#💬│windrose-chat

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main sleet
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ahoy!. probably asked a million times a day.. is it too late to get into the playtest?

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blasted.. nm its too late : (

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annyway il be lurkin : P

steady linden
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dont worry. Soon we get another test

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maybe ;D

noble herald
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We all waiting for our chance 😄

fast orchid
main sleet
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im probably pushing 15k hours in survival games and "sea games" since 2015 in adition to my 15k in elite dangerous lmao.. exluding the ones i grew up with : P

fast orchid
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I feel you on that front lmao, I think the only reason I got here as early as I did was the fact that I make pirate content and am slowly going from Industry QA person to solo indie dev

main sleet
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ah cool

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this looks like its gona tick all my wants lmao

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got 6k in naval action lol i just realised : P

fast orchid
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I can safely say it ticks all mine lol, when they say Pirate Valheim they really mean it, trust me.

main sleet
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guess there wont be private servers for this

fast orchid
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Not sure, definitely not for the upcoming test but whose to say when the game actually comes out, with the way it works though I don't expect it to

jovial rivet
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wait theres an active playtest at the moment?

fast orchid
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No not yet

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Next playtest is planned to be sometime next month if all goes well

rose shell
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OFC all of that can change

fast orchid
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Again probably not, but with the word on privacy settings being added post this playtest and more feedback to come what I personally could hope to see is offline support at least for your own instance

granite oxide
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@main sleet Welcome to Crosswind!

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@rose shell essentially it is your own private server, nobody can come to your islands/server without you giving them access with a code. So you'll want to be very careful who you give that code too.

rose shell
rose shell
fast orchid
rose shell
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Industry Vet > Slowly doing the indie dev thing

narrow sentinel
granite oxide
fast orchid
narrow sentinel
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I'm a pirate game vet kojima_cool

rose shell
fast orchid
fast orchid
rose shell
elder kayak
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Its time to go to bed. have a wonderful Timezones everyone ❤️

rose shell
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good nite!

fast orchid
# rose shell It's a lot of work, but honestly seeing your vision come to life pays off. And ...

I feel that, luckily QA and Mechanical Coding / Balancing were my big passion while I was working so I got to know a lot about frameworks and making things adaptable which helps in some regards but definitely punishes me in others, I've completely ruined how flexible I make my code and now it takes a lot longer to start things up but it does mean I can easily adapt them to other mediums later.

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Now that I have assets to work with too I've found that I'm surprisingly good at level design and making sure my maps fit what you'd expect when playing a game so I do also get to have a blast when making those

tiny bramble
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recently found out about the game, reminds me of a more adult survival craft version of SoT.

Does anyone know what the servers will be like? As in 1 persistent world or more like Vrising/valheim? etc

narrow sentinel
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I'm pretty good on visual feedback but not great with technical stuff, I can make post after post with suggestions for sound elements ship designs aesthetic direction but I'm not too great at stuff like balancing and pvp related stuff

narrow sentinel
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Faq in general has a lot of information

tiny bramble
granite oxide
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This is a little more discussion from chat on the subject too other than the FAQ

narrow sentinel
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Also would reccomend a more toned down profile picture to keep in line with rule 6 regarding explict content

tiny bramble
fast orchid
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I gotta step ashore and touch grass for about an hour, y'all behave

granite oxide
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Too late, we getting into the RUM while you gone, so better hurry 😛

narrow sentinel
fast orchid
granite oxide
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@fast orchid to pick up rope and building supplies lol

fast orchid
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Supplies of some kind that's for sure

granite oxide
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hahaha

sharp basin
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Is there a way for current alpha testers to invite friends, or is that disabled currently. I really want to join the playtesting but I just found out about it now 😦 This is my literal dream game...

granite oxide
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@sharp basin Currently no, No current testing going on as well. The 2nd Alpha Playtest will not start until sometime in Early May - if all goes according to plan. Any that signed up for the playtest will be in the steam random pool to pull from - others won keys. I'm sure there will be other key giveaways 🙂 As far as why signups were turned off - they were loking for 8,000, and got nearly 140k in 1 week before it was turned off. Was a bit overwhelming to get 17 times more in a week than originally needed. Which shows a lot of interest 🙂

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@sharp basin and a hearty Welcome to Crosswind 🙂

sharp basin
fast orchid
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Just had to share that laugh I had

sharp basin
granite oxide
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Do not know if they will expand on it, or how big of a test we will have. they still not sure of how many the servers will actually hold - So the stress test will tell part of that tale 🙂

fast orchid
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I still think it's Camels Yeild Big Riggings

gusty dome
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I'm a little bit curious, who did you guys hire to sing the Seas Shanties? Because they honestly sound amazing in the YouTube video. I really want to hear the full songs.

sharp basin
granite oxide
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@sharp basin the steam invites won't go out until just before the playtest, and those that got keys will also get those just before. As far as any others - keep an eye out on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 The 2nd alpha invite was open and was closed due to the massive number already applied for it. It will be up to the Dev team to decide when to open it back up and if/when more keys given out.

surreal sierra
crude vine
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I assume ships will have npc crews later on to make the many shanty voices make sense right?

surreal sierra
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Yep, its on the roadmap to include npc crews

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crude vine
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Nice nice

granite oxide
knotty creek
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beta access?

crude vine
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Appreciate it, from what i get here, cool crew interaction and managemnt, with the hope of alao jsut having a player group in the ship to do the tasks like in sot

granite oxide
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@knotty creek Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely early May to increase level of quality. For now due to overwhelming response (nearly 140k in a week) the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there.

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The game isn't in Beta yet, This will be the 2nd Alpha Playtest.

knotty creek
granite oxide
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Game Launch is expected sometime in 2026.

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@knotty creek look at Pinned messages at bottom for Content Creator info

fast orchid
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Ahoy, this is your weekly seaweaver reminder to eat a lemon, they prevent scurvy!

granite oxide
clever valley
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really hope i get selected as a creater for this and or the playtest sign up comes back around

granite oxide
clever valley
granite oxide
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Either way can still use the kit to create content 🙂

gritty reef
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(In my opinion)

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What’s the proper term for “woman vocalist” I can’t figure out how to phrase that lol

granite oxide
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@gritty reef I'm sure later on there will be a lot more variety, however, until the game is working really well combat, survival - building, crafting, etc. That I believe is a bit further down the priorities but they will get to it for sure 🙂

surreal sierra
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Would be good aye, but if we're going for historical accuracy remember, Women were considered bad luck if on board as they would 'distract the sailors and make the sea angry'. Wouldnt make sense to have a woman sing on a ship crew. For other songs aye would be great

surreal sierra
granite oxide
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well I'm sure Anne Bonnie and MAay Reed sang and they were pirates 😄

gritty reef
gritty reef
granite oxide
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@gritty reef I'll be sure to ask and see what we can dig up on that for ya 🙂

gilded inlet
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Hello fellow pirates

granite oxide
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@gilded inlet Hello and Welcome to Crosswind!

gilded inlet
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Thank you! I will go straight to the point. Is there a release date yet?

granite oxide
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Sometime in 2026, unknow as to when.

gilded inlet
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Damn. If you need any support in discord keep me in mind. I got a lot of experience working with discord.

granite oxide
gilded inlet
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I will do that, thank you!

obtuse hawk
crude vine
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Just saw the shanty video, am i alone in finding the shanty recordings a bit.. idk, too perfect?
Dont get me wrong they sound great , but also, its, kinda lacking the mistakes and offsync.
And most importantly i feel its lacking the call and response. I think thats what makes it feel off so much tbh, its just layered voices all the way, instead of a single shantymen calling to a crew responding

Jsut my opinion on it QuickBucket

granite oxide
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@crude vine thats when you sing it with your friends while drinkin Rum and I guarantee its off sync lol

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@crude vine keep in mind they are only in early alpha - I'm sure will be lot more done with music, but for now I'm very happy with it myself 😄

crude vine
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Yeah obviously, on both parts lmao

Im absolutely happY if the shanties come in like they are now, its definitely nitpicky of me, jsut wanted to talk about it ^^

granite oxide
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@crude vine you'll be able to trigger them when you want too

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read the 2nd one lol

crude vine
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Event or statuses huh? 👀

Time to nerd out about the diffrent uses of diffrent shanty types like outward and home bounders and sea ballads

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Social activities on board are hype ngl
Something sot always lacked, some board games to play during those hours of downtime sailing

fast orchid
distant mountain
fast orchid
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Songstress is actually time appropriate too so that works

distant mountain
fast orchid
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Fair enough

light geyser
fast orchid
crude vine
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Pretty sure plenty of officer wives or family wives were on board of ships.

The bad luck and investment kinda go hand in hand tho , cause women wrrent seen as capable of sailor work, and would not bei helpful enough, and only distract men, thus causing accidents aka bad luck

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At the same time women were seen as the best navigators and a unclothed women on board would boost moral and luck, thus tons of ships having female figureheads, wild world

fast orchid
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Yeah and with all the different myths and legends in the age of sail I honestly think their bad luck was basically the equivalent of Salena in the rookie. Knows something is wrong but can't quite figure out why they know something is wrong so blame magic!

crude vine
fast orchid
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I see you've read the one reddit post on it lmfao

crude vine
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Idk where o got it from, might be a reddit post tho yeah , been a while since i read on this stuff pepe_laugh

fast orchid
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I mean you brought up what it says almost beat for beat so I figured you read that post too, I've read it recently but I've been doing a lot of pirate studies around a fun topic called "the lies of a pirate" and it's great, taught me a lot so far

crude vine
fast orchid
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Nice, well, as much as I want to share my words of wisdom I have to be careful about it because I've now been told some pretty..... Idk exclusive isn't the right word but it's some pretty tight stuff that I'm not sure I should share, that all being said, there's definitely a level of the history books we can't trust when it comes to Piracy and Pirates takes

crude vine
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Makes for way more fun discussions cause its alot of chances and beleifs rather than jsut dealing each other some hard facts

fast orchid
crude vine
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Well yeah, that is true too, i guess it was quite boring for msot of it

fast orchid
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Honestly from what I've read up on and been told now even most of it is suprisingly an understatement, there were times where the most interesting story was just some dude going insane due to boredom

crude vine
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Their own fault for not bringing a playstation on board

fast orchid
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Anyways I'm off to try to get as much sleep as possible, the waters are fairly calm so I might actually be able to get some tonight

shrewd arch
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Good mornig pirates i spent some rum/grog in the room

green forge
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Dunno if anyone here listens to them but Alestorm released a new song swashbucklin

hushed oyster
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I've seen the new trailer about 50 times

stone chasm
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@lofty basin did send you a message in a bottle (DM) kormakwave

inner meadow
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😬

narrow sentinel
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Mornin folks

shrewd arch
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In english and german in cause someone canot read english

jovial rivet
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Hellow fellas

hollow osprey
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is there a beta coming up or something like that?

bronze solstice
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I am a little late to reply. Thank you for responding!

surreal sierra
solemn garnet
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Are we able to plya this and also stream it ?

hollow osprey
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is there still a chance to enter the alpha?

fast orchid
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Ahoy!

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This wouldn't happen to be running on the old branch would it?

jolly patio
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There Will be a last way to take part of the alpha play test? I missed it 😓

fast orchid
bitter kestrel
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This maybe answered somewhere so I do apologize, my question is can your friends crew your ship together like not just be on it and sail but man the cannons or etc?

fast orchid
bitter kestrel
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Much appreciated, the swift response!

fast orchid
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Of course!

carmine cedar
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hello, i have a question about the pvp :
will it be like Atlas ? open world pvp , base building / raiding, etc.. ?

narrow sentinel
carmine cedar
narrow sentinel
supple nexus
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can we expect some more raw gamepaly footage tomorrow 🤩😂 for like character movements/swimming/crafting/fishing/combat/building etc. buying and sending/making npcs work.
Also, do we have to carry chests like sot to our ships or is it just opening and looting there only for all the chests? Can we also get world/biome maps/lores etc. I know games still in alpha, but these might help game gain more popularity.

torpid dirge
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can we expect some more raw gamepaly footage tomorrow
Well, yes, you can, but not the one you're waiting for, I guess...

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But it's gonna be worthwhile for sure 🙂

rancid folio
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Tomorrow for devblog?

grand light
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Well. Just defeated the first boss.
I have to say guys, it will take a while to fix all the stuff that showed up after we've assembled Alpha release candidate. It's our first internal playtest of the Alpha build.
Bad news: I feel it will take more than early May, we've gathering the list of critical fixes now, and it won't be small. Will keep you posted as soon as we understand the final scope of fixes.
Good news: we are on the way, and we will get there. This seems to be the final (although big) obstacle 🙂

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grand light
surreal sierra
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Aw dammit. Games over, everyone go home.
(I am joking please do not take this seriously)

rose shell
granite oxide
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@hollow osprey , @bitter kestrel and @jolly patio Welcome to Crosswind!

grand light
granite oxide
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@grand light Y'all just do what you can to make it what it needs to be, rather it be stable and the way you expect it than to rush it out - We can wait a wee longer 🙂

grand light
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Yup, that's the plan. I mean, it will still be janky, and it's still Alpha, but we want to make sure you guys can ENJOY it.

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Instead of just bug reporting 24/7 (there will still be bug reporting no worries tho 😄 )

rose shell
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rule number one in game dev. Make a fun game 😄

granite oxide
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Alpha is expected to have issues, thats where the feedback comes in - bug reports, etc. 🙂

narrow sentinel
fast orchid
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Guess who got a switch 2 pre-ordered!

glossy hull
fast orchid
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Excuse me I know you're excited but please don't talk to anyone in the server let alone the devs like that. This will count as a warning

narrow sentinel
surreal sierra
# narrow sentinel

Talked to Silver about Jordan today. Apparantly contributors and other devs alike really really dont like him. I had no idea

narrow sentinel
surreal sierra
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Man I genuinly had no idea he was that hated at all

narrow sentinel
shrewd arch
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Finaly finished with work skoll

narrow sentinel
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Skoll?

shrewd arch
narrow sentinel
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Oh sick

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🍻

granite oxide
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😄

blazing jungle
narrow sentinel
elder kayak
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Hello everyone

granite oxide
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@elder kayak Ahoy Mate!

blazing jungle
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Y'ahoy!

elder kayak
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Hello i am leandro

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You can name me Lycran 😉

blazing jungle
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I like to hide in my lil hidey hole and only come out when it's time to do mod things >:]
(also my computer was having issues for the past week or so, so was on a lot less xD)

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Nice to meet!

fast orchid
blazing jungle
elder kayak
blazing jungle
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Oh I have been lol don't you worry

granite oxide
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@elder kayak you just not on at same times normally 🙂

elder kayak
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think so yes

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europe times

granite oxide
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There are 8 of us - We are overlapping on time zones as well for most coverage.

elder kayak
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How much west europe moderators do you have

granite oxide
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Not sure where they all from - I'm in the USA, East Cost ( lived in the UK for a couple years and also been to Belgium). So I'm familiar with the very different time zone - I'm often on overlapping European times.

elder kayak
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That is good

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moderators is a lot. Why so much?

blazing jungle
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I'm on East Coast as well

granite oxide
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@elder kayakI'm retired, some the others are not and work - So between real life jobs, family's, holidays, etc. we have coverage.

elder kayak
patent fjord
surreal sierra
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Theres really not that many of us, considering we have roughly 3.5k server members a small handful of mods isnt much

narrow sentinel
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I mean considering they just got featured by ign better to have a bit than less, also covering timezones need to be taken into account

surreal sierra
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But we do our job well enough and almost all folk are well behaved

narrow sentinel
surreal sierra
patent fjord
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Mayhap, the maritime genera is coming back

narrow sentinel
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I'll be the one throwing a fit if I dont see a fluyt at some point CatPopcorn

fast orchid
elder kayak
surreal sierra
narrow sentinel
surreal sierra
light geyser
narrow sentinel
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I really hope theres a merchant playstyle I LOVE sailing port to port in a poorly armed merchant ship its peak high risk high reward

narrow sentinel
surreal sierra
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Im gonna be honest. there seems to be a LOT of Dutch pride when it comes to ye olde sailing games. Ive never seen such enthusiasm for Dutch vessels and history like this before. It is a nice surprise

light geyser
narrow sentinel
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Gorgeous

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surreal sierra
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I wanna see more classic first rates

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beautiful

narrow sentinel
narrow sentinel
surreal sierra
blazing jungle
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What exactly do we mean by Merchant Ships, though? Cause it specifies 3 playable ships than a new Merchant ship separately... is this to say I can't be a merchant? 😭

fast orchid
blazing jungle
fast orchid
idle lotus
fast orchid
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Or be a sellout and become a privateer

blazing jungle
blazing jungle
fast orchid
blazing jungle
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You had me at 'seemingly useless' MerchMercs

granite oxide
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@blazing jungle always an ulterior motive in there somewhere 😉

fast orchid
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I feel like how often I dissappear from being as active as I currently am I'm slowly turning into a random encounter NPC, luckily I'm always lurking just not always free enough to type as much as I am lately

fast orchid
blazing jungle
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Unsure if he meant me or you, Seaweaver, but... either way I'm certain the answer is yes xD

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i do love the NPC life. I've set up shop in random game buildings for trade before

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I'm the kind of player building a public garden in games like ARK and V Rising

cyan coral
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what kind of ship battle there is?

fast orchid
fast orchid
granite oxide
cyan coral
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omg so ac black flag+sea of thief+valheim 🤯 i will lose my life a gain finnaly a game worth of wait

fast orchid
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XD

cyan coral
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this feeling... i... it was lost i feeel like a kid again 😄

blazing jungle
fast orchid
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I don't think I'd call this upcoming test much like SoT, it might get there eventually sure but as of the next playtest it looks like it's going to mostly be like a better Black flag in naval style but the heavy focus of the game is on the survival element and oh man does it hit soo good, devs definitly know what they're cooking with on this one

blazing jungle
cyan coral
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i haven't found one in yeaaaars soo yeah

fast orchid
# blazing jungle 👀 I did not

Oh yeah, I made a massive island with like proper storage buildings and everything, it's why in the upcoming test it's going to be very rare to see someone else visit my island, I treat my land with pride and I'm taking all the procousions when it comes to greifing

blazing jungle
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Fully get that! That sounds awesome

cyan coral
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i cant read these with adhd i get 2 hyped XD

fast orchid
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I was especially proud of the paved roads I made

blazing jungle
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Looking forward to giving the building/crafting a go if it's available for this coming test

fast orchid
blazing jungle
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Yeah figured it would be but i know some companies also do specific spot tests like ok everyone does naval combat today so we can find bugs. But yeah don't think we're doing something like that here

fast orchid
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No, espically not if it's like the last test

supple nexus
granite oxide
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@supple nexus that may very well happen in the open world - we just dont know how the building would work in the hub areas/ pvp etc yet.

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Give it time and see where they go with it

fast orchid
# supple nexus Thats exactly why i wish devs think about multiplayer servers(like an actual mmo...

I'm not against that but after working in the industry for this long I've come to understand that the rule of limited fun does sadly always apply, it's not to say we don't want to see that but people will always abuse creativity in a way that harms other peoples expierence, again not saying this can't happen in the MMO side of things but it'll definitly be a challenge.

But at least I can make my city on my own instance

narrow sentinel
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I will build a wall around my neighbors island

fast orchid
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If they remain instanced then you wouldn't even be able to see that island so the wall is kinda just around your island

narrow sentinel
fast orchid
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No cheating and grabbing my code from devs though

timid topaz
granite oxide
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@timid topaz Welcome to Crosswind! No worries mate, in later test it is intended to be more developed 🙂

fast orchid
timid topaz
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I'm certainly not afraid of alphas SC

surreal sierra
fast orchid
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Do not be adraid

granite oxide
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@surreal sierra its ok - the powder probably wet lolz

vestal pier
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hello all!!!

granite oxide
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@vestal pier Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate 🙂

vestal pier
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thanks so much, very excited to try this out at some point

granite oxide
ionic thunder
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Excited to set sail myself

vestal pier
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will do, is there a way to get on a waitlist for content creators?

granite oxide
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@ionic thunder Hello and Welcome to Crosswind to you as well 🙂

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click this link it has Content Creator info

vestal pier
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you are amazing, thanks!

light geyser
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wondering how many pistols I can ready in my sling, like blackbeard.

granite oxide
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@light geyser lol great question, but I'm assuming you'll have 1, unless there is a awesome cosmetic which is definitely something I would suggest to them that allows you to have that appearance as there will be a lot of cosmetic items. I personally would love to see multiples on me too 😉

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you have to be able to reload your pistol too - which the animation for the state it is in is looking pretty decent

light geyser
granite oxide
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that is sure an interesting idea, how bout the canon fuse woven into the beard and set on fire like he used to do lol

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neevr set his beard on fire but I imagnie that was a freaky sight seeing this screamin n hollarin pirate with a smokin beard comin at ya

blazing jungle
granite oxide
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Oooo We got a freak @torpid dirge out lol Beard Buffs XD

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LOLZ

ionic thunder
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@granite oxide I am really digging the style of cross winds it seems familiar but delightfully new all the same.

Question. (And if you don't know the answer that is fine)

If you had to compare this game to similar games would you say crosswinds is closer to Atlas, New World or sea of thieves in terms of server size for players and crews/ tribes

vestal pier
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i like the idea of lighting the pistol with the wick in the beard, thats lit... hehe bad joke i know

granite oxide
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Hope you can get your answers in those Mate 🙂

ionic thunder
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Oh wow ty very much!

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Super insightful and basically answered everything I asked

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Although matey I value your opinions too 👉 👈

light geyser
granite oxide
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@ionic thunder the 1st Playtest was NDA, the one coming up will not be NDA. Will see when it happens but I'm sure you going to love it - just keep an eye on the various clips they keep putting out in https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 but Crosswind is getting noticed by lot sites - IGN put it on their main page 🙂 They were looking for 8k signups for the next playtest an in a week it almost hit 140k, it was overwhelming so they temporarily shut signups down. It will open back up at some point. There may be more key giveaways at some point too so watch https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842**

ionic thunder
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It landed on my Google news feed from IGN so I can confirm the marketing is working

distant mountain
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Yo

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Ay slowmode shortened

fast orchid
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mhmm!

shrewd arch
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So fryday that means soon weekend and soon time to finish my ideas

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Arrr you salty und rum pirates

obtuse hawk
lavish rune
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I just saw this pop up on steam and im keen

shrewd arch
lavish rune
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I have been Donald Trump before he was President ever

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I feel like if a name causes you such pain that you should block me and move on with your life as I am a really nice person and if you dont want to see that just by viewing a name then I feel like that is on you

shrewd arch
lavish rune
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If I didnt like the name "Blackbeard" because of what ever reason should you change it im sure I could go through the list of this discord and find names which would somewhat offend people in some way

distant mountain
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I wouldn’t be talking bout all this since it’s a rule for talking on politics

lavish rune
granite oxide
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Guys, please drop the "political" discussion over the name. It is not a unique name to one person.

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Good Morning Everyone.

dry roost
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Hi all, just wondering are we still able to request access to the playtest ? I have wishlisted the game on steam, there was no option to request access. hoping there is another way

grand light
granite oxide
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@dry roost Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate!

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@grand light Good Mornin 😄

grand light
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Morning! 🏴‍☠️

dry roost
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BUT ME AND MY CREW WANT TO SAIL THE SEAS AND PLUNDER FOR AARRR BOOTY

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nah thats all good

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thought id ask anyway

granite oxide
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@dry roost It'll happen at some point for sure!

lavish rune
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Yeah Im keen as to be able to try it out as well

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if the game becomes a "better Atlas" then this game could see easy 60K playerbase like Atlas once had it

granite oxide
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its not Atlas at its core. More like Valheim and Blackflag, though it does share some similarity in a couple ways to Atlas. #1354114215652360252 message

lavish rune
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Yeah I saw the post thats why I thought id mention it im super keen to see how the PvP aspect of the game plays out

granite oxide
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@lavish rune in the upcoming Playtest will not be any pvp , it's to test core mechanics, and make sure all the survival aspects of the game are working well. Building, Crafting, Exploration, as well as how the combat feels and plays out. PVP is still being iterated on and will be a bit before we see how that is going to work out. Super excited to see both the PVE and PVP sides of it myself.

lavish rune
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Hopefully the pvp still has raiding which can be opted in for your company/guild/crew so you can raid peoples bases who have turned PvP on for extra loot %

And then the PvE bases hopefully can be raided by Declaring war on a company/guild/crew and then that gives them perhaps 1 week to prepare for a fight to come

Or possibly have zones which certain loots and items cant be brought into a PvE zone and only be obtained in the PvP zone

lofty basin
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Game is not like atlas. More into valheim direction.
PvP will be in dedicated zones.

lavish rune
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then possibly just have a PvE only server offset by itself to allow no pvp what so ever

lofty basin
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You will not be able to just declare war on someone that doesn't want it.
And they will also not even have to invite you to their island.

lavish rune
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I suppose its not this games main focus

lofty basin
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Correct

granite oxide
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@lavish rune The main focus of this game is Survival.

lavish rune
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Hopefully at somepoint they do a full loot pvp system after everything has been tried and tested

lavish rune
granite oxide
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@lavish rune It isn't going to at the moment be a full loot pvp system. currently the plan is if say you go into a pvp zone, and your ship gets into pvp and you get sunk. You dont lose your ship, but you do loose the cargo. At least that was how it was explained to us, so you are not being fully penalized like say Last Oasis, when your "Ship" per say can be burnt to the ground and you start over.

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Through that could change as the PVP is still a long ways out.

lavish rune
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to me I feel like PvP is suppose to be strong opposing sides clashing until 1 remains

granite oxide
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The main thing they want to avoid is toxic gameplay, which at its core is what full loot is. PVP needs to be fun for all involved to encourage those that normally may not pvp to try it, if it is too punishing, then people simply will not do it.

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I honestly have no clue how it is going to fully develope, but super excited for what they do becasue there will be PVP zones, and if you enter them, that is on you.

lavish rune
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Full loot is good on its own seperated from PvE

But PvE players and PvP players could perhaps load into some instanced PvP and do an arena style fight where no one looses ships or loot and its purely for fun or perhaps you go onto a leaderboard and highest ranking captains gain loot

granite oxide
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at the moment the HUB, where everyone will join up in the open world, separate from personal islands, is what is suppose to lead to the multiplayer aspects. Raids, World Bosses, Factions wars, etc.

lavish rune
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sounds cool

green forge
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Might be a little sensitive question but will there be any thing related to slavery? Perhaps slaver ships that we could fight to free them and escort somewhere? Asking cause it was quite a big thing during those years

granite oxide
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@green forge not much of anything has been said on it. And yes it can be a very sensitive area. I cannot give you any answer on that.

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I know any many games slave is used in other terms like Thrall, to curve away from slavery but it is still same thing essentially.

green forge
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Mhm, we'll see in the future then
Would be understandable if there wasnt anything related to it too cause of how angry medias can get over those in games

granite oxide
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@green forge thats basically what Conan was.

green forge
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Havent heard much about it nor have i played it, how did it do?

granite oxide
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that would be something for off topic channel 🙂

green forge
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Aye, alright

granite oxide
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@green forge I tagged you there on it. We try to keep the chat in General more focused on Crosswind and if it deviates too much off we like to see it in off topic 🙂

shrewd arch
granite oxide
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Never hurts to make suggestions and see where they go.

green forge
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There were many pirates that were fighters for freedom
Pretty sure nassau was the place where most of those released people were moved to to live in peace

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Will need to read about it again to refresh my memory

granite oxide
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Did someone say Parrot?

green forge
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In lore-zone, yes YEPPIRATE

granite oxide
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There's a couple pets in game to tame so far - one definitely being a parrot.

green forge
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Wait, you'll need to tame them?
Thats really nice

granite oxide
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from what was in last playtest, if they keep same in the next. They are basic pets for now.

green forge
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Still feeling kinda sad about SoT having them all behind paywall so thats a nice solution, wonder if there will be special variants

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Perhaps related to place you find them in

shrewd arch
granite oxide
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Time will tell the tale 🙂

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@shrewd arch lot games have taming Ark does not have the monopoly on it lol

green forge
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I just like making lil theories, dont mind it KEKW

shrewd arch
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I have big hope that crosswinds will the game we allways wantet

granite oxide
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No worries, I'm sure all that has been looked at and that's something for legal departments to figure out, however that being said - there's so many ways to tame out there, lot of them similar, no doubt that once it is polished I'm sure it'll be an amazing system. So I wouldn't worry about it 🙂

obtuse hawk
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Coconuts the new raid boss?

distant mountain
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cw_skull my discord is dying… so slow sum reason

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Either it’s me or the things in media is acting it up

still forge
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Did the devs hire Paluluman (a YTber) to edit the dev blooper video? I love it lmao
Brings a lot of nostalgia for amazing funny edits 🥲

distant mountain
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Ah yes gonna be a epic sight for giant dodos

narrow sentinel
polar sable
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still new to finding this game, are pets a thing? can I have a pet lizard?

distant mountain
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Since it’s still early stage I believe we could possibly be getting pets

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@polar sable ^

polar sable
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10 out of 10 game

distant mountain
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But lizard I’m not too sure but we gotta see

polar sable
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i hope so

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I play a pirate in one of my D&D games and he has a little pet lizard named Wit and I need him

blazing jungle
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Mornin', all! Excited to see some new videos to check out 👀

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LOL. Quality content

grand light
blazing jungle
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My favorite kind. One game i was really involved in testing ended up with some really weird animation bugs at certain points. One if my favorite gifs someone created was a guy drinking a potion, and his whole neck and head just leaned to the side as he doused himself in the liquid captioned, WITNESS ME

noble herald
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Bro that Dev Bloopers video had me ROLLING

fast orchid
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Ahoy!

young plinth
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Creators from this game are from where exactly ?

fast orchid
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Where were all from, the open seas

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No sorry that's a joke, uhh lemme see if I can find where from again

young plinth
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This dev bloopers video there is a part from music meme helikopter helikopter is got me thinking you are from Balkan?

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Maybe even from Serbia?

fast orchid
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I still have the old game EULA so I have the answer here somewhere

young plinth
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So thats a yes? 😁

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Braća srbi!?

grand light
young plinth
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🍻

fast orchid
young plinth
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😔

noble herald
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Would love to "watch" yall do some work on the game. If that is ever a possibility. Like sharing how yall do stuff

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even if its painting rocks or something xD

young plinth
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Like a devstream

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That would be cool

fast orchid
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Whenever I say where I'm from I just say "Imly Sarib?" and let people figure it out

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Aslo dev stream could be neat but they're often very distracting to devs and that causes devs to avoid them, I'm not saying I don't want one just that I understand why we don't often get them

noble herald
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I understand\

rose shell
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That was a fun blog! Love the approach to building and the planned features. And that blooper video. I'm going to need more of those in the future.

young plinth
fast orchid
young plinth
fast orchid
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Nope

young plinth
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Barbados ?

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Liberian

fast orchid
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I can tell you're not gonna figure it out lmao

young plinth
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😅

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Comon little help

fast orchid
young plinth
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Im Sailor ?

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Or I'm Caribbean ?

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Seabird

fast orchid
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This is fun

young plinth
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I quit

fast orchid
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Oh well

young plinth
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I who's hoping its pirate slang

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Or anagram

vestal pier
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also good morning and happy friday everyone!

fast orchid
wild river
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So with the end of April fast approaching, has there been any further development on when the 100 key giveaway winners will be able to test? I may be misremembering and I've been super busy lately, but wasn't it supposed to be near the end of April?

polar sable
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I know the alphas playstest signups closed, when more open up, will there be an alert here or is there anywhere I can pre signup?

fast orchid
grand light
polar sable
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already followed there so perfect

granite oxide
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Good Morning Everyone 🙂

fast orchid
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Ahoy

blazing jungle
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Ayee Swabien

granite oxide
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@fast orchid@blazing jungle Ahoy Mates!

blazing jungle
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wow i love this gif

raven echo
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And idea when the next playtest or similar will be open to the public?

granite oxide
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@raven echo next playtest should be sometime in the next month or two. They are addressing some bug fixes and other issues. As far as open public - that is a ways off. Launch is expected sometime in 2026.

blazing jungle
granite oxide
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It'll get announced when the time gets close.

gusty dome
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Sorry if this question has been asked before. How are you planning to deal with cheaters and hackers? Like most online games, Those kind of people do unfortunately have a habit of showing up. (One of the reasons why I stopped playing Hourglass in Sea of Thieves) I know this also might be way too early to ask this question, but I'm just curious🙂

granite oxide
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@gusty dome This is something that will be more addressed by the Crosswind Crew further in development.

gusty dome
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Understood. Thank you very much.

granite oxide
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@gusty dome A good solid question, it will definitely be something of interest to many. 🙂

wild river
blazing jungle
vale pawn
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aja cuando saldra e juego siempre ?

granite oxide
gritty reef
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Omg the new devblog, I have never been more excited for a building system. I swear this dev team is going to set the precedent for future studios. For once it feels like the devs are trying to create what the gamers want and not what the producers want

granite oxide
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@gritty reef Yes a lot of excitement around this project for sure 😄

gritty reef
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@broken lake I literally just watched your video on the new devblog! Crazy getting the reaction notification from you haha

broken lake
narrow sentinel
timid topaz
narrow sentinel
timid topaz
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Would be, if I got in. Alphas etc.. no. Lol

clever valley
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Question i havent asked or seen yet how do we build ships do we get blueprints and build them or is it something else

granite oxide
clever valley
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Also im guessing we have to craft ammo

narrow sentinel
clever valley
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understandable

narrow sentinel
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larger ships like the 1st rate we've seen would need quite literally hundreds of players to man if it was that manual cw_ship

granite oxide
clever valley
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ok those i missed but awsome thoughts

narrow sentinel
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Such a gorgeous ship in real life, I'm glad they referenced her

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fast orchid
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How are the seas fairing for everyone else today?

granite oxide
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@fast orchid

fast orchid
granite oxide
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roughing it with a cold, otherwise doing just fine 🙂

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sneeze made me split type lol

fast orchid
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Sending messages like it's a speed reply competition lmao, also could just reply but it is smart to ping me when responding to me, ADHD goes wild with my brain

dire kernel
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Hello everyone! Just joined after watching the trailer 😄 Can anyone tell me what happens next? Any tests to apply for? State of the game atm? Thank you!!!

blazing jungle
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Yes, we sure can. We're great at that question xD

granite oxide
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@dire kernel Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality. For now due to overwhelming response (nearly 140k in a week) the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there.

brazen pike
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Hey is this game gonna have any sort of full loot or raiding pvp?

blazing jungle
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So the next test is estimated at the beginning of next month, but no definite date yet. Devs are still doing some polishing... And it looks like Swabien got this under control so I'm just gonna press enter now 😄

granite oxide
blazing jungle
granite oxide
light geyser
brazen pike
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damn so nothing for the survival adrenaline junkies 😦

fast orchid
light geyser
fast orchid
blazing jungle
granite oxide
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There will not be PVP raiding per say of personal areas, however, there could very well be open world PVP raiding in designated areas. We won't know a lot about the PVP until later on in other test. the upcoming playtest is purely PVE to test survival mechanics and making sure it all works up to the level they expect.

brazen pike
blazing jungle
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Sure thing. Like I said, largely speculation. We don't know the plans for the PvP zones, yet. It's entirely possible that the PvP zones have high value items that would drop on death. Still waiting for full details there.

narrow sentinel
fast orchid
light geyser
granite oxide
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@brazen pike Just to clarify Raids are planned for end game content - but it will not be on players personal islands areas #💬│windrose-chat message

brazen pike
fast orchid
# light geyser how is the music?

An absolute melody, even with being out in the actual ocean I feel like when I'm on shore leave at home I can sit and calmly return to the bliss of the water

narrow sentinel
granite oxide
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@brazen pike yeah definitely more unique, so I'd give it time - We honestly can't fully explain the pvp yet as it is still in ongoing iterations. That will come after the Survival mechanics, Crafting, Building, Combat, etc are all flushed out.

fast orchid
# narrow sentinel we all know youre an undercover dev

HA trust me if I was a dev on this game I wouldn't be an undercover one, I'd be offering to pop out just as many bloopers as you saw today on a daily basis lmao, I'd be a kid in a candy store
||Or is that just what I want you to think?||

blazing jungle
dire kernel
fast orchid
narrow sentinel
fast orchid
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Mace just doesn't believe me because they're mad I like glowing blue stuff

narrow sentinel
jaunty robin
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How to install the game

fast orchid
jaunty robin
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Ah next month, thanks bro

fast orchid
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Yee, no problem

granite oxide
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@jaunty robin Welcome to Crosswind!

jaunty robin
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@granite oxide hallo swabien, nice to meet u

granite oxide
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@jaunty robin Please feel free to ask anything anytime if you have questions, glad to have you.

void charm
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Will the game be on ps5?

distant mountain
fast orchid
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What they linked lol

crimson harbor
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Just learned about this game and I got to say it reminds me kinda like nightingale but pirates and man am i exicted

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Been saying for years we need a good pirate game with ship fights and actual naval fights so I am 100% sold lol

coarse heath
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I am confused...so the testing has already started?????

full steppe
steady linden
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singup is closed. next test should be in may

elder kayak
elder kayak
coarse heath
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Ok thx! 🙏

obtuse hawk
coarse heath
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Thx for info! 🙂

narrow sentinel
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Good morning everyone

shrewd arch
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i are preparing my new gaming pc maybe it will work for crosswind asus rog 9 pro eddition sorry is a mobile phone not a pc

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24 gb ram i think thaths enough for crosswind

fast orchid
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Ahoy!

blazing jungle
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mornin' all

halcyon gust
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Why did it say April 25 on steam if not out yet

fast orchid
halcyon gust
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My bad says in small letters dev blog click bait ad

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Lil confusing and misleading

coarse heath
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Yeah, it's just devblog ☺️

fast orchid
# halcyon gust

That's not on them that's on steam, that's just when the devblog was made

halcyon gust
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When I was looking at it on steam the letters dev not their and the date was a lot bigger

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Yeah totally a steam thing my bad

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Game looks amazing tho can’t wait

granite oxide
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Good Afternoon Crosswind!

fast orchid
coarse heath
granite oxide
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@halcyon gust Hi and Welcome to Crosswind!

blazing jungle
fast orchid
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I just say ahoy

inner meadow
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i know a lot of people ask this, but is it like sea of thieves?

granite oxide
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@inner meadow no, More like Valheim and Black Flag

inner meadow
granite oxide
inner meadow
fossil jackal
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When is the game release

granite oxide
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@fossil jackal Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality and get some bug fixes taken care of. For now due to overwhelming response (nearly 140k in a week) the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there. The release of game is expected sometime in 2026

fossil jackal
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Ok thanks

clever valley
fast orchid
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Can you tho?

blazing jungle
fast orchid
clever valley
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Lol

obtuse hawk
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Just saw the terraforming video and had no idea that would be a feature. Can’t wait to use it around a base

granite oxide
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@obtuse hawk yeah you can push and pull the terrain to suit the needs of what you wanna build for sure.

fast orchid
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You mean shovel and unshovel the dirt

granite oxide
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yup

clever valley
elder kayak
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Good morning ☀️

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It looks spicy today

edgy saddle
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Gutenmorgen ❤️

glass cedar
gentle sail
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hi , good morning , i love the fact its gonna be free , but 1 question , It will be p2w ? pls tell me no :c

sterile cloud
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хорошо было бы добавить такие анимации

small hatch
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When the game dropped?

gusty dome
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But there will be play testing.

shut scroll
surreal sierra
surreal sierra
olive sentinel
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A possible good pirate game finally? pepegasp

lilac umbra
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When is release date?

gusty dome
light geyser
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I hope that it being free doesn't mean we cannot get good cosmetics in the game itself. I am playing MH wilds and wow it feels good to get nice things again without having to shell out 20 bucks per cosmetic item or something and just being able to buy the game once and get some nice stuff.

Now I do know that the devs need to make money, so I am just hoping there is some balance there.

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I did alson play the first descnedant and the pay for convenice there is through the roof to the point that sometimes unlocking things in the game is a 2 day wait simply for unlock timers. yikes.

blazing jungle
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First Descendent was interesting. I personally don't get the appeal of those kinds of games, never really tried Monster Hunter but I heard they're similar. I kinda liked farming out pieces for new characters and all that in FD, but once I finally unlocked the guy I wanted, game felt kinda dead lol like I had no personal goals left

light geyser
shrewd arch
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I personaly hope they will add a mini pay abo like 1-4 dollars per month to play on official servers why to piss off cheater and hacker that they lose money.
And alot of cosmetic packs with diferent themes. Packs are for weapons gear ship stuff ecetera but as a packet that you can buy that stuff you like or the full pakage but cosmetik with no buff or pay to win

light geyser
shrewd arch
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Pay to win i only would say yes
When
1 one server is pay to win
And all other no pay to win
Pay to win server like
when its a seasonal server that brings player on the normal server a boost when players on pay to win has reach a goal.
Boost like farmrate goes up for 3 days when its reachet 20 k dollars on the pay to win server.

And seasonal like all 3 months the pay to win server gets resetet and all payers will become like 50% of theyr payment back for the new seasonal season

surreal sierra
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nope, hard disagree with server and progress wipes

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Its what turned me off of Naval Action, all the work for months on end just to lose it?

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nah

shrewd arch
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Not the normal server

surreal sierra
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'Pay to Win' by itself is already a frowned on phrase. Its not going to be applied to Crosswind

shrewd arch
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Thats why i sayd seasonal pay to win server

surreal sierra
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thats a combination of the 2 worst things imagineable for an always online game

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pay to win and regular progress wipes

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ew

shrewd arch
blazing jungle
# light geyser wow.. those games are very different hahahaha (TFD is very grindy and lacks com...

Yeah that's a big difference for sure, supported by MH's selling price. Idk just watching friends play it looked very repetitive like the fights in TFD but they all love it, so I'm thinking maybe those kinds of games are not for me 😅

TFD also lied to us lol. The last piece I needed for the character I was trying to unlock said it had a 20% drop rate like the other pieces needed to craft him... The other pieces I got in 5-6 runs maybe max. The last piece took me 32 runs on a harder tier dungeon. I think after that I was just like OK THATS ENOUGH OF THIS.

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& yeah will definitely agree it goes out of its way to make it inconvenient so you spend the money, butttt that's their model built around "free to play" - I enjoyed it for a bit, there's some content you can get through without paying money, but the end (second half?) game was a basically a pay wall

surreal sierra
shrewd arch
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The normal server should be no pay to win.
And the extra seasonal server is pay to win

surreal sierra
blazing jungle
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Seasonal P2W server would be pretty dead imo. Seasonal is typically something a game does to try and keep players interested (See: New World). You'd only catch interest from a very small group of your playerbase if you're running a seasonal event under pay2win

surreal sierra
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Regardless, the Dev team will have their own plans for monetisation.

shrewd arch
light geyser
shrewd arch
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Any way shoulder pets i hope they adding it and cool stuf like more weight more mele damage more damage for pistols like that

light geyser
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waiting for that treasure planet collab for morph as shoulder pet

gusty dome
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I'm just daydreaming right now when I say this. I would not mind paying for some cosmetics that is appropriate for the Caribbeans. As an example, colonial British uniforms or Spanish or French and so on. It could be fun for Role playing as the French Navy with an outrageous accent😆

light geyser
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spain represent!

surreal sierra
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Same, I wouldnt mind paying real dabloons for some cosmetics, outfits and sail/paintjobs

light geyser
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actually, please represent the Dutch. tbh. more Dutch representation

surreal sierra
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as long as the cosmetic scene doesnt go as far as Sea of Thieves

gusty dome
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Oh yeah, the Dutch would be awesome.

light geyser
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with some dutch VA's

gusty dome
mint pollen
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Hello, I was wondering if crosswind will be free or not?

surreal sierra
gusty dome
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the cosmetics has gone wild. I'm still running around with the mercenary ship set as an Obsidian skeleton.

light geyser
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what about conan exile cosmetics. also a survival craft but some building pieces are locked behind DLC or evenb worse... battle passes. same for some emotes

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battle passes suck because they try to force engagement and usually along the lines of playing 4 hrs a day every day

gusty dome
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I have not touched Conan exile in ages. (I think it was still early access at that time)

surreal sierra
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I despise seasonal content, limited time rewards, that kind of thing. I hate them

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Ill find a game that interests me, download it and look through cosmetics n stuff and see one I really like but BOOM it was a limited time reward for season 1 meanwhile its like season 30 and its never coming back.

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Hate that

gusty dome
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we can hope that crosswind doesn't do something similar. I can understand limited cosmetics for backers and Supporters. But yeah, I get your meaning.

fast orchid
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Ahoy

crimson harbor
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I will say this we where talking about pets and I 100% need a pirate cat. Cats where used on ships back in the day to kill rats and mice so I need Mr murder mittens with a pirate patch.

grizzled ridge
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You guys talking about cosmetic man Im just hoping we can upgrade our ship and like higher caliber deck guns and what not It annoyed me so much that sea of theives offered no opportunity to make any changes to your ship that really mattered

fast orchid
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All y'all are talking about far in the future I'm just excited to play the alpha soon

marble flume
#

are we getting a play test soon ?
a friend said by the end of the month

narrow sentinel
narrow flint
#

When will it come in steam?

grizzled ridge
fast orchid
fast orchid
narrow flint
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Okay

inner meadow
grizzled ridge
inner meadow
granite oxide
#

Good Afternoon Everyone 🙂

elder kayak
granite oxide
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@elder kayak Going good 🙂 Just sitting down with a meal and hanging out for a bit.

elder kayak
noble herald
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This game will be amazing. Especially since I already look like a pirate naturally

granite oxide
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@elder kayak Pork pot roast with veggies n rice

elder kayak
granite oxide
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@noble herald It sure will, We are super excited for it 🙂

elder kayak
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I made my own stroopwafels

fast orchid
granite oxide
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@elder kayak Awesome - My grandmother used to make similar for me when I was a boy

elder kayak
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❤️

granite oxide
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@elder kayak true that lolz

elder kayak
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Who is managing the Discord?

granite oxide
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That would be Bambino and Yar_Master with the assigned Moderators

elder kayak
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I feel it will be busy when the game will be released

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Why we don't have a level bot and some level ranks and modmail?

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Is easy to set it up

granite oxide
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I'm sure it will continue to progress as the months move on for sure. It didn't take long at all to jump to 3k+ people

elder kayak
granite oxide
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Always a chance and there will be more Playtest and more invites as time goes on. Probably at some point more key giveaways.

elder kayak
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I hope the discord get more active

noble herald
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I'll post a picture of my face in #🎭│offtopic and you will see why I say that

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Tell me I don't look like a pirate XD

fathom cliff
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Yo! is playtest active rn? how do you request a kay?

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Oh i looked at the messages, I guess no playtest rn?

granite oxide
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@fathom cliff Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality and get some bug fixes taken care of. For now due to overwhelming response (nearly 140k in a week) the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there. The release of game is expected sometime in 2026.

clever valley
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starting to fill up in here nicely making it hard to keep up with the chat welcome aboard everyone

jaunty crescent
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so whats eta on this game coming out and stuff

clever valley
short basalt
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Ahoy new members!pirateD

jaunty crescent
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who will be aloud to test?

clever valley
# jaunty crescent who will be aloud to test?

the sign up are currently closed i think they plan on re doing sign ups due to the overwhelming influx they got but dont quote me on that also content creators that have been selected

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i think they had planned for 8000 testers and has 140k signups

granite oxide
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@clever valley that was in 1 week from the signups being available - the 140k was just when it was decided to turn off for the time being. So that's a great thing, means lots of interest in the game, a great sign 🙂

surreal sierra
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We're actually almost at 4k

narrow sentinel
clever valley
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do we know file size been making room on my m.2

fast orchid
clever valley
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im good

misty sundial
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I need to play this

granite oxide
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@misty sundialHi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate!

misty sundial
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Hello thank you I saw this on TikTok and instantly knew I had to hop in the discord

granite oxide
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@misty sundial Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality and get some bug fixes taken care of. For now due to overwhelming response the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there. The release of game is expected sometime in 2026.

misty sundial
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Awesome I'll certainly be looking I want to try and get into every alpha test I see I made it into the discord super early before the game blows up I got a feeling this game is going to be my main once it releases

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A combination of sea of thieves and rust vibes is what I'm getting and they both ruined me lmao

fast orchid
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I know how you feel, I'm so hyped to plat again

granite oxide
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More of Valheim and Blackflag

misty sundial
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I didn't play black flag so idk the feel of that game I stopped playing assassins creed after brotherhood

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I certainly wanna play a part in the community or wherever needed so if any of Yall need someone for something feel free to shoot me a message or what not

lilac umbra
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lowkey js wanna release date man, ts gmae looks so fire

fast orchid
granite oxide
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@lilac umbraHi and Welcome to Crosswind!]

fast orchid
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my unoffical gues april 1st 2027

misty sundial
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Either way when this game releases I think it'll blow up

lilac umbra
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i wanna play bruh, devs give me early access and i will love

granite oxide
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@misty sundial with the overwhelming response, for certain it will.

maiden wraith
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any early access? if so i would love to test your game.

raven night
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i wanna play bruh, devs give me early access and i will love

lilac umbra
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sybau

raven night
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can we keep it respectful please? thanks.

granite oxide
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@maiden wraith@raven night Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality and get some bug fixes taken care of the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there. The release of game is expected sometime in 2026.

raven night
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2026..

maiden wraith
maiden wraith
granite oxide
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It is still in Alpha, the playtest coming up is only the 2nd playtest.

raven night
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when lloyd invited me

lilac umbra
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can you put me in early access i will play game and drop out school

fast orchid
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We're just discord mods, sadly we don't have that power lol

raven night
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gosh diggilydarnhotdogs

lilac umbra
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kick this guy

raven night
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what??

lilac umbra
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he call me racial slurs in dms

raven night
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hey!! why would we do that guys

onyx owl
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Hey everyone. Is there a space for content creators to sign up for the Alpha or further tests?

lilac umbra
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sybau

maiden wraith
raven night
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@lilac umbra please stop spamming my DMs with anime NSFW, Thanks!

fast orchid
raven night
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i will do maam / sir.

trail zodiac
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how do i apply for playtest

raven night
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read above pal

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sheesh!

trail zodiac
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where

raven night
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everywhere

trail zodiac
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how helpful you are

granite oxide
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@trail zodiac Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality and get some bug fixes taken care of. The signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there. The release of game is expected sometime in 2026.

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Be kind in chat guys

trail zodiac
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i apologise

lilac umbra
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yes sir

olive sentinel
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Excited to see a actual good pirate game finally heavyBobbing

lilac umbra
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realll

raven night
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roblox pirate tycoon?..

lilac umbra
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dont refer such a good game to roblox

raven night
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sorry ragingskey

misty sundial
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I'm just excited that I got here early so I can see all the developments and get to play early

raven night
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play early?

lilac umbra
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i dont wanna play with a hooligasn like you

raven night
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can we keep it respectful please buddy, don’t make me call a mod!

misty sundial
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You won't I'll be playing against you 😉

trail zodiac
raven night
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shivers timbers

lilac umbra
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🏳️‍🌈

raven night
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AAARRRR!! 🏴‍☠️

lilac umbra
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shouldnt you be msging you e girl

raven night
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yes maam

lilac umbra
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leave discord server

raven night
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no maam

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you invited me ma’am. please stay calm

lilac umbra
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i dont want you in here, your mean to me all the time

raven night
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sir i do not know who you are ma’am

fast orchid
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Alright, I'm gonna ask all yall nicely to stop before we do have to step in because there's clearly trolling and rage baiting going on

lilac umbra
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hes doing it

raven night
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yes sir

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no i’m not your trying to get me kicked!

lilac umbra
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please kick him hes not being nice

raven night
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i apologise fellow pirates, but i believe i was kind

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new subject please guys! let’s keep it nice and respectful

lilac umbra
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why wont you leave charlie salt

misty sundial
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Oh my

fast orchid
lilac umbra
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sorry king

raven night
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please can we ban him

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that shouldn’t be tolerated!

maiden wraith
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Charlie just leave please bro

raven night
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what the hexk

misty sundial
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Or just ban both at this point

raven night
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i haven’t done anything wrong…!

lilac umbra
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what the heckers

trail zodiac
maiden wraith
raven night
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ok guys i’m ending the conversation i don’t want to get banned.

lilac umbra
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luvix u play warbanditts?

trail zodiac
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not often

lilac umbra
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ahhhh

granite oxide
trail zodiac
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only thing i do often related to rust is go on gamba sites

thin horizon
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when is the next playtest?

trail zodiac
surreal sierra
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Check the pins

trail zodiac
thin horizon
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wow ok

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unlucky

granite oxide
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@thin horizon Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality and get some bug fixes taken care of. For now due to overwhelming response the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there. The release of game is expected sometime in 2026.

narrow sentinel
narrow sentinel
surreal sierra
maiden wraith
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How high of a pc does this game need?

surreal sierra
granite oxide
maiden wraith
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Do you think I’m bill gates son?

narrow sentinel
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that is not a 2 grand pc lol

maiden wraith
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1.2 K to build 1.7 to buy pre built x

narrow sentinel
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case in point

maiden wraith
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I have 16 gb of ram will The game not work

fast orchid
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That meets minimum specs meaning the game would work, that being said those are also likely just being the specs the devs are running on their "Worst" pc which means there's a chance you could have lower specs and be fine, unfortuneatly just gotta wait and see

mellow zenith
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I'd probably still could run it on my old pc from 2016, luckily I got a new pc recently hehe.

surreal sierra
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Theres also a neat little note at the end that specifically says "The system requirements are not final at this development stage. Further optimisation will improve across a wide range of hardware". Meaning that while the system requirements right now somewhat high, it wont stay that way forever

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mellow zenith
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So got a few questions. There are pvp and pve zones/island or is it like SoT one big map where it's PvPvE ?

fast orchid
mellow zenith
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Thanks 👍🏻

fast orchid
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No problem

mellow zenith
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Ooh you start in SP (or co-op) mode make some progress and in a later stage you are/van phase to an instance where other players roam as well.

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Possibility to turn pvp on/off? As one might not enjoy pvp but wants to explore the full game/zones?

misty sundial
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I can't wait to raid a dude with my pirate ship canon

granite oxide
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@misty sundial you won't be able to raid player instanced areas

misty sundial
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I see

granite oxide
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the open world area is where PVP will be available, how that is and to what extent isn't known at this time. We do not even know if building will be in the open PVP areas for raiding. but, the pvp is still being developed and iterated on so that will be something for later in the other playtest. The upcoming playtest is purely to make sure all the core is working as expected - the survival mechanics, combat, etc.

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Will not be PVP in the upcoming playtest.

warm sail
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alright people

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lets make the dodo extinct once again

mellow zenith
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Makes sense.

fast orchid
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Alright gimme an hour and it'll be done

mellow zenith
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Once in the end game, how is the gameplay loop turning out. Like story line is completed, finishing up some side quests. Is there a grind mechanic or game play loop you can do after?

fast orchid
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I think they need to get the storyline working and done before they give us the juicy bits on end game lol

mellow zenith
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Haha yeah fair enough

fast orchid
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Though that being said I can tell you what my end game was last time I played, I built a city!

mellow zenith
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Sweet, with your own crew/npcs working in it?

fast orchid
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I'm not telling you about who lived in my city, I'd be breaking their privacy SnuYes

mellow zenith
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😂

narrow sentinel
main sage
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any idea about release date ? im hyped af

fast orchid
mellow zenith
fast orchid
main sage
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noooooo

mellow zenith
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I'd rather wait then games being rushed to release. Back in my day when a game was released on disc it's all you got. Nowadays you just ride the train and wonder if it'll be good or a total disaster lol

narrow sentinel
fast orchid
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Wait no they saw the second not first

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So it was good but not my best work for sure

narrow sentinel
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I'm a pretty good builder, I'm excited to see what I can do with their system

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The stone block concept theyve shown looks great I'm really glad they didnt opt in for the bland stack of rocks and added some trimming

clever valley
olive sentinel
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Aww no channel for boosters ButterBotSad

fast orchid
robust hamlet
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Yoo just found this game, looks crazy! Is there any way to get into play testing or is that too late?

Would be amazing to be apart of this journey!

granite oxide
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@robust hamlet Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality and get some bug fixes taken care of. For now due to overwhelming response the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there. The release of game is expected sometime in 2026.

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There will definitely be chances to get in.

robust hamlet
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Ahh thanks for the quick and informative answer! Will sure look into it and keep an eye out!

granite oxide
robust hamlet
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Looks dope!

narrow sentinel
granite oxide
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@narrow sentinel

steel shard
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when does this game drop

granite oxide
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release is most likely sometime in 2026

steel shard
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😭

granite oxide
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And Welcome to Crosswind 🙂

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Next Alpha playtest is expected sometime before long.

steel shard
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okay

ivory nebula
elder kayak
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Goodmorning

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Hello Swabien and Seaweaver

granite oxide
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@ivory nebula Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Dev’s pushed next playtest to most likely in next month or so to increase level of quality and get some bug fixes taken care of. For now due to overwhelming response the signups have been turned off temporarily. There have been keys given away and could possibly be another giveaway, keep and eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 and be sure to look through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well as the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 . A lot of great info in there. The release of game is expected sometime in 2026.

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@elder kayak Hello

elder kayak
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Welcome TOKEsumTREE

elder kayak
granite oxide
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Sitting with cup coffee in hand, doing just fine 🙂

elder kayak
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Nice to hear, enjoy your juicy coffee

fiery reef
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is it still possible to join the playtest?

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nvm i just saw the announcement. will there be other opportunities to a playtest in the future?

granite oxide
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@fiery reef yes

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Next one should be coming up soon, Will be 2nd Alpha Playtest.

fiery reef
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soon?

granite oxide
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@fiery reef also Welcome to Crosswind 🙂

fiery reef
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glad to be here after the failure that was atlas lol

granite oxide
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They will announce it when it is ready - cannot give an exact date.

fiery reef
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thats fair thank you

granite oxide
fiery reef
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haha yes i just found the dev blog vid and it is amazing! hope to see more content like this from the devs both in game and out

frozen cliff
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Dev from Uzbekistan?

granite oxide
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@frozen cliff Hello and Welcome to Crosswind. The Dev's in time will give a lot more info on their team. For now, they are working hard on the playtest, that takes priority.

elder kayak
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Just stay here and chat with us and you will get acces maybe later

fiery reef
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sounds good Im really excited to see how this game turns out

void bronze
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Question in regards to the 100 playtesters selected from devblog 1. The post says they will reach out through steam dms and since steam only allows dms from friends can I expect the key to be in my email connected to my steam or do I have to look out for a dev that adds me?

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Oh and secondly during the playtest are we allowed to stream/record the gameplay?

distant mountain
lavish rune
lavish rune
granite oxide
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@distant mountain Steam will randomly select from those that signed up to playtest when the time grows near for it.

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Any keys granted from giveaways, will be given just before the playtest as well.

fiery reef
granite oxide
lavish rune
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I just want another full loot pvp boat game with base building and had hoped this was it but its still a ways to come and possibly with mods and private servers this could be that

granite oxide
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@lavish rune This defintiely isnt going to be a full loot pvp game.

fast orchid
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Dats right no one is permitted on my island

lavish rune
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if the game pans out well I for sure could see a Full loot pvp server being hosted and generating quite a bit of revenue

fast orchid
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Super side note, signal is terrible out here in a way that I can't send a pic but I get to be in the crowd nest tonight!

lavish rune
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Unless of course the only building you can do is on your "island" and its an instanced place which no one can access unless you say so

which would mean all normal land masses you come across are unable to be built on and only explored

I guess instanced 20v20 pvp could be fun even 5v5

fast orchid
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As of the upcoming test that is indeed how building will likely work

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But that being said your instanced Island is massive

lavish rune
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yeah thats unfortunate

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So no one can sail past and you cant sail past some ones island

fast orchid
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Not as of last I played and from the sounds of the plan no, but that's just my unofficial statemt

granite oxide
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@lavish rune not on your personal area but in the HUB area is open world - The game still has a lot of development - so let it cook, and check the pot in a couple months.

lavish rune
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Yeah I think I might need to revist in a little bit to get a grasp of whats going down

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Ive seen the graphics they look awesome

Ive seen the building mechanics they look awesome

They have terraforming that is awesome

Just need to flesh out how pvp will work and where can you build and then im sold

fast orchid
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I feel like trying to explain it is so hard that people who haven't played might not have the best vision of what's happening and those of us that have find it hard to describe the devs vision, so until we get more from the team I'd say only trust the team on their plan for the game

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So basically hesitantly trust green names/ people with the green role but only really trust the devs on how the game plays

wanton fulcrum
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So I'm new here. Do we know anything about when we can play yet?

blazing jungle
# wanton fulcrum So I'm new here. Do we know anything about when we can play yet?

Y'ahoy and welcome to the Crosswind discord! #1298583059402063926 will be your best bet for information currently available on the game. Expected game release is in 2026, and there will be testing periods leading up to it. The next testing period should be next month, but unfortunately sign ups for that test are closed. If you're interested in checking out the game in a future testing phase, keep an eye on the #│announcements and #│game-updates channels, as that's where these updates will likely drop, along with possible key giveaways for these tests, as well as game development content and updates. 🏴‍☠️

granite oxide
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@wanton fulcrum Hi and Welcome to Crosswind!

jovial fern
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Hello people

granite oxide
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@jovial fern Hello and Welcome to Crosswind 😄

jovial fern
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I just watched someone talk about the game on TikTok so I searched it up on steam and joined the discord lol

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Looks pretty good tbh

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It was wilfratgaming who I watched talk abt it

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He said it will release soon then I saw the messages about 2026 and I was like hm that’s not soon 🤣🤣

wanton fulcrum
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Lol same @jovial fern 🤣

jovial fern
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Gotta love wilfrat

wanton fulcrum
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But it looks so awesome

jovial fern
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Ikr

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I would have loved to join the playtest

foggy depot
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Gm

foggy depot
maiden wraith
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Wow! I cannot wait for this game!

distant mountain
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Wow that’s great to see @grand light

hybrid isle
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I hope this game brings that magical feel back of videogames and isnt just another "normal" release... I just want a good pirate game where i can explore alot and sail around. I hope this game succeeds!

unique kelp
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How would one become a playtester

surreal sierra
# unique kelp How would one become a playtester

The next playtest is taking place later in May. Devs pushed it back to ensure quality. Places for that test are limited and sign ups are closed on steam due to the volume of applicants.

Theres likely to be another contest soon to award more guaranteed spots in the next test but it hasn’t been announced yet. OR steam will randomly select people when the test goes live. Since it’s early alpha, being chosen isn’t guaranteed but there will likely be more spots open in the future.

distant mountain
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Wow 😮 servers close to 4k members been a wild ride from 1k when I joined

warm sail
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wait, we had a playtest?

surreal sierra
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There was one last november

warm sail
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oh

narrow sentinel
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Mornin

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I have run out of nitro I will not be pink for a couple weeks

fast orchid
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Ahoy mace!

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awwww