Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

Steelyuhas · Mar 20, 2018

Rejam said:
Is this running on Azure? You would think it'd be built to handle release more elegantly.

Almost certainly. Although the advantage of the cloud services is easily scaling for what you need, huge game releases still require a bit of an allocation guessing game. Sounds like they didn't account well enough for the scale they'd need for the US launch.

Smelck · Mar 20, 2018

Windu said:
I'm sure all of these big online games are running on Azure or AWS. But yes, SOT is using Microsoft's services.

The main issues seem to be with the log in servers. (everyone trying to log in at once tends to break things). They are probably spinning up more but it takes time. /shrug.

I hear you, but you'd think that with such an important FP release for MS they would have more than enough on and then switch of the contingency if not needed.

As a new , excited player there is no worse way to introduce players to an on-line game.

francium87 · Mar 20, 2018

Played solo for 1 hour, mainly just messing around controls.
Was trying to kill my first named enemy, when another player came to help, stabbing the enemy in the back a few times, killing it. We then stared at each other for a few seconds, as I was desperately trying to find the emotes (dpad). In the end I started playing music and he left.

Got back to the outpost (wrecked my ship though, couldn't drop anchor in time), turned in the skull for some gold, and bought the day 1 patch.

Good night guys, safe sailing.

PancakeFlip · Mar 20, 2018

roguesquirrel said:
Im really excited I was able to roll a character thats 95% the pirate i had in the closed beta

In the settings menu theres a "pirate settings" tab where the only option is being able to delete your pirate which i think lets you reroll completely if you want to.

How are you doing third person screen shots?

SuikerBrood · Mar 20, 2018

I'm happy I played before US launch, haha.

Ohhhht · Mar 20, 2018

Downloading!!!!!!

Quzar · Mar 20, 2018

The_Land said:
I'll say it again, but any US people on the fence just sign up for Bing rewards and then never pay a cent for games pass ever. Takes 2 minutes of "work" each day.

Can you elaborate on this?

RandomError · Mar 20, 2018

For a AAA-priced game in 2018 to feature such a focus on cosmetics, yet not provide a character creator or the ability to preview cosmetics outside of a tiny 2D render seems a massive oversight.

Xaero Gravity · Mar 20, 2018

The rubber banding is absolutely ridiculous right now.

Don Draper's Hat · Mar 20, 2018

I finally chose my character after 15 minutes of umming and ahhing and now I immediately regret my decision. Can I change it?

Xaero Gravity · Mar 20, 2018

PancakeFlip said:
How are you doing third person screen shots?

Emotes.

Deleted member 12447 · Mar 20, 2018

SOMEBODY HERE has a human looking pirate

come fight me. I won the generator game.

RandomError · Mar 20, 2018

Don Draper's Hat said:
I finally chose my character after 15 minutes of umming and ahhing and now I immediately regret my decision. Can I change it?

Look for "Pirate Settings" in the menu. There's a delete option. I'm stuck in the same loop.

Gassy_N0va · Mar 20, 2018

How do you defeat the plant skeletons?

Don Draper's Hat · Mar 20, 2018

RandomError said:
Look for "Pirate Settings" in the menu. There's a delete option. I'm stuck in the same loop.

Nice, cheers.

roguesquirrel · Mar 20, 2018

The Order of Lost Souls tankard is so rad, I love that it changes the look of the brew you drink

Windu · Mar 20, 2018

Quzar said:
Can you elaborate on this?

https://www.microsoft.com/rewards

Askherserenity · Mar 20, 2018

So is EVERYTHING cosmetic?

Meaning there are zero changes to weapons from those starting three?

Because if that's the case, I'm guessing the enemies stay the same throughout as well?

HockeyGuy412 · Mar 20, 2018

My pistol keeps getting reset to the default version instead of the mixer reward version is this a normal glitch that is happening to anyone else?

tumour_love · Mar 20, 2018

i don't have a map on pc, whats the go?

UraMallas · Mar 20, 2018

Quzar said:
Can you elaborate on this?

Bing Rewards is a program where Microsoft gives you points that you can redeem in the 'Bing Store' when you use their search engine. Once you get it set up, it only takes a few minutes a day to get all of your searched in. I typically do it at work. I set my tabbed browser to Bing search and just click the images at the bottom and go down through them all and then I have Bing downloaded on my phone to do something similar there just by searching the same thing over and over. It nets you at least 250 a day from the searches plus there are other things you can do like search certain things and finish quizzes. You can net about 10k points per month and you can redeem them for lots of stuff. You can redeem them for Microsoft store gift cards, Xbox Live subs, and now Game Pass subs. One month of Game Pass is 6800 points and 3 months is 17000 points. So, if you do your daily Bing Rewards every day, you will get Game Pass for free as long as that stays on there.

For reference, here are my subs because of Bing Rewards:

MadMike · Mar 20, 2018

Took well over an hour, but I finally found a pirate that's pretty close to what I was looking for.

Deleted member 40053 · Mar 20, 2018

Don Draper's Hat said:
I finally chose my character after 15 minutes of umming and ahhing and now I immediately regret my decision. Can I change it?

You can 'delete' your pirate in the game menu, thats the only way.

coolasj19 · Mar 20, 2018

lol, I got to play for like an hour before it launched in the US by changing my region. Glad I got that out of the way. RIP those servers.
EDIT:
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I was loading up the beta.

Deleted member 40053 · Mar 20, 2018

Askherserenity said:
So is EVERYTHING cosmetic?

Meaning there are zero changes to weapons from those starting three?

Because if that's the case, I'm guessing the enemies stay the same throughout as well?

There's an extra two weapons on your ship (shotgun and sniper) that you can cycle between. Outside of those 4, all weapons are cosmetic thus far.

DannyClash · Mar 20, 2018

Someone let know when it's time to play

derFeef · Mar 20, 2018

Zurick said:
SOMEBODY HERE has a human looking pirate

come fight me. I won the generator game.

Looks like any other pirate. You should see my ugly bastard, no THAT is a pirate :D

Deleted member 40053 · Mar 20, 2018

Teegs said:
How do you defeat the plant skeletons?

Shotgun to the face, speculation is they regen health in water and become tougher when the plants sprout.

CthulhuSars · Mar 20, 2018

The rubber banding is horrid right now.

Deleted member 40053 · Mar 20, 2018

DannyClash said:
Someone let know when it's time to play

Join the club if you haven't already and invite other players or post a 'looking for group' post... we're a fun helpful bunch.

SimpleCRIPPLE · Mar 20, 2018

Man, I dont think I'll be playing this solo; even the smallest shit is still kind of a pain in the ass to crew solo.

On a positive note, I LOVE the atmosphere in this game. Exploring my first island was a blast.

Deleted member 40872 · Mar 20, 2018

Teegs said:
How do you defeat the plant skeletons?

Im not 100% sure this is how it works but I think you have to lure them in the shadow (leaves go brown) and then cut them down with the cutlass.
This is how I had the most luck with them so far.

BashNasty · Mar 20, 2018

Zurick said:
SOMEBODY HERE has a human looking pirate

come fight me. I won the generator game.

Decent, sadly it's a dude.

DannyClash · Mar 20, 2018

Dredge Space said:
Join the club if you haven't already and invite other players or post a 'looking for group' post... we're a fun helpful bunch.

All good, just commenting that 4P is completely borked

Terbinator · Mar 20, 2018

Has there been antything mentioned on the graphical differences for 1X and PC for final release compared to the betas?

roguesquirrel · Mar 20, 2018

Askherserenity said:
So is EVERYTHING cosmetic?

Meaning there are zero changes to weapons from those starting three?

Because if that's the case, I'm guessing the enemies stay the same throughout as well?

theres different enemy variants. I got a skeleton bounty out of a bottle and the boss skeletons were covered in treasure and had to be hit at certain weakpoints

Heisenberg726 · Mar 20, 2018

Don Draper's Hat said:
I finally chose my character after 15 minutes of umming and ahhing and now I immediately regret my decision. Can I change it?

Nope

violent · Mar 20, 2018

That blood sea is some scary shit especially when sailing solo.

derFeef · Mar 20, 2018

Don Draper's Hat said:
I finally chose my character after 15 minutes of umming and ahhing and now I immediately regret my decision. Can I change it?

Heisenberg726 said:
Nope

You can change anything but face, body features and skin color.
If you are still early, go into options and just delete your pirate.

Xaero Gravity · Mar 20, 2018

CthulhuSars said:
The rubber banding is horrid right now.

It's unplayable for me right now.

violent · Mar 20, 2018

Anyone need a 4th?

Deleted member 40053 · Mar 20, 2018

Guys you can always delete your pirate and start over

MrLuchador · Mar 20, 2018

Does Gamepass work with PC?

Deleted member 40872 · Mar 20, 2018

Is matchmaking still down?

Smelck · Mar 20, 2018

so finally got in solo.....familiarise myself with controls and outpost. Grab a mission for gold., jump on ship learn to sail (a little cumberosme solo, but not too bad).

sailing for 5 minutes en-route, smelling the salt air and loving the vibe. Climb ladder , spot a 2 ship fight in on the telescope. , consider joining the fight, smile on face......

Booted out of server...really ?

have solid fibre here gb down / 200 up

poor tbh

Deleted member 40053 · Mar 20, 2018

Dubz said:
Is this out early or something? If so lemme know how to get on PC or X1 with GanePass

Set your location to New Zealand restart xbox, search for Sea of Thieves in the store, Download, play. Joining the club and making friends with other pirates optional.

Just Some Rando · Mar 20, 2018

MrLuchador said:
Does Gamepass work with PC?

Yes, I'm downloading it right now from the Win10 Store. I had to wait 'til midnight for it to unlock, tho. The store shows the retail price, and also mentions it's free for Game pass. Just clicked Install and here we go. :)

HockeyGuy412 · Mar 20, 2018

Smelck said:
so finally got in solo.....familiarise myself with controls and outpost. Grab a mission for gold., jump on ship learn to sail (a little cumberosme solo, but not too bad).

sailing for 5 minutes en-route, smelling the salt air and loving the vibe. Climb ladder , spot a 2 ship fight in on the telescope. , consider joining the fight, smile on face......

Booted out of server...really ?

have solid fibre here gb down / 200 up

poor tbh

Its launch day what did you expect?

Stiler · Mar 20, 2018

Is there a way to take screenshots in-game or do you have to use a program to do so?

Deleted member 40053 · Mar 20, 2018

Stiler said:
Is there a way to take screenshots in-game or do you have to use a program to do so?

All via the Xbox app I believe

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