The Bilge Rats are a trading company, but they rely on commendations rather than reputation. I think it would be a good idea to bring the Sea Dogs back, but make them closer resemble a mix of Bilge Rats and the current trading companies. I understand that bringing back the same name might devalue old levels and titles, so changing the name to Sea Wolfs might be an idea? Personally I just love Sea Dogs as a name.
*Make the Dogs have a tab that has multiple commendation tabs like Bilge Rats. An example tab might be the Weapons tab. This would use some of the same comms, like kill 200 players with a pistol in adventure mode, etc. A Naval tab might have a commendation that is knock 50 masts, or break a helm's wheel 100 times.
*Please, please at the very least, bring back the Sea Dog Tavern. Make it a hub, or make it an actual Outpost on the map and add the trading companies to the docks, or at the very least do something with it. It's been over 2 years and I feel bad that it's just rotting there with no purpose and just confusing new players with why it's there collecting dust.
*Should we allow the Reformed Sea Dogs to vote on an emissary? Maybe it's leveled up only by completing new voyages and doing PVP but not by collecting treasure? Instead of Grades 1-5, it's always the same amount of rep that increases the levels from 1-100.
*Because no grade levels exist, each time you kill a new enemy player, you take a "silver coin" from them. You cannot lose this silver unless you leave the server and when you turn the silver in at any Seapost or Outpost, it gives you a bonus of rep and gold. You can only get 1 silver coin per player, so spawn camping a specific player would not grant someone more than one silver coin.
*Do a reskin/recolor of the Arena weapons and cosmetics to not devalue the OGs, but still allow the "new" Sea Dogs stuff to grind for.
Please add any more ideas you may have. I'm sure plenty of people will not want the Sea Dogs to return, but I am really interested in hearing ideas from people on what they would like to see if the Sea Dogs were actually added back in.
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