As many of you are aware, there is currently an ongoing debate/discussion in the community in regards to the Gold Hoarder’s Curse. Some people were dissatisfied with their curse/the RNG nature behind the curses themselves. Because of this, RARE decided to create a single, stagnant design for the Gold Hoarder’s Curse, which upset people who enjoyed the uniqueness of curses/their current curse. This is a problem because both side’s opinions are equally valid and important. Everyone who has the curse undertook the same LONG grind to acquire it. RARE your current plan of action won’t please everyone, in fact it will most likely lead to future dissatisfaction. People like different things, some people like more gold, others like less gold. Someone will always be dissatisfied with a stagnant design you give them because the amount of gold may be too much or too little. I implore you, please consider an alternative solution.
I believe there is a relatively easy solution that would make EVERY party involved happy with their curse. This idea was originally brought up by Zaannox (have to give credit where credit is due), I am simply expanding upon their initial post.
The Random Curse Generator:
- Upon completing all of the tall tales and acquiring the Gold Hoarder curse, players will be taken to a menu similar to the character creation menu at the start of the game.
- This menu will depict said player’s character without any cosmetics on (so you can fully see the curse), and like the character creation menu, will show several randomly generated curses on said pirate.
- The player is able to go through and view what randomly generate curses look on their pirate until they find one they like.
- Players have the option to favorite curses they like while they continue to view randomly generated curses.
- Once a player finds a curse variant they like, they can choose to keep said variant and that becomes their curse permanently.
(Please Note: The curses mentioned above would be completely RNG based, they would not be stagnant designs.)
Essentially, revamp the character creation menu to create randomly generated Gold Hoarder curses.
I feel like this would be the best solution to the situation at hand. Not only would a system like this make EVERY curse unique, it would allow players to have complete control over what their curse looks like. No one would ever feel dissatisfied because they are able to CHOOSE the exact look they want for their pirate. This would please every party involved, and I don’t see any downsides to a system like this. Everybody wins.
