Season 14 ofSea of Thievesintroduced the much-requested ability to crouch and sneak around, but Rare has had to roll back the update. Season 14 ofSea of Thieveswas released on October 17 and has since been struggling with bugs and issues that went “under the radar” during the testing phase. The team has since had to disable several of the newest features, including crouching, which has an inexplicable but hilarious effect of accidental invincibility.
Earlier this week,theSea of Thievesupdate was announcedwith a very tongue-in-cheek reveal trailer, poking fun at themselves for taking over six years to add a seemingly simple mechanic to the popular pirate high-seas adventuring MMO. However, afterencountering many issues with the update at launch,Rare has decided to roll the update back.
Speaking on theSea of ThievesYouTube, Production Director Drew Stevens states: “We’re really unhappy about the quality of Season 14’s launch and we’re going to be taking some pretty drastic steps to get us back in control.” As part of this,the game is disabling some of the features it has just added,including crouching, setting traps, and hanging from ledges.
Sea Of Thieves Season 14 Rollback Is Not The First Time This Has Happened
Similar Issues Plagued The Game’s Previous Updates
Sea of Thievesis great at playing along with fans, and their interactions are often positive and funny, as can be seen from the way they announced crouching in the first place. However,a fun attitude is not a replacement for a good product,and the game has consistently struggled with updating issues.
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Several comments on the YouTube video note that they keep seeing similar videos and updates from theSoTteam, as something alwaysseems to go wrong in updates. The developers have tried creating aspecialized team of devs and players to playtest new features before they go live,but the tight update schedule means that some bugs make it through to publication due to time constraints.
Fans Beg Rare To Stop Updating Sea Of Thieves Monthly
They’d Rather Have Less Frequent But More Stable Updates
In a comment that’s already garnered over 1.5K likes, YouTube userProthalassicwrites a heartfelt request to Rare that resonates with other fans. In it, he says that the open communication about the issues is appreciated, “but these problems are so consistent that Rare needs to seriously reconsider their seasonal models.” The user points out that theSea of Thievesteam has vowed to be better about quality assurance and pre-update bug squashing before, buthas consistently failed to deliver on those promises.
“If every single update is suffering from a lack of quality control, you need to re-evaluate your seasonal model and the way you give players content,” writes Prothalassic. Other comments seem to share the sentiment, sending the clear message to Rare thatthey would rather have fewer updates if it also means fewer issueswith these updates.
Rare has already seen that theSea of Thievescommunity is patient and willing to wait over six years for a key gameplay feature without complaint. The team has built a great rapport with its fans, so hopefully Rare can find a solution that works for everyone.
