Instanced Athena's content

The only problem with this, is that it ends the game.

Currently there is no endgame, even pirate legend or Athena 20. They’re just milestones you can reach, they don’t unlock much. This would bring an end to the game which shouldn’t even exist in a sandbox game.

Maybe one day, but the devs have said they plan to keep the game going for at least 10 years. How they plan to keep attention to it that long I have no idea, but this would cut that short by 7 years.

I believe that this mission shouldn't exist. As an endgame experience pirate legends should have access to some exclusive activities and content (more precise ship customisation, like captain quarters.) Adding this mission wouldn;t bring in any new mechanics into the game, but will only create another fort of fortune kind of mission. Id rather grind gold to customise my own hideout (hope they'll add it with captiancy update one day) than getting mad about hoards of skelly ships who sink me while I payed 150k gold for that.

I like how there is no endgame in SoT.

I have been at Athena level seven for three years, barely even interested in advancing further.

Pirate Legend was a speedbump I did not care to notice.

I also enjoy how elitism means little in this game and cries for captaincy updates are always entertaining.

@aribalam said in Instanced end game content:

The only problem with this, is that it ends the game.

You (and others) seem mostly to be reacting to the fact that I used the words "end game" in my post. While I don't see how this activity would "end the game," just so there's no confusion, I replaced those words with "Athena's Fortune." Please let me know if this changes your thoughts at all re-reading.

@prescafatty Definitely like the idea of instanced content for AF. Especially opt in content with a fair sum for entry. Unlike voyages, there's some sort of punishment if you fail. It's a good way to deal with the issue of less experienced players having to deal with hard content, cause they don't have to if they don't want to.

I also like the idea of a 'hardcore' type instanced challenge, where you only get one life (ship I guess).

Also am a fan of a 'king of the hill' type quest. It's something we don't have currently in SoT (you could argue world events do that, but not as well as a mission focused on delivering that experience).

Also like the idea of the reward being a new set that you need to unlock by handing in this new loot. Unsure if it should be similar to Tomes, where the relic you get is random but the loot is fixed for the relic, or each piece of the set locked behind commendations, and each piece requires 1 extra relic handed in or something.

I like the idea. It works as a good gold sink and can serve as some actual difficulty, which is lacking in PvE. Plus instanced content just lets you get more creative.

@mferr11 thank you for seeing the potential in this idea. Competitive instances open up all sorts of gameplay possibilities. I hope Rare takes full advantage.

Just want to point to all the naysayers that Falcore made a video about this EXACT SAME IDEA and it's got nothing but love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6W--ta4Iu0