Insider Patch Notes 2.8.4.7
Insider Update 2.8.4.7 is now live. To go along with your cool new Monkey Island cosmetics, players now also have the chance to add some new Ashen Dragon cosmetics to their collection. Simply head to your nearest outpost store to see all the new goodies on offer. Just be careful not to burn yourself when handling these fiery beauties!
As always, if you encounter any bugs, then please head to the
Sea of Thieves support site and let our Player Support team know.
Gameplay Improvements
*Sword Combat Flow Improvements *
- Improvements have been made to the flow of Sword combat when two opponents are dueling, ensuring that the player to land the first strike retains the upper hand in the encounter.
- Previously, dueling players could strike each other during their combo, providing confusing feedback and resulting in players simply striking repeatedly in attempts to overwhelm the opponent.
- In this Insiders update however, if an attacking player lands the first strike, they now consistently retain the upper hand and can land the second and third hits of their combo. The defending player is now interrupted from attacking back and should encourage them to switch to defense using the block or move to avoid the strikes.
*Blocking Improvements *
- Following Insiders feedback, players are no longer prevented from jumping through an opposing player to ensure player movement remains fluid during encounters.
- To improve the consistency of blocking with a sword however, the angle and range of the defender's block has now been modified to account for scenarios where players are overlapping. Defending players using block will now find that even when another player has jumped into the same space, they are still able to block incoming strikes.
*Hit Registration Improvements *
- Improvements to how the client and server stay in sync during ship movement, to improve hit detection on a moving ship.
Outpost Cosmetics
*New Outpost Stock! *
- The Outpost weaponsmiths and clothing stores have received a shipment of new items within the Ashen Dragon set. A new clothing set is now available for purchase along with the Heavy and Rapier swords, all available for gold.
- Pirates can also pick up the fetching Ponytail Hair and Silver Beaded Moustache from the clothing stores.
Known Issues
*Guilds of Gold *
- Once a player has been in a session their Guild Level will no longer show in the Frontend.
- The Ship in a Bottle Trinket is not showing at the Shipwright.
- Players cannot earn Reputation for their Guild unless they're part of a Guild Emissary.
- Some players are currently unable to access Guild features on Xbox One consoles.
Fixed Issues
*Gameplay *
- Controller players using Aim Assist will find the camera no longer moves upwards when moving down a steep hill and facing towards an enemy.
*‘Journey to Melee Island’ *
- Players can no longer inspect the Citizens items during his hand in sequence, to prevent overlapping dialogue.
- The liquid in the Corina’s pot now moves.
- The History Book has now been repositioned on its stand.
- Clocktower is now set to the correct time when starting the Tale from a Checkpoint.
*Sea of Thieves On-Demand *
- ‘Lords of the Sea’ - The subtitles for Davy Jones and Calypso now appear when diving to Chapter 2 of the Tale.
- ‘Captains of the Damned’ & ‘A Pirates Life’ – When diving to any of the Tale checkpoints, players will now surface near to a Tunnel of the Damned.
- ‘Shroudbreaker’ - If starting the Tale from the final chapter, the Mysterious Stranger will now consistently be present.
- All Wayfinder trap skeleton now appear correctly.
- New details have been added to the Lost Shipments voyage quest parchment to make the objective of the quest clearer to players.
*Guilds of Gold *
- Guild Reward clothing will now appear in the players clothing chest.
*Pirate Emporium *
- The Collector's Pets tab no longer contains placeholder imagery.
- The Mad Monkey Cannons textures no longer change when moving around a Brig or Galleon.
- The Mad Monkey flag can now be equipped to a Brig.
*Text and Localisation *
- When players switch to a non-English language within the language settings a range of dialogue show should now appear translated as intended.
*Performance and Stability *
- Enabling the Game Transcription Override will no longer cause players to experience being disconnected from their session.
- Players will no longer experience being disconnected from their session when facing an emergent enemy.
- Improved server stability for Xbox players to reduce instances where players become disconnected from their session.
