Skeleton Forts and needed Loot Upgrade

  • Lightflake
    Marauder
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    The Skeleton Forts in this game need a Needed Buff and maybe rework. I can get more money from a vault, And doing a vault usually takes less time than a Skeleton Fort. I mean come on its between 12-38k (no emissary) and with this new redcoat set that came out, you cant even buy the hat with that (Not saying that you only get money from world events but it is still such a small amount of money) And I just think that is ridiculous. You would have to do 2-3 forts to get the hat.

    There is also no unblockable cosmetics solely based on Skeleton Forts? There could at least be commendations tied to killing the Skeleton Fort bosses a certain amount of times for a jacket or just anything. There is cosmetics tied to every other world event but the skeleton Fleet but the thing with Skeleton Fleets is that they give a reasonable amount of currency unlike Skeleton Forts. I think the problem with the Forts is that they are just outdated, players wanted more expensive items and the World Events really did not get upgraded along with that.

    Lets think it like this, the new Redcoat Grand Admiral Hat cost 61k, that is already 2-3 Skeleton Forts. Now lets at the jacket and we are at 120k which is 5-6 Forts. You see what i am getting at here? From a stone key vault I can get around 20k with an emissary and that is the lowest tier vault. That is a stone key get you that. A gold key can get you around likely 77-100k while also getting max emissary.

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  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    all of the events are about right currently imo

    tridents make events such a cakewalk these days there isn't any real reason to mess with any of them

    people can run reapers and take on some danger for a good pay
    or make less for less risk

    events are all about efficiency and when done efficiently they are all within a value that I personally find to be pretty accurate for the environment.

    No emissary and not very efficient makes them less appealing but that's up to the player/s to work on

  • Nitroxien
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    I second this opinion and in additions forts are by far the least lucrative world event in the game by a significant amount. And the worst part is that they are by far the riskiest to do having you to get off of your ship to do so.

    Forts should give you at least 50k gold not counting strong hold kegs, and additional gifts in them would be nice as well for the now seemingly impossible to get commendations.

  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    @nitroxien said in Skeleton Forts and needed Loot Upgrade:

    I second this opinion and in additions forts are by far the least lucrative world event in the game by a significant amount. And the worst part is that they are by far the riskiest to do having you to get off of your ship to do so.

    Forts should give you at least 50k gold not counting strong hold kegs, and additional gifts in them would be nice as well for the now seemingly impossible to get commendations.

    Emissaries should be factored into consideration as should the tridents that were brought in that give people the strategic option of doing them pretty quickly

    Something like a fleet or flameheart (which both drop very well) don't bring as much stealth play risk as it keeps people moving but it's still high danger to the average SOT player. Flameheart can be lengthy without a skilled crew and the bigger the ship the more hits they will take. Fleets will also put a stress test on the average SOT player with cursed ball barrages and less predictable movement patterns

    them adding another stronghold skull or 2 and another bone dust pretty much put forts where they needed to be.

    a few tridents a pile of firebombs and forts really are pretty quick.

    Of course I used to do them solo before emissaries and when they had less loot and a buffed out kraken on standby when everyone and their momma was tucking on pretty much every server so I'm sure that factors into why I find them alright currently

  • Nitroxien
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    @wolfmanbush Yeah back then they were the best thing on the server the problem is compared to what exists now I can never find myself doing one even as Reaper they are just not worth it.

    Quite literally I can find a better option as any emissary over Forts.
    Gold Hoarder: Vault is more lucrative
    Merchant: Lost Cargo
    Order of Souls and Reapers: Portal Hop for legit any other world event

    The problem is that tridents don't make the fort that much faster. They help with the boss but I used cannons for that anyways pre tridents.

  • SweetSandMan
    Lord
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    But forts are SO easy. Not quite as easy as the Ashen Winds event, but almost. Even solo, a skeleton fort can be cleared out in 20-30 minutes with bad RNG on the wave types...good luck getting a GH Vault Voyage done in that amount of time.

    My only gripe with Fort loot is the number of stupid GH trinkets...just replace them with one Seafarers/Marauders chest or whatever the equivalent would be...this is more for convenience and not to increase the loot value.

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