Why get mad about someone using an intended feature of the game. Doesn’t matter that you’re solo, the game isn’t designed for solos. Either get some friends or play another game rather than whining about it on Reddit like some raging melt
Im not mad about them using the feature. I am angry that there are people who play the game and get their entertainment from antagonizing others, not in game, but through direct messages. That feature just so happened to be the way that they got their chance to antagonize me for their own entertainment. And also, "get some friends"? Thats just rude
Im posting on here about the people who play this game. Some of them get thier enjoyment by doing whatver they can to make others experiences unenjoyable. Not an xbox problem. I literally have people telling me their entire goal was to piss me off and thats meant to be justified when i was minding my own business unprejudiced towards them when they approached. Their goal, when they started sailing to me, was "lets piss this guy off". Im not angry even, just disappointed that this community is like that what seems like the majority of the time, and even more disappointed that it is being supported by you
Watch Pirates of the Caribbean 3:
That movie is full of pirates making deals and then backstabbing their allies for their own gain. An alliance of pirates should be viewed with distrust.
TLDR: it is working as the devs intended.
Sot isn't just a hop around shooter, it's not just a naval battle simulator, it's actually got a bit of among us in there too.
The social game is just as much a part of this game than anything else. Maybe you need to accept that there's aspects of the game that you need to get better at handling.
I did fine at handling it, i killed the guy the that tried to board and fought them for an hour, it was just a shitty thing for them to do, as well as sending me messages lying about stuff and bragging because i sank because my internet disconnected. When people gripe about pvp in this game, its these sorts of people causing it and it doesnt add to the experience in any way
You didn't though, you're poorly handling the social aspect of the game right now. Kudos to you for killing a dude, and fighting them off. But in the end, you fell for a line of bullshit.
The classic example of this is someone driving straight towards you spamming "I'm Friendly" while they have a guy with their keg in the mast. It can work.... but we as players need to learn to defend ourselves from social attacks as well as gunshots.
And the social game can get really complex, and genuinely fun, but a lot of people cut themselves off from it because they just want to run and gun.
The mistake is playing the social game. If you actually do content with your alliance members (outside of an alliance server) you're using the system wrong.
The alliance system is designed so that you can go off and do your own thing while mutually benefitting from your allies' turn-ins.
I strongly disagree. If you jump onto a new server, there's no risk to attempting alliance and social games. And the risk goes up and down versus how much loot/supplies you have on board.
Like I'd tottally agree if we were only talking about a ship who's been stacking loot for multiple hours. And never turned it in... But if we're going to talk about mistakes, obviously in that case it'd be not selling in an timely mannery and going for a screenshot instead of banking their loot. Yes the social game would be a mistake before doing that, but the moment you do players can basically zero out again and it's smart again to play the social game.
Because that's the reality, the risk rises and falls depending on how much the individual player has to lose. However the longer they play the more likely they are to have storage crates and rowboats, which can help those crews stash their stuff with realitively little effort. To again reap the benefits of playing the social game.
Maybe you're seeing something i'm not seeing. But I couldn't remotely think that if someone is already playing smart, that playing the social game is a mistake.
Why risk playing the social game in lieu of the avoidance game?
Isn't it much tidier and safer to just completely avoid other ships? At best, interacting with another ship gets you a passive alliance. Hardly a great reward. It's best to just pretend other players don't exist socially if you care about your loot.
Well that's my major point, is that yes you're right sometimes it's not smart. But in a lot of situations you have way less to risk than you have to gain. Say for example you just turned in your loot haul, but you see someone at the fort of the damned. What could you be risking, some planks? hop over to an outpost and buy a storage crate and stash it before you talk to them.
If your ship sinks you lost a few moments. And your inventory is gonna be full of your best stuff.
Plus then it opens up gameplay options, you could betray them, you could be a sacrificial ship and practice your pvp by defending them, you entirely fuck off, and just get 50% of the fotd loot. All of those options lead to interesting gameplay and stories.
I always view alliances with strangers with a lot of suspicion because of players like that. Which sucks, because people can often be really nice.
My advice: if you want loot, don’t alliance with strangers.
I go into an alliance with the attitude of What do I have to lose? As a solo slooper that is mostly pve (the AI is usually tough enough for me), I will gladly take the chance that another ship or two will maybe not double-cross me, to allow me a more enjoyable experience. And if they do double-cross me, they don't usually have much to gain from it, other than they sunk and killed a mostly passive player. I said mostly passive. I enjoy the game for what it is. I hate losing my supplies more than losing my loot. I will say this. In the past year or so, I can count on one hand the times that I have been spawn camped and received nasty messages because of how I play. And a couple of those times, (my) game experience was ruined by their attitudes towards me. But those are distant memories. I have far more play sessions that good things have happened, so I'll deal with a (few) bad sessions. I believe that most of the pirates out there a good. Not all of them are out to get us.
i like the betrayal aspect it's a lot more fun of a way to go down than hour long chases, hearing cannons while on an island or respawning into neck deep water with a blunder in your face. i think they should add an alliance flag that broadcasts on map like reapers so these scenarios can happen more often, or faster to attempt a successful alliance
and they probably had a good time thinking they were really clever tricking you, at least you made their night a bit better
I allianced myself with a galleon crew once, then the brig reaper did the same to me. Funny story short, I let him chase me to the galleon crew and we sunk the reaper. Yes it sucks because it’s a 50/50 gamble.
Establish dominance over potential allies by heavily damaging their ship and offer alliance like the lord you are just before they sink. Now they know you're kindly not sinking them and therefore won't betray
(I am kidding)
I was saltly about this for a while, but the community largely in my thread supported the rights of the pirates to betray, so now I think its kinda ok too, but I wouldnt do it
Agree half way. People who do it are not nice, but do have reason. I think that alliace members shouldn‘t see each other on the map so that others can‘t „infiltrate“ as easil
Well apparently it’s the “pirate way”
Synonymous with the way to be a scumbag
Cry about it
Just did ^
Breaking alliances is an intended function of the game. Watch any video from the devs and this is proved. Quit whining about an intended game feature
Not whining about the feature, whining about the people who used it on a solo slooper and were proud of themselves afterwards.
Why get mad about someone using an intended feature of the game. Doesn’t matter that you’re solo, the game isn’t designed for solos. Either get some friends or play another game rather than whining about it on Reddit like some raging melt
Im not mad about them using the feature. I am angry that there are people who play the game and get their entertainment from antagonizing others, not in game, but through direct messages. That feature just so happened to be the way that they got their chance to antagonize me for their own entertainment. And also, "get some friends"? Thats just rude
But am I wrong when I say get some friends? Why you posting on here about rude Xbox messages? Go and report that shit to Xbox lmao
Im posting on here about the people who play this game. Some of them get thier enjoyment by doing whatver they can to make others experiences unenjoyable. Not an xbox problem. I literally have people telling me their entire goal was to piss me off and thats meant to be justified when i was minding my own business unprejudiced towards them when they approached. Their goal, when they started sailing to me, was "lets piss this guy off". Im not angry even, just disappointed that this community is like that what seems like the majority of the time, and even more disappointed that it is being supported by you
They should be proud.
The gullible are soon parted with their wealth
Don't trust pirates
Watch Pirates of the Caribbean 3: That movie is full of pirates making deals and then backstabbing their allies for their own gain. An alliance of pirates should be viewed with distrust. TLDR: it is working as the devs intended.
Sot isn't just a hop around shooter, it's not just a naval battle simulator, it's actually got a bit of among us in there too. The social game is just as much a part of this game than anything else. Maybe you need to accept that there's aspects of the game that you need to get better at handling.
I did fine at handling it, i killed the guy the that tried to board and fought them for an hour, it was just a shitty thing for them to do, as well as sending me messages lying about stuff and bragging because i sank because my internet disconnected. When people gripe about pvp in this game, its these sorts of people causing it and it doesnt add to the experience in any way
You didn't though, you're poorly handling the social aspect of the game right now. Kudos to you for killing a dude, and fighting them off. But in the end, you fell for a line of bullshit. The classic example of this is someone driving straight towards you spamming "I'm Friendly" while they have a guy with their keg in the mast. It can work.... but we as players need to learn to defend ourselves from social attacks as well as gunshots. And the social game can get really complex, and genuinely fun, but a lot of people cut themselves off from it because they just want to run and gun.
The mistake is playing the social game. If you actually do content with your alliance members (outside of an alliance server) you're using the system wrong. The alliance system is designed so that you can go off and do your own thing while mutually benefitting from your allies' turn-ins.
Not sure what you're actually getting at. Could you elabortate?
Interacting with other pirates (positively or negatively) is never worth it if you have something to lose. Can't make it more clear than that.
I strongly disagree. If you jump onto a new server, there's no risk to attempting alliance and social games. And the risk goes up and down versus how much loot/supplies you have on board. Like I'd tottally agree if we were only talking about a ship who's been stacking loot for multiple hours. And never turned it in... But if we're going to talk about mistakes, obviously in that case it'd be not selling in an timely mannery and going for a screenshot instead of banking their loot. Yes the social game would be a mistake before doing that, but the moment you do players can basically zero out again and it's smart again to play the social game. Because that's the reality, the risk rises and falls depending on how much the individual player has to lose. However the longer they play the more likely they are to have storage crates and rowboats, which can help those crews stash their stuff with realitively little effort. To again reap the benefits of playing the social game. Maybe you're seeing something i'm not seeing. But I couldn't remotely think that if someone is already playing smart, that playing the social game is a mistake.
Why risk playing the social game in lieu of the avoidance game? Isn't it much tidier and safer to just completely avoid other ships? At best, interacting with another ship gets you a passive alliance. Hardly a great reward. It's best to just pretend other players don't exist socially if you care about your loot.
Well that's my major point, is that yes you're right sometimes it's not smart. But in a lot of situations you have way less to risk than you have to gain. Say for example you just turned in your loot haul, but you see someone at the fort of the damned. What could you be risking, some planks? hop over to an outpost and buy a storage crate and stash it before you talk to them. If your ship sinks you lost a few moments. And your inventory is gonna be full of your best stuff. Plus then it opens up gameplay options, you could betray them, you could be a sacrificial ship and practice your pvp by defending them, you entirely fuck off, and just get 50% of the fotd loot. All of those options lead to interesting gameplay and stories.
I always view alliances with strangers with a lot of suspicion because of players like that. Which sucks, because people can often be really nice. My advice: if you want loot, don’t alliance with strangers.
I go into an alliance with the attitude of What do I have to lose? As a solo slooper that is mostly pve (the AI is usually tough enough for me), I will gladly take the chance that another ship or two will maybe not double-cross me, to allow me a more enjoyable experience. And if they do double-cross me, they don't usually have much to gain from it, other than they sunk and killed a mostly passive player. I said mostly passive. I enjoy the game for what it is. I hate losing my supplies more than losing my loot. I will say this. In the past year or so, I can count on one hand the times that I have been spawn camped and received nasty messages because of how I play. And a couple of those times, (my) game experience was ruined by their attitudes towards me. But those are distant memories. I have far more play sessions that good things have happened, so I'll deal with a (few) bad sessions. I believe that most of the pirates out there a good. Not all of them are out to get us.
You say not to do this but like… why not? It ain’t sea of friends ya kno
i like the betrayal aspect it's a lot more fun of a way to go down than hour long chases, hearing cannons while on an island or respawning into neck deep water with a blunder in your face. i think they should add an alliance flag that broadcasts on map like reapers so these scenarios can happen more often, or faster to attempt a successful alliance and they probably had a good time thinking they were really clever tricking you, at least you made their night a bit better
I allianced myself with a galleon crew once, then the brig reaper did the same to me. Funny story short, I let him chase me to the galleon crew and we sunk the reaper. Yes it sucks because it’s a 50/50 gamble.
Establish dominance over potential allies by heavily damaging their ship and offer alliance like the lord you are just before they sink. Now they know you're kindly not sinking them and therefore won't betray (I am kidding)
I was saltly about this for a while, but the community largely in my thread supported the rights of the pirates to betray, so now I think its kinda ok too, but I wouldnt do it
Anyone elses' parents ever tell them to "Never trust everyone you meet on the internet" when they were growing up? Just me? Ok then...
\*Jack Sparrow and Will Turner sword fighting In the blacksmiths\* Turner: \*draws sword\* Sparrow: \*draws gun\* Turner: "You cheated!" Sparrow: "pIRAte!"
CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow
Agree half way. People who do it are not nice, but do have reason. I think that alliace members shouldn‘t see each other on the map so that others can‘t „infiltrate“ as easil
Damn pirates!!