The Sea of Thieves developers planned to take gold from players when they die. The community did not think that was cool at all. Now, the feature is being scrapped.
Those who die in Sea of Thieves go to the Ferry of the Damned and must wait for a certain time before they are allowed back on deck of their ship. The developers also planned a tax that the deceased player would have to pay for their death. However, the community found it not funny at all that they would have to pay for their death.
Now, the developers have thrown these plans overboard.
No more death costs in Sea of Thieves
When it became known that there would be death costs in Sea of Thieves due to a future update, some players took to arms. “In the game, you are a pirate on the high seas, and now you have to pay when you die? IN A PVP GAME?”
Afterwards, the developers explained that it was never planned to charge costs for PvP deaths. However, that was still not what the community wanted. Players were completely against this idea of costs.
This feedback reached the developers at Rare. Producer Joe Neate tweeted that the death costs are “dead” and now gone.
Furthermore, Rare is commenting on the griefing problems that currently exist in Sea of Thieves. There are currently issues with pirate crews camping other players. They kill the other crew, wait for them to respawn, and kill them again. This happens over and over until the dominant crew has had enough.
Rare states that they are reading the feedback on griefing and are aware of it. They are now considering what short-term changes the developers can implement to combat griefing. An update on this topic and further feedback points will come later this week.
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