Make Molten Sands Fortress into Ashen Fort of the Damned.
I’ve had this idea for a while and these are my thoughts. Normal Fort of the Damned has become way too easy and farmable. Graymarrow is an underwhelming and cheeseable boss (when is the last time you have ever seen anyone fight him normally?) The Fort of Fortune gives much more exciting and better loot, especially now with the new Chest of Fortune. Nobody goes to the Devils Roar. You never get to see Ashen Athena Chests in the game anymore. Nobody does Ashen Athena quests anymore because they are not worth it. Veil quests are way too op and I’d argue that Ashen Athenas haven’t been worth it since Thieves Haven runs. Molten Sands Fortress is one of the coolest islands in the game and forts barely ever spawn there. And even when they do, Molten Sands is so out of the way that its not even worth sailing that far for the amount of loot that it gives. Molten Sands is an amazing island that basically never gets visited.
How this could work.
This Fort should be a lot more difficult than Fort of the Damned and the Fort of Fortunes and it should take an actual time commitment to finish. There are a few reasons for this, one is that Molten Sands is one of, if not the most isolated island in the game. Other people should have time to sail over to it before it gets completed. Another reason for this is the risk/reward factor. Choosing to do this fort should be a risk for all crews (except maybe the most experienced crews) to take on. The Devils Roar is already high risk and this fort should lean into it as that is what the Devils Roar is all about. And a third reason is the loot. This Fort should have high value ashen loot. Ashen Winds skull, Ashen chests, skulls, Chests of Rage, some Athena loot, and an Ashen Athena. This should be the most valuable loot in the game. There are already ashen skeletons, captains, and the ashen lords in the game. Plus, the Herald of the Flame boss. As far as starting the fort, I think a quest that requires you to go to various islands around the Devils Roar that isn’t too annoying to do would be good for the area as a whole. Something along the lines of what the vault key quests are would be cool.
In conclusion.
Making Molten Sands Fortress into Ashen Fort of the Damned would increase traffic to the Devils Roar and to Molten Sands Fortress. It would get Ashen Athena chests back into the loot rotation. And I genuinely can't think of anything cooler that you could put in the game or anything that would make more sense. I love the SOT devs and I hope they like the idea. I think that they could absolutely make this happen. I know this is a longshot but I really think that this is a good idea that would be great for the game!
… would love to talk to the devs if they like the idea.. just saying!!!
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