In the new year 2019, Sea of Thieves wants to improve its quests and lore. This could bring some players back on board.
What is new? In an interview, Sea of Thieves Producer Joe Neate explained what improvements are planned for Sea of Thieves in 2019. With more quests and lore, they want to enhance the game.
How Sea of Thieves plans to improve in 2019
What is planned? Since its launch in March 2018, new content for Sea of Thieves has been regularly released. This is set to continue in 2019, with developer Rare encapsulating the pirate adventure in story and lore. Until now, there has only been limited story. They want to expand on that now.
“… some players want guided goals, lore, and story. We know that we are underdelivering in that area. But we have already proven that we can do it and that it works in the shared world with campaigns like The Hungering Deep or Cursed Sails, where lore and story are incorporated,” explains Joe Neate in the interview with Gamereactor.
How did The Hungering Deep and Cursed Sails work? In both campaigns, it was about players working with the environment. They were supposed to interact with NPCs or hidden objects waiting on various islands. This told stories. In the end, there was ultimately new gameplay from this content.
What’s next in 2019: This storytelling of the campaigns is to be expanded. And this with a completely new quest system that is based on stories and lore.
“… we have had a team working for a while on a new, improved quest system based on stories and lore in this shared world. It was originally supposed to be our fourth update. But we have pushed it to next year [2019] because we want to expand and enlarge it further.”
The Arena is also coming to Sea of Thieves soon:
Community Wish Fulfilled: Already after the first test phases of Sea of Thieves, players wished for a quest system that guides the pirates, shows them the world, and gives them tasks.
The lack of such a system was often criticized. Perhaps Sea of Thieves will attract more players again with the new quests and story, those who do not simply want to experience their adventures in an open world but prefer to focus on quests. Will Sea of Thieves become more interesting for you again?
