Starfish, Fishing, and Pets

  • cloudedmonkey
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    A friend of mine (who is almost a real life pirate himself) that I have been telling about the game gave me some suggestions that I thought are fantastic! So here goes.

    Starfish that you can purchase or find, that stay on you and have to be fed much like a pet. They can be physically shown on your outfit as well as be used to retrieve booty from medium distance off the side of the ship. Much like a grapling hook, only it'd be a star fish on a string or rope.
    To expand upon this idea he suggested a net or fishing system so that you could gather food for the Starfish and keep it alive.
    Let me know what you all think I'd love to hear more suggestions of this variety.
    Happy Sailing!

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  • DreadPirate9200
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    Love the idea of pets! Parrots, Monkeys, Cats or Aquatic creatures (starfish/octopus).
    If they had extra abilities that would definitely come in handy.
    Even if not really, I'd love my guy to have a little octopus sat on his hat or shoulder. :D
    Sending a pet out to grab things is a good idea but a chest might be a bit much. Maybe sending your monkey out or bananas or a parrot to collect wood... I dunno.
    Fishing is also a fantastic idea and mentioned in a few other posts, but I'd rather do it with a rod than a starfish, but I'm always up for a bit of whimsy. Haha!

  • CptnCuttlefish
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    I'm pretty sure someone mentioned something about a parrot actually being in the game. It was a while ago though, but I think pets are going to be a thing. Worse comes to worse you put a chicken on the boat and it becomes your mascot

  • Ethnine
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    @cloudedmonkey I think you will find this interesting:

    Mike Chapman said: "Everything in this trailer is everything we envisioning Sea of Thieves becoming."

  • Fantus
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    @cloudedmonkey there's a big problem with the way a lot of new forum members perceive pets due to previous game experience,

    This game should have pets, period. But pets should be more of an aesthetic thing with maybe some sort of immersion keeping single ability (I suggested months ago that a pet monkey could flick sand in your face or something). I personally want a pet pig, but I also don't want to have it constantly trapped away in a cage, as suggested with the Merchant Alliance trading company.

    I think a form of animal befriending is the way to go with this kind of stuff, Feed the animal and do stuff with it (not in like a pet simulator way but in a Sea of Thieves way).

    Maybe leave a bunch of fish carcasses out on the deck and attract a bunch of seagulls?
    Maybe leave some bird seed on the deck and dock near an island, Tropical birds?
    Maybe use some food to lead a chicken or pig directly onto you ship?

    Keep giving them food and making sure the place is clean and they could stay,
    Totally forget about them and the birds fly away or the land animals decide to ditch when near to land.

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