Skull and Bones - BETA talk and full release planning

[TheMuggySpud 239]

So, after playing the BETA over the weekend, I can honestly say I had so much fun playing this.

 

The starting section seemed to drag a bit and was almost turning me off the experience until I youtubed how to collect fucking wood 😂

 

Once you get your own bigger ship, that's when the fun starts. I can only imagine how fun playing with friends will be. An FG Friday with a bunch of us scallywags ruling the high seas could be glorious.

 

Did anyone else play? Also, does anyone else think they're going to pay the hefty price tag for the console version? 

[Luseth 1,949]

Unfortunately I did not get round to playing it, I ended up trying the new FFVII demo which has got me all excited for it now.

 

That said I have seen various tik tok video's and a review or 2 and it sounds like the game has gone down quite well, the stumbling block for most people though will be the price tag as I think to buy through the store it's like £70 I think?

 

46 minutes ago, TheMuggySpud said:

 

Did anyone else play? Also, does anyone else think they're going to pay the hefty price tag for the console version? 

 

Just looking about online you can get a physical copy for £53 if you know where to look so that's not so bad! That said I am going to be paying £60 for FF at the end of this month and I quite want to get Helldivers 2 as well so justifying a 3rd game at a time when I'm trying to clear some credit card debt may not be feasable.

 

How many can you have in a party / lobby?

[TheMuggySpud 239]

Hmmm apparently max party size is 3. Unless you can still join same lobby, FG Friday is out

[ChaosGladiator 811]

Had my reservations about this game due to the amount of delays. It's not what I was hoping deep down that it would be, but it's better than expected. Land movement annoyed me a bit the first maybe hour of playing, then I progressed far enough to where I could get a proper ship and some cannons and boy... This game is epic. Combat is actually challenging, progression actually feels like you've worked for it and properly earned the upgrades you get. I think on saturday I spent a good 10 hours playing the demo and 3 of those were me just working to get the best ship available in that demo. There's so much to explore, plunder to be had, upgrades to farm for and ways to earn silver and infamy that I have to admit, I fell in love with this game and by the time the beta ended last night I was pissed at myself for not having been on the ball earlier in the week to get the demo on the 8th to maximize my playtime 😅

Hell I only fucking found the black market 2 hours before servers went down on sunday I was that busy burning every port to the ground.

The few things I didn't attempt was mainly the pvp events and also the sea monster event. I did try going after elite captains and also the ghost ships but it's near impossible while solo. (hint hint nudge nudge people, get on the ball!) Did have anamerican budy join me on sunday for a bit but he was hours and hours of progression behind me, it does seem like quests completed while in a group counts for everyone though, as he was completing his early quests I still got silver for them, not sure if I would have gotten infamy as well as I had already reached the max infamy rank available in the demo.

 

Overall I have to admit I quite enjoyed the grind to get better ships, weapons and armor and finding combinations of these that worked for me. It's time consuming but this can be sped up in a group as you can send your friends materials, guns, blueprints and all kinds of things. So if anyone is ahead of the pack you could help out others that find the grind tedious or simply can't get the required items to progress due to enemies being too hard for them to fight.

 

As for how many can play together I've seen both 3 and 5 mentioned and the menu in the demo looked like it had room for more than 3, so I'm not 100% sure. But, I'm willing to bet you can get more of your friends on the same server and then split into several smaller groups but still take on elite captains, ghost ships, sea monsters and bounties all together as any player ship can do this without being in the same group as you. Pvp also seems to be off unless you go for the pvp events so sorry @Diddums you wont be able to ram everyone to try and sink them if you end up playing this 🤣 

 

Honestly very excited for the full release, I've seen their planned roadmap as well and there seems to be quite a bit of content they intend to add in so I can see myself spending many an hour on the open sea plunderin' fer booty!

 

 

 

Yo, ho, haul together
Hoist the colors high

Heave ho, thieves and beggars

Never shall we die

[Luseth 1,949]

37 minutes ago, ChaosGladiator said:

 

As for how many can play together I've seen both 3 and 5 mentioned and the menu in the demo looked like it had room for more than 3, so I'm not 100% sure. But, I'm willing to bet you can get more of your friends on the same server and then split into several smaller groups but still take on elite captains, ghost ships, sea monsters and bounties all together as any player ship can do this without being in the same group as you. Pvp also seems to be off unless you go for the pvp events so sorry @Diddums you wont be able to ram everyone to try and sink them if you end up playing this 🤣

 

 

I have just checked this out, you can have a server of up to 20 players but smaller squads of 3 to take on objectives and quests.

[ChaosGladiator 811]

Pre-download is done. Once I get home from lateshift on thursday this baby will be good to go!

[phil bottle 9,760]

On 2/14/2024 at 9:31 AM, ChaosGladiator said:

Pre-download is done. Once I get home from lateshift on thursday this baby will be good to go!

 

How are you finding it? I didn't like the Beta so hope its better now it's live. I still can't get over the fact you can't move around your ship or even swim in the sea, blows my mind 🤪

[J4MES OX4D 10,034]

6 hours ago, phil bottle said:

 

How are you finding it? I didn't like the Beta so hope its better now it's live. I still can't get over the fact you can't move around your ship or even swim in the sea, blows my mind 🤪

Apparently ship boarding is also a cutscene which bloody tragic! You can do this in every game of this nature including Assassin's Creed Black Flag. 

[ChaosGladiator 811]

22 hours ago, phil bottle said:

 

How are you finding it? I didn't like the Beta so hope its better now it's live. I still can't get over the fact you can't move around your ship or even swim in the sea, blows my mind 🤪

😂 Like I said it’s not the game I deep down was hoping for but it’s still better than expected. Really enjoying it so far, co-op makes things a million times better than roaming the seas solo as battles you would probably lose are doable now. 
 

Got Matty up to a decent level yesterday and we actually managed to take down an elite captain, (almost took down another one as well but we failed 😅) So yeah I’m definetly enjoying it, beats raging at games like cod or fifa for sure. 
 

Still haven’t even explored every bit of the map that’s unlocked so far. Did get to progress the black market a decent bit and figured out a way to make the grind there much easier. Again I’m asuming co-op play will make it even easier when it comes to the combat. Took down the sea monster on my own as well which was terrifying as it hits like a truck on steroids. Still need to try the pvp bit. Currently just trying to grind out some better cannons and armor for my ship.

[Diddums 4,346]

This is getting such a panning it's hilarious.

 

What does this do that Sea of Thieves doesn't?

[ChaosGladiator 811]

I’ve seen it getting bashed but honestly, Matt, Cal, Aaron, Marc and I have all really been enjoying it so far, guess it just comes down to taste like with everything else in the end. 
 

I have to admit I love the party system as you can be in a group but all 3 of you can be doing different things should you want to, but all of you still get rewards for quests/missions done by anyone in the group.

 

My one gripe so far which made crossplay with Marc a tiny bit annoying is that there’s no game chat what so ever. So would have to link psn and discord I guess.

 

Not had too many bugs so far, been the odd one every now and then but compared to other games close to release this is nothing. (Thank fuck it’s not another cyberpunk)

[Riff Machine 2,105]

I'm glad to see some of you are having fun with it.  I'm interested, but I just can't warrant dropping that much money on another live service game.  I wish gamepass and ubisoft+ were linked.  

[GazzaGarratt 11,049]

20 hours ago, ChaosGladiator said:

So would have to link psn and discord I guess

 

You should use it mate. Its really so easy as we've used the FG Game Room discord chat within seconds onto the PS5 and its just as, if not clearer than PS5 party chats.

 

19 hours ago, Riff Machine said:

I'm glad to see some of you are having fun with it.  I'm interested, but I just can't warrant dropping that much money on another live service game.  I wish gamepass and ubisoft+ were linked.  

 

I'm here atm. I'm just trying to work out if I can do that because I have a feeling it will drop a little soon too. If Helldivers and Sony can't sort the max capacity servers out in the short term then this could push me into this sooner.

[ChaosGladiator 811]

 

Season 1 starting feb 27th. So still time to grind out for better cannons on my ship thank fuck 😂