Ep. 340 Armory Changes, Blowdarts, Season 14 Preview!

This week in Sea of Thieves we got a new Sea of News video and here are things covered in this episode =)

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Gilded Voyages: Returning from October 10-17 for all four major voyage-based trade companies.
Twitch Drops: From October 17-21, you can earn the Seasoned Sailor Pistol, Sage Seadog Shovel, and Drum.
SoT Vinyl: Available again on iam8bit.
New Soundtrack: “Making Mischief” releases on October 11.
New Art Book: Available for purchase here.
Golden Scallywag Contest: https://www.seaofthieves.com/news/golden-scallywags

New Mechanics:
- Hiding on the outer edge of a hull.
- Setting bear traps.
- Using blow darts, including exploding ones that can be extinguished with water.
New Items and Costumes:
- Midnight Prowler costume set.
- Ninja-style weapons.
- Fabric wraps in various colors.
- Lucky Hand Ship and Weapon Sets.
- Rusted skulls clothing, makeup, and accessories.
New Emotes:
- Leaning against barrels.
- Crouching/sneaking.
- Walking with a barrel hide emote.

Anti-Cheat Measures:
- Enhanced Anti-Cheat (EAC) system to combat hacks.
- Dedicated team working on new cheats.
- Autobans for ship teleporting, trident manipulation, and flying players.
Player Safety:
- Improved security to reduce negative interactions.
- Enhanced chat with profanity filtering.
- Measures against stream sniping and chat abuse.
Game Performance:
- Optimizations for ship loading during dives and hourglass events.

Sneaky Season:
- Changes to the armory, making loadouts more significant.
- Armory on ships will be accessible only to the ship’s crew.
- Introduction of the Grapple Gun for repositioning during chases.

Insider Information Flow: Efforts to improve the flow of information to insiders.
Release Process Changes: Calls to remove the NDA for better transparency.

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