Pirate game Sea of ​​Thieves wants to take action against unfair piracy

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Actually, Sea of ​​Thieves is about nasty pirates, of which you are one. Apparently you shouldn’t be too mean, at least not to other pirates.

What is Sea of ​​Thieves about?

  • In Sea of ​​Thieves you play as pirates who are always on the lookout for the next treasure and sail across the sea on their ships.
  • After a difficult start, Sea of ​​Thieves has continued to improve over the years and is now considered a really good game.
  • As befits pirates, you can also rob other pirates, i.e. players. It is precisely here that some players behave in an extremely unsportsmanlike manner.

    • Season 8 has brought a lot of new content to Sea of ​​Thieves. See the trailer for the season in the pirate game here:

    Sea of ​​Thieves: Season 8 Features

    How the PvP works: Originally, Sea of ​​Thieves had an open PvP system where players could simply fight each other at any time. That didn’t go down too well, however, as some bad guys took their treasures from especially new or inexperienced players just before they reached safe shore.

    The system has been overhauled, but despite this there have been some players who have downright bullied the game. Now developer Rare has completely overhauled PvP with a new feature.

    Since Season 8, which started in November 2022, PvP fans can now choose and join one of two factions. They then have the opportunity to hunt down ships from the other faction and dust off rewards for doing so.

    In the open world, you then fight each other in epic battles with your ships, usually 1v1. Non-faction ships passing by are usually exempt, but can spontaneously choose to get in on the action – and join either side.

    But that leads to problems, as a user on reddit shows:

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    “It’s not intended that way”

    What’s the problem now? The new system means that some players apparently agree. They took advantage of the opportunity to engage in battles.

    While two opponents meet, the seemingly uninvolved join the battle and immediately shift the balance strongly in favor of their partners, with about 2 ships now competing against one. The practice seems quite widespread.

    The developers agree that this should not happen and is not intended. In the latest update from January 19th, they bring changes that should make unfair battles less attractive.

    Along with the update, a new adventure went live, The Secret Wilds:

    Sea of ​​Thieves: The Secret Wilds Adventure

    This is how the developers react: Shortly after the new system went live and the first players complained, a moderator on reddit said that this was “not the planned way” to play the mode.

    Now, with an update of January 19, 2023, Rare wants to take action against this unfair piracy. The patch notes for the update state:

  • the chance of encountering a multi-ship battle has been reduced
  • Crews joining a battle between two faction ships will not receive any rewards

    • Whether the changes are enough to put a stop to the way of playing remains to be seen.

    The fact that Sea of ​​Thieves promotes unfair play and not necessarily sportsmanship has been an issue for a long time and is not necessarily something that seems to bother many players, even if it happens in tournaments:

    Twitch Streamer Angry at Dirty Methodology at €32,000 Tournament – “Is That Allowed?”

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