Hunters call whaling/platter missions.

  • CherrySoda8929
    Seafarer
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    Here is the idea:

    Whaling missions for the hunter's call, with side/basic missions based on creating a sort of "tasting platter/plate" of sorted meats.

    With the whaling mission, it would work as a scripted meg hunt, and you would have to hunt down a whale. It would give a large amount of meat, and beforehand, the hunter's call rep, would give flasks for collecting whale oil. (Which could be sold to merchants, or hunter's call)

    The whale hunt proper would include the expected part of killing it like a meg, mixed in with short phases of using your ship's harpoons to chase it down/keep ahold of it. The only way to fail the mission, is if the whale were to run away.

    It could possibly create a spot where fish would flock to, after the whale would die.

    As for the platter idea, more or less working the same as a merchant cargo order, but having to in some way craft/make a plate-selection of mixed meats/fish. More going into the cooking aspect of the hunter's call.

    I feel the missions themselves would make the hunter's call feel like a proper faction, instead of a last minute thought.

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  • Thooomas
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    I really don't like the idea of putting actual whaling in the game and I don't think Rare would risk the backlash. If it was a monsterous, fantasy creature then sure, it'd probably be a fun idea.

  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    Killing whales isn't a needle mover for participation and is a needle mover for drama

    adding whales that we don't kill would be awesome, adding a whale story where we save the whale would be great

    adding whale hunting is bringing in significant negatives for no real gain for the game

  • Foambreaker
    Sailor

    -1 for reasons already stated.

  • N0Soup4U
    Ship Mate

    People are seriously going to backlash for whaling in a video game?.. how stupid has everything become

  • Captain Coel
    Commander
    Insider

    @thooomas Why is killing sharks okay then? We should be able to kill whales.

  • WolfManbush
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    @n0soup4u said in Hunters call whaling/platter missions.:

    People are seriously going to backlash for whaling in a video game?.. how stupid has everything become

    It's not a game that is only for adults and it's a game that directly markets as family friendly

    it's a loss optically because they have to sell it

    5 years in they gotta sell whaling in a family friendly cartooney game. Incredibly low demand and will be something most will stop doing after a few experiences.

    It's also a game that appeals to a social media/issue heavy crowd. They will get criticized over it and the back and forth engagement on it won't be pretty and will bring a lot of loud negative attention to SoT. Not a hill worth dying on or even fighting over for something that doesn't generate substantive activity.

    The way the internet works it likely would go from bickering over whaling to how "toxic" Rare/SoT is in a few short days

    This isn't a game where controversy or contentiousness leads to activity in the game.

  • PersonalC0ffee
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    Insider
    Boatswain

    Didn't Chapman come out and say he was against adding whales in the game?

  • Foambreaker
    Sailor

    @captain-coel said in Hunters call whaling/platter missions.:

    @thooomas Why is killing sharks okay then? We should be able to kill whales.

    Self defense, DUH

  • Thooomas
    Rogue

    @captain-coel I'd take out the aggressive sharks if I could.

  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    @foambreaker said in Hunters call whaling/platter missions.:

    @captain-coel said in Hunters call whaling/platter missions.:

    @thooomas Why is killing sharks okay then? We should be able to kill whales.

    Self defense, DUH

    the only thing that doesn't really line up are the pigs

    everything else has a consistent predator/aggressive vs predator theme

    that's why in these threads I typically suggest making the island pigs pets and adding wild boars for the hunt/meat

  • N0Soup4U
    Ship Mate

    @wolfmanbush no no, I completely understand that the backlash exists on social media, merely commenting on how sad it is that it does. Not against Rare avoiding this controversy, but it's just dumb. Then again if they added Mobey D and advertised it as "hunting a giant whale" instead of whaling I'm wondering if they'd still get backlash for no reason

  • WolfManbush
    Champion

    @n0soup4u said in Hunters call whaling/platter missions.:

    @wolfmanbush no no, I completely understand that the backlash exists on social media, merely commenting on how sad it is that it does. Not against Rare avoiding this controversy, but it's just dumb. Then again if they added Mobey D and advertised it as "hunting a giant whale" instead of whaling I'm wondering if they'd still get backlash for no reason

    they can very easily avoid it and just make a whale sized predator as it's a fantasy game

    but in reality this is one of those things that people say they will do and then they do it 3 times and stop doing it

    people wanted megs nerfed a long time and ignored them for years

    only now are people asking for them back because the spawn rates are so low now

    I would go threat from the sky though, if they are gonna do another large predator

  • Foambreaker
    Sailor

    @n0soup4u said in Hunters call whaling/platter missions.:

    @wolfmanbush no no, I completely understand that the backlash exists on social media, merely commenting on how sad it is that it does. Not against Rare avoiding this controversy, but it's just dumb. Then again if they added Mobey D and advertised it as "hunting a giant whale" instead of whaling I'm wondering if they'd still get backlash for no reason

    This is one side of the backlash they are trying to avoid.

  • Subject 18 jord
    Marauder
    Insider

    i dont want to kill whales but i would love to see whales and dolphins in the game team up to fight a mega meg take notes rare write this down :)

  • CherrySoda8929
    Seafarer
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    If hunting whales is the issue, then replace with (inset whale like fantasy creature here) I still think this idea has something to add to the game, as currently, the hunter's call feels like an afterthought.

  • CherrySoda8929
    Seafarer
    Insider

    @cherrysoda8929 My main point is this: The faction is the hunter's call, so why is there not more to hunt big game wise. Megs rarely spawn, and most players don't have the patience to wait for a kraken to spawn.

  • dlCHIEF58
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    @cherrysoda8929 said in Hunters call whaling/platter missions.:

    @cherrysoda8929 My main point is this: The faction is the hunter's call, so why is there not more to hunt big game wise. Megs rarely spawn, and most players don't have the patience to wait for a kraken to spawn.

    See notes for upcoming Season 9 which addresses BOTH of these points.

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