Ashen Tome Spawns / Voice Chat

  • Hey all you Thieves and Pirates:

    Just wanted to try making a post here to see if anyone else shares my same issues. First issue regards the Ashen Tomes. Ever since the Ashen Dragon cosmetics has dropped, I have been grinding for Ashen Chests/Keys. Literally. From the day the Tomes were released to now, I have opened probably around 150 or so Ashen Chests, and STILL have yet to get Tome of Curses II and Tome of Power IV. I think it’d be great if Rare could change the spawn rates to favor Tomes you/your crew have yet to turn in? Because spending doubloons and searching for both Ashen Guardians/Key Masters is so tedious and takes so long it becomes incredibly frustrating to take all that time and then not get the Tomes you need.

    Phew, glad that’s off my chest.

    Secondly, the game chat feature in the game is probably the buggiest of any multiplayer game I have ever played. Up until this most recent “Lost Treasures” update, I couldn’t even use game chat, the little icon in the top right would never show up and I couldn’t hear or speak to anyone outside of party chat (I play on Xbox). But now after this update, the icon now shows up, but I still cannot hear anyone and they cannot hear me. It happens across my entire friend group who plays the game (which is 6 entirely different people all experiencing the same issue). I have tried every single fix on the SoT support site, and trying to contact support is like talking to a brick wall, because they just link you back to the same troubleshooting page over and over again. I have looked all up and down the SoT twitter page and Rare (to my knowledge) has been silent on this issue? Anyone else experiencing the same problems I am with the game? I want to complete the Ashen Dragon set and also want to be able to communicate with anyone on the game (a huge source of fun and entertainment is lost bc of the buggy gamechat)

    Anyone with me?

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  • @doughnutruler

    Ashen tomes was so tedious I almost went broke buying key and chest maps to get it over with. It was fine the first set or two but after the third or fourth the idea of doing them turned me off so much I blew my money to basically buy the commendation. The rng on the tomes is rough too.. I woulda been happier if it was a tall tale where you are searching the world and collecting the tomes in hidden locations. "Flameheart Is returning and the only way is with the tomes! Each set of tomes brings him a step closer to revival and you must collect them to stop his return!:" considering the ashen chests are old news at this point it wouldnt hurt to twist things up a bit to make it easier to grind. Besides buying them..sailing around island hopping and killing all the random captains is a good way to collect them too. More time consuming but free lol

    As for game chat..mine was broken for half a year or so and randomly started working with the new update. It is janky I do agree with you there lol not a good issue to have when communication is key 😱

  • @doughnutruler

    Oooo! How about..combining the ashen chest and key guys into one treasure map? Then lowering the spawn rate of the ashen guy who drops both. Lower the rng due to the fact you need to find one ashen guy instead of 2. Heck even have him drop two maps and the key and chest are on different nearby islands! Slightly tweak the way the quest works so once you find one ashen guy you have all the pieces necessary instead of sailing around with a key or chest trying to find an ashen guy for the other.

  • @doughnutruler If you're on Xbox you can't use party chat and game chat at the same time, you have to leave your party if you want to use game chat. This is for any game on Xbox not just Sea of Thieves.

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