Ah is it that point of the month already? Rare have up to date their seafaring pirate ’em up and as common there are new issues that may kill you. The Haunted Shores replace for Sea Of Thieves provides fleets of spooky ghost ships directed by huge unhealthy Captain Flameheart. They’ve made updates to the non-verbal callouts system and, essential for yours actually, a radial picker for enjoying tunes in your devices.
The marquee change is in fact the spooky ghost ships. They can pop up across the sea to hassle you similar to skeleton ships and megalodons however might be referred to as up on cue for a struggle as nicely. Rare say that ghost ships are extra agile than different enemies on the seas. You’ll must dodge their creepy phantom cannonballs and mines that float within the water. If you ship the entire fleet again to the underside of the ocean, you’ll do battle with Flameheart’s flagship the Burning Blade.
On the standard of life facet, Rare are making some modifications to how the non-verbal system works. Previously, you may pull up a radial menu that permits you to name out essential issues like approaching ships, instructions, or the truth that you’re holding a chest your crew wants. That textual content will get displayed on display screen should you don’t care to are unable to speak through microphone.
Rare are making some modifications so that almost all essential callouts like “Enemy here!” take precedence over context-sensitive ones. They’re additionally swapping the default controller button used to open the menu in order that gamers can run and name out on the similar time. You can learn some extra detailed notes about changes to the non-verbal system as nicely.
Big on my record is the brand new shanty choice radial menu. Formerly, pulling out your instrument and beginning to play would provide you with a random choose from all of the Sea Of Thieves tunes. I can’t rely the variety of occasions I’ve stood on the deck successfully urgent “skip song” by beginning and stopping my instrument till I land on the tune I needed. As an added bonus, now I’ll know extra tune names in addition to simply Ride Of The Valkyries.
You can examine the remainder of Rare’s modifications to Sea Of Thieves within the 2.0.16 patch notes.