Sea of Thieves Livestream Answers - via Sea of Thieves HQ - 28th August 2018

@knifelife said

And being the only person it seems on the planet who doesn’t want fishing in game I find it brilliant we had a interview per say and it wasn’t brought up aha!

You're not alone mate.
Fishing would be pointless in this game unless we could cook and eat the fish for an added health boost.

@katttruewalker Thank you yet again for relaying the news here.

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I'm sorry but after hearing the same ol' lines for the past five months it's easy to sound a little cynical.

• Bits in the captains quarter, such as the small ship, has been prototyped for use, and will be given function as the updates come out.

I'd prefer their focus placed on the brigantine interior.

• They are currently working on unused skelly forts, because some are more complex and pathing is more complicated. Soontm. May stagger their release.

Good to finally see hear of work being done towards making these forts functional.

• Raising tankard "only a matter of time".

It wouldn't hurt if drinking wasn't even in the game, or at least not on a vessel making crew members less than useless. But whatever.

• Barrel UI change coming, you go into the barrels now, so they store more than one item.

Hey, so anyone could be a stowaway inside a barrel now?
edit: After seeing the stream myself, turns out you can only look in the barrels not "go into" them.

• They've "barely even scratched the surface" - When asked about adding more weapons.

• More types of cannonballs is possible and more types of weapons are coming, not in the next few updates though.

• Pets in 2019 minimum. want to make it be functional, interact with the world etc

• More cursed chests are coming, cursed artefacts too!

Yeah yeah yeah, more promises without an actual time placed on them. Not even a rough estimate.
It's like telling the kids to be good in January because Santa's "coming soon".

Although I don't care for pets in this game, pets have been mentioned in many of their videos since launch, as if they are the next thing to expect. And now we hear that they won't be in this year makes you wonder about anything else they say they have on the back burner.

• Something small soon to enrich the Athena grind, Medium term a slightly larger update for PL's. Proper visit for PL's changes are long term.

And not a half year too "soon".

• Something about skeleton ships, i missed it :( Think it was something to do with making them something other than their post-cursed sails implementation; which they said was indication by a ship shaped cloud in the sky.

Thank goodness for suggestions on the forums. They'd be lost without us. lol

• "Puzzles on islands"? Loves the idea of it, but not sure how you would make it repayable, its a problem they want to find a solution to.

As are a lot of half baked ideas. You'd think a "road map" would consist of more than a single column list of words. But here we are.

• "Interesting idea harpoons, wish we'd thought of it" (/S). "What would you harpoon though, i'd feel bad about harpooning whales". ??????

• They've identified that forts need merchant alliance loot. Coming soon!

• More mermaid lore and underwater part of the game is something they want to explore and is coming

• Shop above Order of Souls will be used and outpost buildings will be expanded as they introduce more NPC's

• Man-of-war with 6+ players has been discussed, no immediate plans.

• They acknowledged the need for more women's clothing

More words saying as little as possible.

• Rowboats will have storage, but not ammo.

Finally some information other than just saying they've acknowledge the feedback.
Does it make the Ugo any better by the manufacturers acknowledging that the Ferrari is a faster vehicle?

• Not currently planning to add dolphins or whales; they don't like the idea of those creatures being targets. (Edit: upon rewatching, it might just be dolphins he has a problem with. He seemed more open to a Moby D**k kind of whale, but still not excited about it. Seems like they want more predator style wildlife in general.)

Simply make dolphins and whales non-static (immune to any form of harm). It's not rocket science.

The rest did give some info such as "Oh we hadn't thought about that", "maybe", "we've acknowledged it" and "it's just a matter of time".

Sometimes we are fooled into thinking that they are revealing news but when you just read the answers it's the same four replies I mentioned above. :/
Sorry for coming across negatively but it's depressing to hear the same scratched record.
Actions speak louder than words. So until I see that red clothed fat butt coming down the chimney I won't be holding my breath.

So what was actually revealed or answered straight forward?
. Barrel UI change coming, you go into the barrels now, so they store more than one item.
. They are currently working on unused skelly forts
. Rowboats will have storage, but not ammo.
. The Devil's Roar won't have a skelly fort initially, but will eventually have one.
. The Forsaken Shores' side quest will always stick around, not just limited to the release event.

@lifewcoke lol Sounds like they would need to hand us fish bowls to capture them.

If using the traditional line and hook then wouldn't we need different bait? Or do we just kill anything that isn't the right colour?

@sgt-palooggoo Right?
I'm glad that they don't want to see dolphins or whales harmed but they just take the easy way out.

All non-threatening animals should be non-static, like the birds flying overhead in the game.
When adding any animal to the game they have a conscious decision to make them static or not. It's not hard.

The chickens and pigs could be released on the quest island if not the correct colour.
Better yet, make them only trapped when you have a contract for that specific animal. This does away with the merchant cheese.