HORRIBLE Sea Of Thieves Advice That's KILLING New Players

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Quick tip if you would prefer to anchor rather than drift to a stop: Once you are anchored, raise your sails and then your anchor. That way, you'll be stopped but will also be at the ready to make a quick getaway if the need arises.

You would be surprised how long it took me to learn not to anchor at islands when I first joined.

Sloop anchors raise really fast. Drop it to stop & then raise it again it takes barely any time at all.

Yall are killing me with this not anchoring talk. It's perfectly fine to pull up to a island and anchor! What you are failing to tell these new people is its ok to anchor but immediately raise sail and pick it up. Otherwise you're gonna have these kids' ships floating away without first anchoring.

Sea of thieves gives bad advice at times, and there is one that you didn’t mention which is sea of thieves says that playing brig with 2 players is fine when you’re choosing ship type (it says 1-2 players for sloop, 2-3 players for brig and 4 players for gally) but in reality duo brig is not going to fare well in battle at all (and probably wouldn’t even be fun because it’s a much harder ship to handle then a sloop).

Something I have noticed a lot of is veteran players intentionally giving bad advice on new player tip videos and community posts (particularly on the official Sea of Thieves YouTube channel). A lot of it is as a joke, but whether it's done as a joke or to actually trick you, new players often won't know that that advice isn't actually good (Trust me, I know from experience...). Some common ones are putting kegs on your ship (Don't unless you have to for a voyage, and if so offload them as quickly as you can), raising the "cool looking red flag" in your flag box (it marks you for PvP on the map for everyone, and is mostly used by new players who don't read its description), and the one Jon mentioned with the hourglass. So be careful with those. Also, the tip about communicating with others is very true. MICS SAVE LIVES. There have been so many instances where people try to come up to me and (at least allegedly...) be friendly when I have a massive stack of loot at an outpost. I'm naturally going to assume the worst and defend myself unless I hear your intentions and you aren't acting suspicious. Whether your stated good intentions are legitimate, or you want to trick me, use that mic! It helps a lot!

Very good video mate! However with the anchor one I have to slightly disagree its fine to drop the anchor to stop IF you raise it immediately afterwards

can't believe how many times still i see ships anchored with the sails fully deployed at islands or outposts, like, if you're on a sloop, and especially with a friend, you can drop the anchor to get the boat to reliably stop, and then immediately raise it, but i also see the larger ships anchored with lowered sails... even if you got a full crew it still takes long to raise the anchor...

If you are part of the insiders. You can already test out the ship speed changes. I personally couldn't tell a difference but i didnt stay on very long

As a primarily pvp player here’s some more mistakes I see newer players make (some that I made too) >always having sails fully lowered during pvp >prioritizing repairing holes over fighting >lowering sails when mast has gone down before repairing first mast hole causing it to fall again >not knowing the sound that boarders make when boarding/not guarding ladders Learning pvp is a difficult process and takes a while, don’t stress and have fun, good luck!

My friend has been playing for years and still drops anchor at every island because "otherwise the ship will sail away on its own" even with the sails all the way up. Lunacy.

Had a guy before right, jammed the galleon into an island in between two rocks by dropping the anchor when I was trying to turn the boat and dislodge it, so I raise the anchor and sails, nearly got it out and then the wool goes and drops all of the sails getting us stuck again, rage quit after I’m spinning the wheel to get us free and he’s stood behind me watching me lowering the rear sail after I just raised it. Like…mate go Swab the decks, watch and learn stop interfering..

I still do not understand the need to put limits or restrictions on Safer Seas. GTA Online finally made all the stuff that can be done for public session be available for private, invite only sessions without any restrictions. So my stance on new players needing to start on High Seas first still remain as they would be prepared immediately to learn how to deal with other players attacking or sinking them at the early stage of their gaming hours. Instead when they finally sunk possibly hundred of hours into the game while only playing safer seas and reaching the cap.

Another thing: put items to hot keys. For example, food to “F” so that you can quickly eat food and swap between different food types. This can save you on PvE or PvP scenarios. Just make sure you remember which one is which, the amount of times I’ve accidentally set my ship on fire thinking it was wooden planks it nuts

For players who can't be bothered to perfect The art of coasting up to an island. You can use the anchors as an emergency brake when you want to stop, then you raise all of the sails so you are no longer catching wind and then straighten the wheels so you won't rotate, after that is done you can raise the anchor so that if trouble arises you can just drop your sales and go.

I will say it's good to drop anchor in the Devil's Roar because earthquakes also shake your ship and so an unanchored ship may drift around.

I’ve been playing the game on my ps5 for almost a month and nowadays I mainly try to only use the anchor when I go to the shrines so it doesn’t sail away when I down there but I also sell any loot I have before going to one and I have yet to have anything happen to my ship. Although I kind hope there is a future update where the pets gain a unique skill or something to help out the player like for example the dog and fox being able to smell out where the buried treasure is at which would be very helpful with daily quest when the treasure is buried in the grass or at least a new ps5 exclusive weapon that is basically a cannon bazooka.

a thing i tell new players a lot when it comes the weapons is get a loadout they find fun get good with set loadout and when you have gotten good with it try a new loadout so if the time comes and you have to fight a boarder you have a loudout you are good with and can fall back on to defend or attack more easily

I've been playing the game since beta, I drop my anchor 70% of the time at islands. This is specifically a sloop thing because it takes very little time to get up and I'm always looking to see other ships. If the few seconds it takes to raise the anchor on a sloop is the difference between making it and not making it it's not going to matter to you whether you do it or not.