Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.

Did all of that. Server hopped. Connected headset. Yelled into mic friendly. Did not matter.

Making this a minimum of 5 is the worst decision. Completely leaves it up to humans being decent and that never happens. Ever.

I sympathise. It’s a leap of faith by Rare.

Wait at shark bait cove. By the law of averages a decent crew will happen at some point for you.

@vendettaas said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

Just spent 2 hours sailing my extremely slow sloop to T26 waiting and praying for a crew to come along. Used the trumpet to plead with incoming crews.

WE'RE FRIENDLY!!! TRUCE!!!! ETC.

Got bombarded with cannonballs and sunk. I will never get to complete this quest because you made a STUPID decision to make it a requirement for a minimum group of 5.

The human race is terrible and cooperation is the exception, not the rule. Make it so it's a 4 man quest.

To me this update literally did nothing but change the title screen. What a waste. Game deserves to die out if all the content is held at literal gunpoint by griefing players who can't read.

Yep. I already did THD so now I sink anyone else trying to do it. Why? To make me own fun.

@stubbierbell598 people like you, bragging about being the very toxicity ruining this for others, should be banned for 24 hrs, 48 hrs, 72 hrs, then permanently. there's nothing to steal from them. you'd be on here bawling if someone wouldn't let you go find the books, but since you already have it done, it's fine to do it to others. nice ego you have there.

I agree with the core of your OP though I don't think the game should die out over it. If anything my feelings make me question my personal investments into the game. If the updates are going to be similar to this(which I imagine they will) then my schedule will most likely be one of many hurdles so I will definitely have to tackle this game on a more casual basis. I don't want the game to die out just because it didn't fit my mold.

I managed to solo up to the drum and haven't had too much luck in the grouping department but I also haven't had time to tackle it this week. I will be tackling that tomorrow which hopefully won't be too late...seems like interest in the event is dying fast. Find out then, fingers crossed.

I am in the same boat as you though. The event could have easily just not have happened in my experience thus far which makes me conflicted because I do like the style of this content drop. I understand what they are trying to do and clearly it has worked wonderfully for a lot of people.

The problem I find is in the fact that server hopping or external crew prep has become mandatory/the go to response. If they want me to cooperate in the game then I should be able to log in and it all be taken care of in some form of mechanic or other. One shouldn't need to sign up for discord, mess with xbox groups, create a forum account, etc etc just to experience an update.

Time will tell. This update has been interesting. We will see what they take away from it all.

@maquark said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@stubbierbell598 people like you, bragging about being the very toxicity ruining this for others, should be banned for 24 hrs, 48 hrs, 72 hrs, then permanently. there's nothing to steal from them. you'd be on here bawling if someone wouldn't let you go find the books, but since you already have it done, it's fine to do it to others. nice ego you have there.

Nothing wrong with it mate! It's called being a pirate! I see ship... I sink ship! They can fight back ya know.

@baconwrappedsac I enjoying sinking ships... if everyone is meeting in a certain spot then where better to sink em??? Nothing toxic.. just being a pirate.

@vendettaas said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

Did all of that. Server hopped. Connected headset. Yelled into mic friendly. Did not matter.

Making this a minimum of 5 is the worst decision. Completely leaves it up to humans being decent and that never happens. Ever.

When you are nice nice things happen. I had no issues and I'm a PvPer through and through. I was kind and used the tools to communicate and was able to complete it no problem and have been helping others as well.

@vendettaas It can be done, play at 8 to 11 pm (USA time) You'll have full servers all the time, and it's not that difficult to find nice people, I have done the meg 3 times till now, each time with at least 10 pirates working together.

@stubbierbell598 said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@maquark said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@stubbierbell598 people like you, bragging about being the very toxicity ruining this for others, should be banned for 24 hrs, 48 hrs, 72 hrs, then permanently. there's nothing to steal from them. you'd be on here bawling if someone wouldn't let you go find the books, but since you already have it done, it's fine to do it to others. nice ego you have there.

Nothing wrong with it mate! It's called being a pirate! I see ship... I sink ship! They can fight back ya know.

So do i but I'm not a troll.... What you are doing is trolling and acting like a child. "I did it you cant nenenenene". Grow up and treat others the way you want to be treated . also to reiterate this is coming from Boarding party Ve111a who sinks any galleon he sees and kills with our remorse to those that cross him, aka full pvp, Even I'm not that much of a rude person......

@stubbierbell598 we love running into you guys, trash talk in beginning and after 3rd time sunk we hear no in game talk comming from the ship. But I still send a message to them later saying gg. Too bad ppl aren't able to load up in same servers to do battle. Be a fun war

@ve111a said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@stubbierbell598 said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@maquark said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@stubbierbell598 people like you, bragging about being the very toxicity ruining this for others, should be banned for 24 hrs, 48 hrs, 72 hrs, then permanently. there's nothing to steal from them. you'd be on here bawling if someone wouldn't let you go find the books, but since you already have it done, it's fine to do it to others. nice ego you have there.

Nothing wrong with it mate! It's called being a pirate! I see ship... I sink ship! They can fight back ya know.

So do i but I'm not a troll.... What you are doing is trolling and acting like a child. "I did it you cant nenenenene". Grow up and treat others the way you want to be treated . also to reiterate this is coming from Boarding party Ve111a who sinks any galleon he sees and kills with our remorse to those that cross him, aka full pvp, Even I'm not that much of a rude person......

I'm just honest about it mate... I don't taunt or even talk to my victims... Just slay and sink. I be a cold ruthless pirate. I am doing nothing wrong.

@stubbierbell598 said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@ve111a said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@stubbierbell598 said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@maquark said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@stubbierbell598 people like you, bragging about being the very toxicity ruining this for others, should be banned for 24 hrs, 48 hrs, 72 hrs, then permanently. there's nothing to steal from them. you'd be on here bawling if someone wouldn't let you go find the books, but since you already have it done, it's fine to do it to others. nice ego you have there.

Nothing wrong with it mate! It's called being a pirate! I see ship... I sink ship! They can fight back ya know.

So do i but I'm not a troll.... What you are doing is trolling and acting like a child. "I did it you cant nenenenene". Grow up and treat others the way you want to be treated . also to reiterate this is coming from Boarding party Ve111a who sinks any galleon he sees and kills with our remorse to those that cross him, aka full pvp, Even I'm not that much of a rude person......

I'm just honest about it mate... I don't taunt or even talk to my victims... Just slay and sink. I be a cold ruthless pirate. I am doing nothing wrong.

Everyone thinks they are the big fish until they run into a crew like mine and are reminded quickly.... what you are doing is intentionally trolling and that's the type of childish mentality I was worried about from this DLC..... It's ok In my servers we are protecting Merrick and his Pirates so if you try to cause grief wellllll..... grief causes grief.

@ve111a
Dont let stubbs bother ya mate. For every pirate like him there is one like me who spends his days at sharkbait helping ppl get this done. And sinking anyone who tries to bother the ppl who are doin the quest. I love the pvp, so why not sink some ships while i provide protection.

@nwo-azcrack said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@ve111a
Dont let stubbs bother ya mate. For every pirate like him there is one like me who spends his days at sharkbait helping ppl get this done. And sinking anyone who tries to bother the ppl who are doin the quest. I love the pvp, so why not sink some ships while i provide protection.

This is my mentality 100% we spent yesterday helping people achieve this goal. I'd love to see his ship appear thinking he is top dog and start attacking, Moments like that I live for in sea of theives. Its always nicer sinking the "tough guys"

This is why I got the campaign done on the first day. It was an oversight by Rare, who made cooperation with other crews mandatory to access the new content, but failed to incentivise pirates who have already finished it to run through it again. This could be easily fixed by spawning loot from the beast's corpse. This would also set the stage for some pretty tense betrayals and PvP action during and after the fight with the Meg.

@stubbierbell598 said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@maquark said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@stubbierbell598 people like you, bragging about being the very toxicity ruining this for others, should be banned for 24 hrs, 48 hrs, 72 hrs, then permanently. there's nothing to steal from them. you'd be on here bawling if someone wouldn't let you go find the books, but since you already have it done, it's fine to do it to others. nice ego you have there.

Nothing wrong with it mate! It's called being a pirate! I see ship... I sink ship! They can fight back ya know.

The fact YOU are the only one who thinks this is okay should give you pause but I doubt it will. Just because you finished the event does not give you the right to prevent others from doing the same.

@stubbierbell598
Despite my bad luck thus far in this event as well as my questioning of their decision to do a coop event in this fashion I actually side with you on this one. I don't blame any of the people that have attacked me over trying to do this event. It is their right to do so and if people are playing at this point and still think pvpers magically have less rights then pve then they really REALLY should move on. It's just SoT common sense at this point.

The pvp/grief line will always be a gray area as you would have to known all sides perspectives of the situation but I look at it this way:

As the game stands if there is a ship at an island you need then you go in guns blazing or wide eyed hopeful or not at all but no matter your approach Caution is King out there...always. Just because they added an event to work together doesn't change that fact. Hungering Deep doesn't automatically make any ship at those locations friendly.

My personal dilemma with this content is in the fact that the developers know this and chose to implement the event in this fashion and in a way potentially cut out those not pvp savy. No real complaint per say but I look at it and scratch my head a bit.

I don't have to agree with your tactics but I'll certainly drink to your right to use them.

@vendettaas Here is a tale about THD

https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/749059

Defo hang around shark bait cove as you need to carry the song from there anyway... You'll meet loads of like minded pirates willing to crew up and take on the beast! We ended up doing it twice last night with different crews... The second run was with 2 full galleons and a full sloop... Be patient and you'll find others :)

@ve111a said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@nwo-azcrack said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

@ve111a
Dont let stubbs bother ya mate. For every pirate like him there is one like me who spends his days at sharkbait helping ppl get this done. And sinking anyone who tries to bother the ppl who are doin the quest. I love the pvp, so why not sink some ships while i provide protection.

This is my mentality 100% we spent yesterday helping people achieve this goal. I'd love to see his ship appear thinking he is top dog and start attacking, Moments like that I live for in sea of theives. Its always nicer sinking the "tough guys"

Me crew attacks everyone. We lose some n win some but 99% of the time we attack. PC player or pirate legend. Experienced or first time playing. I don't care. The game gives no one an advantage! If you let ye guard down to talk to some crumb on the beach then that's your fault. I used to want safezones! Still do! But so long as there are none then no excuse!!

@john-hatter said in Hungering Deep is literally unplayable at times.:

As the game stands if there is a ship at an island you need then you go in guns blazing or wide eyed hopeful or not at all but no matter your approach Caution is King out there...always. Just because they added an event to work together doesn't change that fact. Hungering Deep doesn't automatically make any ship at those locations friendly.

I've made the decision that any ship at a location linked to THD will be left alone. I will stop and ask if they need help, if they attack I will fight. Some people are having a hard time getting help and some players just don't care. I've done it twice and have yet to come across a bad pirate while doing it.

@monstermash1994
Hopefully my luck tomorrow will be something along those lines then and my friend and I can tackle the campaign. Despite agreeing with the pvpers rights I am hardly a pvper and would rather have an easier time of things when it comes to timed events. My limited look into the event has not been so good so hopefully it's just that...a limited look.