Sea monkey steals my seaglide and I died.

[nasojjr]

So I'm sure there have been plenty of threads about sea monkeys and I've read through several. But I recently thought I'd play again since my last play time was only a week or two after EA launch. I'd read enough to keep my tools put away after using them but I was zooming along with my seaglide and a sea monkey comes up and there is some sort of mini cut scene where I pat his head, and then off he goes with my seaglide. Well, I can't catch him because he's faster than me, I tried to kill him with my knife, but again, he's faster than me, and I was down far enough, I died from lack of oxygen.

So, well, I can handle losing a tool because I didn't put it away, but when a sea monkey can steal my sea glide while I'm zooming along and I can't catch him, well, there is nothing I can do to stop that, short of not using a sea glide I guess. Do people carry a second sea glider with them for this sort of thing? I don't know, but it left a sour taste in my mouth. Not sure I'll be coming back to this one for a while...

[Pantherr]

They are damn annoying, but I don't have to worry about them anymore. There is a mod on Nexus that stops them from stealing your stuff. So if you don't want it happening anymore I suggest you download it :)

[mouseno4]

You know what would be a really great feature?

It steals your stuff at first.

Then later, it steals a single resource in your inventory.

It steals a few of them over time and eventually... it COLLECTS that resource for you and drops it at your feet.

Like being able to train it.

[Ignis]

They only steal at the beginning of the game. When you progress the story, they don't steal and they give you items instead.

Their behavior was changed due to the complains. You just have to progress in the story and you'll be fine, then in the late game they'll steal again.

When An-An is in your head, they're nice.

[Pantherr]

Even if that is true I still don't like it. I'll keep my NO steal mod thanks...

[nasojjr]

Thx for the heads up on that mod, Pantherr. Sounds like the perfect solution.

[Pantherr]

Originally posted by nasojjr:

Thx for the heads up on that mod, Pantherr. Sounds like the perfect solution.

Well it was/is for me,, I hope it helps you too :)

[OnlyZuul]

Learn to deal with it? That's my suggestion. They are sooooo easy to avoid and/or thwart I can't believe we're even talking about it. They are a complete non-issue.

[50 Shades of Noob]

I had one steal mine with the ion battery in it. I tried going after it, but I got lost in the seaweed. That was annoying. Then I remembered that it had an ion battery in it, and it became infuriating. Then I realized it had been a LONG time since I saved, and I had to pause and seriously considered if I wanted to keep playing, restart from my save, or just quit until the full game released. I eventually just kept playing and, after a while of simply exploring, I came across a nest that had my seaglide in it. This was AFTER I had quit and come back to the game later, so apparently the game also saves the location of your stolen seaglide.

[The Real Turtle]

I never have a problem with just hitting them with my knife, they're not fast

[Shadow]

It annoyed the hell out of me the first time one stole my scanner, but managed to snatch it back, and after that I just put my tools away when they start chirping.
Mind, that does pretty much render their item-stealing a meaningless annoyance, since it just forces me to pause what I was doing for a few seconds.
On the other hand I also like that the first "threat" you meet isn't something that actually attacks you.

[nasojjr]

Of course there will always be that guy "Learn to deal with it". I mean, what a useless thing to post. I'm assuming you didn't even read through my original post. And yeah, I did put my tools away after using it. But when I'm intercepted while moving on my seaglide, and it takes it right out of my hands, how exactly do I avoid or thwart that? I can't exactly put my seaglider away. I also said I did pull my knife on it. I hit it once, but it was faster than me. And I couldn't catch it, by which point of course I'm too far down and I died from lack of oxygen.

So, if it was just tools that were an issue, no problem. I can handle that. But if it can take the sea glider right out of my hands while I'm moving, well, that can't be avoided. Take away their ability to steal my sea glider, problem solved. I can deal with taking care of my smaller tools.

[Marstil]

Originally posted by nasojjr:

Of course there will always be that guy "Learn to deal with it". I mean, what a useless thing to post. I'm assuming you didn't even read through my original post. And yeah, I did put my tools away after using it. But when I'm intercepted while moving on my seaglide, and it takes it right out of my hands, how exactly do I avoid or thwart that? I can't exactly put my seaglider away. I also said I did pull my knife on it. I hit it once, but it was faster than me. And I couldn't catch it, by which point of course I'm too far down and I died from lack of oxygen.

So, if it was just tools that were an issue, no problem. I can handle that. But if it can take the sea glider right out of my hands while I'm moving, well, that can't be avoided. Take away their ability to steal my sea glider, problem solved. I can deal with taking care of my smaller tools.

Just a tip, don't knife them till after you get your stuff back because the attack makes them swim away at top speed. Just swim after them (they won't go far) and steal it back.

[arcane]

They make a pretty distinct noise when they spot you have goodies. Just hit 'e' and swim away from them and they'll lose interest.

[Cougarific]

Originally posted by nasojjr:

Of course there will always be that guy "Learn to deal with it". I mean, what a useless thing to post.

^Those guys are usually the ones who understand that there are these things called video gaming skills - that back in the day before games had "Perks" that make the game easier as you play in order to provide a sense of progression, players were expected to improve their own personal skills as gamers in order to make it though difficult or challenging scenarios.

nasojir undoubtedly would prefer an XP-accumulation system that allows you to earn a Perk that makes Seamonkeys ignore you.

"Git gud" is not an insult or a pejorative - it's a plea from gamers who understand that some games require developing your actual real-world skills to play properly.

"But it's not fair that I struck out! He was throwing the ball too fast! He should throw it slower!"

^Sorry, that's not how it works.

[nasojjr]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

Originally posted by nasojjr:

Of course there will always be that guy "Learn to deal with it". I mean, what a useless thing to post.

^Those guys are usually the ones who understand that there are these things called video gaming skills - that back in the day before games had "Perks" that make the game easier as you play in order to provide a sense of progression, players were expected to improve their own personal skills as gamers in order to make it though difficult or challenging scenarios.

nasojir undoubtedly would prefer an XP-accumulation system that allows you to earn a Perk that makes Seamonkeys ignore you.

"Git gud" is not an insult or a pejorative - it's a plea from gamers who understand that some games require developing your actual real-world skills to play properly.

"But it's not fair that I struck out! He was throwing the ball too fast! He should throw it slower!"

^Sorry, that's not how it works.

So what you are saying is that you actually didn't read a single thing in my post then. I mean, you sort of nit picked something that was just completely out of context and then made a personal attack on me. So...wow.

But thanks for your completely useless and off topic comment.