Devils Roar activity

Cool idea, would be interesting to see how it would change the map. I honestly hate how the whole thing does not have any kind of pattern and instead is just rigged against a player, gets boring quick imo.

@magus104 said in Devils Roar activity:

I am sure Rare has seen the roar become more active with volcanoes off.

I'm not sure they'll actually see an increase in activity besides the obvious doing the Adventure.
I surely didn't see an increase whenever I ventured there or got close.

People might now avoid it because the OoS voyages (and the OoS stages of Ashen Athena) are now not helped by geysers erupting. They also might avoid it if they don't want to be disturbed and expect people waiting for crews doing the Adventure.
It's also no longer a way to escape and try to lure a chasing ship into the range of a volcano.

I think if they did an update to the region where the frequency of eruptions changes weekly so some weeks it might only be 30% as active as normal. Since the majority of the players avoid the region due to it never getting re-balanced it has either been too active or not active enough. I think having it rotate through a frequency cycle would allow some players to be like "Oh its not as bad this eek maybe I will play there some" Keeping in mind the number of people who enjoy the roar being as active as it had been is the same amount of people who played arena and you just deleted that mode due to low interest.

Changing e.g. the eruptions there might make it more interesting though, as long as they don't make public when it's "quiet" or when it's as hazardous when it first came out. Perhaps make it change by having players do some actions such as to please the fire gods or whatever it is that causes its activity.

They could also

• Remove the Ashen loot from most random loot tables not encountered in the Roar (ashen lords and such is fine), so you have to visit the Roar to get those.
• Decrease the times you have to deliver ashen cargo outside of the Roar.
• Add Ashen Captaincy voyages
• Stop forgetting to include the Roar when they add new stuff.

While I haven't played much I have enjoyed being in the roar during this event. I do agree that always off isn't as interesting as it was when the activity was just cut in half or what every the change was that happened like 2ish years ago before it got reset to normal claiming you would "re-balance it" which never happened.

Did an Ashen Athena yesterday - I prefer some (fiery) activity there.

@pumpkin0ui said in Devils Roar activity:

@magus104 i dont mind the volcanoes its the fact that ashen athenas arent even worth doing compared to veils and ghost fleet best way to grind rep oos now

I must respectfully disagree. The ghost fleet voyages offer little payouts and requires resources to defeat. Compared to the MA lost shipments and the GH vaults the OoS voyages are trash.

Devils Roar OoS bounties are the best as the geysers do most of the killing of the skeletons. The geysers may interrupt all other voyages but they benefit killing skeletons and ocean crawlers.

I love how the Roar is, while it's missing some content like seaforts and shrines, I prefer the activity of minimal players and maximum island threat. Maybe limiting it to 1 eruption per day at most would be nice, but once a week might be a bit much.

@d3adst1ck

You realize that the supply crates are Merchant Alliance and not Order of Souls, don’t you?

Yes it only takes 3 cannon balls to kill a ghost ship but how much cannonballs are wasted in the attempt to hit the ship. I always use more cannonballs then I get from those ships.

Also, you don’t get wraith balls from the voyages. Rare gave you a chance to obtain them when they removed the Flameheart world event but it’s a slim chance if it’s possible at all. Even if wraith balls are possible, again it’s sold to merchant alliance.

In short, the ghost ship voyages give almost nothing as far as Order of Souls loot is concerned.

Personally, I don’t need gold. I only fly the emissary flags for the ledger rewards. Using the ghost fleets is the worst possible voyage for emissary value.

@magus104

The problem is that the Devils Roar brought ashen loot which was more valuable. Loot was hard to come by when the Devils Roar was first introduced.

With emissary multipliers, the Devils Roar loot isn’t valuable enough to risk going into the Devils Roar. If the Shrouded Ghost only spawned there then people would risk it because of the potential reward that everyone wants. If the Devils Roar is to regain its former glory, there needs to be something good that can only be acquired there. Something that’s worth dealing with the volcanos

@magus104 the Roar is so tame now compared to the good old days when the shroud first rolled back and revealed it's explosive glory. #SavetheRoar

They should just turn off volcanic activity on the islands but still allow the earthquakes and geysers from nearby eruptions. Keep the eruptions to only the non-visitable rock formations that are on the outskirts of the islands themselves. This still creates a threat while sailing and can alter your course.

The Molten Sand Fortress should be able to have active Forts and Forts of Fortune with the Ashen variants (including the Ashen Chest of Legends)

Having the Ashen Winds world event reside in the Devils Roar as an option just makes too much sense as well.