Coin skeletons.

Haven't seen one since the first week myself.

@archaell said in Coin skeletons.:

I'd rather see the prices in the Emporium dropping down each month for previous stuff.

The Skeletons are just a gimmick to motivate coin purchases, they are not supposed to be reliable way of getting them.

I agree it should be lowered. You can buy a game for the price of a ship set. Aprox 34.97gbp

@octopus-lime said in Coin skeletons.:

@daringclarky I don't think they should increase them, we are lucky we can get the chance to obtain them for free in the first place. My crew has encountered them twice which I am grateful for but honestly wouldn't mind if we didn't get them, the emporium is there to support Rare and the continued development of the game that we all love.

I get that its to support it.
But dont you think its a little overpriced?

Lower prices would encourage more purchases.

Lots of kids play SOT. A kid asking their parents for £30 just to have the Hunters ship livery set is likely going to get a firm NO. Not unless they're very generous or play the game aswell.

Dont forget, we all support Rare but supporting these high prices and an illusion that you can earn them is going to make companies more greedy knowing they can get away with it.

Just look as the disgusting practices of Ubisoft and EA.
Rare are better than this. But if we accept whatever they throw at us, they'll turn to similar practices.
Anyone would. Hell, even i would if i ran the company if we could get away with it. Its a business afterall. We need to put our foot down sometimes and establish a line that shouldnt be crossed.

Anybody who disagrees im going to suspect you have shares in the company lol

@targasbr I dont mean make them appear every session.
But having only seen 1 within the space of a few months is a bit much.

@daringclarky They're not as rare as that bloody ghost meg. I myself have killed 6 I believe so far and my crew has gotten about the same I believe. Average 140 coins a piece per one. Got 3 of mine mostly fishing a fort. They're there but they are rare to e sure.

@targasbr said in Coin skeletons.:

@daringclarky said in Coin skeletons.:

@targasbr I dont mean make them appear every session.
But having only seen 1 within the space of a few months is a bit much.

I saw two in the same week. It's just luck.

I think when private servers become a thing they could have a rare employee as a kind of ‘Events Master’ and the winning crew win ancient coins.

Events could range from sea races, fleet vs fleet etc.
I imagine thats why private servers will be a thing. that will be cool.

I think that the spawn of the ancient skelly is fine as it is, is something special and rare... Like the "ghost", an Higher spawn will compelty destroy the feeling when finally found one.

What I don't like is something else about emporium:
I do agree emporium is there to support the economy of the developper himself (and it is absolutely fine, creating content need money, a lot...) but give me a fair choice.
The pets imo should be purchase with dooblons or coins, then the special outfits require ancient coins or irl money. Like the ship cosmetics in the emporium, I can buy them or not but in the game other cosmetics are given to every one.

I am lucky with 2 ancient skeletons I bought myself the pet, but not everyone so far could do that, pets is something the community asked for loong time, from the PL a10 to the first day sailor everyone should be able to Farm and buy a pet.

I agree, the frequency should be increased a bit, especially for the amount they give off. Im not staying to make them common, but at least have them spawn with the chance to be rewarded on a monthly basis.

@red0demon0 I am curious how much do they give you? Because the first gave me 342 and second 230. I read around people that got over 400 with one

@muchturnip49319 RARELY do people get that much i got 249 WHICH IS SOOO CLOSE TO 299 which you needed to buy a basic parrot when they were on sale

@muchturnip49319 i personally think all items should be able to be bought for high ammounts of gold or dobloons but can also be bought with ancient coins

@octopus-lime but it also sucks to not be able to get a pet cause you have no money.

So far, the people above are all those who dont have a job or money to spare over a video game. Just enough to buy it (unless it was a gift/game pass)

Simple put, don't get all bent out of shape if you can't buy anything. It doesnt change the gameplay, only makes it slightly and very little impactful for your own journey. Or show off.

If anyone follows the Twitter, forums, Youtube. They do tend to offer free items, last one I recall was a Purple money for just being a Prime member. (Of course not everyone) So keep an eye out and they may offer another, easy one.

About the Skeletons, I've found 8. Simply fishing at Mermaids for hours before one spawns on the island. Its rare but happens, the amount isn't great but it helps knowing I soon will have enough or spare change.

If they increase the rate, they will lose a small % of income from those who do buy the coins from those who find them ingame. (I could be wrong but seems legit) Bad idea.

The point is that they are rare. They onlybgive enough to bump you up a bit. They are encouraging the purchace of the coins. I play nearly every day as well but I have never found 1 ever. Only once has my crewmate found 1 and he killed it with me nowhere near. We only got about 150 coins out of it. They don't exist to be a source of coins but to bump you up enough to want to buy it. Learn the system lad. Then play it.