I’ve noticed the quest boards lately have been filled with server generated maps.
I rarely see player generated maps anymore.
I hope this mechanic gets more wind in its sails…
How do you use the quest board? If you don’t, why not?
Who is using the quest boards?
I am sad to say I haven't used it much since I got my commendations done.
There needs to be more incentives/commendations/weekly events aimed at boosting the use of these...
it is sad to see because it really does have the potential to change the sandbox for the better!
The problem is that the loot that can be dug up. No crew will bury Athena loot and leave it for another crew. I myself buried Athena loot for the commendation and immediately dug it back up. There needs to be a in the ground multiplayer for other crews.
For example, if someone buried a castaway chest it would transform into a captain’s chest if dug up by another crew while the original crew is NOT present on the island. Another way to ensure players burying chests is to double or triple the Renown than can be earned. Since gold is worthless in this game, people might be willing to take a loss in gold for a significant amount of renown
@musicmee I may engage this mechanic more to earn renown for Season 6.
As more loot is added to the game that may encourage me to bury older loot? I don’t know - we’ll see.
I know people are burying treasure for safe keeping. I’ve even been able to recognize dig spots and find treasure that I didn’t even have the map for!
It definitely has potential.
@ollieoxenfree no one uses them, they aren't fun in the slightest. Burying is kinda a joke. Burying hordes of treasure might be part of a pirates fantasy but giving it away to others certainly is not.
turns out the real content was the rats all along.
@ollieoxenfree said in Who is using the quest boards?:
How do you use the quest board? If you don’t, why not?
I’d use it a lot more if the Generous and Humble gifts counted as “gifted” when other crews dug and sold them, but unfortunately they don’t seem to count. The same goes for stolen items- yes, it’s technically not stealing- but I wish it also counted for appropriate commendations when you unearthed someone else’s Rage or Athena as it did technically touch their hands first.
The bury mechanic on the other hand has been invaluable at safeguarding Cursed Chests we can’t handle right now while doing World Events. Not having to babysit a Chest of Sorrows or Chest of Rage at a Fort is great.
I usually check the board while stocking my ship and maybe one out of every ten sessions are there any user generated maps. I still have a few commendations to finish, so I still post whatever I bury, but rarely does anyone ever pick up the maps. I am level 75 with the original three trading companies and the season has been maxed for close to two months, so there is really no benefit to posting maps beyond the commendations I am still working towards.
@madfrito99 said in Who is using the quest boards?:
heck no…y? people troll by burying kegs…that right there killed the entire thing
A few people do that, but it's easy to counter. You just bury it back if you hear or see one.
The main reason i think people stopped burying treasure is because Captain Falcore found out that the maps only stay on the server they were made on, meaning best case senario, your map would last for 48 hours before the server would merge, and throw it away.
@itz-majman said in Who is using the quest boards?:
When i "donate" a map, is that map stuck only to that server or can others see it on others too?
It's stuck only on that server and will dissapear once the server shuts down
I believe this addon was "Requested" so much (tho I can name a lot more requests YET to be added)
But as many suspected...it didn't work.Only focus was: For the newer pirates. Old pirates got commendations and Renown for seasons. Besides that..it isn't worth the time unless you want too.
I think a good fix (tho it has its own issues) Is if a server shuts down, the maps are saved to the pirate. When they login again they go to the quest board to "pick back up" and either Dig them up themselves or Repost them again.
BUT you have 48 hours to retrieve them.(or w/e time) Afterwards, you should receive renown/gold for your troubles. Nothing of equal value but something for say: GH take the maps and dig them up themselves, as donations.Meh, now that I think about it....nvm
Occasionally. I bury stuff but don't often post it but that's only because I often don't end my session at an outpost.
I'm not very critical of that sort of feature as it just adds something without taking anything away, doesn't hurt balancing or the environment so I have a positive outlook on it existing even if it's not used often.
Fun to mess around with if I want to so that's enough imo
Damn that's disappointing, so many maps will go to waste then. Why bother burying anything of value if no one will ever get it most likely.
@itz-majman said in Who is using the quest boards?:
Damn that's disappointing, so many maps will go to waste then. Why bother burying anything of value if no one will ever get it most likely.
Exactly! Rare really needs to fix the system so maps stick around longer, players will actually use the system, and they'll not feel like they are dumping treasure into a gaping pit
I was onto the same thing with this post: https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/forums/topic/145286/buried-treasure-stashes-vs-hordes/2
I noticed that no one really uses them now.
I SUGGEST: there should be BETTER treasure for the Stash maps, like captains chests and/or skeleton captains chests, a chance for an Athena chests. AND there should be auto-generated HORDE maps. Without this, we know that all that will be there is stash maps, and they usually only have garbage for treasure.
I will say, I have on more than one occasion been able to save our butts by burying our STACKED supply crates and/or treasure, before we were attacked when we knew there was an impending attack. Then, HID the map bundle, so that if we were sunk, we would be the only ones who knew where our treasure was, this has saved me and my crew SEVERAL times, and I'm really glad for it.
@admiralcorporal The burying mechanic is fantastic and is what players have been asking for forever. It's an awesome strategic tool.
The quest board on the other hand...
@ollieoxenfree said in Who is using the quest boards?:
How do you use the quest board? If you don’t, why not?
Not since completing the commendations. Why? Because for max level players, they made it almost a zero-reward tool...and for max level players that have no problem completing the season, the only reward is getting to feel like you did a good deed.
But, that's only half the problem. For the people looking to grab a quick quest off the board, the commendations are so cheese-able and unspecific that the maps aren't even worth grabbing.
I expect we'll see more when the new season lands as folks post them to get renown. I look at the board whenever I log in though and if I see a player map that's close by then I grab it.
But I do think the system needs a few tweaks - such as the often-suggested indication of average loot quality. Could also do with some benefit for players on max levels, beyond just the season pass.
The reason why i hardly use it is simple : i'm a Pirate and so i keep my hardsought / fought spoils for meself , ooh that sounds egocentric hey , but then again ...Did Pirates gave their spoils away in history?...
That does not mean i never give something... You have a microphone , and dare to use it , you don't speak nasty and offer an honest fight , ask us for help or just talk and you will recieve treasure without the need to have to dig it up...i don't mind giving people stuff to show that on the Sea not everything is about killing , spawncamping and vile shoutings... But i rather give something personal away than blindly and anonimously...i never understood the bury and place your map on a public board and i think that this is the reason why i doesn't get used much...It's against Pirate's nature ...
That does NOT mean it has no right of excisting , everybody is free to use it ..or not .That's all.
@clumsy-george You're right that pirates weren't really known for burying treasure and putting the maps on quest boards, however, they were kind of known for burying it for safe-keeping, and I think its a neat idea to add to the game in some form, but as it stands, I agree that it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, from the perspective of someone who's never used it in-game, but just from what I've read here it sounds to me like it still needs to be fleshed out a bit. That's just my 2c on the matter.
I only use the boards when I'm really bored. I LOVE the concept/mechanic of buried loot but I don't think there is enough incentive to bury your loot for others to find and cash in.
Commendations are no incentive to me but cosmetics would be.
Turning off the map when the server shuts down is even MORE anti-incentive.
I like that an active player can hide the loot from oncoming attacking pirates though. Thats a very cool mechanic.
So while I love the fact that you can bury loot and create/share maps, there definitely needs to be something to make you WANT to run these more often.
@ollieoxenfree I think that burying treasure and submitting maps should award the donor Reputation AND Gold, and also maps that go unused in a server shutdown should be merged to another server as a player's ship would.
On top of this, I'd like there to be two Quest Board Ledgers- One for burying the most value of items, and another for participating in other players' maps. This could introduce monthly repeated incentives to engage in the feature.
@klutchxking518 said in Who is using the quest boards?:
@ollieoxenfree I think that burying treasure and submitting maps should award the donor full Gold AND Reputation, and also maps that go unused in a server shutdown should be merged to another server as a player's ship would. […]
The first suggestion is even worse than the creating gold & rep for selling items in an Alliance ! Unused player maps should be transferred to another server when the server shuts down though.
@lem0n-curry I don't expect anyone to regularly want to give away treasure without a bonus for themselves, especially a greedy gold hoarder like myself. The full reputation is already given, the gold is missing and I dislike giving treasure away just cause I like seeing my numbers rise.
@d3adst1ck Fair enough, I'd settle for half or even quarter value. I just would like a repeated incentive to use the feature. I just dislike that a player with no need for reputation or renown is getting nothing out of it. I think even a small gold sum or cosmetic ledger to keep folks engaged would go a long way
@klutchxking518 said in Who is using the quest boards?:
@d3adst1ck Fair enough, I'd settle for half or even quarter value. I just would like a repeated incentive to use the feature. I just dislike that a player with no need for reputation or renown is getting nothing out of it. I think even a small gold sum or cosmetic ledger to keep folks engaged would go a long way
That'd be nice, I already don't pick up 90% of stuff, I'd probably be willing to take the extra 5 seconds to rebury whatever I just dug up rather than just leaving it where it is.
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