey, if I ever want to be forced to listen to malicous bigotry, sexism, and frankly WORSE to play a game, this'll be my go-to.

That brig feature will 1000% backfire on well-meaning players, you can quote me on that.

wwm0nkey · Oct 12, 2017

Really wish I could play this again or at least give my alpha access to someone who can use it, I am not in the Win10 Alpha and my XBO is MIA so I keep seeing these things I can play without actually being able to play them

WestEgg said:
This may be the game that gets me to get an Xbox One.

Its on PC too.

Hatefilled Vengeance · Oct 12, 2017

Awesome. Only one of my friends is interested in the game, so should hopefully help with that.

Generalpsyduck · Oct 12, 2017

I was invited to play on the 13th I cant wait to check it out!

Windu · Oct 12, 2017

Gestault said:
My interactions with random players in the beta left me with no desire to ever touch this again, outside of a very dedicated crew of people I know personally. I think more streamlined ships is a good start, but man, that's an uphill fight with the way the world seemed to be built to require positive social interactions.

That brig feature will 1000% backfire on well-meaning players, you can quote me on that.

yeah I wouldn't care about this game if they didn't have an option for a smaller ship. I only have interest in playing by myself or with my brother. I don't have much interest in playing with strangers, only time I will would probably be by just using keyboard chat and not using voice.

Garcia el Gringo · Oct 12, 2017

I know Rare's mentioned that you could lone wolf the game to some degree, but they haven't been talking about it enough for me. Glad to see an update on it.

At most I think I'll be playing with one... maybe two (thanks to cross-play) other people on my friends list, and I only imagine them checking it out for a few sessions at launch if it doesn't take off.

Love the non-verbal communication stuff too if I do go on to play with randoms.

Bits N Pieces · Oct 12, 2017

Gestault said:
My interactions with random players in the beta left me with no desire to ever touch this again, outside of a very dedicated crew of people I know personally. I think more streamlined ships is a good start, but man, that's an uphill fight with the way the world seemed to be built to require positive social interactions. But hey, if I ever want to be forced to listen to malicous bigotry, sexism, and frankly WORSE to play a game, this'll be my go-to.

That brig feature will 1000% backfire on well-meaning players, you can quote me on that.

Looking for Groups eliminates all of that though. Use it, trust me!

And I love the idea of sending trolls down into the brig, that's awesome!

CalamityPixel · Oct 12, 2017

I think this game will force me to be social as I am very much a solo player, glad the game will give me some freedom to a degree.

Zvonimir Boban · Oct 12, 2017

Might put Zelda away when I go home this weekend and play the shit out of the alpha.

This is going to be game of forever...

Jumeira · Oct 12, 2017

Bits N Pieces said:
Looking for Groups eliminates all of that though. Use it, trust me!

And I love the idea of sending trolls down into the brig, that's awesome!

Id honestly love if they allowed you to make them walk the plank, even if they disconnect, we should be able pull that off then automatically send a video to them lol

sibarraz · Oct 12, 2017

When will this be released?

Big Chungus · Oct 12, 2017

this game looks pretty good 👀

Master Yoshi · Oct 12, 2017

This game looks magical if Al other right pieces are in place.

Windu · Oct 12, 2017

sibarraz said:
When will this be released?

Early 2018 is all they have said.

TimeEffect · Oct 12, 2017

Well it sounds more promising than the ubisoft game as far as the ship genre goes

CrimsonEclipse · Oct 12, 2017

Generalpsyduck said:
I was invited to play on the 13th I cant wait to check it out!

You suck, I've been waiting forever...every time they say we've sent out another 30K invites I'm just left disappointed

Bits N Pieces said:
Looking for Groups eliminates all of that though. Use it, trust me!

And I love the idea of sending trolls down into the brig, that's awesome!

LFG feature has been a god send, I use it heavily now after I started playing D2...so quick to get a party going.

Zedox · Oct 12, 2017

Jumeira said:
Id honestly love if they allowed you to make them walk the plank, even if they disconnect, we should be able pull that off then automatically send a video to them lol

I thought it was going to be walking the plank...I'm glad they have these options though. Seems that the game is getting more fleshed out.

IOnEI Falcon · Oct 20, 2017

The panel was posted yesterday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYXUR7v8AsU

It showcases the content in the Inn-Side Story video and a ton more. The Q&A at the end revealed some good stuff.

Zedox said:
I thought it was going to be walking the plank...I'm glad they have these options though. Seems that the game is getting more fleshed out.

I remember a while back Rare talking about how the plank is there for us to use. More for roleplaying I think. That is interesting though about it being used for when the player in the brig finally disconnects.

I spent some time to compare the small ship to the big ship for anyone interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GOiG26cnSU

KodaRuss · Oct 20, 2017

Are people still getting into the Alpha on this? I would like to give it a shot when I get my Xbox One X.

IOnEI Falcon · Oct 20, 2017

KodaRuss said:
Are people still getting into the Alpha on this? I would like to give it a shot when I get my Xbox One X.

Yeah, if you sign up to be an Insider you will be invited to the Technical Alpha at some point. Every Insider will get to play before the game is released.

RoKKeR · Oct 20, 2017

Small ships, sweet. Just what I was hoping for.

Haven't played the Alpha in a while, interested to see how it continues to develop.

RdN · Oct 20, 2017

This game looks so fucking awesome!

I sincerely cant wait to play it next year on an XBX..

djnewwest · Oct 20, 2017

This is the game my friends are buying the XBX for. The best water in a game hands down.

watership · Oct 20, 2017

Since these threads are never active after 10 mins I always miss them. 1-2 player ships is just what I'm going to need if I can't get all my friends in a game.

MosquitoSmasher · Oct 20, 2017

1-2 player ships are cool but I'd love for them to increase the player count for the big ships. I have quite a bit of friends on Live and we'd like to play this as one big crew. Wonder if they're looking into that.

CountAntonius · Oct 20, 2017

My only worry about this game is the combat. It looks really not fun especially the guns.Wish I could get my hands on it to try for myself.

Head.spawn · Oct 20, 2017

CountAntonius said:
My only worry about this game is the combat. It looks really not fun especially the guns.Wish I could get my hands on it to try for myself.

Did you sign up for the alpha test? They have Win10 and Xbox going on weekends.

Aztechnology · Oct 20, 2017

Head.spawn said:
Did you sign up for the alpha test? They have Win10 and Xbox going on weekends.

I just got in last week but was away for the weekend. Can't wait to play this weekend, need a crew though.

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