@purplemajic said in Riddles Or X Marks the Spot?:
I like the riddles, I can get them done in under 10 minutes most times. The X Marks the Spot not so much, unless it’s a small island. The island that I usually have trouble with for X Marks is Old Faithful.
What is your favorite to do or best as doing?
I'm like a sniffer dog with X marks the spot. I get them done faster than any of my friends... and 99% of the time it's the first time I dig.
Riddles are a bit trickier but it depends on the island and what landmarks are mentioned.
@maquark said in Riddles Or X Marks the Spot?:
@realstyli I'm the same way lol i LOVE x maps
Best part is letting my buddies look first and go around in circles for a few minutes... Then I run off the ship straight to a spot and dig... clunk :)
@realstyli My Hubby is good at the X Marks, but sucks at the riddles. I’m good at the riddles and not so good with the Xs. We balance each other. Haha!
I love both. I think that x marks the slots are best in the larger islands where you really need to use landmarks and topography to find them.
As for the riddles, I think they are the best, but most inefficient. I am not one for taking the most efficient route, so for me, I thoroughly enjoy scouring the island and communicating with my crew to figure things out. There is nothing better than discovery in a game like this and the riddles force that discovery on you. I ask a lot of, "Why is this thing here? What is its story" and you can genuinely piece those clues together. It is fun!
@purplemajic I like both but I'd have to say that I am better at X marks the spot as I can decipher the map by my surroundings and most times I can hit the spot first dig.
The riddles appear a little more challenging at times trying to decide exactly which one of several similar looking objects they mean.
In both cases we are only fooled by which level of ground it's meant to be on as many islands have ledges or various ground levels spiraling up.
I prefer X marks the spot maps because usually you're getting more then 1 chest. I don't like riddles because they take longer, and they give you less. Plus the "Riddles" are really just instructions. Go here and do X. If the riddles were more like the Hungering Deep quest, they would be really fun.
@admiral-rrrsole last night the 10th riddle was a bust. Haha! I couldn’t find the Wrath of the Siren on Discovery Ridge. It was kinda hidden I even overlooked it with directions from Google. 🙄🙄 Hubby found it eventually.
@celestron90 huh? Last night we put down 2 gold hoarders. The first was 5 riddles, second one had 3 riddles and we got 2 messages in the bottle on a shipwreck and they were both riddles.
@purplemajic said in Riddles Or X Marks the Spot?:
@celestron90 huh? Last night we put down 2 gold hoarders. The first was 5 riddles, second one had 3 riddles and we got 2 messages in the bottle on a shipwreck and they were both riddles.
Oh, sorry I meant they only give one chest per island, no? One riddle per island? If so then I cant imagine how they're worth it as opposed to the "x-marks the spot" where you can have up to 6-10 chests on one island. Which is the equivalent of 6-10 riddles across 6-10 islands. If the riddles are just purely fun for you then thats fine. I just think they need to reward people with a horde of buried treasure ( "Flint's gold!" type scenarios. ) as opposed to one chest to balance it out. Because time-wise the riddles cant possibly be worth it until then.
@celestron90 yes only one chest per island. But last night the 2 message in a bottles we got at the same time from the same shipwreck were almost exactly the same riddle for the same island. The chests were right next to each other. They were only castaway chests, but that helped us with the achievement were we doing, which was the 20 chests in your possession achievement. That’s how we spent our night last night.
@realstyli said in Riddles Or X Marks the Spot?:
@maquark said in Riddles Or X Marks the Spot?:
@realstyli I'm the same way lol i LOVE x maps
Best part is letting my buddies look first and go around in circles for a few minutes... Then I run off the ship straight to a spot and dig... clunk :)
Wow I'm just like that too! On a good day if there's an island with multiple X's I'll clear them out in no time while the rest of the crew is still looking. I do have my bad days though...
@purplemajic said in Riddles Or X Marks the Spot?:
@admiral-rrrsole last night the 10th riddle was a bust. Haha! I couldn’t find the Wrath of the Siren on Discovery Ridge. It was kinda hidden I even overlooked it with directions from Google. 🙄🙄 Hubby found it eventually.
Oh it's the only one I've NEVER found, I had this riddle three times already and nowhere to be found. I'll find it, one day... 👀
I like riddles they're funny, sometimes with my crew we say the first one who find the chest win. It's a lot of fun because we run everywhere and it's the one who knows the best the island who win (except when we have the legendary skeletons chasing us everywhere haha).
@skulliah hint! It’s by waterfalls. That’s what Hubby said when I asked where when he said he found it.
