Make the mysterious stranger better

@willthebigman Or maybe they could act like a faction and make some special mysterious items available every so often. Maybe offer a special mysterious voyage now and again or something. Make it all suitably under the table narrative wise.

@mrbrocksego said in Make the mysterious stranger better:

@willthebigman Or maybe they could act like a faction and make some special mysterious items available every so often. Maybe offer a special mysterious voyage now and again or something. Make it all suitably under the table narrative wise.

To riff on this a little - what if every 5 levels (currently, when the stranger gives you a new couplet about getting to the NEXT 5 levels), he gave you a single "Mysterious Voyage" that was basically a babby version of a Legendary Voyage and ended in a smaller Legendary chest. If you do all of these you get rep level 2 or something with Athena's Fortune at the same time you become a legend.

Basically a sampler, whet your appetite, and it could be sold as "testing" you as a pirate to make sure you're truly ready to be a legend.
They can get longer and harder as you go on (e.g. 1 chest, 1 skull, 1 chicken at 5-5-5 and almost the same as a full voyage at 45-45-45).

@urihamrayne said in Make the mysterious stranger better:

mysterious stranger is basicaly a bootleg level indicator, you go to it to find out what levels you are not.

You can already see your level in the menus, the stranger's more a tease about Pirate Legend to keep you grinding. When you first boot the game there's this guy in the tavern with you looking cool and says "come back when you're level 5 with everyone". Then "come back at level 10". It's the breadcrumb that leads you to Pirate Legend.

I agree with the OP that there's a bit of a wasted opportunity here and there's a chance for Rare to make the "journey" more exciting, give the stranger a little bit more of a hook to make you curious other than "come back later".

I wouldn’t mind if the mysterious stranger appeared at a random outpost once or twice a week and provided exclusive items or quests for a limited amount of time. Similar to what Destiny 2 and Warframe do.

I think they should make the mysterious stranger be only at one place at a time and they should change locations like every hour or so. That way they are even more mysterious and you have to find them after you reach level 50.