Season 11 Has HIDDEN PvP Tech [GUIDE] | Sea of Thieves

Huge PvP W?

[ralphcole]

Interestingly, while this certainly is a huge win for people searching out PVP, I believe it has also made Reaper dodging easier as well. For instance, you could finish any given voyage/quest/adventure, then turn in loot (there will be less of it, and it'll be worth more). After that you could take a quick look around the map, and if you see a level 3-5 Reaper lurking about, you could decide to dive with this exact technique until you find a server with lower level (or no) reapers. Just an interesting note IMO

[GMax]

I'm more curious about this "bug that shall not be named" - say it!

[joja]

We will see if rare will introduce a hard timer on dives or not. But for now this is some crazy tech

[garydose]

I loved SoT when I played it. I hope the people who still play it love it, but I think server hopping changed the gameplay loop too much for me. I liked the slow burn and self contained adventure of a server.
In 2018 a session had almost strategy game vibes. A server was like a 2 phase match between 4 teams with an early game land phase (gathering supplies and loot) and a late game naval phase (gathering other people's supplies and loot). In phase 1 ships tried to gather loot and supplies faster than the other ships. Once ships felt stocked enough they transition to naval phase and begin challenging other ships for their loot and supplies. A ship could win by naval skill, boarding parties, or attriting the other ships supplies. Typically the winning ship would get the loot and some supplies from the sunk ship and then would try to conquer the other ships for their supplies and loot. A ship could dominate a server, or alliances could form to fight a much better ship, or a ship could take advantage of a close naval battle and escape with all the loot. And then win or lose next time you played it was a fresh start on even playing field.
These days, spawning in feels joining a PvP match that is already half way done, as a new ship has no supplies and other ships are fully stocked. I know players can exploit tall tales to get supplies quickly, but that takes away the magic and adventure of the world.

[nzog]

Alrighty, for a pve update ive been sunk by pvp players more this season than i was sunk last season.

[gartacusthebold]

Yeah I was mind blown when I realized diving didn't keep you on the same server. WOOO to never-ending emissaries to sink!!!

[WorldofChap]

Been doing this a bunch all week and it has been so fun!

[eagleeye]

I hunt reapers because I love pvp and they always have a good bit of loot on there ship so seeing more would definitely make me happy

[hegemon]

I still can't believe how good S11 is for everyone. Good job Rare!

[proteuswest]

As soon as they proposed this, I realized this would be a really good thing for Reaper server hoppers, and I have doubts that they'll change it since it is endemic to the system. Reapers can and should be feared, and with so many more emissaries out there, there is an awful lot to hunt for on the open seas.

[alexyauffeves]

Ok that gets me excited! I'm a weird pirate. I don't like attacking innocent players. I do PvE in a hope to get attacked and defend my loot. I'm really hoping this will become a thing, and that we'll regularly get bloodthirsty pirates interfering with our voyages.

[jeffreylooter]

When I heard you keep your emissary flag when you dive I immediately thought of this

[NotDocs]

Awesome tech! I'ma use this a lot. Thanks!

[oZavas]

Some more useful information from blurbs. Thank you man.

[frogboi]

Cool to see this is an option now, I’ll definitely have to try it so I can level up reapers’s cause the new skelly cosmetics look good

[amethyst_dawn]

As someone who spends as much time getting jumped as I do actually fighting, I'm glad to see the PvP side of PvPvE still getting boosts.
Just goes to show that through improving the base mechanics of the game, Rare is boosting the game for everyone.

[luigigaminglp]

As soon as i knew diving to voyages was a thing i knew this was it.

You can also dive to Sea forts to stock up on ressources and get reaper 5.

[DeadeyeSeaDog]

Honestly this change is kinda sexy. If they make it to were you can choose the island you go to its gonna be litty no cap.

[melon]

what is this bug you forshadowed in the introduction?

[HororKodStudio]

You can always (ALWAYS) count on Blurbs to find PVP features in the PVE updates. God I love this man.