A brand new Journey will start this week in Sea of Thieves, and in a brand new video, the crew particulars PvP matchmaking modifications and different enhancements on the way in which.
The Secret Wilds will go dwell on January nineteenth, and Tasha’s curse continues, so there’s extra to discover, together with a strategy to presumably uncover a few of Captain Briggsey’s secrets and techniques in any case. Possibly there’s a solution there in The Wilds.
When Season 8 started, a brand new chapter for Sea of Thieves, including in PvP through ship battles for the primary time, the response was constructive. Because it goes generally, an excessive amount of of an excellent factor is usually a little overwhelming, at the least in relation to queue occasions. Lengthy queue occasions are usually not unfamiliar to most MMO gamers, however this characteristic launched with actually lengthy queue occasions.
How this happened was affected by the way in which Sea of Thieves works, in addition to the variety of gamers who determined to help completely different factions in every area. In the end, final month, the crew promised that there can be enhancements coming quickly, and now we all know simply what to anticipate first up.
The primary change to enhance the variety of gamers accessible to combat towards is to now enable gamers who belong to the identical faction to battle. This could improve the variety of accessible battles and shorten queue occasions. They’re additionally speaking about “cross stamp migration”. Every server is split into what the crew calls stamps, and beforehand all gamers you might matchmake with needed to be on the identical stamp as you. This may change. The variety of Arenas accessible for PVP battles is being boosted from six as much as 50.
Another modifications ought to assist The general expertise. An exploit that was letting gamers goal ships with out truly being a part of the battle themselves, will not be an issue anymore. There are additionally going to be modifications in penalties, together with much less Fame loss for shedding. And plenty of different modifications.
For extra particulars, head to Sea of Thieves.
