Just wanted to put my thought on the season so far to share what I like and what I didn’t like.
Starting off with the main dive feature. I personally think it’s great. I usually play longer sessions but it’s a good way to get straight into it. Further more this means high chance of ships carrying loot many times I have sunk ships and no loot or even resources to revel in. I think it’s great to get loot on ships and is really great for people who play shorter sessions. I understand that it used to feel like a big drag getting anything done for some people and that’s okay which is why I really like the feature. I have seen some people exploiting it tho to get to and from places specifically reapers and there’s a vast amount of videos on YouTube detailing this.
I think raid voyages are good personally. I’ve seen a lot of hate from veteran players on them but personally I think they’re great once again perfect for someone chasing the hero items or short sessions. If u don’t like them just go to the world event as you usually would.
The new quest table is great I think was much needed. I like how it is more standardised as to what you will get on these voyages for example an old merchant quest at level 75 merchant wouldnt guarantee high value animals at all it was purely random so instead of cycling through merchant voyages you can just put one down and dive straight to the island where the crates will be waiting.
All of the companies now have new loot items which is refreshing. The order of souls got a much needed overhaul including the dark relics brought back and personally I think it’s great being able to sell something other than a skull to the order of souls. Gold hoarder still feels much the same now just way more loot. They’ve always had a vast range of loot chests, relics and now kings loot. Merchant however feels a bit off this season.
I was doing merchant the other night and miss being able to carry cargo runs in large amounts and doing them as I sail around catching animals. This was how cargo runs were brought in as a supplementary voyage that can be done alongside other voyages this made you feel like you were a proper merchant trader now you can only carry 2-4 cargo at a time until you finish the voyage which if that’s how they want them played now fair but feels a little underwhelming much like the emissary quest for the merchant 6 cargo runs while OOS and GH both get 4 maps for a far better payout. Merchant has always been at the back end and was hoping this update would help. The MA hero item is great tho.
Lastly I like the distinctions for each of the companies now feels like every session you get that little bit further. However after
Level 100 the rewards are very minimum much like how we see in the hourglass factions. After lvl 200 there isn’t any real incentive apart from level 1000. 800 levels with no reward is a bit sad. Same goes for the companies the rings are very cool and I love how you can wear different ones of each hand but I really think they need more rewards especially since that’s the whole point of the gold is to buy cosmetics.
That’s being said I believe this update is very foundational and it will play an integral part in seasons ahead. The last few updates have all been laying the building blocks for something big coming.
