We need more incentives for killing the Meg and the Kraken. The meg leaves a body that could be attacked with a sword and disgorge the flotsam of loot that is in the sea. Reward could be ~5K worth of loot to encourage multiple ships to want to engage. I know kraken is more complicated since it does not leave a body after you kill it, but there has to be some reward for taking on the environment. We have shark hunter sails and flags, but no reason to hunt sharks.
Rewards for killing Megalodon and Kraken
@seminolefire said in Rewards for killing Megalodon and Kraken:
We need more incentives for killing the Meg and the Kraken. The meg leaves a body that could be attacked with a sword and disgorge the flotsam of loot that is in the sea. Reward could be ~5K worth of loot to encourage multiple ships to want to engage. I know kraken is more complicated since it does not leave a body after you kill it, but there has to be some reward for taking on the environment. We have shark hunter sails and flags, but no reason to hunt sharks.
I really like that: 'incentive to kill the Kraken'. Because the Kraken attacking your crew isn't incentive enough to defend your ship.
@szawel123 What is the Shark hunter stuff about then? Also, put your sails in full wind and you can escape the kraken in 2 minutes without firing a shot. The other day I killed a megalodon for fun. It took 15-20 hits with a cannon and untold sniper and pistol fire to kill. We used most of our boards. It was fun, but I could have just sailed to port and parked or scuttled for all I got. We had zero loot aboard because we had just dropped off. It is more fun if you get a reward.
@murkrage Killing the kraken is different then escaping the kraken. Maybe you havent gotten the achievement they currently have in the game for killing all of its tentacles? Replayability is the name of the game.
@seminolefire I sure have matey. I don't run from the Kraken. My crew and I always attack the thing until it disappears :)
It's a force of nature, not a boss fight. There shouldn't be an incentive to kill it other than your own survival.
@seminolefire The replayability is that it will attack you at random. You don't need an incentive to engage the fight, the fight will engage you whether you like it or not.
@murkrage said in Rewards for killing Megalodon and Kraken:
@seminolefire I sure have matey. I don't run from the Kraken. My crew and I always attack the thing until it disappears :)
It's a force of nature, not a boss fight. There shouldn't be an incentive to kill it other than your own survival.
Currently, there is no incentive to fight it INCLUDING your own survival. If you want to survive, just run away. If you want to save supplies, just run away. If you want to save time, just run away. There's literally no reason to fight it where running away isn't a better solution (unless you just enjoy the fight that much, in which case you are in the vast minority).
I agree with OP.
I would like to see a reward for these but it would have to come with some buffs to both. They are both just a minor inconvenience more than anything. I have seen the Megalodon over 30 times since they were released to free roam and i think I've seen it bite a ship maybe twice. Gets on my nerves when someone shouts there's a Meg in the water and there is literally nothing to fear. Even IF it bit you once that would be a whopping 4 planks to repair? Not much of a challenge they just show up and follow you around and leave.
@szawel123 said in Rewards for killing Megalodon and Kraken:
I need to say it again. Reward for "killing" those legendary sea creatures which shouldnt be able at all or hard as hell btw, is your ship and loot you already have.
You are actually referencing the current reward for "surviving" the fight not "killing" the monster. As already stated, there is nothing to be gained from killing meg/kraken that can not be gained (with additional benefits) from just running. If you want to make the survival of your ship as a reward for killing meg/kraken, you have to make it impossible to run.
@szawel123 said in Rewards for killing Megalodon and Kraken:
I need to say it again. Reward for "killing" those legendary sea creatures which shouldnt be able at all or hard as hell btw, is your ship and loot you already have.
I agree with you, except that they are not dangerous in the game at this time. If they were terrifying when they showed up to more people than my wife, there would be no need for rewards or anything else.
@murkrage said in Rewards for killing Megalodon and Kraken:
I really like that: 'incentive to kill the Kraken'. Because the Kraken attacking your crew isn't incentive enough to defend your ship.
It's not really. They are no where near as dangerous as they should be.
@kzoo-kid well not exactly, kraken is a legend right? Its like hmm... bigfoot? How many bigfoots "exists" only one isnt it? So if you kill it(and you get reward for that)... its dead? I would be very upset if I could kill the beast, become legendary kraken killer and then realize that im able to do it over and over again... then i would be like dude ive defeated kraken.
Wow dude thats cool... HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU MANAGED TO KILL THIS LEGENDARY SEA MONSTER NOONE COULD KILL?
Me? About 6 :DHmmm. I thought "meg" returned to the deep. It was not killed, that's why her eyes kept moving after it was defeated? Currently the younger/smaller ones inhabit the seas.
The kraken is supposedly getting a body. I rather like the idea of only receiving scars that you can apply in multiplicity. Showing your prowess on the seas, to simultaneously equip a shark bite scar and a kraken suction cup scar, a boar scar...tells a tale.
I like to kill “megs” for fun,
and I also would like to see if the shrouded ghost is true.I believe that the shrouded ghost is true but you never know until you get the title stuff and i believe that hunting for the titles is fun enough, but having a reward on top of that would make a lot
more people try to fight these “legends of the sea of thieves.Ahoy maties!
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