While that all sounds reasonable enough on paper, I think the key, especially longer-term, will be to make sure non-paying players still have something decent to work toward too. You’ll know exactly what you’re getting prior to making the purchase. They’re meant to be optional, and they also won’t come in loot boxes. (And dont worry, theyre fine. It’s easy to assume the worst when it comes to modern-day microtransactions, but Rare has a solid track record with running Sea of Thieves as a service and that doesn’t look to be changing anytime soon.Īccording to Neate, the developers don’t intend to sell any kind of power advantage or separate players from one another with real-world-currency purchases. Yep, you can fire your Sea of Thieves pets out of cannons. Once these and other items are initially tested with Insiders, they’ll release together in the live game. To help fund ongoing support and content updates for Sea of Thieves, the company will begin offering microtransactions – pets first, then emotes and special ship cosmetics similar to the Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark figureheads. He also spoke more broadly about Rare’s digital business model. “We took some feedback on them – they weren’t quite where we wanted them to be – but they’re getting much closer now to the place that we really want them,” Neate explained. This will actually be the second time pets have been available in the Sea of Thieves Insider Programme. Though I suspect the latter is purposeful, since hes always been portrayed as disinterested. Birds & Monkeys need to scream when fired from cannons.

While players can invite their friends on adventures, solo players are about to be a lot less lonely with the addition of four-legged friends. Sea of Thieves allows players to live out their wildest fantasies as pirates on the open seas. In a developer update, Rare’s Joe Neate spoke about the team’s current plan to test the critters with the Insider audience “fairly soon” before a wide rollout happens. pithyrumble said in Pets: Only pet improvements needed: Allow me to equip multiple pets. A furry update is heading to Sea of Thieves allowing players to adopt dogs to take with them on their journey, and yes, players can pet them. Sea of Thieves players are anxiously waiting for the opportunity to set sail with pets, but the wait shouldn’t be too much longer now.

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