Special Insider Reward for those whom completed all 211 weeks before reduction

  • mauriciokneto
    Commander
    Insider

    Good evening. I brought this issue up over a year ago, and at the time I received a rather disappointing response. I am a veteran Sea of Thieves player and I have actively participated in the Insider Programme, testing and providing feedback since 2019. I reached the 211 reward weeks (before the change that reduced the total to 66).

    I raised this matter because I felt there was a lack of care or attention towards those who, like me, dedicated more than four years to the programme, especially when compared to players under the current model, who don’t even reach a year and a half. With the change, no form of recognition or reward for the time invested or the merit involved was introduced. For that reason, I suggested creating a trinket similar to the existing Silver Blade one, but with the Sapphire Blade colours, meant for those who achieved the 211 reward weeks before the change and the reduction in time required to complete the entire reward track.

    I hope that this time my concern and feelings won’t go unnoticed, especially since it is a relatively simple request.

    Best regards, mauriciokneto.

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  • mauriciokneto
    Commander
    Insider

    What I mean for this is like a Golden Legendary for people like me who spent more than 4 years giving feedback and playing the new updates. I feel people in the same situation as I will understand.

  • D3ADST1CK
    Vanguard
    Insider
    Founder

    The answer hasn't changed in a year.

  • BurnBacon
    Vanguard
    Insider

    If they won’t add more stuff who been around since Day 1 Patch. They won’t do this either.

  • RealStyli
    Vanguard
    Insider

    As one of the first to complete the original track (literally, I didn't miss a week and I unlocked the Silver Blade trinket the night it went live), I do not think this is necessary.

    My reward is semi-retirement, I don't need to obsess about doing it and can pick and choose when/if I do Insider testing.

  • PC MonkFish
    Marauder
    Insider

    @mauriciokneto said in Special Insider Reward for those whom completed all 211 weeks before reduction:

    What I mean for this is like a Golden Legendary for people like me who spent more than 4 years giving feedback and playing the new updates. I feel people in the same situation as I will understand.

    I'm sure you were productive but prior to the reward trigger changes the amount of folk I would see just spinning around on their ship at the outpost AFK was laughable.
    No way to judge productive testers and weekly AFK'ers.

  • Magus104
    Captain
    Insider
    Founder

    They haven't given out any "I did it when it was hard" bonuses since like year 1 when they did the 1st reduction of commendations bringing things down from like "Sell 1000 of X" which do to loot rarity back then was crazy. Though today we are laughing at those numbers. Though even the reduction of "Sell 1000 wood crates on time" to 100 is nearly impossible with the removal of bottle voyages in barrels, the fact that reworked bottle voyages don't include those supply crate types, and now useless smuggler bottles have replace 90+% of bottle spawns. It's rare I see a green or blue bottle. Blues are more common now than green which I guess is fine for those still needing that.

    Considering the rework just kind of overwrote the old system I wonder if they even have a way of knowing who completed it prior to the reduction. They could just give those people the Over Achiever sails if they don't already have them. Or add a recolor of Over achiever sails maybe Black & White themed to match the final ship trinket look? Not gonna happen though so best to not dwell on it.

  • heslashthem
    Legend
    Insider

    As someone who completed the track 2 years ago, long before the changes came in, I can say confidently this is unnecessary. All this does is ego stroke those who do not need it any more than they already do. The only thing I’d request is a title as well as the trinket we currently get.

  • Europa4033
    Captain
    Insider

    I was close to being done with Insiders when they changed this. Do I mind? Absolutely not. The game is theirs to make changes as they see fit. Should those of us who had to sell by hand before Sovereign came get a special achievement? Should those of us who had to collect treasure before ship harpoons came, or having to collect supplies by hand before storage crates get special acknowledgement? I had to dig worms in order to catch fish, the bait crate didn't exist yet. Special achievement please. I had to get individual colors the hard way in order to start a FotD too. I had to cook food to perfection with one stove on the ship. Heck I still remember only making local calls because long distance costed money, do I get that money back now that cell phones are here?

    All of this didn't require standing at an outpost for an hour while watching TV. I'm glad they've made changes so the newer players won't experience how frustrating it used to be here or there, and is now more streamlined. Welcome to the "back in my day" generation. I hope they keep making the game better and better. No achievement needed :)

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