Eh, if this was actually an issue, there would’ve been outcry during the Pirates of the Caribbean crossover in 2021. I mean, it’s a pirate game. Pirates by nature are all about plundering and pillaging without your consent. 

So I wouldn’t expect a PvE mode, but considering it’s a live service game, anything can eventually happen. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t. The game continues to be a huge hit after almost 5 years of great updates, so clearly the formula is working. 

Yeah defo didnt play it enough was still at the starting area, so i didnt know all that and i can see how it sucks. I honestly dont get the whole point in that PVP trailer as honestly to me it made it look like PVP was an opt in thing.

Yep.. Thats one way not to tell people about your game . But honest if he goes back to them designs and can make it work like he did with them games im hyped.

The friend of mine that got me to play with him, ltierally got it because he heard of the Monkey Island content coming soon...

Also today we had an amazing haul, making up to 200k and sporting a gold hoarder's emmy flag. We just finished dropping off the last load, and then a reaper galleon swooped in and went for our brig, because of the flag lmao (you can earn up to 10.5k for any alliance emissary flag you take from another player's destroyed ship, but we pay 20k to hoist the flag up), but in the end, they had to resort to cheating to kill the 3 of us (2 players zipped around us at the speed of light, that looked insanely janky, and none of us could land a hit on any of the two that boarded us).

Rare doesn't even have a report feature for those blatantly using cheats/hacks. They only offer reporting for inappropriate gamer-tag, pet name and ship name...

And because MS is in charge of the whole part where Rare makes money, they can't outright ban the hardware, because banning the HW and the account means one less gamepass user, hence why Rare hasn't been able to do much about this ongoing issue of sweatlords cheating.

I've no idea why they don't allow for PVE. I know full well the PVP only folks keep parroting "it's in the name SEA OF THIEVES", except that doesn't really hold weight, when in PVE mode, you are literally digging up buried treasure from other NPC alliances, and killing enemy NPC's for their loot/spoils, so the PVP isn't the core feature of the game, it's the world and it's story/lore (which I found out today is heavily established via comics, trailers, in-game cinematics, journals, NPC's, etc). 

This feels like ppl who moaned about PVP dying in WoW, that they kept saying "it's world of WARCRAFT", completely ignoring that Warcraft 1-3 established story lore, and WoW greatly expanded upon that. PVP in WoW, like SoT, is tacked on, and the game doesn't even feature weapon/cannon/health upgrades, meaning it is very little PVP driven, because there's nothing you can do to improve, besides weapon skills (which the PVP'ers seem to lack, because they need to cheat in this game). 

Some people never learn.

As for his next game, I don't know. I think that he, as a developer, peaked some years (and projects) ago. I don't think he'll be able to deliver on his promises.

There was.

People wanted PVP sorted, so they got Arena mode, but then Rare ended up scrapping that and they instead implemented the Hour glass on your ship table, to match-make PVP, and apparently the hour glass PVP is rife with cheaters.

People on the PVE side also complained, because Pirates swooped in and took some of SoT's main story chapter plots, and also outright show "pirates life" on the front page (to this day, it takes center stage at the start menu and in-game quest menu). So if you want to play the SoT story mode (tall tales) in proper order, you have to ignore Pirates life and do the quests after it, then go back to pirates life, and do all of this in real time, while trying to avoid PVP players killing you during your tall tale events (which they can and will do, and you have to restart half of the tale all over again).

Ppl have def been complaining, but it's not as big as say, Halo Reach outcry, or 2077.

This is one of SoT's most kindest streamers, and she talks about the decline of the game and the cheating:

This was also uploaded 1 day ago:

I feel like MS really need to get their colossal shit together and start handing out perma HW/account bands, and not be afraid of losing some GP users, because I keep hearing that Halo Inf still has a cheating issue, and same for SoT, and neither Rare nor 343 seem to do anything about it, or can.

As long as it doesn't become another Godus (which I backed on Kickstarter btw, to my regret), it should be fine. People now know what to expect with him, so they alreadz temper their expectation somewhat.

FFVII Ever Crisis looks more addictive than the remake...

[Rumor] Nvidia seemingly wanting to block AiB partners from making Intel Battlemage graphics cards

"The report goes into saying that NVIDIA would go as far as ban such partners if they decide to launch GPUs based on Intel series. It is said that GPU supply limitations may apply if they decided to go with their plans. This is reportedly happening in China where such companies are now preparing for the launch of the new Intel series.

Unfortunately, the report has no evidence whatsoever, and it is extremely hard to confirm such information. However, PRO Hi-Tech is a well known channel which has strong connections with many companies, so there is no doubt something at play here. Furthermore, this would not be the first time NVIDIA is accused of something like this. Sadly, the person who has confirmed this to PRO Hi-Tech is unlikely to go on record"

Videocardz / PRO Hi-Tech

Just a rumor but wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. Whats up with GPU manufacters being complete asshats this generation?

It is Nvidia and they have always be shady and has done plenty of anti-competitive things in the past so it wouldn't surprise me if it was legit. The only reason anyone puts up with it is cause buying Radeon doesn't feel like enough of an upgrade compared to a similarly priced Nvidia card. Intel if they get rolling is a bigger treat to Nvidia than Radeon will ever be. Outside of Raster, Radeon has been pathetic to say the least but Intel has not only shown they can keep up with Nvidia is a lot of areas, they are willing to undercut them significantly while doing so.

Intels QuickSync has always been an overlooked feature but even on their potato iGPUs, it would allow them to keep up with Nvidia's dGPUs in video encoding/decoding. Intels XeSS is generally seen as being better than FSR but still not quite up to par with DLSS but the fact that it is Ai accelerated for a first gen product shows promise. And their Ray Tracing is also great. Their drivers are the biggest kneecap but they have improved massively since launch. So if Intel can get their shit together, they can provide a full CPU+GPU solution than Nvidia simply can't and potentially without needing to skimp out on features that people would want.