What are your thoughts on the new skull and bones logo that came out?

Skull and Bones | Ubisoft (US)

I don't know why Ubisoft does things the way they do. I don't know why they wouldn't give the kids sword and pistol gameplay- at least on land, so they get some in the game. I know many of them were fans of Assassin's Creed Black Flag- I've seen a lot of the gameplay. I saw the captain Morgan's outfit- the plumed hat, the red pirate coat, the many pistoled belt- it was interesting for a pirate.
I've seen the gameplay of Skull and Bones from different sources (A lot of different sources) in the past. I've seen the trailers. In the 2018 trailer, that mysterious dark ship I suspect is a ghost ship coming out of the stormfront with the eerie sound effects- hopefully, they put that in the game. I don't know though why they don't incorporate that beautiful old world nautical globe that was shown that the pirate spins in his hand in the trailer as a way to log discoveries in the game on in some sort of a menu screen.
The kids wanted to name their ships. Some of them went nuts over the kraken. I saw a beautiful, tall waterfall in the Black Flag game with a rainbow from the light hitting the water. I don't know why Ubisoft doesn't put that sort of thing in the game that is a tropical bird habitat- If you find it, you get a parrot for your hideout (girls might like that).
Some old footage of the game showed blue moonlight cascading down at night. Imagine how that would look with raytracing (this game was started though before the PS5 came out), shining though the breaks in the clouds at night with a big visually dramatic full moon in the night sky and the pirate ships silhouetted below on the ocean. Colored stained-glass windows for the stern of the pirate ships would look cool at night, lit up by the lanterns inside the cabin. Have you ever seen pictures of the Coliseum at night with the colored accent lighting around the archways of the structure? What about that sort of thing for the stern of the pirate ships at night?
An abstract, multicolored sunset that looks like sea of flames because of the cloud layer, with a winged, pitchforked devil cloud in it might have been fun for the kids to spot in the sky. The wind does pull clouds at times to make them look wispy, and the colors at sunset could illuminate them to make them look like wisps of flame.

Re: [Ubisoft](you seem to like to try the patience of potential customers)
I was hoping for swordfights also and digging up treasure chests. I know a lot of the guys wanted the sword fights during boarding- the thing is though that that could be very impractical when you are playing as the captain of the ship without other players as crewmates. Because this might require too much time to take over the ship when other players and computer controlled opponents are patrolling the area. I had hoped though that Ubisoft would at least provide sword fights on land when time is not critical. I want to play as the captain of the ship with it totally under my command (without crewmates)- without the busy work of running around patching holes and dropping cannonballs in cannons ( I've played some Sea of Thieves- it's a beautiful game but, there's too much busy work in it and constantly moving the camera around in 1st person perspective gameplay gives me eyestrain). Digging up treasure chests was hoped for, but again, Ubisoft would have to implement some way of doing it- imagine trekking onto an island or into the jungle for minutes to get back to the ship to find it sunk by a player that had passed by (Remember, in Sea of Thieves, most people have a crew of 2 or 3 or 4 people, some of whom can guard the ship). I very much liked the Idea of forming pirate gangs, each person in command of their own ship. I have friends who are fans of the pirate theme- I was hoping to play multiplayer with them online ( I know it is a multiplayer game- that's some of what I want in the game).
It seems though, that instead of trying to give us some more of the more interesting aspects of a pirate game, Ubisoft has wasted time putting in chopping down trees for wood, feeding and supplying drinks to the crew so they don't mutiny, hunting animals. The game that was shown in 2018 wasn't perfect, but you must admit the art design was gorgeous- the ships, the cloudy skies, the landscapes, the ocean mists, the wind. It was the most artistically beautiful looking pirate game I've seen back then. Have you seen Ubisoft's presentation of Skull and Bones gameplay at the E3 conference in 2018? How could the company that had such a fantastic art direction for this game mess this up?

Another thing is, I hope there is the Kraken, a ghost ship, and a Davy Jones character would have been great.
Imagine a Davy Jones character who is the Ghoul King of the ocean depths - a skeleton specter of the sea with a cloak of flowing green seaweed that is the character that is in charge of respawns - the ocean's version of the grim reaper of sorts. When you die at sea, he rises from a Spanish treasure ship graveyard, his seaweed cloak flowing ghostly-like in the ocean current in a cuts scene and he must be bartered with to return you to the world of the living in the game. Davy Jones was fabled in myth to be the devil of the ocean depths- hasn't Ubisoft ever heard about making a deal with the devil- pirates were evil. Sea of Thieves has ship of the damned that it puts players on when they die. Ubisoft has missed so many great ideas.
Another thing is, I don't know why they didn't incorporate a beautiful old world spinning nautical globe in the discovery of easter egg locations as a log screen in the game- when you find a location, it would be recorded on that globe.

They missed too many good ideas. At this point, what was a purchase for me for a pirate game might stay on the shelf at the store. Does Ubisoft want to make sales?
Enough people in the past have said Ubi will mess this up. We have yet to see..........................

I am one of the people that has waited since 2017 to purchase the Skull and Bones game. I saw the leaked tutorial game footage a month or so ago. I can not figure out why after seeing that footage you didn't leave the gameplay like what was shown in 2018- back then the ships and most of the gameplay looked stunning. the tutorial leaked was honestly lackluster. I can not figure out who wants to do busy work in a pirate game of feeding and supplying drinks to the crew and who wants to harvest trees for wood for crafting. In 2018, there was gameplay I thought should be added to make the game more interesting- a lot of people thought this. You know you are going to receive many different opinions in a forum- but do you think the tutorial that was shown honestly was an advancement?

I still have hopes for a good pirate game, but after seeing that tutorial and the new logo and design shown in that leaked tutorial, what was a purchase for me for a pirate game- well it might not happen. And then, you decide to delay showing more game footage around E3/Summer Game Fest time. Who are these people in charge of game design at your company?

So I've been following this game since it was showcased at E3 in 2017 and have read through the comments in the forums, content creators, and reddit. The biggest grief comment I always see is there is no on-foot combat while boarding ships or on land.

So my question is why is that piece of content so vital to those that share that viewpoint?

For me the on-foot aspect isn't that important, especially boarding in an open world multiplayer game that Skull and Bones appears to be. For one is I can see the raging comments from players if they just took a valuable prize just to have another player come swooping in to sink both ships for the amusement of it. Because lets be honest any game that is open world has those types of players.

For the sake of discussion, making a player have some sort of immunity while in a boarding action is pointless. It would break the immersion more than the existing cutscene dynamic from the dangers of flying the black even if it leads to some of the douchery of other players griefing. To be honest I would probably be one of those pirate captains who would swoop in to take the prize as well as anything another player had gotten after both ships were already battered and bruised.

I mean it would be fun for some tavern brawls or even the ability to have my character climb the mast if I so choose, but other than that I don't see the point of on-foot combat. Would love to read what others think and have a good discussion.

Is there an official route we can go down to share feedback on our game experiences from technical to gameplay? I'd like to share as much as possible to help with the process.

Will there be a feature like in Ac Blackflag where you could capture the ship you where attacking?

Hello, I'm going to Start off Back in March 2022 when the rebranding and launch of S&B why wasn't there an email put out? To all who have signed up registered on earlier programs that went not why wasn't a thanks for signing up to Skull and Bones Insider pgm. It would have been nice on getting email on insider Learn more. I'm on Xbox insider 8 years now and may other dev insiders. I've liked many others been waiting since 2013. What a mess this whole thing is I'm still waiting on that email confirming my Ubisoft account config and when someone decides to open things up, I know how stuff works just waiting here

Does anyone know who the community devs are for the game?

is sad for people who are register since the 2017-2019 and did give alot idea for the game like we did see in the leak video like collect iron or tree or coconut , people who give idea like this do have access of the alpha , after all they give idea for the dev so they help make the game better ( why did delect the old forum)

im french and i did give idea for the game could be better and look like few my idea did be in the game ( i change account because old dont work anymore)

if the dev french see this : j'ai discuté sur l'ancien forum et je pense que le titre étais "idée" ou autre pour amélioré le jeu ou ajouté du contenue comme pour la récolte de ressource , avec les entrepôt a piller , comment la piller et ect

That's all I want to ask about, really I was waiting along from first announcement, I'm hyped, can't wait

One of your admins still has not fixed my main account, it’s been 3 weeks since I attempted to repair my account and you Ubisoft devs have still not done anything about it. Given me nothing but excuses. I have made a new account, so that I can publicly post here how incompetent you all are.

I will give Ubisoft 1 week to fix the privileges on my main account, or I will never buy another Ubisoft product again. @Balloon009. I expect a message your from admins within 2 business days.

I patiently had this sitting on my Steam Wishlist for a while, just for it to disappear. Ubisoft, taking the game from Steam ist just doing more damage than good. You will loose a ton of potential customers and together with them player population. A multiplayer game needs access to as much players as possible if it wants to suceed. We don't this to be another Hyperscape, do we?

Hello! I am looking forward to Skull and Bones, and have put in to join the Insider program. I am wondering how long it will take for Ubisoft to get back at me if I am chosen.

So.. we have the registration form for the insider program. Nice to see that the project is still alive, but...
We talk about a game that was delayed several times, maybe also rebooted, and so on, and that's why I was expecting a more detailed and focused selection of candidates for this insider program.
I mean, the first bunch of people testing the game is responsible for giving feedback about the gameplay, bugs, etc etc, and for a game with this story, the right testing group and feedbacks are crucial.

Then, what does that form asks you? If you're a content creator, which social platform you use, a "raw" indication about your PC specs, and basically nothing else.
What about really important questions (at least in my opinion) like if you have experience in testing games early builds, giving bugs feedback, reproducing steps, and so on?
Or if you have ever played AC Black Flag for example? (which as we know was the starting point for Skull and Bones)
Or if you ever played other sailing/pirate games?

That makes me wonder if Ubi is wanting real testers/people that can give important/useful feedback, or just random people, or better, content creators that can give popularity to the game with previews video, etc, also if they have zero experience about pirate games and similar topics.

this disappointed me a little, because when i knew about the chance to test the game, i was really excited, thinking "i was the right man for the job". Then i went to the game page ready to fulfill a vast survey about a lot of things, just to be disappointed as said before.
I mean, i have a lot of years of experience in early/closed/pre alpha testing of various games, and so bug reporting, feedbacks about gameplay, settings, etc etc.
But more important in this case, i have a genuine passion for everything related to pirates and the age of sail, so apart from watching every movie/tv show about this theme and listening to bands like Alestorm. Runnin Wild, The Dread Crew of Oddwood, etc:

And on a side note, more or less every week I walk in front of the Neptune, the galleon built for the movie Pirates (1986) and I've visited it a lot of times. (that's means nothing, but is just to reiterate how much I love this things)
🙂 Hope to see you in the seas of S&B someday 😉