While many new players are checking out Sea of Thieves for the first time, veterans have had a long time to get to know the game. These same players have had a long time to hash out their biggest complaints and desired fixes, and one in particular reigns supreme: trolling. Being a game where PvP can seriously derail the experience, there’s some hope that a new emote shown in the Season 2 trailer could turn things around a bit.

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As Sea of Thieves reaches a massive player milestone, its troll problem becomes all the more apparent. Essentially, since players can freely attack other players and rob them (it is a pirate game after all), the pace of the game is dictated largely by its PvP elements. However, the trailer for Season 2 showed what appears to be an emote that allows a player to hide in a barrel. It’s possible that this cunning camouflage may prevent trolls from so easily finding and harassing players, but nothing is certain as of this article.

The hide in a barrel emote could potentially allow players to hide from enemies if outnumbered, saving them from respawning. Of course, if a player’s ship is being boarded, turning into a barrel will likely only be of limited use. After all, odds are the owner(s) of the ship are still aboard somewhere if it’s encountered in open water, so players will likely just begin hacking apart every barrel in sight. Hiding is all well and good, but in a game that had to pull voice and text chat in places due to toxicity, it’s likely more extreme measures must be taken.

As the game stands, many players make easy prey for coordinated teams of robbers. New, solo players in particular often fall victim to raids from four player crews, in part due to common and easily exploitable mistakes.

Of course, not all players share this opinion, with many saying it’s part of what makes the game fun. It wouldn’t be much of a pirate game without the ability to attack and rob others and make them scared enough to hide in a barrel. If players find it doesn’t bother them, they may want to try out the game for themselves. In truth, there are still many reasons why now is a great time to try Sea of Thieves.

Sea of Thieves is available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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