Ideas on Improving Sea Posts

  • Sgt Paloogoo
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    Ahoy Mates!
    With the Forsaken Shores content update Sea Posts have been added to the seas and if ya ask me they're an alright addition.
    Sea post
    (But I think they can be improved)

    So right now they have 2 functions:

    • Randomized discounted Cosmetic items.
    • Restoring your ship's stock with the available Resources in the Barrels on the Sea post.

    And Sea Posts are gonna be places where you deliver your Cargo Run items, so 3 functions in the grand scheme of things.

    Well, 3 functions ain't bad but I've got ideas for plenty more!

    Let's get started:

    • Cages.
      I think you should be able to purchase the 3 cage types from the Sea Post Owner's Stock.
      This would make Sea Posts pretty essential to go to if you've lost your Cages.

    • Docked Rowboats.
      It'd be nice if Sea Posts had one or two docked Rowboats at them.
      I think this would add an extra level of relevance to Sea Posts.

    • Ship Customisation Chest.
      Just like the ones at the Shipwright.
      It wouldn't be all that essential but it could be handy here and there.

    • High Value Quests for Sail.
      Sometimes in the Sea Post Owner's Stock there'll be a Parchment for sail.
      It'll be a high value Quest such as a treasure map to an island with 7 X marks the spot on it or a Merchant delivery order for like 5 gold Animals.
      This idea would be a rare spawn and would not be available at every Sea Post all the time.

    • Purchasable Gunpowder Barrels & Cursed Cannonballs.
      I think in the Sea Post Owner's Stock there should be Gunpowder Barrels & Cursed Cannonballs for sale sometimes.
      So for example:
      There would be 2 Cursed Cannonballs for sale and 1 Gunpowder Barrel for sale.

    • Exclusive Cosmetics.
      This one would be pretty hard to implement, so my idea is just to do some color changes on pre-existing cosmetics and randomly have them for sale at the Sea Posts.
      So for example: There'll be the Shores of Plenty Sea Dog's Jacket for sale, it would be a yellow Sea Dog's jacket instead of the regular red one.

    • The End.
      Well lads & lasses, those are my ideas on improving Sea Posts, let me know what ya think of em.
      And do tell me your ideas on making Sea Posts more relevant.
      Until then see ya on the seas!
      Sea

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  • RTCoaster1
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    Press F to pay respects to that Galleon with the volcano about to erupt.

  • ENF0RCER
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    I agree with almost all your suggestions except purchasing GPB and CCB's just cause it takes the value out of finding them. Other then that it's a pretty solid list you got there.

  • Sgt Paloogoo
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    @enf0rcer
    Yeah the purchasable Cursed Cannonballs and Gunpowder Barrels idea isn't the best of my suggestions.

  • Galactic Geek
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    What he said.

  • Dr Peter Tezla
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    I'd like to suggest being able to purchase a chest of Sorrow from the vendors for its selling price.
    Those things are more valuable as weapons than loot money.

  • IcarusInundated
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    Love the post man.

    I really really like the first 3 ideas.

    That alone would add so much function and utility and even a little life to the seaposts.

    Having rowboats there bobing up and down kn the ways could just fill out the look of the little seaposts.

    Buying cages are a no brainer and should have already been a thing but i think do fit seaposts even more.

    And yah giving us another place so we domt have to go all the way back to outposts to change look of our ships.

    If i could throw one more suggestion onto your selection:

    At this point we have a actually really decent number of cosmetics. So i think each seapost should have a slightly bigger selection of items and have a timer next to it for when it will reset to new items.

    The UI could also change to only show what is needed. Lets say the 10 items you can buy, the timer and the purchase cage options.

  • Tedakin
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    Seaposts definitely need a point. I think being able to restock missing cages and fully restocking your boat would be a good start.

  • NunoAzuldimeter
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    Boatswain
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    @sgt-palooggoo insert a conversation line where the shopkeeper says when the next stock of bargains arrive.

  • Lt Swag Johnson
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    Purchase Cages
    Yes, but there should be a maximum amount of cages/baskets you can buy here.

    Docked Rowboats
    Yes, one or two should be enough. They respawn when no ship is nearby.

    Ship Customisation Chest
    Maybe, this means you have another place to change your ship's colours to fool other ships.

    High Value Quests for Sail
    No, voyages should only be purchasable on outposts. The amount of charts and chapters should be connected to the name of the voyage you purchase.

    Purchasable Gunpowder Barrels & Cursed Cannonballs
    No, this will bring imbalance to the game.

    Exclusive Cosmetics
    Yes, I would like to see 3 to 6 new outfits. Just like when the Grand Admiral, Ruffian Sea Dog etc. outfits were introduced. I do think the sea posts should only sell bargain items from the specific region they are in.

  • Tedakin
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    Love all these ideas. I hope Rare is reading this because Seaposts could be great, but right now I honestly don't see a point in why they were added at all. You can get 1 or 2 random items a tad cheaper? That's it? They should act like restocking stations too.

  • ThePooPooHands
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    Especially ship customisation chest! I stopped at one assuming that would just be the case and partial purpose.

  • Sgt Paloogoo
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    @icarusinundated said in Ideas on Improving Sea Posts:

    Love the post man.

    I really really like the first 3 ideas.

    That alone would add so much function and utility and even a little life to the seaposts.

    Having rowboats there bobing up and down kn the ways could just fill out the look of the little seaposts.

    Buying cages are a no brainer and should have already been a thing but i think do fit seaposts even more.

    And yah giving us another place so we domt have to go all the way back to outposts to change look of our ships.

    If i could throw one more suggestion onto your selection:

    At this point we have a actually really decent number of cosmetics. So i think each seapost should have a slightly bigger selection of items and have a timer next to it for when it will reset to new items.

    The UI could also change to only show what is needed. Lets say the 10 items you can buy, the timer and the purchase cage options.

    Thanks mate, glad you liked the first 3 ideas!
    Oh yeah and the bigger selection of items is a no brainer, thanks for the suggestion mate!

  • Sgt Paloogoo
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    @dr-peter-tezla said in Ideas on Improving Sea Posts:

    I'd like to suggest being able to purchase a chest of Sorrow from the vendors for its selling price.
    Those things are more valuable as weapons than loot money.

    I'd be done for that, those things are really good against Skeleton Ships.

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