Forsaken Shores Balancing issues with volcanoes

I have to agree, they are going off they too often and last way too long.
You can barely get anything done before you have to leave the island again, only for it to go off again after soon after you return, finally killed the skeletons shooting cannonballs at your ship and finished repairing it.

They need to increase the time between eruptions, it is just too much right now.

@call-me-biscuit Not at all, both me and my regular shipmate agrees.
My shipmate is also a getting targeted by those eruptions. 5 times in a row, 5! he got hit in the face by the first volley.
It was freaking hilarious for me, not so much for him.
But yeah, you have our votes on the whole "increase time between eruptions" thing. Between the quakes, skeletons on cannons, boiling water, Meg and geysers, the volcanos going off every 5 minutes is not viable.

@call-me-biscuit yeah I have been killed several times and several ships sunk from over active volcano

@Call-Me-Biscuit agree with you and the others here completely. I posted my thoughts like this in the patch discussion thread. Also called for balancing by dialing back on the frequency, range, and damage. Glad to see others giving good, critical feedback on this.

Some say it is supposed to be a challenge. New challenges are welcomed. However, any new challenges must also be fun and worth doing. Most importantly fun. The fun factor in Devil’s Roar rapidly declines the longer one sails that part of the sea. My family and friends already decided we will complete the commendations and continue our voyages elsewhere.

There is no fun wasting time sailing all around these fiery islands. It can be way too tedious and frustrating traveling back and forth to just keep a ship afloat avoiding this molten craziness. Gets old and boring fast. Rowboats do not help either. They are way too fragile and a bit clunky. Not worth the bother which is very disappointing.

Odds are too high you lose more loot than you actually get to turn in. Ridiculous that a sea worthy duo sloop crew both get killed instantly by one hit from a flying lava rock which also puts so many holes in your ship that it sinks before you can make it back off the ferry. Causing all your efforts for the extra time spent to be wasted.

You can actually get higher rewards spending time sailing outside the Devil’s Roar despite the value of mostley renamed, reskinned loot. Spouse and I are going to tick over to Pirate Legends next time we set sail. Doubt we will bother to do them in the Devil’s Roar. Also crazy there is no merchant vendor in the Devil’s Roar yet. The Devil’s Roar outpost erupting is just stupid. It should never erupt. Makes no sense at all.

It is a shame as the idea is very cool. The execution of the geysers work well mechanically, however too many pop at the same time making it difficult to walk around, especially when counting paces and digging, making it a bit tedious a lot. Fun to use them against skeletons by drawing them into them. A missed opportunity to use them to jump to places out of reach otherwise. Could have been used for some fun commendations.

The volcanoes as they are now is going to make the Devil’s Roar another limited time thing just like all the other content so far. Getting tired of short lived content that goes to waste. The Devil’s Roar could have been a fun, regular place to sail. It looks great, just does not play great.

Maybe the Devil’s Roar can still can be a place for our ships to continue visiting if this feedback is sincerely listened to. Considering all the lingering issues, poorly implemented changes, and disappointing updates, there seems to be a need for more, wider spread gameplay testing and feedback.

@r3b3lspy said in Forsaken Shores Balancing issues with volcanoes:

@admiral-rrrsole I went in Ashen Reaches on a rowboat and spent 40 minutes without any active Volcano, I think they go off almost immediately if you go in your ship forcing to use your row boat.

Hopefully the use of a rowboat is not being forced. If true, it would be totally against an open world sandbox game where all of us pirates should be able to sail or row the way we want to, when we want to.

@x-crowheart-x Rare has been forcing players to play a certain way from the beginning...

@BETSILL, @R3B3lSpy

Yes in some ways that is true. This would be different and wrong. Does not make any sense if true. Will test today. Rowboats were fun and gave some laughs for a short while. Not worth the time and effort really. A pirate with flatulence can sink them.

as i stated in another post, i was trying to do gold hoarders and we couldnt stay on the island longer than 45 seconds. we kept sailing away and coming back 5 times in a row before we just uncovered the X marks the spot and ditched the chests. My friend wanted to stop playing and i was extremely frustrated by that. challenge is good but logic was being tested. Doesnt make it fun to play.

@r3b3lspy said in Forsaken Shores Balancing issues with volcanoes:

@x-crowheart-x It is an addition to the game and it is always welcome, they are there to stay, it is the same as Devil's Roar, if it bothers you you have 3 other peaceful regions to go and loot and use the row boa too but if you do not like it you do not have to go in the row boat at all, it is not even attached to your ship when you spawn, you have to go and look for one, so in your case you can ignore them and be happy on Shores of Plenty while other players are happy using the rowboat and navigating Devil's Roar, I'm glad that we have options now.

Thank you for the advice. However, I always sail where I want, when I want, and how I want. A hostile region or players do not bother me at all. Have completed earning everything in Devil’s Roar.

I do not dislike rowboats. Rowboats should be in the game. There are things in Devil’s Roar that could have been done better and definitely play much better. That is why there are players giving feedback.

As far as the way you approach an island with a volcano, it really does not matter if you are in a rowboat or not. Volcanos as they are can be better. That is why issues with volcanos are being discussed here.

Options are indeed good. As rowboats are not really necessary if you do not want to use them. That is the way it should always be. Players play as they want and not be forced otherwise.

Happy sailing!

@r3b3lspy what is random

@call-me-biscuit said in Forsaken Shores Balancing issues with volcanoes:

I just wanted to voice my opinion on Forsaken Shores.

So Forsaken Shores seems like it could be a really cool place to explore and could be fun to do voyages there. The reason why I say 'Could' is because a big issue I personally believe in is that there are some very clear balancing issues (No, I'm not talking about when the earth shakes...) what hinder the fun and makes it very frustrating.

So the issue I want to bring up what I think is causing all of this, is the volcanoes. Look, I'm not saying the volcanoes need to go, I think they can play a very great part to the game with some great intense moments and stories to come from them, but surely I can't be the only one thinking "These volcanoes are going off way too often, for way too long". right?

It is volcano eruption, after volcano eruption, after volcano eruption. They are constantly going off (And I'm sure Joe Neate even said in a developer update video before launch that they have tweaked the volcanoes to not last so long and erupt less, if that is the case, then I don't want to even think how it was before.)

How can we get anything done and have fun when the island what just had an eruption, then gets another one in roughly 1 minuet again on the same island? (Not even joking, this happened to my crew multiple times). It becomes frustrating, tedious and boring.

Also when you sink and lose your treasure, it sinks ridiculously fast in the devils roar. (To the point where we spawned roughly 3 islands away from where we sank, and it was gone already). If volcanoes were reduced, I imagine it would put less stress on the game trying to perform (maybe?) meaning it won't have to immediately eliminate any objects away from players.

I get that it's meant to be hard and challenging, and I'm fine with that, I love a good challenge, but this is too much to the point that it's not hard because we need to adapt and 'git gud', it's just hard because it's unfair and unbalanced. The volcanoes need to erupt less often so we can actually have time to explore and do our voyages. Then when they do erupt, it feels fresh and intense as it's not every 30 seconds that it happens.

There is something great here, but hindered by this one issue. I just wanted to share my opinions as I am very passionate about Sea of Thieves and want to do my part, even if it's small, to make the game better for the community and RARE.

Cheers for reading.

Other than back to back eruptions, volcanos are fine. I been sailing in the devils roar the past weak and I think I sank once, but to be fair I have been on galleons. I just don't think Devil's roar was meant to be soloed.

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