1000 Sea Miles Commendations needed for 4 items - Problem

Even tho I think it is good that you can't get these commendations/Items easily I can see a problem for players there who doesn't have that much time to simply sail aimlessly to grind those. And even for people with more time it will be an annoying task to do.
So yeah I see it good and negative, in both ways, it should be made a little bit less time consuming but not like "oh u played for 10 hours, here take it" :)

You can get.. was it 15 miles in half an hour so 30 in an hour by sailing towards the winds on a brig.

Jep, this kicks me off too. If you didn't unlock these items during the event, they're almost unreachble unless you spend a lot of time without any fun into grinding them.

I mean, the legendary wheel has been locked behind 1k miles sailed while on athena voyages since the game released... I think this is fine. Not every cosmetic needs to be easy to get just like they all don't also need to be hard. There is a good mix and balance to them all. Like a cosmetic? Play for it.

Cosmetics are the only real form of progression in the game outside PvP experience. If there wasn't, sets like crab, kraken, Reaper outfit wouldn't be looked down on so hard maybe. Look at how legendary thief title worked out? When the game released, this was the hardest title to get. Now? A couple hours trading chests with your friends on an alliance server. If you are still doing it the right way, maybe 2-3 FotD steals. Easily do-able in one day.

@kommodoreyenser Well, you're talking about a legendary ship cosmetic not a few 'normal fraction' items which together require twice as much sea miles than the Legendary Seafarer (or whatever the commendation is called).
Also, there's no shortcut for the 1.000 sea miles commendation as there is for the Legendary Thief (so idk why you're talking about it lol).

@kommodoreyenser I understand you and youre mostly right. But most commendations can actually be fun or are doable. Steal this, interact with players all that stuff. But 1000 Seamiles are just frustrating.

Every time u sail put a voyage down and vote for it rinse and repeat... Just think for the ones that did over 100 Athena voyages and made it to pl 10 before Athena miles where even added then had to sail all those miles again

@lord-mevolent said in 1000 Sea Miles Commendations needed for 4 items - Problem:

@kommodoreyenser Well, you're talking about a legendary ship cosmetic not a few 'normal fraction' items which together require twice as much sea miles than the Legendary Seafarer (or whatever the commendation is called).
Also, there's no shortcut for the 1.000 sea miles commendation as there is for the Legendary Thief (so idk why you're talking about it lol).

My point in bringing up legendary thief is not to talk about shortcuts but ease of accomplishing it. There is no challenge involved in just sailing 1k miles with a voyage down. There is no challenge in trading chests with a crew of friends. This isn’t win 240 matches in arena, sink 500 skeletons ships while a legend, turn in five grade 5 Athena flags as a reaper, etc.

@kommodoreyenser Ah okay. But our point is time. 1000 (Another 1000 for the OfS Bucket) Sea Miles take alot of time. In my playtime (and i play active) i make like 2000 Sea Miles per year... (according to my stats)
I find it okey that legend items take alot of time cause its endgame. But normal faction items should not take so much time.
Thats why i dont understand why everyone is comparing it to legend stuff.
But in the end everyone has different opinions.

@tenebreate Reaching 1000 mile commendations really are not all that bad. It appears daunting, but all that it really requires is you throwing down a mission at the start of your game sessions. The miles will melt away and you’ll complete those before you know it. Additionally, with ALL of the cosmetics available, will you actually use these regularly? I understand the desire to unlock everything, but if you aren’t planning to use these regularly, what’s the hurry?

@promotordj okey. Im really into these faction items. Thats why xD

one of the hardest

It’s not for everyone. You miss it? Oh well.
Let’s face it, it’s not the hardest commendation.

Mileage isn't bad as it can be done without really having fully dedicated play time. Just throw down a voyage and head to the outer region of the map where there is little traffic or obstacles and do laps. There's no need to worry about anyone, or anything, because if you get into trouble, you just scuttle and take off again. You don't even really need to be there the entire time, just set a clear course and walk away & check in on it every 10 minutes or so. Sometimes you get people who chase you for whatever reason and it's hilarious to watch them get frustrated hunting down an empty boat. If they get close, fire out of a cannon and scuttle in midair... wait for the starbucks express and repeat; same thing for npc ships, megs, and krakens When you need to do a real voyage, always put down whatever one your going for until you're ready to start the next voyage & they start adding up. It takes time, but it's a quicker way to knock them out. Who knows, you might run across a ghost meg. You won't, but I suppose it's possible.

@kommodoreyenser isn’t the wheel behind completing 30 Athena missions? I could’ve sworn the capstan was for the miles

If you haven’t grinded out the shores of gold tall tales I would suggest putting the voyage of the faction you want on while you’re doing them. That’s how I got the Athena one done.

@ninja-naranja said in 1000 Sea Miles Commendations needed for 4 items - Problem:

@kommodoreyenser isn’t the wheel behind completing 30 Athena missions? I could’ve sworn the capstan was for the miles

Maybe that’s it. Honestly don’t even remember, it was nearly 2 years ago for me.

@kommodoreyenser they came out in shrouded spoils right? Such an underrated update at the time.