Let's Talk About Athena Quests

Yep, been there, done that and wanted to perish to end the miserable grind.

I do hope they really update the Athena quest to make it more up to standard with Thieves haven run or better, like provide more loot and make it feel lot less like a chore.

Would love to see Athena emissary get a secondary perk where any non Athena loot can be sold to the mysterious stranger for more gold but no rep or tiny amount of rep can be gain from them, this would promote more legends to raise the Athena flag, do more world events and to pick older Athena quest if they not too bothered about gaining large amounts of rep and prefer more gold.

IMO, the amount of Athena loot is totally fine. It's the voyage itself that I have a problem with. There's nothing unique about it. It's just a conglomeration of all the other factions. It's lazy. It's boring. I'm sure every player experiences getting to PL, getting excited, going down to the PL hideout, buying your first Athena Voyage and going...oh...uh...I just did this stuff. So underwhelming.

Hopefully in the near future they do something really cool for the Athena faction. Something unique. Something to make it actually finally feel special.

I do also think the value of the items could be revisited at this point. I think Ancient Fortune and Chest of Legends should all be among the high value items of the game. They should be coveted by Pirates out on the Seas. Figuring out someone is running Athena Missions should be like a beacon.

There shouldn’t be loot for other companies in an Athena voyage or any other voyage. Luckily it’s only Athena’s Fortune that suffers from this and not more companies along with it. People hardly take the loot in Legendary Voyages until when it’s actually a Chest of Legends or the trinkets and crates that are sprinkled during the quest. It’s not like they’re quick voyages to complete either so there should 100% be no other stuff in these quests.

I think the issue is that [I believe] originally the Legendary Voyages were designed to boost commendations for PLs under the Athena faction, so it included loot from all factions. (Edit: Factually incorrect, as pointed out by Schwammlgott below)

This unfortunately is outdated now because 1) a lot of players have finished those commendations and have no need for that low level loot, and 2) the other factions have much more interesting and lucrative voyages that fit into their Emissary playstyles. If someone does need those commendations, it makes far more sense to do them under an Emissary that would complement the voyages.

The emergence of Emissaries has really shone a light on just how lackluster the Athena loot is on Legendary Voyages and how much an Athena-only voyage is necessary - even if the low level non-Athena loot is replaced with low level Athena loot.

@schwammlgott said in Let's Talk About Athena Quests:

@realstyli sagte in Let's Talk About Athena Quests:

I think the issue is that [I believe] originally the Legendary Voyages were designed to boost commendations for PLs under the Athena faction, so it included loot from all factions.

That's so wrong...you know why? Athena commendations weren't in the game at launch...that was march 2018, the commendations for athena came in november/december 2018

Well, thanks for the correction. I didn't become PL until February 2019.

I dont even do them.

The problem with this voyage is that it came out back with the OG version of the game. It was a different time back then where gold collecting and treasure value overall was way below the current average. Athena treasure like the skulls or trinkets did not exist back then. Furthermore, and in my own personal opinion, the PL voyage came out as a way for devs to hide the fact that the game was incomplete. Considering that all the other trading companies have gotten their own unique voyages now, a lot of people in the community believe that changes to Athena in some shape or matter might be coming soon. Although no one can determine the relevance of this matter, what I do know for sure is that it's definitely a popular topic. Some people believe we might get rehashed treasures, a new voyage, or even some sort of change to the legendary hideout.

Personally, I would want a complete substitution of the voyage. Something unique, epic, with a good story to tell, and one that merges different mechanics and themes from all the other trading companies to create puzzles, mini games, and over all a voyage that truly deserves the name of "legendary"

I think my biggest gripe with it is that I'm getting other Trading Company's loot on this voyage. You wouldn't expect to dig up Merchant Crates, or kill a skeleton and they drop a GH trinket while on a bounty voyage, so why is Athena any different?