Concerning the items bought at the trading companies...

While I want the game to stay as balanced as possible from a pvp/new player perspective. I do think some of the ideas you proposed are pretty nice. The only one I find somewhat questionable is the compass helping locate loot and the spy glass telling of your treasure. lol almost missed that one, but again nice ideas

Overall I would not be opposed to this as long as Rare didn't take it too far.

@lord-boblet I love all these ideas, with the exception of the eyeglass. The reason is that the rest don't give an advantage in anything combat related.

@lord-boblet on the eyeglass, maybe instead it increases the chance of getting the glint from message in bottle/chest/whatever on the beaches?

@lord-boblet To be 100% honest with you I've been racking my brain over on the pvp is toxic type threads as to a way to incorporate mechanics that are fair for both, but given the ideas you had on all the other items, I'm sure you can find a way to make them balanced.

@floppy-peener Oh my, here is the answer from the spy glass. Instead of increasing the glint for message in a bottles, make is so while looking through the faction spy glass there is less glint visible by the player you are looking at. As to not be noticed so easily.

@zep-darkwater interesting, but is that really worth it? I've personally never had a situation where that would have helped.

@floppy-peener Hmm I guess the usefulness would be subjective depending on how you play. As a pvp player I do notice the glint, but this doesn't have to be the end result. I think there are a lot of great ideas in this thread.

Keep it balanced and keep it up :).

@lord-boblet Idk as long as its not op I wouldn't have a problem with it, you guys think it would be fairly balanced?

Just so you all know, the glint is from the rifle scope. The spyglass does not show glint regardless of distance.

@lord-boblet I apologize i was looking over my post and somehow got confused and apparently my reading skills failed me you said the compass would be normal in a storm. I don't think it should be completely normal but it would be awesome for it to go less crazy during the storm. Again I apologize I don't know where I got the notion it would locate loot easier lol. Maybe a diff post lol.

@sunk-your-ship I always assumed it was both, thanks for clearing that up though. Pro tip :)

@lord-boblet You're seeing things :) Test it yourself,

@lord-boblet I thought it did give off a glint too, but I can't be 100% sure so I'll let you guys call this one. Need to check it in game if for nothing other than I should know this.

@zep-darkwater I spent about 30 minutes testing with a random guy I found on an island from another crew, Every time without fail the rifle glinted, every time without fail the spyglass would not; Regardless of direction/distance from each-other.

@sunk-your-ship ah ok good to know. Like i said I'm not 100% sure, but given the fact you have taken the time to test it and I have not. I will go with your info.

it's not a terrible idea. I'd prefer if players could demote their voyage levels with each faction, so if you upgrade your voyages to a level you can't handle, you can go back down to the last level. That way you can profit based on your skill, and not on grinding.

Grinding to become more effecient isn't a terrible concept, but i'd like the game to be as skill based as possible, and grinding involves very little skill.

Higher reward voyages should be harder all round in my opinion. You shouldn't be able to upgrade to make them easier. It's not an issue of balance or fairness, I just feel it would discredit the legendary status somewhat. And that's the only progression we really have at the moment. Cosmetic progression in a game with very few cosmetic items and no freedom of design is not worth much if you ask me.

Yeah I think this is one of the more beneficial threads on the forum, really great ideas. Gonna send all the peeps I know this way to view :).

@lord-boblet said in Concerning the items bought at the trading companies...:

We all know that each trading company has their own set of tools available for purchase, for instance...

Gold Hoarders - Shovel, Compass

Order of Souls - Lantern, Tankard

Merchant Alliance - Watch, Spyglass

I'm slightly disappointed that there is not a full set available from each merchant, I don't really see the point in just having 2 pieces, I want a full matching set.

@lord-boblet They must've fixed it last patch, Just tested and now the Spyglass is Identical to rifle scope.