It's unfortunate that there's so much misunderstanding in this video. Some corrections: Smaller ships have been confirmed and I'm pretty sure they've said no levels. Progression is based on customization for you and your ship. The UI is minimalist on purpose to avoid clutter and there are multiple outposts to return treasure to and interact with NPC's.
Rare have been really open about the game and there's a lot of information in the (semi) monthly podcasts and their YouTube channel. Maybe I've just been paying too much attention to the game.
(Copy and pasted this comment I made on YouTube that isn't showing up for some reason. Thought some people might enjoy the info.)
If you copy/paste links into YouTube comments they often get marked as Spam and hidden until someone goes through and reviews them. This rarely happens super-quickly, though.
I thought this might be the case, but it's the first time I've ever posted a comment on YouTube so I wasn't sure. Thanks for confirmation. :)
I hope that you and the rest of the crew check out those links if you're genuinely interested in the game. They cover a lot of your questions and concerns like progression, structure, goals and ability to play solo (you can do it, but you're in the same shared world as other pirates so you'll need to stay even more alert).
It's unfortunate that there's so much misunderstanding in this video. Some corrections: Smaller ships have been confirmed and I'm pretty sure they've said no levels. Progression is based on customization for you and your ship. The UI is minimalist on purpose to avoid clutter and there are multiple outposts to return treasure to and interact with NPC's.
Rare have been really open about the game and there's a lot of information in the (semi) monthly podcasts and their YouTube channel. Maybe I've just been paying too much attention to the game.
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