Sea of Thieves is something I commonly write about here. Either I’m running out of ideas, or my childhood desire to be a “goody guy” pirate has seeped into my 30-year-old brain. Whatever the reason I’m once again asking you to pay attention while I discuss the latest major change to this sea full of adventurers, reapers and griefers.
On a recent voyage, I was told that there was something I needed to see. Setting sail on a merchant quest (I told you, good guy pirate) I finished up with a boat load of plunder and decided to take myself off to my favourite outpost, and the closest, Golden Sands. However, I’d been warned before hand that things might not be the way I remembered them. I got close to my destination and oh yes, things seemed grim. A green fog not unlike the one surrounding the Fortress of the Dammed is now all over Golden Sands and the outpost itself, gone. No people, the buildings all wrecked and burning and worst of all, nowhere to sell my precious loot!
This all seems to be leading into the upcoming in-game event for Season 6, but I’d be lying if I wasn’t still a little on edge! Golden Sands is arguably most people’s favourite outpost in the game, being an idyllic tropical island in the quietest part of the map and commonly a place where crews DON’T screw each other over for a few extra mermaid gems. So, seeing as it’s now gone, it seems likely that any island is fair game for destruction.
What I’ve seen as even more disturbing that the island’s destruction, however, is the conspicuous absence one large flaming face in the sky. Oh yes, the bane of many people’s questing, Flameheart is gone. While a few out there are sad to see him go, I reckon most of us won’t miss his constant taunting and the chance that mid quest we might end up stuck when an island we need to visit is suddenly surrounded by a ghostly fleet. The interesting thing though is what might have led Flameheart to jack in his claim to the Sea of Thieves? He doesn’t seem like the type to back down… and now he’s just gone?
Hopefully, the upcoming adventure will help us solve the mystery of this green fog, and if so, maybe we can save our precious Golden Sands! However, with the game being a live world, it’s hard to see how and when the Sands could come back for all of us? Stay tuned!