Dark Adventurer Sails

TBH, I didn't even notice the change to thriving rose sails lol.

None of the other DA items give the player a tactical advantage and they also cost 8.mil each..
That specific sail cut needed to go. Im sorry you feel you wasted 8.mil.. complain to Rare, they might reward you with the invaluable "Voyage of Restitution"

They outta make every sail cut ( cept DA ) available for any sail..
More customizing the better.

Pssst, ill let you in on a little known trick but don't tell anyone, if you raise your sail a couple inches it will curl and you can see just fine

Hot take, they actually look better now. They looked awful before on the Sloop. They fit the rigging properly and no longer cause arguments among poor helms who can't be bothered to get off the wheel.

In terms of the "look", they could probably tweak that and have the fill-in be black instead of silver, giving the bottom a similar pointed vibe as before. I could get behind that change.

In terms of actual shape, however, nope that's not coming back. It was an advantage, though many swore it wasn't until the fix was announced. Then, suddenly, they're all up in arms over losing their advantage.

They're still a prestige symbol, especially combined with the rest of the DA set.

For those currently using Kraken, Ghost, and similar sails, I'm sure they'll be looked at next, so don't get too used to their cut.

More variety of sails on the sea is a positive. You generally found that the most competitive players got to the point where they didn't need da sails as a crutch. No one is owed any money or reparation, you used them. They've been changed.
This brings cosmetics back in line with the original intent of no advantages, there is still some discrepancy out there but this was the biggest outlier

@phantaxus said in Dark Adventurer Sails:

@antilla1 I hope they don't revert back to the old design and as a result we see a wider variety of sail designs on the seas.

I have assisted on the Race of Legends streams and the Dark Adventurer sails were their only banned sail because of the slight vision advantage it gave to helm.

That is the one example where I can see there was an actual advantage. Combat not so much.

I loved having these sails as they were, I think it was rewarding people who played enough to become pirate legend, and earn 8 million gold. But now that they're normal I feel like I got cheated out of my 8 million

How do you feel cheated? You earned the gold and bought the sails. What was cheated from you? Advantage?

You literally say that it was "slight advantage", but you also admit you have used them for this "slight advantage" and spend your 8 mils. for it.
The overall texture has not been changed, so it seems this "slight advantage" was the only major point to buy them.
And that proves the point why they were changed.

I like the game tries to provide the same options for everyone regardless their playtime. Only difference should be skill and experience (assuming same hardware).

@foambreaker said in Dark Adventurer Sails:

@knurd9369 said in Dark Adventurer Sails:

@foambreaker https://www.seaofthieves.com/release-notes/2.9.2

"The following sails have been updated: Dark Adventurers, Lunar Festival (and Collector’s), Kraken, Venomous Kraken, Ghost, Guardian Ghost, Magpie’s Glory, Nightshine Parrot, Ghost Captain, Blighted (and Collector’s), Shrouded Ghost Hunter (and Collector’s), Thriving Wild Rose, Sea of Champions, Collector’s Dark Warsmith."

Wow, pretty ballsy to update the ones people paid RL cash for!

No kidding... I'm in that boat... real world money spent, and they change the cosmetic... won't offer a refund. Advantage or not, they sold it one way, then changed how it looks...offer the ancient coins back if we no longer like how it looks and we'll buy something else.

I posted multiple times on this topic, asking for a refund for the sails. I was told no

@otherfanboy the sloop is the main one you could see under regardless and needed the least furl of sails with others

A week after I bought the crimson crypt cannon flare it was nerfed so there was precedent

I don't think it was that people were complaining about the sails. I'm sure there were definitely were but I think it was because Rare noticed their mistake. From the beginning, Rare have always had the "tools not rules" system. Giving everyone in the game the same tools and then it's up to them how they use them. The DA sails are 8mil gold, exclusive to PL and offer a significant advantage in both sailing and combat. Not something much of the player base would be able to have access to. So I think it was less about keeping those that complained happy and more about levelling the playing field.