{"id":190758,"date":"2021-02-11T01:54:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T01:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/skull-bones-sea-thieves-key-difference-ship-stat-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2021-02-11T01:54:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T01:54:08","slug":"one-key-difference-from-sea-of-thieves-could-make-or-break-skull-and-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/11\/one-key-difference-from-sea-of-thieves-could-make-or-break-skull-and-bones\/","title":{"rendered":"One Key Difference From Sea of Thieves Could Make or Break Skull and Bones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ubisoft\u2019s Skull and Bones<\/em><\/strong> is an upcoming pirate game which hopes to take a successful element of Assassin\u2019s Creed: Black Flag<\/em>,\u00a0naval battles, and expand those principles into a full game set in the Indian Ocean. However, updates about the game since its reveal at E3 2017 have been few and far between.<\/p>\n

Sea of Thieves<\/em> has set the standard for modern multiplayer pirate games, and there will likely be more than a few similarities between Sea of Thieves<\/em> and the way Skull and Bones<\/em><\/a> handles ships and multiplayer. However, one difference already hinted at in Skull and Bone<\/em>s\u2019 promotional material could make or break Ubisoft\u2019s swashbuckling adventure game.<\/p>\n

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When designing Sea of Thieves<\/em>\u2019 multiplayer, developer Rare<\/a> made a key decision regarding the game\u2019s balancing. Sea of Thieves<\/em> players can use gold to upgrade their ships aesthetically, but there\u2019s no way for players to spend their in-game booty to make their ships faster, cannons more powerful, or otherwise upgrade their ship for combat in any way.<\/p>\n

The only stat differences between ships in Sea of Thieves<\/em><\/a> are found between the different types of ships themselves, all of which are available to players from the get-go. A galleon, for example, has a stronger hull and has more cannons, but this comes at the cost of speed and generally requires a larger crew to operate. On the other end of the spectrum, a smaller ship like a sloop is able to move far quicker and be operated by a smaller crew, but has far less firepower and resilience than its larger counterparts.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons this works so well is that it has likely helped Sea of Thieves<\/em>\u2019 multiplayer<\/a> community sustain itself with a steady stream of new arrivals. If long-time players were able to upgrade their ships\u2019 weapons and armor, there would be a risk that new players would find themselves completely outmatched and unable to attain the treasure needed for those upgrades even if they tried, especially several years after the game\u2019s initial release. Instead, the success of a crew in Sea of Thieves<\/em> is mostly determined by its coordination and skill at handling its ship, making the game far more accessible to new players once they\u2019ve been shown the ropes.<\/p>\n

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