If Rare Isn't Going To Let You Progress Beyond Grade 3, It Should Say So

  • ObscureBerry192
    Marauder
    Insider

    If you can only get to Grade 3 for some particular commendation, then wouldn't it be decent of Rare to let us know? In advance?

    I just turned in 51 Ashen Urns for the Reaper of Ashen Offerings commendation ("You sold any Devil's Roar Reaper's Bones treasure items") thinking that 50 might get me to Grade 5, only to discover that commendation currently maxes out at 30/Grade 3.

    This and the handful of other commendations that players can't currently get to Grade 5 in ought to be asterisked, or marked, or something.

    ObscureBerry

    PS: Tip: for this particular commendation, collect your Devil's Roar items at Ruby's Fall. Cancel your voyage after you dig up the third Ashen urn, sail far enough away to trigger Ruby's Fall for your next voyage, return and repeat. Ruby's Fall is the best of the Devil's Roar islands for this particular mission because the search area is the smallest and most manageable. It's a bit of a harrowing sail back to Reaper's Hideout with all that loot, but the trip is so far that in my view it's better to make it as few times as possible. Don't forget that you don't need to turn in more than 30 pieces!

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  • D3ADST1CK
    Vanguard
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    Founder

    There really isn't anything saying that graded commendations have to go to 5, either. I don't think this needs to be changed, since I'm assuming it shows as finished once you've hit grade 3?

  • BurnBacon
    Vanguard
    Insider

    So you’re confused on how commendations work?

  • KeylessWord4029
    Ship Mate

    for the longest time commendations were all 5 tiers. the 3 tier commendations are a more recent thing. and sadly chest of fortune is a dull, annoying, tedious hamster wheel they are keeping us on so thats the only commendation that seems like will never stop increasing. i hated there being 5 tiers of it but now that its at tier 7? or whatever... when will it stop? tier 10? 15? are they going to give us more interesting activities to do to get them cause MAN the current method is dull

  • Fry9889
    Commander
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    For many (maybe most) of comms with mulitple grades there are markers of some sort that fill up as the grade progess. The reaper ones you are refering to for example have finger bones at the bottom of the icon. 3 or 5 depending on the com. They change from black to white as grades progress. It isn't obvious at all, and really could be made clearer. Most coms only give rewards at grade v anyway, so I don't really see the point of different grades (there are a few exceptions). I can't think of a reason the Reaper ashen treasure ones didn't just say 0/30 to begin with.

  • abjectarity
    Lord
    Insider

    @obscureberry192 the official wiki usually has grades listed pretty quickly after release day. It isn’t Rare helping, but it’s a great resource https://seaofthieves.wiki.gg/wiki/Commendations

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