💬│windrose-chat

[narrow sentinel]

💔

[fast orchid]

You'll always be pink to me

[surreal sierra]

Get this man his own special pink role. Name it 'Crosswinds lil Feller'

[pliant root]

One think I’m confused about is the PvP aspect I’ve seen videos saying there will be PvP servers and that ur island can be raided and have also seen the opposite, had to come here for the truth someone break it down for me

[fast orchid]

If the videos you watched on them were not directly done by the Crosswind team please take them with a block of salt as not many people from outside the team have played this game, if you need info on how the game will play best place to find it is in #│announcements , #│game-updates or best of all #1298583059402063926

[shrewd arch]

Soon weekend

[amber moth]

Foundation wipes, offline raids, 20 v Solo, force bobs into the pvp areas

thats what these games are about xD

[fast orchid]

Not this one though not as of the current plan sadly

I say sadly, I'm perfectly fine with it

[amber moth]

Nah but pvpve is just boring lets be real, once human and dune are just good examples dunes gonna flop hard af as its just not close to the game being advertised.

The problem games like this have is you have groups of players saying they want multiplayer content then a group who dont and get divided over a server they dont have to choose to play and then the devs build up off suggestions. Your never gonna please survival players in a pvpve situation. And to be real again, no offical servers on pvp survival games are moderated or anything like that just make a server type for everyone 🙂

[narrow sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-yeah-uh-gif-4392934

[amber moth]

and for the love of god or whatever please dont introduce the word season into your game xD

Seasons are fun and all in procedural games or games that can redesign entire maps and content weekly / monthly but in games like this it was just some sort of marketing gimic gone bad. A season in survival games just means the game is dead lets desperately try build some hype by doing nothing and repeating the same thing over and over and over again

[fast orchid]

based on what I've played and what the devs have talked about the game being like I'd say their vision for the game is fine, it'll definitly help it go far

[warm egret]

Can I please get a play test code

[fast orchid]

Hey currently the crosswind team doesn't have any available to my knowledge especially given the playtest hasn't started yet, however if you keep an eye/ follow the steam page as well as #│announcements and #│game-updates something might come in the future giving you access

[blazing jungle]

Ah, I was like hmmm... No more Nitro, or Mace impersonator?

[narrow sentinel]

These truly are dark times

[blazing jungle]

https://tenor.com/view/pz-project-zomboid-this-is-how-you-died-there-was-no-hope-of-survival-doomed-gif-3293001303544062449

0.o .... I didn't see the "this is how you died" part on that before I sent it lmao

That got darker than intended

[fast orchid]

See Mace, despite what you think it's not me plotting against you

[narrow sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/splooshysploosher-funny-dog-doge-doge-stare-dog-look-gif-26301702

[whole creek]

I've read the faq's and so far while the game shows promise I'm concerned about the main feature of a pirate game and that's sailing.
In it's current iteration it's each player is in control of a ship, completely. Even with, dare I say, Atlas we had both AI mutes and the ability to crew our ships. Even SoT allows for a crew.
What's to prevent the sailing experience from feeling frankly like a console/arcade game and less like a deep immersion pirate game.
I really look forward to more actual tangible gameplay presentations to show that the game will be something more.

Also, no wind mechanics? Getting wind on your opponent or forcing them to irons is and should be a thing. Just piloting around like a speedboat will be,in my opinion, horrible.

[fast orchid]

So a thing to remember is that we're getting updates on how the game is in a very very early alpha state, things are subjective to change at all times and devs are constantly talking about what they want to do with the game I.E. looking into having other players be able to crew other positions on the ship, so what you see now shouldn't be taken as what the game is or always will be

[idle lotus]

Wind is planned but not implemented yet iirc

[fast orchid]

Also as of the last test I played they did have wind mechanics so maybe that just got missed.

Not just by you but by the team too, or maybe they're under a rework, again hard to say

[narrow sentinel]

There is wind mechanics which can be seen through ui in recent clips afaik, and a fully multi-crew feature for a game like this is not reasonable. Comparing it to sot isnt great, sot is incredibly stylized and even the smallest ship in thiz game would require more crew than the galleon in sot. Ships like the 1st rate we see would need HUNDREDS of players to fully man

[whole creek]

I saw the mention in the faq's of course. Function should be a thing long before fluff. Ships and sailing sounds like the big sell and if done poorly, Skull and Bones cough cough, it's questionable as to its future I think.

[fast orchid]

I'd say wait until the next playtest to be too hastily worried, very few people have actually played or communicated how play has gone for them, and as I said even the next playtest is still a very very early alpha

[whole creek]

I can see some AI crew for sure. I obviously a 1st rate won't be your starter ship and a sloop of course can be helmed by one person. Good actual tactical sailing as well as cannon control? Nope

[idle lotus]

Sea of Thieves, for how much I love it, doesn't do a great job of portraying realistic crew sizes, or even realistic ships (the sloop looks so goofy to me in comparison to an actual sloop, it's more like a medieval cog if anything)

[narrow sentinel]

Theres no realistic way to have multi crew ships unless its dumbed down to the point where a player can control an entire broadside

[whole creek]

True. Atlas, for all it's faults, didn't do too bad in the beginning. Then it was nerfed to heck and arcaded out. Then abandoned.

[whole creek]

Like I said, some AI crew makes sense. A single player controlling an entire ship is frankly ludicrous in my opinion.

[narrow sentinel]

I don't believe so, I dont think theres any possible way to have mutli-crewed ships outside of it being a commodity

[whole creek]

And also. If I'm playing with my friends and family. We'll want to crew a single ship. The cooperation will be essential to a fun gameplay experience.

So, what you're suggesting is that it should be a shared Solo experience, like No Man's Sky, and not a true multiplayer one?
That's not at all what I got from how the game is presented.

[narrow sentinel]

I personally would find more fun playing with others in a small fleet than have everyone on my ship, especially if its endgame where theres no amount of players on my ship that wouldnt prove redundant compared to the amount of ai needed to man the rest of the stations

[whole creek]

Also, 100% disagree with this statement.

[tidal apex]

is this game planning on coming out on console or only PC?

[surreal sierra]

Right now its not possible. The aim is to have each ship be crewed by one person an their AI crew https://discordapp.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1355568016552755272

However I believe it has been said its on the table to have multiple people operate a ship (I cannot find the message that says this so I cant fact check myself)

[narrow sentinel]

Multi-crew elements are being considered I saw that as well

[surreal sierra]

there you go

[narrow sentinel]

I just dont see it being a requirment as a good thing

[surreal sierra]

Playing Sea of Thieves solo and having to constantly bounce between each thing on a ship became extremely annoying very quickly

[tidal apex]

This is how Atlas is

having NPC man cannons/sails and if a player wants to unseat to manual shoot a cannon or turn a sail you can

[idle lotus]

I don't mind one player controlling one ship, it just means they're the captain. Not to mention it makes it easier to execute moves if you just have your AI crew do them instead of trying to coordinate like 7 different human beings (especially if nobody knows the mechanics yet and this is your first voyage. Sounds like a nightmare, honestly)

[toxic marten]

I think the best way to incorporate players on a ship, is the human for example be a master gunner and control the entire npc broadside. Sailing master controls the npc sails. You could also make it so if a human and not a thrall is running said operation thats theres a small stat boost to encourage coop, so the sailing master being human means sails are adjusted 10% fast, master gunner 10% reloading speed. So it still requires npc/thralls

[tidal apex]

as long as the NPC manning the cannons/sails can be killed thats a huge apsect of the game play in Atlas

[tidal apex]

Atlas had a "Leutenant Podium" to control broadsides of cannons

where the captain would still worry about ship direction/speed

[toxic marten]

yeah, it'd still allow a captain to solo, but if players come on board they replace a thrall and have a role with some benefit at least

[whole creek]

A full ship of the line, let alone several, with all stations controlled by AI will crash your game into a pile of molten slag.
Management of a few crew teams by other players would most certainly lower the overhead and add to the teamwork feel.
Everyone having their own 1st rate ship to themselves just sounds not fun and a horrible choice.
It's like everyone wanting to be able to Solo pilot a Polaris Corvette Solo in Star Citizen. Stupid and not fun. Multi crew for a multiplayer game or it's just not a multiplayer game .
Hops off her soapbox
Just tossing out wishes of course. I played Atlas for a long time and missed it to have more realistic sailing mechanics. The hope for a good pirate sailing experience is a thing and sadly getting it seem to be rare in exchange for canned Dark Souls 3rd person gameplay and arcade/console experiences. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[tidal apex]

Just make the core gameplay like Atlas, Atlas had very good core gameplay mechanics just the execution was horrible

[whole creek]

Uuh you've always been able to pull crew off cannons and sails to donut yourself in Atlas?!

[tidal apex]

yah

[narrow sentinel]

Agree to disagree

[tidal apex]

sorry meant to say "can" not "cant"

[surreal sierra]

uhh no? Black Flag had the same control system thats being aimed for in Crosswind and had very few control issues. Melting your game to slag? Hardly.

Forcing everyone to sail a multiplayer ship if they dont want to play multiplayer is silly, its what killed mine and im sure many others interest in Sea of Thieves. Having the ability to solo sail a ship but ALSO have the availability to use it with other players like in SoT is the ideal compromise.

[tidal apex]

I think he means in PVP if this is an MMO. And he is most likely comparing to Atlas. Which i say again Atlas execution was horrible

[fast orchid]

I don't believe that's the intended vision for the game given their #1298583059402063926 topic on it
#1354114215652360252 message

[whole creek]

The only example currently available is Atlas with several Galleons with AI crew in combat. More crew equaled more lag most of the time .

[narrow sentinel]

Tbf atlas and most ark like games are terribly optimized, as a 3d modeller seeing some of the topology on their ships sent a shiver down my spine

[tidal apex]

it wasnt the crew it was the ship parts. All the poly that was used to create each plank. There is multiple mods on the steam store to help reduce the poly which greatly reduces lag

[whole creek]

Sigh. That's an example of a single player canned experience. If that's what you're going for, sure. It's not. It's planned to be multiplayer.
That's an entirely different thing.

[surreal sierra]

its going to be both Single AND multiplayer. The developers have outlined since day one the game is intended to be experienced by both Solo and Whole crews alike https://discordapp.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1355567727846228241 Its entirely the same thing

[whole creek]

100% hated the idiotic copy pasta method if doing things by the devs. Sails and wind gathering as well as proper facing bugged the heck out of me for years.

[tidal apex]

Are we just going to select a server like in any other of these survival games? That server will either be PVE or PVP?

[narrow sentinel]

Atlas had a good start, I agree some multi-crew elements would be fun but a requirment not so much

[idle lotus]

While sailing a ship with a coordinated crew in SoT is fun, it can also be... frustrating to coordinate said crew. With human crewmates you're subject to communication errors, connection issues, off timing, and especially people who just don't listen and do what they like. That's not to say you can never do it- but it's hard, and it's taken my friend group in SoT a while to get where we are. Add to that realistic crew sizes of realistic ships, which easily goes into double digits for smaller ships, and you multiply the previously mentioned issues with humans, not to mention some people might not even have a friend group of 20+ members, also not to mention the ADDITIONAL scheduling nightmare of getting 27 of the boys to hop on for some yo ho action

[surreal sierra]

And there are MANY people who prefer playing games solo as opposed to multiplayer. The developers are heavily emphasising its for both solo and multiplayer.

Me, I like solo, but I also like the option to play with friends whenever theyre around, thankfully Crosswind will have that option. Whether its on a single ship remains to be seen.

[whole creek]

The modular ships buried the game for me. It was like a hot wheels game at that point. Nobody cared about their ship anymore. You could build one in a few minutes so you didn't care about it getting sunk.
Your ship should be important to you. Read some history logs of how a captain felt about their ships.

[tidal apex]

yep i agree

[whole creek]

There are far more Solo games than multiplayer ones. In my opinion, if you're looking to make a multiplayer or even a co-op game then that should be the focus. 100% of the time.
No Man's Sky is a perfect example of the mistake of promised multiplayer and only delivering a semi shared thing even years later.
It sounds like it's a single player game pretending to be multiplayer so far.
I'll continue to lurk I guess and hope to see if it progresses in the direction I'll like.
Thank you for the adult debate folks. 🙏

[granite oxide]

Good Afternoon Everyone 🙂

[surreal sierra]

Sorry we disagree on some things. Either way youre always welcome

[whole creek]

It's just the games being promoted as an MMO-lite. Not a Solo game. 🤷🏻‍♀️
No no, please don't apologize. Healthy debate is awesome and says a ton about the current community.

[idle lotus]

I'm not against people collaborating on one boat, by any means, but at risk of sounding like a parrot, the game takes a realistic approach to ship design and crew size, and with the game's co-op in private worlds being capped at 4 players from what I've seen (which is a little disappointing, as I would have hoped for a bigger cap- maybe someday down the line), I can't see a full private world being able to collectively manage anything larger than a rowboat.

[granite oxide]

@whole creek Hi and Welcome to Crosswind 🙂 Been catching up on the discussion. The solo/co-op is purely for your islands areas - which is totally massive in size. The mmo portion is the HUB outside of that which will be a multiplayer world with pve and pvp zones, raids, faction conflicts, etc. Think of Guild Wars 2 and how successful they implemented this, Though on a much larger scale. It works really well when done right. Give the game time to go through developement as it is a long ways out from being complete. Each of the features like ship control, sailing, etc, will go through many iterations. The first thing in the Coming playtest will be to purely test the PVE survival mechanics. Combat, Building, crafting, basic sailing, exploration, etc. Once that is working as it should and is expected to then other mechanics of the game will get focused on while those get polished.

[toxic marten]

I mean you could, if players take traditional management roles of a ship and and takeover x amount of npcs. Solo everything is ai, coop and player takes a spot on the boat as master gunner, controls the broadsides npcs

[narrow sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/sips-tea-sip-gif-25933597

[idle lotus]

That's fair, but then that opens up an issue where a cutter with 4 people on it managing different AI can be run more efficiently than one being run by a solo player and their AI, which makes the exact same ship class less viable purely because of your playstyle, in this case, being playing solo- at least in my eyes.

[whole creek]

It's an MMO it's going to be that way. Human crew vs AI and a solo player will most likely win.

Not always, for example if the human crew really...uh are monkeys, then you'll probably beat them.

And also, that's specific to PVP

[idle lotus]

Yes, but I'd argue if you're going up against a friend group in PvP (in this game specifically) it's arguably more fair to fight different ship classes which perform the same way than a single ship that can perform wildly differently because of how many people are on board.

[toxic marten]

I mean its probably the best middle ground, also for mulitplayer optimised performance is going to be important, because you'll want to probably limit the amount of playable ships, especially since the game is f2p and who knows what cash shop effects will do.

[whole creek]

Awesome and thank you for the information. ✨

[granite oxide]

#💬│windrose-chat message
This is a 100 gun Beast, though it won't be available in the upcoming playtest. This shows how massive the ships can get. Having an all AI crew, let alone 100 all human crew is insane and with time zones, etc would be nearly impossible to outfit. So this is where the Dev's have to come up with solutions to make the ship control and combat fun, engaging, with having activity on deck, yet not so taxing on the overall game for server ( imagine the lagg fest of dozens of 100 or even full 50 crew player ships) It will be an issue of them balancing out realistic type play, with making it fun enough to emjoy. A few would enjoy 100% realism - Most will NOT, because they here to play a game that is fun and engaging and not be 100% realistic. #💬│windrose-chat message and #💬│windrose-chat message cover a good bit of the direction they headed towards. So keep an eye out on the coming year. It's going to be a really Awesome and Fun Ride 🙂

[narrow sentinel]

The Royal William isn't even the largest 1st rate either, we could very well get ships larger up to 120-130 guns who knows

[granite oxide]

True that @narrow sentinel - Time will tell the Tale 😄

[narrow sentinel]

Give us the Trinidad it will be very balanced

[granite oxide]

@narrow sentinel Lovely ship!

[surreal sierra]

Mucho cannon = Mucho damage

[fast orchid]

Ok so I have had this train of thought on my mind for a while now and want to get it out there, however to preface my thoughts I'd like to say that these are just that, my thoughts and opinions, they're not representative of the Crosswind Crew in anyways whatsoever.

So I played in November of 2024 and while things have clearly changed from all the stuff they've been posting the game looks to feel mostly the same, with that all being cleared up I'm gonna get to the crux of my thoughts and opinions

This game is not X other game, it doesn't feel like Atlas in the survival craft, it doesn't feel like Black Flag in the naval combat, it has it's own completely unique feel, if I had to get remotely close to how the game feels to play I could call it close to Valheim Survival Craft mixed with NMS multiplayer, but that's just how I've seen the gameplay come across in core gameplay loop, but I've enjoyed it, this game doesn't seem to want to be the new Rust, Atlas, or Hardcore Pirate Game, it clearly wants to be a survival craft game that's set in the golden age, however the way you fight, sail, craft, build etc, it all feels like while their inspiration can and has come from other games the game itself is it's own game with it's own direction and take on how the genre is adapted. That's all the things I'm excited about that are bringing me joy, now to the downside.

The community has grown so fast and so explosively that the problem feels like it's honestly just the same problem that happens in so many different games, the problem being comparisons are drawn from the wrong things given how games are advertised and sold, and don't get me wrong it happened with me too, when I first looked at it I was getting explained that this is the Division 2 of Pirate games, which is the furthest thing from the truth and expectations, but it still shows the crux of the problem, take ESO for example, that is very easily my favourite MMO ever, I love it and have loved it from day 1, that didn't stop the problem from happening where as it was coming up on release it kept getting referred to as "Skyrim but multiplayer" and that also was the furthest from the truth, but it still made the game sound like a flop when it came out in 2014, and that's what's currently happening to this game right now, sure we've seen bits of gameplay and whatnot but that doesn't change the fact that you haven't seen how someone would spend 12+ hours in this game and I haven't seen how someone would spend 12+ hours in the end game goal.

This isn't to say I don't like hearing all the dicussions and takes on the game, I do love to read them, what I don't like is hearing expectations so high for something that clearly won't come to be what people are thinking for the long run. Take hardcore always pvp servers and instances for example, with moding and breaking a few rules sure likely possible however something that almost certainly won't be the case in the upcoming test based on what's been told and showed, same thing will likely go for hardcore naval action and historical accuracy, the game already has and will likely continue to take liberties where it will in order to continue to deliver a game that the devs want to make because at the end of the day that's how good games are made, devs make what they like and the game goes up a lot in quality, that's not to say they won't listen to feedback mind you they've already shown that feedback is a big priority for them. It does mean however that if your feedback is something like "if this game has X historical inaccuracy I'm out" then you might want to be prepared for the devs to let you walk in exchange for making what it is they want to make.

Ok now that the rant's done please remember I'm not a dev on this game and that this is my own opinion, not theirs, thank you for coming to my ted talk

[surreal sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/warframe-arthur-typing-typing-fast-gif-11869559936470776309

[whole creek]

If it's No Mans Sky faux multiplayer then, no thanks. 🫣

[fast orchid]

lmao I'm sorry!

[surreal sierra]

[whole creek]

And wow, do you need to sit down after that? 💕

[surreal sierra]

Seaweaver sums it up better than I can. We're very excited for the finished product but the reality is we're still early alpha, so we're trying to manage expectations at this moment

[fast orchid]

XD yes, but tbf as I said I've been watching the community grow since november of last year so I've had a lot of time to sit and watch what I called "The downside" happen a lot so it's kinda just pent up energy finally being put to letter

[fast orchid]

I mean current NMS multiplayer, you start singleplayer / in your group but there are hubs and activities that allow you to find groups to be with and do stuff with, this comparison was drawn from how they talk about Tortuga as a multiplayer hub of sorts kinda like the anomaly is now in NMS, but when I played Tortuga was just a proof of concept, and PVP zones didn't even exist yet in the way their kinda talking, so NMS is just the most accurate compairison I have off of the info I have, PVP and other zones could indeed prove me very wrong

[noble herald]

I do hope that one day I can help with this amazing game with testing and lore finding and such

[fast orchid]

I know the feeling

[noble herald]

Been playing Sea of Thieves to sort of get my pirate fix

[pulsar hornet]

guys will you be able to raid other players bases in this game

[fast orchid]

Hard to say on release, definitly not on the new playtest

[fast orchid]

I know it's still a hot take but I've been enjoying Skull and Bones and I just play other RPG's for my pirate feel combat fix

[paper yew]

Will Cross wind come to console?

[fast orchid]

probably not until after 2026 if it does

[paper yew]

Ok

[noble herald]

I been playing Bull and Scones as well

[fast orchid]

lol, I've been having fun on it and IMO that's all that matters, but it's definitly a Ubisoft MMO and not another black flag

[short basalt]

One of the things I’m hopeful for is the ability to remove guns. Less weight, more speed

[narrow sentinel]

Some hull variants would be sick

[narrow sentinel]

I'm actuall excited for year 2

[fast orchid]

So am I, I've been loving it so far, excited to see what they bring with it

[granite oxide]

@pulsar hornet https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1355567727846228241 and https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1352225217350467614 It is unknown at this time if there will be player/guild made bases in the open world area that can be raided or not, or if it will be raids for pvp groups against each other. PVP side we won't know more on until later in development once it has made its way into one of the playtest.

@paper yew #💬│windrose-chat message and #1351561002893971538 message

[dusk arch]

I hope there will also singleplayer / coop ports to buy and sell stuff

[granite oxide]

@dusk arch That would certainly be nice!

[dusk arch]

Yes?

[fast orchid]

Gotta stop doing that man lol, confusing me with it too

[dusk arch]

I agree haha

[granite oxide]

@fast orchid what happens when you have a very affectionate cat in your lap trying to push keyboard away while you type lol

[fast orchid]

Just gotta hit the reply button then lol, then if you try to hit enter while it's empty it won't go through but you still ping if needed

[granite oxide]

I dunno Ive had some funky stuff go through on reply to when he does a roll on my keyboard lol

[fast orchid]

fair but at least a reply lets people know what message you were responding to

[rose shell]

Ahoy! How are we all doing today?

[clever valley]

i thought that was killed already

[clever valley]

i get you may not care for a no mans sky multi player but please remember this is still in early alpha just because that was the feel @fast orchid initially got doesnt mean thats what we are getting and there will be some pvp which atleast as far as i remember no mans sky didnt have any of.

[surreal sierra]

I mean, to be fair, on release No Man's Sky had absolutely nothing

No multiplayer, No content, nothing that was promised

[granite oxide]

How's everyone doing tonight?

[narrow sentinel]

Pretty good, moving to Colorado tomorrow so its been a hectic day

Yourself?

[granite oxide]

@narrow sentinel Hope you have a wonderful trip - I lived in Denver for a year - Miss the weather (other than the spontaneous blizzards). I miss eating at Casa Bonita 🙂

[narrow sentinel]

I was there for about a week for my girlfriends birthday, it was quite windy

I'm coming from washington though so I wont much mind the winter mess

[granite oxide]

Well have a safe travel Mate!

[narrow sentinel]

Thanks 😄

[thick stirrup]

is there beta or alpha rn?

[digital loom]

^?

[fast orchid]

Currently no, the next alpha is planned for next moth but you could read more about it in Pins / #1298583059402063926

[surreal finch]

Hello, new here and cant wait to check it out!

[elder kayak]

Goodmorning everyone

[elder kayak]

Welcome to the community. Have fun here ❤️

[crude vine]

[fast orchid]

Ahoy and welcome! I hope you enjoy your time here, I would go on about checking the important channels but you seem like you know what you're doing, have fun exploring the server!

[elder kayak]

I see everytime that a moderator is typing and it stops.

Something weird with discord i think

[granite oxide]

@surreal finch Hi and Welcome to Crosswind!

@elder kayak Good Evening Mate 🙂

[elder kayak]

Hello hello

[polar sable]

has there been any word on a release window? I don't want to rush it in any way as i want them to have all the time they need, but has there been any word on if its this year or next year or even past that?

[granite oxide]

@polar sable won't be anything on that until probably sometime in 2026

lot of playtest to get through before they even think about a release window

[polar sable]

thats what I assumed, just wanted to make sure

[ionic thunder]

👀

[narrow sentinel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1349724792906846258/1359077814971793550/Dance_baby2.gif

[granite oxide]

@ionic thunder Good Mornin 🙂

[ionic thunder]

it is now 🙃

[granite oxide]

lol

congrats 😉

[ionic thunder]

https://tenor.com/v6l8Za85c3g.gif

two moods when you set sail

[shrewd arch]

Soon weekend

[ionic thunder]

anybody have a fav. sea shanty?

I def have a mix of longest Johns songs but I also have a soft spot for some of the sea shanties from Black Flag

[narrow sentinel]

I'm a big fan of The Dreadnoughts

Poutine has got to be my #1 from them

[ionic thunder]

ooo it's jumppy, I could get hyped to this thank you for the recommendation

[narrow sentinel]

They got a lot of traditional shanties as well and they do them really good

[ionic thunder]

reminds me a lot of Poor Mans Poison

Providence is up there for me

[narrow sentinel]

I've been listening to those guys for a minute, good stuff

[ionic thunder]

yes sir! lot of good taste in this discord

[noble herald]

Idk why but suddenly i am wanting to play Pirates of the Burning Sea again

[distant mountain]

Ayy server hit 4k

[velvet beacon]

Morning

[velvet beacon]

Lowlands

[ionic thunder]

oh thats a good one, I like Leave her Johnny personally

[velvet beacon]

Same but lowlands is also high on my list

[ionic thunder]

low lands would be my second but it's a hard second tie

[velvet beacon]

Yea my second is Randy dandy oh and third lowlands

[ionic thunder]

and do her johhny broker

just one of the more funny ones I like

[velvet beacon]

The thing I am most excited about is the naval combat system bcuz if it’s like black flag I will adapt real quick for my 2 100% slots

[bleak shard]

Banks of the lee
Roll northumbria
Downed and drowned

Underrated

[shrewd arch]

Question what you think about alchemie for poison healing strong potion or something you can trow i think that would be amazing and when everything is craftet by players means even bullets for pistols are craftet by player

[patent fjord]

Alchimae

[green forge]

2 most overused shanties, thats for sure

The Real McKenzies are pretty good if you like pipebags

Could make a list of my favourite bands tbh

Here are all the bands

Ye banished privateers
The real McKenzies
Paz razket
Pyrolysis
Derina Harvey band
Musical blades
Paddyhats (not that many shanties tho)
The dreadnoughts
The skullduggers
Dropkick murphys
Stormfrun

[crude vine]

Lowlands, roll northumbria, johnnie come down to hilo and john paul jones is a pirate

Many more tbh, my playlist is long

[ionic thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/pirate-ship-arr-pirate-dance-pirate-dance-gif-12107966

[velvet beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/ac4-edward-kenway-attack-assassins-creed-creed-edward-gif-12644868

Average ship combat

[shadow quail]

Says on the steampage that the game is going to be free to play, is that true? (Says the price is free)

[distant mountain]

Yes

#1352225461391982712 message

[shadow quail]

Will probably be best answered by a dev or something but is the game going to feature base raiding? (With full loot, similar to rust)

Cant find it anywhere on the steam page , but saw a guy claim it on a youtube video

[distant mountain]

@torpid dirge ^

[torpid dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/deka-fumo-fumofumo-council-car-gif-11009122540626935835

[distant mountain]

No not Fumos please I’m on a server full of them

[velvet beacon]

Y’all European?

[distant mountain]

Nope

[shadow quail]

Too bad , thanks for the reply, ive looked at games like sea of thieves and always been like ”how awesome wouldnt it be to plunder other players and then bring it back to our base” gives more depth i think. But its coming from a player with 8K hours in rust so 😅

[distant mountain]

Guessing some people here are European American and Asia and Oceania

[velvet beacon]

You have gmt?

[distant mountain]

Ya

[velvet beacon]

K

Just curious

[torpid dirge]

There’s also an optional PvP side planned for later down the road, so maybe you’ll enjoy it once it’s more fleshed out!

[shadow quail]

Yeah! game looks good so far, the ”soulslite” combat thing looks right up my alley.

[distant mountain]

There’s about 16 people that have Fumo in there name 😭 in a server I’m in

Welp

[surreal sierra]

[distant mountain]

I’ve become a Fumo

[velvet beacon]

Cheese

[edgy saddle]

We got a traitor!

[latent root]

heya, sorry if this has been asked a ton already, but is there a play test available to join?

[velvet beacon]

Get the bonfire ready!!

[latent root]

nvm just found the pinnned msg lol

[violet flower]

Is there a current timeline of when the next play test will be after the one that has just been closed? This game style is something I’ve been waiting for, for years, I cant take another skull and bones let down in my life

[latent root]

I believe one is coming late may, not much details on it at the moment

[surreal sierra]

The last playtest was back in November and we're anticipating the one next month.

[violet flower]

That one is still closed for new applicants?

[surreal sierra]

At the moment yes. There may be another competition/giveaway for guaranteed access but its not been announced yet.

Also if you miss out on this playtest there will be others before final release next year

[violet flower]

Okay, no problem cheers

[surreal sierra]

[violet flower]

[fast orchid]

Ahoy all!

[river hollow]

When the release will be?

[velvet beacon]

Prob 2026

[fast orchid]

^

[fluid tiger]

I can't wait till next year duuude

[dusk arch]

I still hope that i can play for ever singleplayer our coop i dont like pvp/pve... but that my thing haha

[fast orchid]

good news, pvp is definitly optional

[dusk arch]

Nice 🙂

[velvet beacon]

Most people will like that when they need peace

[fast orchid]

Even I love it, there's not many Pirate games for more casual players but this one looks to be the one to go to for it

[dusk arch]

I like to fight npc ships and settlements with my brother our with a few friends haha dont have anything with pve/pvp/mmorpg

[velvet beacon]

Sea weaver do the test phase start in the first half of may or the second?

[surreal sierra]

Its slated to be mid may

[fast orchid]

I've never loved the idea of "You lost at pvp because you can only play 3 hours a week but they played 65 hours a day" so opt in pvp and being able to play at your own pace is something I'm really happy to see come to a Pirate game for once

[surreal sierra]

Same, constantly having to look over my shoulder in SoT sucked. I'd come home from a long day and just want to relax and play a sailing game only to have it ruined by no life sweats and children. Took all the joy out of the game

[fast orchid]

Yee, that's another reason I'm super hyped for a proper PVE Pirate game

[dusk arch]

What is SoT?

[fast orchid]

Sea of Thieves

[surreal sierra]

Sea of Thieves

[dusk arch]

Ooh haha

I also have that game but iam much more for rpg/coop/sp games

[fast orchid]

dw you'll be right at home in crosswind from what I've played and read

[dusk arch]

Yes i think also 🙂

[crude vine]

I was that guy sinking people in sot, i am sorry

[velvet beacon]

I just want a assassins creed bf but customisable

[fast orchid]

trust me if you're apologizing then you weren't the problem lol

[surreal sierra]

Oh I did my fair share of sinking people too. But not having the option of 'I chose when I want to be open to pvp' sucked

[crude vine]

I was definitely not one of those overly sweaty exploiters yelling cusswords

But i was also not really one to be sunk often, i had capable crews and we jdut enjoyed the hunt, a bit of fun trolling and rolepaly sprinkled in it, but always harmless stuff

But we also cant avoid being name called and yelled at by pvers we sink, it jsut comes with the territory i guess

[crude vine]

I think what sot did was fine later on with pve servers, definetly not the best way to do it, also maybe too late, but it was an option

[fast orchid]

Yeah I was the dude who would just run into the nearest meg / Kraken then get away in a rowboat while the other ship was distracted, but I also was stupid and was solo sailing a galleon because I wanted to look cool

[fast orchid]

No those aren't PVE servers and they can't stress that enough because they also suck nuts, they're just limited hardcore pve play, I say hardcore because they forgot to balance the thing so if you're running solo prepare to be attacked by upwards of 3 skeleton ships at any one moment

[crude vine]

Lmao,classic
I never dipped into the pve servers, but getting attacked by all possible random events at once was always frustrating

[fast orchid]

@lyric pilot so just to let you know this upcoming test is focused on PVE, the game also starts you off on an instanced island where without that users code people can't visit, so stealing their stuff might prove difficult/impossible for this upcoming test

[velvet beacon]

awwwww unfortunate

[fast orchid]

Unfortunate for hardcore PVP players, I'm happy casuals have a good multiplayer Pirate expierence for once

[velvet beacon]

maybe do add a raid minigame so after so manny days the navy will go and raid your island if you stole so much from them and you can win loot that's aboard the navy ship

[narrow sentinel]

Mornin folks

[velvet beacon]

morninng

[fast orchid]

Maybe, I think they should focus on the games foundation and getting that to be alpha ready first lol

[fast orchid]

Ahoy mace!

[velvet beacon]

yea but like a future update over a few months

[surreal sierra]

Falcore is a professional. I am certain he'll be able to make great content with anything thats in the playtest

[fast orchid]

I'm just saying might want to write it down for later

[fast orchid]

I know, this was just a conversation I brought over from: #🦑│lore-zone message

[surreal sierra]

Gotcha

[fast orchid]

Yee, also hey you implying I'm not a professional? I'll have you know I make Pirate content too! Just games not videos

[velvet beacon]

i like were this is going

[fast orchid]

No I don't work for the Crosswind team as much as I wish I did

[velvet beacon]

why don't you work that much then?

or do you have other projects?

[crude vine]

That reminds me that i wanted to check out that card game in your bio, is it a physical one or digital? Since it says demo available in your banner 👀

[fast orchid]

Wym? I'm working right now, I'm just riddled with ADHD and can very easily multitask

[velvet beacon]

same

[fast orchid]

DM for personal info like that, It's not crosswind stuff so I'm not comfortable sharing much about it here

[narrow sentinel]

I can't even work on my 3d modelling until I get my pc shipped to my new place

[velvet beacon]

you going trough a move?

[narrow sentinel]

Moving to denver today in a couple hours

[fast orchid]

I know the pain, I went through the no PC thing a few months ago and it sucked not being able to work on my games

[narrow sentinel]

My girlfriend has one of my old laptops from college maybe it could run blender

[velvet beacon]

have a great time moving

does someone have a free pirate game to play while i wait for this one?

[fast orchid]

[narrow sentinel]

World of sea battle is some good fun if you like ships

Kind of like arcadey naval action

[velvet beacon]

yea but for now

it's stil in development

[narrow sentinel]

Most indie pirate games are

[velvet beacon]

just gonna play the pirate carribean hunt

[still ridge]

Hey everyone! I just heard about this game today. It looks very promising. Is the playtest closed on Steam? I don't see an option to request access or any specifics in the faq section above.

[velvet beacon]

yea currently the playtest is closed but there will be a new playtest soon

[still ridge]

Thanks! Thought I was going blind as I looked over the Steam page 3 times for it. lol

[velvet beacon]

np

[edgy saddle]

@velvet beacon Ga jij eens heel gauw genieten van het weer!

[velvet beacon]

hz

[elder kayak]

English please in the main channels

[edgy saddle]

Mooi weer 😄

[elder kayak]

You have to know that as moderator

[velvet beacon]

haha

[edgy saddle]

Ooffff oh no! 🤷 💀

[velvet beacon]

too hot but i play with my dog rount the hour

[edgy saddle]

aahhhh I like dogs

Wish I had one

[elder kayak]

Which sort of dog do you have?

[velvet beacon]

sheltie

[elder kayak]

Nice!

How old?

[velvet beacon]

2 years

[elder kayak]

Oooh very young still

Nice

[velvet beacon]

yea

[elder kayak]

I love dogs, i want also one, but i don't have the time for it.

So better not

working 10 hours per day

[velvet beacon]

dutch?

with your per dag

jk i like dutch peapole

[elder kayak]

?

Some dutch people are fine yes

[velvet beacon]

per dag means per day

[elder kayak]

Not all of them

[elder kayak]

peapole means people

I am just joking around haha

[velvet beacon]

ha

[elder kayak]

I know, i understand dutch.

🙂

[edgy saddle]

Stroopwafel

[velvet beacon]

[elder kayak]

Very delicous cookie with sirope on it

[edgy saddle]

😉

[elder kayak]

Best one is from Jumbo

[velvet beacon]

ye

[lyric pilot]

Yes, but... I could invite a friend, and then steal his bed, right? Sane thing

[velvet beacon]

yea

[crude vine]

I always grab buckets of Vla and Dubbelfriss when i go over the border

[elder kayak]

Do you play also other games?

[edgy saddle]

Double Fresh 😄

[velvet beacon]

like

[elder kayak]

Idk, what do you like to play

[velvet beacon]

ac black flag

[elder kayak]

I mean games what you can play together

[crude vine]

Its so good

[velvet beacon]

dbd sot

[fast orchid]

Lol fair I guess, just not random peoples stuff is all I meant

[elder kayak]

Oké oké seems nice

I have acces for Arc Raiders, if you like to play, i can ask for key.

[edgy saddle]

All I drink is Monster Energy nowadays # my health sucks

[crude vine]

[velvet beacon]

btw i was just checking roosters revenge and then falcore typed in the chat

[velvet beacon]

witch one?

[elder kayak]

We know that Robbie.

But you have to keep your health up

[crude vine]

I live on water and the occasional sugar free ice tea. Not like im fully free of sin, here and there a energy or a coke slips in but oh well

[velvet beacon]

i have like 18 cans here

[elder kayak]

I like the pink one and the white one

[velvet beacon]

i have both here

[elder kayak]

Viking Berry is very delicous

[velvet beacon]

witch pink one btw tere are like 5 different ones

[elder kayak]

Viking Berry

[velvet beacon]

don't have that one here

[elder kayak]

You can find this in AH

[velvet beacon]

albert hijn doesnt sell monster

sindce 2013

[elder kayak]

Weird, i got it from there.

[velvet beacon]

by a lawsuit

in the netherlands

[elder kayak]

Are u sure?

[velvet beacon]

yes

[elder kayak]

Cuz i got it

[velvet beacon]

i come tere daily

[elder kayak]

Oké

You have to try the viking berry

Delicous is it

You can find it also by Makro.

If you have KVK number

[velvet beacon]

its a new flavour

released 2025

[edgy saddle]

I have the Rio Punch rn

[velvet beacon]

same

[elder kayak]

Yes, i love it

[narrow sentinel]

[ionic thunder]

All my friends in highschool drank monsters and rockstars, I have had their java coffee in the monster and that's pretty good imo

[granite oxide]

Good Afternoon everyone!

[void bronze]

Quick question during the playtest will be allowed to stream it and or record and upload content or keep it closed doors?

[granite oxide]

@void bronze yes NDA for the upcoming playtest will be lifted

https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1351562767265562654

[ionic thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-spongebob-smash-ultimate-good-morning-gif-15372581

Patrick confirmed for smash 9

His up-emote is him getting up at 5:00 AM for a Krabby Patty

[narrow sentinel]

I'm a big fan of import monsters, that or red bull

[ionic thunder]

Now I'm not a big fan of red bull.

[narrow sentinel]

Battery acid my beloved

[ionic thunder]

But if they sponsor the game I'll have to do a real life pirate ship battle 💪

I'll dive head first into a canister shot for youuuuuuuuu! ☝️

sponsored by Red Bull

[narrow sentinel]

Who needs canister shot when you have silverware

[ionic thunder]

I could see that being part of the crafting of canister shot

Bits of metal shavings or something would be neat

[narrow sentinel]

I wonder how it even was effective since ships still had siding on upper gundecks and I'm not sure how a canister shot could get through that on most ships

[granite oxide]

@narrow sentinel canister shot was used to clear decks of enemy crews, all you needed was the right angle or trajectory

[granite oxide]

@raven notch Hello Mate.

[clever valley]

https://tenor.com/view/johnny-depp-captain-jack-sparrow-my-ship-stop-blowing-holes-in-my-ship-pirates-of-the-carribean-gif-17585317

[raven notch]

As someone who has played skull and bones, sea of thieves and a AC Black flag fan, I am generaly excited to try out a new pirate game, I hope it succeeds 🙂

[granite oxide]

No doubt here that it will, It is definitely a unique take on Pirate gameplay and a very interesting combination of options and features not seen in other pirate games.

[narrow sentinel]

I guess it could wreak havoc if you get a good stern rake in

[velvet beacon]

litterly watchig pirates of the caribbean

atm

[narrow sentinel]

I prefer Master and Commander over potc

[ionic thunder]

Correct, canister and puckle shot was used to unalive the actual enemy crew so they couldn't help sail the ship or use defensive maneuvers or return fire

[fast orchid]

I like OFMD

[ionic thunder]

Never! The imp takes no hostages! Only Davey Jones locker for scallywags!!

[narrow sentinel]

I only sink blue glowing ships

[fast orchid]

Good thing my ship is brown, and that sails aren't ships :p

[narrow sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-cat-meme-meme-meme-cat-gif-14470917232397934693

[fast orchid]

🙃

[lofty orchid]

is there any way possible to join alpha now?

[fast orchid]

Currently there's no alpha running, next playtest starts in May and apart from waiting to see if they re-open the steam apps your next best bet is just to keep an eye out on #│announcements and #│game-updates here

[hollow basin]

I just discovered this amazing looking game and am excited to play. Atlas is one of my all time favorite games and this looks even better.

[granite oxide]

@hollow basin Welcome to Crosswind! Glad to have you aboard. Be sure to check out the #1298583059402063926 and #│announcements , lot great info in there and some good media clips in the news 🙂

Feel free to ask anything anytime 🙂

[clever valley]

@velvet beacon @narrow sentinel @fast orchid hot take cutthroat island was a top tier pirate movie

https://tenor.com/view/geena-davis-gif-18264956

[fast orchid]

I should re-watch that but OFMD still more my style, I like comidies

[clever valley]

Haven't watched that but black sails was good

As well as crossbones John malkavich mad a great Edward teach

[granite oxide]

@clever valley I still like some the old pirate films like Morgan the Pirate

The Disney Mini Series Return to Treasure Island was good too, lot of them out there 🙂

[blazing jungle]

Our Flag Means Death was really enjoyable

2 seasons

[narrow sentinel]

Eh it was ok

[fast orchid]

It's great wym?

I think Mace is just hard to please

[granite oxide]

@fast orchid It's becasue the Pink wore off lol

[fast orchid]

Probably

[clever valley]

definetly picky

[narrow sentinel]

I just dont like shows that drag

[granite oxide]

That's ok though, he's here for Crosswind so must have good taste 🙂

[narrow sentinel]

Its one of those shows that has multiple things they lead up to but youre never given the satisfaction of it going well

Or even the end product being anything like what it was lead up to

[clever valley]

i have a feeling you didnt like walking dead

[narrow sentinel]

I havent watched it

[granite oxide]

likewise - saw no point lol

@narrow sentinel you working on any othe ship art?

[narrow sentinel]

I'm not no I just landed in denver I probably wont work on much until I'm settled into my new place

[granite oxide]

hope it all goes well for ya 🙂

[narrow sentinel]

🍻

[elder kayak]

Goodmorning deck scrubbers

[shrewd arch]

i'm sitting here watching the walking dead atm lol

i'm on season 11

[wooden flicker]

is the play test open?

[granite oxide]

@wooden flicker 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.

[fading furnace]

damn I was about to ask lol

[granite oxide]

@fading furnace Last Playtest was in the Fall of Last year, so this will be 2nd playtest coming up.

Doesn't mean if you didn't already apply there's no chance to get it - will most likely be other opportunities and key giveaways. They shut it down in 1 week of opening it up for signups because they were hoping for 8,000 and got almost 140k, so was overwhelmed and that's a good sign there is this much interest 🙂

[fading furnace]

I applied a while ago lol jw if it will be there before I get bored waiting and move on

The constant pings going off with no actual news are kinda annoying 😆 but I'm sure someone them interesting

[shrewd arch]

Guys when is Crosswind Reless

[hallow verge]

Hello Mert, I am Yert

[granite oxide]

@shrewd arch sometime it is expected in 2026

@hallow verge Hey Yert 🙂

[hallow verge]

yo!

wait a minute, ur profile looks like an sc ship, heck yeah

[velvet beacon]

Was asleep but yea it was better than anything else from that time

[granite oxide]

@hallow verge Carrack - Hoping for a Carrack in Crosswind 🙂

[hallow verge]

heck yeah

[toxic blade]

how can marns get a play test invite

[edgy saddle]

Yo-ho

[elder kayak]

Hello everyone

[lucid orbit]

Hello

[shrewd arch]

release?

[surreal sierra]

Final release is planned sometime in 2026. There will be more playtets between now and then however

[granite oxide]

@toxic blade 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.

[narrow sentinel]

Little on the old side for the 1700s, I'm not sure if any were still in use by that point

Also good mornin

[granite oxide]

@narrow sentinel lol It was more of a legacy thing across timelines and games 😉 Carrack is what I have in Star Citizen, thought it would be cool to see one in there - even if its an old wreckage on a beach. Kinda like Star Trek going back in time to find the U.S.S. Enterprise Aircraft Carrier 😉

Anyways @hallow verge caught what I meant as they a SC player too lol

[narrow sentinel]

Oh I see, I never got into SC because of how un-optimized the game is but I love watching videos on it showcasing the ships, some of the greatest interactive models I've seen

[surreal sierra]

Star Citizen? Its a pure scam game. Its been in early alpha for how many years? And has a $48,000 Ship DLC? Pure scam. Its never gonna be finished

[fast orchid]

idk the gameplay is getting better every day, I don't think its intentonally a scam just people shooting for a star they'll never reach

[surreal sierra]

We'll agree to disagree

[upbeat lintel]

I mean if it released as is right now it'd be a decent game but they got a ton left to add. Optimixation has greatly improved as well. Anyone who buys in can play now. Yea prices for digital goods are insane in it but people are willing to spend it for convience and piece of mind. You can get everything they charge for in game without spending an extra dime its just gonna take effort. Its an amazing game. If youve never tried it they do free play a few times a year so people can check it out.

[twilit garnet]

Hi guys, I would like to help with the translations in other languages, how can i help ?

[half fractal]

I just want ship customization, basically customization one would expect from the golden age of sail /piracy (irl)

[dusk arch]

What for game is this ?

[quasi jungle]

when the game released ?

[upbeat lintel]

Star Citizen. Sorry I was replying to the convo

tho the media channel in this discord has some good stuff for Crosswind

[blazing jungle]

Ahoy, YE HAR, and welcome to Crosswind!
Estimated release is in 2026. If you're interested in following along with development and possibly participating in some playtests, keep an eye on #│game-updates and #│announcements ~ #1298583059402063926 Has a lot of good information as well.

[dusk arch]

Aah thanks not a pirate game than haha need a good pirate game till release of this game haha

[supple nexus]

go for S&B they are finally planning land combat by year end.🤣 We already have a imposter among us...😂

[upbeat lintel]

i mean technically you can be space pirates, but its just not te same 😉

[polar sable]

ive been playing lots of SOT and Raft currently

[half fractal]

sot is a rinse and repeat kind of game imo, at the end of the day same thing over and over again and im supossed to be entertained by it 😭

[polar sable]

ya i agree, I like playing it while i am watching a show or listening to a podcast though

[main cape]

This is one I am very excited for and looking forward to seeing what the team has in store for us.

[velvet beacon]

we have a traitor

[fast orchid]

If people playing other pirate games counts as being traitors then oh boy is almost everyone here commiting crimes XD

[velvet beacon]

(JOKING🤣 )

[fast orchid]

I know, I just wanted to play along

[velvet beacon]

all but that game is fine for me

im not paying 70 euros for a ac knockof with less freeroam

[fast orchid]

I can understand that, my usual response is just wait for a sale because it drops to be very reasonable

[velvet beacon]

i could get it for 30 atm but stil i could buy 3 ac bf keys for that price

[fast orchid]

Yeah it's cheap

And Y2 is making the game WAY better so far

[velvet beacon]

i could get deluxe for 40

[fast orchid]

Delux not as worth it but it does give you the pass for the season which has some good stuff iirc

[noble herald]

I wish I had ACBF on PC

I used to play the heck out of it on PS

[fast orchid]

I love black flag but I will always hold the opinion that it is the worst Assassin's Creed game and 3rd best pirate game

[dusk arch]

And what is SOT XD?

[polar sable]

Sea of Thieves

[dusk arch]

Ooh lol sorry haha no i need a good sp/coop pirate game for now the wait till crosswind is long 😦

[static peak]

guys i got a quick question. Will this game be a true coop with some opt in mmo aspects or will it be a true mmo like can i raid other people's bases like in rust or are they like protected as i read somewhere already.

[fast orchid]

Yakuza for solo, cat quest3 for co-op are great indie pirate fames

[fast orchid]

More along the lines of true co-op

[static peak]

so nobody can like come to my ''island'' or whatever to raid my house and take my stuff

[fast orchid]

Not if you don't give them your code

[dusk arch]

thanks 😄

and wich Yakuzu is it xd?

[fast orchid]

But as of the upcoming test you need to be careful because if you give someone your code they can still visit your island while you're offline

[fast orchid]

No problem, and it's the newest one literally called "pirate Yakuza in Hawaii"

[dusk arch]

aah i did see looks nice only sad that it is in the modern world xd

[fast orchid]

Oh trust me, it's not a good pirate game for accuracy, but the mechanics, comedy and story are all soo good that it easily makes up for it

I mean a story and jokes so good I refuse to spoil 2 any of the major I've gone through, they're to die for

[polar sable]

Is this game gonna be mostly coop MMO or will it be fun for a solo player too?

[supple nexus]

from what i read in the chats its mainly for solo fun but can be played coop also upto 4 i think(TBD), and mmo part will be in future that too only area specific.

[twilit garnet]

Mmh

[ionic sun]

Their any plans for an announcement video or something. Did they decide to push into June for more polish?

Recent dev blog was super cool

[clever valley]

really hope nothing start till after monday im gonna be in vegas for training at work

[hallow verge]

🫡

[rigid harbor]

Ay yo, Hemlock reporting for duty

[solid prawn]

hey

hows everyone

whens this games realease

any one have an idea

[rigid harbor]

Probably a while since it’s in alpha

[solid prawn]

o ok

thanks

[blazing jungle]

"A while" is a fair blanket statement haha. Current estimate is 2026 for release, but there will be testing periods leading up to it. If you're interested in participating and giving feedback, keep an eye on the #│game-updates and #│announcements channels for testing sign ups and key giveaways 🏴‍☠️
#1298583059402063926 has some good info as well!

[ionic sun]

I mean also they could easily widen the scope and have to delay for that. I think it just depends if they want to have serious PvP in this game. Wouldn’t be surprised if PvP was an afterthought until a full 2027 release

honestly I think the pve focused approach is smart although I’d prefer a PvP game

[granite oxide]

@ionic sun give it time to cook, there will definitely be pvp in the game, It's just not going to be a situation where private islands can be freely raided, which is what most players don't want 🙂 We will have more on pvp at a later time in another test.

Good Afternoon Everyone!

[distant mountain]

Yo and see ya later

[ionic sun]

Oh I completely understand and agree with their decisions. in a perfect world there would be a PvP or “hardcore” server where outside your private island it’s PvP on all the time

[granite oxide]

Will not be pvp on all the time but there will definitely be PVP zones that once you enter you are automatically in pvp.

[fast orchid]

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

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/941890252488990723/1290305543482638398/33_Seaweaver_Lemon.gif

[narrow sentinel]

Team orange here

Me teeths be not built for the tartness of ye lemon

[fast orchid]

I'm known in 3 seprate servers as a lemon advocater so I started doing it here too, this is week 3 of advocating for lemons

[narrow sentinel]

Youre yellow its perfect

[fast orchid]

Lol fair

[granite oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/squeeze-grapefruit-gif-4867945

I'd rather have a nice Sweet Juicy Pink Grapefruit 😄

Or A RUBY RED!

[fast orchid]

Listen the calendar only says advocate for lemons not defend or justify them

[granite oxide]

LOL

[crude vine]

Im more of a lime fan if i have to

🍋‍🟩

[granite oxide]

Limes are awesome too, especially pared with a lemon 😄

[fast orchid]

Lime is the twin brother to lemon, how does it feel to make his sister jealous

Also all this lemon talk is making me realize I need a special gif just for the lemon advocation

[granite oxide]

@fast orchid LOL as long as the ships are not lemons we all ok XD

[fast orchid]

Or an emote

[elder kayak]

Hello and goodmorning

[fast orchid]

Ahoy

[hollow basin]

I was playing a new game where you find messages in a bottle and it made me think of Atlas. I loved that game. I am hoping this is even better. Maybe we can find messages in bottles in Crosswind!

[granite oxide]

@hollow basin interesting idea!

[supple nexus]

++ Like messages from other players or map for hidden/buried treasures or recipes etc.

Since the playtest month has started what surprise crew has for us?🤩

[granite oxide]

it may or may not be in May 🙂

[spice sparrow]

Any way to sign up for beta?

Nvm i just saw the post about the alpha testing 🥲 heartbreaking 💔

[granite oxide]

@spice sparrow Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Still only about to start 2nd Alpha playtest - beta is long ways off. 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.

[dusk arch]

@Crosswind Crew any news on when the keys will give away from steam ? This may now :))

[patent fjord]

bro got impatient and left 😭

[gusty dome]

Keep an eye on the announcements. That's where you'll get news.

[supple nexus]

if we dont get playtest this month lets hope on getting some more game lore/ raw gameplays.😶‍🌫️ 🫡

[forest ginkgo]

After the AAAA dumpster fire i'm ready to have my heart broken again - hello boys how are we

[surreal sierra]

The optimistic date we have is the 21st. However we have to stress that this is the optimistic earliest that we've been given and theres still a ton of internal testing and fixing that has to be done before theres a chance of the playtest. We're well aware that the team is working hard and doing their best, fingers crossed for the 21st.

[narrow sentinel]

Good morning

[fast orchid]

Ahoy

[native river]

did i miss the beta ??

[fast orchid]

Nope

[native river]

what about key giveaway

[narrow sentinel]

Key giveaways are paused for the time being

[native river]

month ago i was told there will be key giveaway on may 1st

[fast orchid]

That one is over but there might be another one coming soon if we're lucky

[native river]

fkkkkk

[surreal sierra]

We never said there will be a giveaway. We did say there might be one but nothing has been announced

https://tenor.com/view/yer-yer-a-pirate-harry-harry-pirate-hagrid-gif-24465178

[granite oxide]

No definite date was given, just that *The Steam keys and the keys from giveaways * would be issued just before the playtest when it goes live - It's getting closer but not there just yet. Still hoping for a May playtest, but will have to wait and see what the progress is over the next few weeks if it happens sooner or later 🙂 **

[twin crag]

Hi all, my brother and I just came across your game and are super interested. The videos look amazing. We Will definitely let our old buddies that loved atlas know to keep an eye on it.

[granite oxide]

@twin crag Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Glad to have you! 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.

Some video clips in the #│announcements as well 🙂

[analog shuttle]

Aye, Aye Captain!

[granite oxide]

@analog shuttle Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate!

[analog shuttle]

Hi hi
Just discovered the game on Tiktok and it look like some crazy adventures are coming up!

[granite oxide]

@analog shuttle For sure! 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 and some video clips in https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well.

We are definitely super excited 🙂

[analog shuttle]

I will
Good luck to the Team !

[noble herald]

I must play all pirate games to get my fix

[analog shuttle]

<@&1354821664998817822> You might want to deal with that quick, He sent it everywhere* (sorry for the ping)*

[surreal sierra]

Thanks for the ping. we'll sort it

[edgy saddle]

Whats up.

[analog shuttle]

I can still see it in other channel

[surreal sierra]

Dealt with, the Bot will be removed shortly

[analog shuttle]

Happy to help

[surreal sierra]

[torpid trellis]

Dude when are like play tests this game looks dope 🤘

[lyric pilot]

A game rushed is never finished. But a game finished is never rushed!

Also, can we play now?

Also, hurry up and rush it out

(i'm used to bugs, I play SoT lolololol funnies)

[crude vine]

[obtuse hawk]

Alpha play test is expected some time in May for people that previously applied through steam when it was available.

[lyric pilot]

I'm afraid i'm going to have to ask some very controversal questions right now.

Cheese and Onion, or Salt and Vinegar... Thats your choices.

[fast orchid]

Cheese and Onion

I get enough salt from the ocean on a daily basis

[lyric pilot]

Yeah, but salt is salt, but add vinegar, and its like a fine wine.

[crude vine]

Salt and vinegar, lasts me a week without making me feel fat

[fast orchid]

Cheese is a delicacy and any chance I get to have cheese I take

[lyric pilot]

Cheese is awesome.

Agreed

[crude vine]

Cheese is, cheese flavour isnt

[fast orchid]

They never said it was a flavour

[lyric pilot]

Welll.... I meeeeeeeeeeean, Tangy cheese doritos. I mean i'm with you 100%, but that exception.

[fast orchid]

I was expecting an onion and a wheel of cheese

[crude vine]

Yeah but i know what cringecore Falcore is having on his mind

Cause who eats straight salt with vinegar

[fast orchid]

Still I'm excpecting cheese and an onion now, I make port in an hour and if someone isn't there with them I'm taking the rum hostage

[crude vine]

What kind of cheese tho

[fast orchid]

Any but chedar is prefrable

[rigid harbor]

Sir, aged extra sharp cheddar is finer than wine

Like an 18y aged cheddar, 18y scotch and some jelly on crackers? Shoot

[fast orchid]

I just want my cheese and onion

[formal flower]

Good night pirates.

[fast orchid]

Safe sails and fair winds!

[lyric pilot]

Ok, real talk, cheddar is peak.

But hear me out.

Gouda

Gouda is like... If Cheddar and Mozzarella had an unholy baby.

[rare harness]

just came across this game

looks promising

[fast orchid]

Gouda is indeed pretty good, but you're running out of time to bring me them, and no cheese and onion no rum

[lyric pilot]

Like, if I wanted a cube of cheese, Cheddar 100%. But if i wanted to melt some cheese on a vessel, such as bread, or a pasta bake. Gouda wins.

[fast orchid]

I'm just going to eat it with the crew

[lyric pilot]

See now rum, a pirate drink, but not a cheese drink.

[fast orchid]

No no, I'm saying if I don't get the cheese and onion I'm stealing all the rum instead

[lyric pilot]

Oh roger that

[surreal sierra]

Salt and Vinegar all the way.

cant go wrong

[lyric pilot]

Oh yes here we go!

See, cheese and onion. Love it... But, Salt and Vinegar with some cheese.

See, thats breaking the rules.

Thats being a pirate.

[surreal sierra]

Cheese and onion is good and all, but salt and vinegar is where a true scallywag's heart lies

Although here me out...

Those sour creme and onion pringles :chefskiss:

[lyric pilot]

Cheese an Onion is the Sunday summer drive with the socialite ifunctional family. Salt and Vinegar is the Chopper Ride with a toxic relationship.

[surreal sierra]

Ive NEVER seen chips summed up like that yet somehow right on the money

[fast orchid]

As I said, I get enough salt from the seas, I'd rather something nice to pair with the hardtack

[surreal sierra]

WOW I cannot type today. New keyboard is really messing with me

[surreal sierra]

I can respect that. Though a true seadog would pair his hardtack with a lemon and some grog

[lyric pilot]

Someone needs to invent Cheese and Onion, with Salt and Vinegar. And it needs to be Crosswind. Thats how you make it guys!

[crude vine]

Now what about onion and vinegar

[fast orchid]

Oh you want Le~mon!?

[crude vine]

Oh well i guess we jsut throw it all together

[surreal sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/lemon-meme-tom-and-jerry-funny-iconic-gif-11203081213062307717

[lyric pilot]

Yeah, lets just throw in the far right and the far left! Lets DO THIS

We'll call it, Salty Cheese Nuns

[surreal sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/guardians-of-the-galaxy-adam-warlock-dont-be-rash-will-poulter-marvel-gif-7269497775167346680

[lyric pilot]

No wait.

Salty Cheese Funions!!!!

[fast orchid]

[surreal sierra]

I like this idea. But wouldnt an onion and vinegar flavour be something akin to Pickled onion? and Im certian those exist

[lyric pilot]

Ok, guys, Crosswind. You need to make an energy drink called Salty Cheese Funions.

[surreal sierra]

we should get a crosswind brand food and drink deal

[lyric pilot]

Yes!

[fast orchid]

If we're bringing lemons into this then you've brought the right person into this, I have a ton of lemon based things going on

[lyric pilot]

I'll do it! I have an Air Fryer! And Sponsered by an Air Fryer! Its a match made in heaven!

[fast orchid]

I feel like we should get a playtest first XD

[surreal sierra]

Run it like those Gamersupps ads I see all the time.

[crude vine]

Crosswind Oreos

[fast orchid]

Croreos

[lyric pilot]

"Hey guys, yunno what I love apart from Piracy?! Making a hot beverage in my Air Fryer... Salty Cheese Funions, it gives you Crosswind!" I MEAN C'MON!!!

[surreal sierra]

'it gives you crosswind' Oh my lord 😆

OH you know those pre-mixed cans that Jack Daniels does? @fast orchid

[lyric pilot]

There will be many "Wind" puns, I hope you guys are aware of this.

[fast orchid]

I'm out XD

[surreal sierra]

these things

we shoul do crosswind brand ones but its literally just grog

[fast orchid]

Lemon Crossed Grog!

Nothing wakes you up and knocks you out quite like it

[lyric pilot]

"it gives you crosswind" should be the tag for anytying.

[surreal sierra]

I think this is a terrific idea.

should add it to the game's steam page too while we're here

[crude vine]

I cant support another drink im afraid, my heart is with

[lyric pilot]

It might not be Sea of Thieves, it might not be Skull and Bones, but its new, its exciting, and it gives you Crosswind"

[surreal sierra]

Yeha I rock with that

[fast orchid]

I mean if you like it sure, not a big fan of the toilet humor myself, and for that reason, I'm out

[blazing jungle]

I am also signed with Ospuze 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[surreal sierra]

Speaking of Grog, Ive never actually drank grog before. If im not mistaken its just watered down rum?

[lyric pilot]

You could do like fake infomercials too "I suffered from intense gastric problems after my divorce, but thanks to Crosswind, I just let it flow, thanks Crosswind"

[fast orchid]

I mean real grog is very close to just straight up acid

[surreal sierra]

Have a really long and very tiny text crawl that has all the side effects but tis spoken so quickly that no one can decipher what its actually saying

[surreal sierra]

I have half a bottle of Captain Morgans and a lemon in the fridge, tempted to see what all the fuss was about

[fast orchid]

XD lemon grog will cure your scurvy for 100 years to come!

[surreal sierra]

alright. gimme a min to put it all together

[fast orchid]

Enjoy!

[lyric pilot]

I'm making you guys an infomercial RIGHT now.

[fast orchid]

I'm good but thanks for the offer

[surreal sierra]

Its perfect

I didn’t have any pure lemon juice but I had ginger and lemon concentrate. It actually smells like a cocktail (please ignore my eclectic mix of stuff and things in my desk)

tastes bloody awful though

[fast orchid]

Yeah it does XD

[lyric pilot]

Dopn't erap the wire around the mic! Arrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh!

*wrap

[surreal sierra]

and this is spiced rum, not navy proof stuff so this is pretty boujie

[fast orchid]

Nah do what you want wires yearn to be unorginized

[lyric pilot]

Coil on coil! Never do coil on coil!

[surreal sierra]

But the cord be 2 metres long yarrr! It be takin up me whole desk otherwise!

[lyric pilot]

Do you get really bad background noise? Thats why

[fast orchid]

I don't

[surreal sierra]

never really had a problem, not one that Ive noticed at least.

[lyric pilot]

Oh.

I'm just a bit of an audio nerd, and i've forgotten the ways of "I don't actually care so shut up" ignore me 😄

[surreal sierra]

Not at all, you do regular content creation so I imagine its common knowledge to you. Me however, am a simple pirate making his way across the seas

[fast orchid]

I make things too

[lyric pilot]

You get to apoint though where it becomes part of the routine. So if things are not perfect you're like "THE WORLD WILL SHATTER!"

[surreal sierra]

I wouldnt know. Im on the other end of the online creation process so I have no idea the kind of prep work that goes into it

[fast orchid]

Unless you become a dev then it's "Nothing is perfect all my things need re-works and I need to spend the next 52 hours making the walking animation look like he's using his left foot before his right

[lyric pilot]

Like, I used to wrap my audio cable around my mic, and then I had 2 weeks of terrible audio, until I unwrapped that audio cable. Might of been something totally unrelated like, software issue, or maybe I was wearing the wrong flatcap. But never had a problem since, so therefore, it MUST be that (but its was probably just a win11 update you hear me? High five)

[surreal sierra]

Well, I dont actually need the red wire. I bought it so I could extend my headphones when I started using VR as the headset I bought didnt have a working audio jack. Since then I just never removed the cable and kept it wrapped up, having the option to extend my headphone cable length has been a boon however, say I leave something I need out of arms reach and have to full send my chair across the room to get it without taking the headphones off

God this grog is terrible. I regret my decision making it

[lyric pilot]

However it is true, if you coil copper cable with a current flowing, you're making a magnet, and thats bad for any hardware.... He says, exhaling a vape into his induction fan.

[fast orchid]

Oh if it's not transferring or responsible for any data then you are doing literally nothing wrong

[surreal sierra]

Also true, I had to study Electrical as a section for my Engineering Degree and we had an entire project basically titled 'dont put the metal object near the coiled wire while its powered'

[lyric pilot]

Its true. That sort f stuff can give you.... Crosswind

Hooooooooo

[surreal sierra]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1114209874767781938/1283914169149820951/caption.gif

[fast orchid]

Was lesson one "How to stick a fork in a socket"? Because that was my first eletrical lesson

[surreal sierra]

Nah, the professor just assumed we made it to that level by not sticking forks in outlets so didnt explain it

[fast orchid]

Smh, you got scammed

[lyric pilot]

I feel ya, I trained as psychologist for 5 years, now I play Pirate games

Wait...

[surreal sierra]

Huh. Now I think about it, I dont think anyone has ever explicitly told me 'Dont put a fork in the outlet'. I think the knowledge of what happens just became common sense

[lyric pilot]

Honestly? I say, try it, you live and learn

Don't listen to science, the world is flat and the queen is a reptile.

[fast orchid]

That just means people think the best of you

[surreal sierra]

Damb, for real? Welp, internet said it so it must be true

[lyric pilot]

Yeah i read it on reddit. Thats it, its done.

Anyway! It’s been real, folks, but I’m off to bed because—hold on to your hats—Sea of Thieves dropped a new fishing expansion two months ago, and guess what? There’s an exciting new event tomorrow with a fishing quest. So, obviously, I need to get some rest so I’m fully prepared for this groundbreaking, never-before-seen addition to the game for the stream tomorrow. Can’t wait to dive into this thrilling new activity!

[surreal sierra]

Oh aye! Good winds to ye Captain, its been a pleasure and we hope to see you around again soon

[lyric pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/forrest-gump-wave-hello-hi-sup-gif-16159238468026206620

[minor marlin]

Seriously, your here too? 😄 awesome

@willow torrent as well

[ashen moss]

so is this a real game or another one of those fakes lmao. i want this to be real so bad

[fast orchid]

As a person who'se played before this is real

[civic plume]

when is release

[fast orchid]

Next playtest is hopefully sometime this month if you won a giveaway for that otherwise game release is not until 2026 at a minimum

[noble herald]

I just keep my "eye" peeled for any possible invites xD

I love that I can say that since i only have one eye xD

[fast orchid]

Aye Aye Yer Eye be eyeing up them spots so keep yer eye peeled aye?

[ashen moss]

awesome

[civic plume]

wild

[fast orchid]

Good games take good time

[surreal finch]

Few people have gotten into the content creator program already I imagine?

[granite oxide]

@surreal finch a number of them have. They are still going through the many applicants. #│game-updates message Is the post on content creators

Those in purple text are content creators

[surreal finch]

🫡 I most def filled one out a few days ago! Fingers crossed!

[granite oxide]

Many applicants were filled out a few weeks ago - No clue how many that applied, but was a very large number. Just an idea of scope, just on playtest signups in 1 week they were looking for 8,000, and with in the week shut it down due to overwhelming numbers of nearly 140,000. I know lot people applied for initial content creator.

[surreal finch]

Either way… super stoked for the game

[granite oxide]

@surreal finch Either way you can still stream 🙂

[surreal finch]

Exactly lol

[narrow sentinel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1349724792906846258/1359077814971793550/Dance_baby2.gif

[surreal sierra]

Love this gif

[narrow sentinel]

Really hope they drop more I need more goofy stuff like this

[worn spoke]

I wish I had a pc to play this when it comes out

[granite oxide]

@worn spoke Maybe you will it is still a good ways out- Should be sometime in 2026

[narrow sentinel]

My pc is half the US away from me at the moment

[iron iris]

Hey all. Just got introduced to this. Looks incredible so far. Saw it's f2p which is cool. What kind of financial gain will the devs be introducing? Standard micro transactions?

[granite oxide]

@iron iris Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Glad to have you! 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 and some video clips in https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349723749858934834 as well.

[iron iris]

Yeah already started thanks.

[granite oxide]

@iron iris https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1352225565603794976 and https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1352225461391982712 should answer that for ya 🙂

[obtuse hawk]

Welcome aboard!!

[iron iris]

Gotcha. Cool beans.

[granite oxide]

@iron iris feel free to ask anything anytime. There's been a lot of discussion on some things in chat that have been more in depth than what's in the FAQ or that are not in the FAQ. The #│announcements also has a few video clips in it as well 🙂

[green summit]

suppose they will do as always:Skins,battle pass and something else)just hope they will not be doing endless skins as others,without normal updates)

[iron iris]

From the way I read it I think it might be like some of the other older MMOs like dcuo or something with the different chapter releases

Those were at one point paid

[nimble harbor]

whats wrong with a lot of skins?

[iron iris]

Cosmetics are great imo

[hasty skiff]

Hey guys any date for a bêta ? I want to try this game im waiting for thanks a lot

[green summit]

say this to the devs once human,sea of thieves or others games.I dont have anything against skins,devs should get money for they`rs work,but when they do ONLY skins after game release,this looks terrible

[green summit]

no date for now

[iron iris]

I mean sots kinda not a great example considering they drop other content besides skins. But the key words on what was shared with me when I asked:

Multiple story arcs. So I assume those will tie into monetization somehow

[green summit]

maybe)in sots eternal reskins,in previous weeks even main insiders leaved her)story arcs and donate?this bad decision,this not ff14,or teso)

[iron iris]

I don't really understand alot of what you typed. No offense. But I think I got the general consensus saying people are leaving sot.

[green summit]

testers leaved her,which tested new content and supported her from very beginning)anyway i dont care as long time dont played in her

[nimble harbor]

agreed story arcs shudnt be paid

[iron iris]

Either way, circling back to what I said previously cosmetics are fine and a great way to support a game.

[nimble harbor]

unless its just story as in it doesnt affect any ability gathering , loot or map unlokc

[obtuse hawk]

No confirmed date yet but they are aiming to have the next test some time in May and it will still be in the Alpha stage. The previous test was held last year in November.

[north perch]

Guys how much more time are we looking for before release?

[surreal sierra]

Full release is planned sometime in 2026

[north perch]

oh thanks

[supple nexus]

2026 will be tough competition, gta6, archeage chronicles, crosswind, chrono odyssey, soulframe 🥵

[granite oxide]

Good Morning Crosswind!

@supple nexus no competition - completely different titles - I'll be suprised if gta6 actualy is next year, could be longer, they been in development way longer than even Star Citizen on that one lol

nearly 15 years.

Definitely enjoyed Archeage.

[supple nexus]

For crosswind compitition will be less since f2p no entry barrier but still mmo population will be divided. Dune will also be there. Archeage might also be doing something naval related. we just just have to see how good the games will be on release/playtests.

[granite oxide]

Lot is purely different Genre, and especially with Atlas shutting down and lot other players looking for that pirate itch scratched, Crosswind will be a major hit. They had to shut down playtest applications in 1 week, as they'd expected 8,000 and was overwhelmed by nearly 140,000. It'll get opened back up at some point but the interest is totally there for it.

[supple nexus]

no Doubt about huge intertest (many would be sad we didnt got any playtest info/ raw gameplay in dev note 3 in the comments, agreed there is a huge market for pirate game.) but too many AAA games together in a year, who knows what will happen🥵 😂 . Lets hope for the best.

[elder kayak]

I hope there taking there time to make this game great

Best also a monthly fee so you have income

[granite oxide]

Nothing totally set in stone - I'm sure they will have a good model. still lot of water to cover in the next year 🙂

[proud prairie]

acess HOW

[half fractal]

im too poor to afford free games, how much is this predicted to cost?

[fast orchid]

Free to Play

[half fractal]

hell yeah!

[granite oxide]

@proud prairie 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

The Playtest will not start till possibly later in the month if all goes well.

[nimble harbor]

bros in debt

agreed thoguh in this economy if games dont pay u to play then not worth

[half fractal]

im not in debt lmao

i just don't want to pay like 40 bucks for a game

[thick cypress]

is there a test version i can sign up for?

[granite oxide]

@thick cypress Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! 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

Playtest will not start until later in the month if all goes well.

Also be sure to check out the #1298583059402063926 and #│announcements - lot great info in there and some video clips as well 🙂

[bright stream]

game looks so good... any eta on when it drops

[granite oxide]

@bright stream Hi and Welcome to Crosswind! It is estimated to be sometime in 2026. The 2nd Alpha playtest will most likely be starting in next few weeks. A good bit to do yet 🙂

Be sure to check out the #1298583059402063926 and the #│announcements as theres some video clips in there too 🙂

[bright stream]

ill be on a lookout forsure.. looks good so far

thanks

[surreal finch]

Anyone coming to PAX East?

[granite oxide]

Not planning on it myself

Way too far North for me

[lyric pilot]

I've learnt my lesson with conventions and knowing I have literally NO self control on the "night before convention" drinks with friends/fans

I mean, I have a great time on that night! Best time ever! But, at the actual event, i'm dying.

[fast orchid]

Not pax but I'm going to Anime North in Toronto as a guest and Anime NYC as a game dev

[lyric pilot]

I've just realised how #lookatme that first sentence sounded. I apologise, i'm only an absolute sandwich 90% of the day

[earnest cypress]

It looks like each clan member will eventually have their own ship, instead of all the members manning cannons and such. This is pretty disappointing; this was what players expected in Skull & Bones and thought we'd see here, but it seems not.

[full trail]

will gta 6 delay effect the beloved crosswinds release😢😢😢😢😢

[granite oxide]

@earnest cypressyou are only looking at the initial 1st Alpha footage not the finished product

#💬│windrose-chat message

They want players top also be able to man stations - but that is something to be worked on at a much later time.

@full trail GTA has nothing to do with Crosswind so no effect as it is a different studio entirely

also on managing the ship #💬│windrose-chat message

So give the game time to cook, It still has a long ways to go, so I'd say don't assume to much as much will change over the coming year before release.

[surreal sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/let-him-cook-cook-cookin-big-wok-gif-141999319614473134

[copper delta]

hey dose anyone answer me when crosswind will come out on steam

[granite oxide]

@copper delta Release will not be until sometime in 2026

@copper delta Welcome to Crosswind! Upcoming alpha playtest is expected sometime in May if all goes well.

[buoyant prism]

Hi, HitboTC just showed your trailer on stream, game looks like it’s turning out awesome, was curious if there’s another playtest coming up that my mate and I could sign up for to have a look around

[granite oxide]

@buoyant prism Hi and Welcome to Crosswind Mate! Glad you liked the trailer 🙂 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.

So we could see one by the end of the month.

If all goes well.

[buoyant prism]

Great! Look forward to it

[granite oxide]

some other video clips in #│announcements 🙂

[high meadow]

If I've missed the question asked, my apologies. Will we be able to put storage and crafting stations on the ships, like a mobile base rather than building a home on an island static.

[fast orchid]

Without spoiling too much about how crafting works, no but it has good reason

[dusty path]

Hello, how do I apply to become a content creator for CrossWind? 🤔

[distant mountain]

Right here #│game-updates message

[high meadow]

Thank you. Can't wait to try it out. Seasick Pirates will sail again.

[granite oxide]

@high meadow Hello and Welcome to Crosswind!

@dusty path Welcome to Crosswind Mate!

[edgy saddle]

Many new pirates! Welcome welcome and welcomeeeeeeeeeeee

[granite oxide]

@edgy saddle Ahoy there Mate 🙂 Good Mornin!

[edgy saddle]

oi oi oiiiiii

hows you doing mate

[velvet beacon]

hey im trying to make my old laptop a router anny tips?

[granite oxide]

Slowly wakin up,

@velvet beacon Not sure on that one but for technical info and help you might want to move that question to the offtopic as it can be detailed lol

[surreal sierra]

Afternoon all!

[granite oxide]

@surreal sierra Mornin !

[surreal sierra]

I just got home and I might have to head out again to the store. I forgot to get my groceries for next week

[granite oxide]

ooooff, Can't be a pirate without yer fill, Don't forget the RUM!

[surreal sierra]

Oh you didnt see? I made grog the other day when Falcore was here

[velvet beacon]

without rum no fun

[granite oxide]

Ehhhh I don't like Groggy Mornins....

[surreal sierra]

Grog. It was utterly awful

[granite oxide]

Aye you only do that to puke lol

[velvet beacon]

nice tankard

[surreal sierra]

Thank ye. I bought it from comicon a couple of years ago. Ive also got a drinking horn on my shelf next to me

[velvet beacon]

nice id need to get one made of steel soon

[granite oxide]

@regal gust There is no playtest currently running. The 1st one was in the fall of last year. The next one will be sometime with in the next month if all goes well, could be by the end of May. The playtest signups were overwhelming with an expected 8k and in 1 week had over 140k, so they were temporarily turned off. Keys have also been given away. Most likely will be other key giveaways and other signups when they are ready to open it up again.

[regal gust]

thanks for the answer 😄

[granite oxide]

@regal gust and Welcome to Crosswind!

[regal gust]

thanks

[pastel rivet]

Hope so, missed the original sign up by the time I heard about the game, but that is what it is, regardless I hope they take their time with it and release a masterpiece. Game is a good position to blow up and it could have a lot of potential.

[granite oxide]

@pastel rivet Thanks 🙂

[surreal sierra]

Aye! We're expecting the game to blow up even more once the next playtest occurs. Thankfully this wont be the only one and there will be more in the future for those that miss out

[pastel rivet]

A lot of people love base building and lot of people love pirates, sailing, exploring.

[granite oxide]

Will be lot more that that for sure! 😄

[hazy flare]

i hope there will be ship building and blue prints so we can also trade by going to far away island collect materials for farms or building or and use our frigate ship also diving

[narrow sentinel]

I'm gonna have a blast making a dock for my ship(s)

[hazy flare]

navigation skills faster sails stype

[narrow sentinel]

Just realized we've past 4k members and already well on our way to 5k 👀

[surreal sierra]

Aye we've been on the way for a few days now. Im very happy to see such growth so quickly

[wet peak]

Any one knows when the game release?

Or beta ?

[fast orchid]

Release not likely until 2026 as for beta check this message

#💬│windrose-chat message

[hybrid valley]

Was there new info regarding the playtest this month?

[supple nexus]

it might get delayed to next month, rest only bambino/yar_master can tell us.

[dry roost]

2026! Q1,2,3,4 ??

just never ever give a date

[narrow sentinel]

Little early for a date considering we havent even gotten a public playtest haha

[velvet beacon]

GTA type ah shi

[fast orchid]

Not a clue yet tbh, but I think it's because they want their game playable before they give a date

[velvet beacon]

Seaweaver do you SLEEP at all?

[fast orchid]

No

[dry roost]

THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER

[fast orchid]

Ok that's a lie rarely I do sleep but it's at very odd times

[dry roost]

so what i do want to know is guilds, how does that work?

[fast orchid]

No clue yet, the last test was a very early alpha and we didn't have them, so apart form them saying they want them, not sure.

[surreal sierra]

A lot of answers to a lot of questions can be found in > #1298583059402063926

[fast orchid]

I'm sorry, I always forget to plug the proper channels when I'm either just waking up or very close to falling asleep.

[granite oxide]

@hazy flare Welcome to Crosswind! https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1354113567007309946 and #│announcements message and #💬│windrose-chat message and #1352225104603643974 message Should answer those questions and interest for now.

[granite oxide]

@dry roost Hey there, What we know on Guilds/Clans/Factions #💬│windrose-chat message

There most likely will not be any clans to speak of in the upcoming playtest. When they are ready to introduce those mechanics later, it will be announced how its going to work 🙂

[dry roost]

aarr that be rightly so

[supple nexus]

Good Mornafterevennight,
How does biome unlock works? If i defeat a biome boss then only next biome unlocks? So, If i just sail with my ship to the locked biome location i wont be able to enter it (but it will be present at a location in my map)? or there wont be any locked biome present on my map, even if i sail to the location of the biome(got from internet), will I just see water there or a locked island that you cant enter?

[stone sorrel]

Hello everyone im new here..

[coarse heath]

Then me too...Hello Everyone! Gooooood mooooorning Vietnaaaaaam!

[half fractal]

chongtong, korean bolt firing cannon

[pastel rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-26024664

[half fractal]

would we perchance be able to fight the british royal navy ingame 🤔

[late hollow]

What do we need to do to sign up for beta etc? Or just wishlist?

[fast orchid]

With the faq and pins being a little outdated, here you go
#💬│windrose-chat message

[late hollow]

Thank you

[fast orchid]

No problem

[surreal sierra]

How is the pin outdated. Ill update it if needs be

[fast orchid]

Oh you already updated the pin, my bad, still waking up

[surreal sierra]

Oh all good. Was worried I missed something new

[fast orchid]

Lol

[storm isle]

Hello

[trim juniper]

Hi!

[fast orchid]

ahoy!

[granite oxide]

@stone sorrel Hello Mate and Welcome to Crosswind!

Good Mornin Everyone!

[stone sorrel]

Im really excited to play crosswind, i like the Pirate setting.

[granite oxide]

@storm isle and @trim juniper Hi and Welcome to Crosswind to you guys as well 😄

@stone sorrel have you had time to go through the https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1298583059402063926 and #│announcements ? Some other video clips in there and lot other great info.

[stone sorrel]

Yeah is see the Video clips. Unfortunately, I only discovered the game the day before yesterday, so I would have loved to take part in the next test.

[granite oxide]

@stone sorrel doesn't mean you won't have a chance. There will be other key giveaways and the signups will open back up at some point so keep an eye on https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1349707400336248842 in the coming weeks 🙂

[trim juniper]

So, we can't get access to the game right now?

[granite oxide]

@trim juniper There is no playtest currently running. The 1st one was in the fall of last year. The next one will be sometime with in the next month if all goes well, could be by the end of May. The playtest signups were overwhelming with an expected 8k and in 1 week had over 140k, so they were temporarily turned off. Keys have also been given away. Most likely will be other key giveaways and other signups when they are ready to open it up again.

That's all we can tell you for now 🙂

[trim juniper]

Thank you!

[odd roost]

Goooooooooood morning beautiful peoples! So much excitement!

[granite oxide]

@odd roost Good Mornin Mate! 😄

[odd roost]

Broke 140k in 1 week?! That's crazy lol

[granite oxide]

@odd roost was just shy of hitting it in 1 week but was basically 140k so signups got turned off - that was a few weeks ago.

[coarse heath]

thx for snb lol 😄

[agile yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/pirate-ship-arr-pirate-dance-pirate-dance-gif-12107966