Back in the earlier days of sea of thieves, the sea dog arena existed. It was pretty much the old version of hourglass.
In this gamemode the lobby was a large pub, when the arena was shut down the pub remained as an un-named location on the map and is still there to this day. Unfortunately, it is only visible from the outside and players are unable to enter.
I would like to suggest a re-creation of this lobby.
RARE should make it a social hub for multiple servers. Program it so players transfer from their server to this second server, dedicated solely to this hub. Then when pirates leave they go back to their ship which still exists on the real world server (unless it was sunk while they were in the hub).
I agree. The Arena lobby was an awesome bit of in-game architecture and design and they should find some way to repurpose it.
Obviously the interior of the Glorious Sea Dog never existed in Adventure-mode proper, but it shouldn't be too difficult to add a button prompt at the entrance on the island at K-12 that takes you to the interior as a separate instance just like we travel to and from the Ferry of the Damned and the Athena's Fortune hideout.
@thegrimpreacher it would have to be instanced. The inside from arena is larger than the outside in the world. lol. I miss the hot tub.
@pro7098223 you're not supposed to ask for Upvotes.
That said, I feel like it could be repurposed as a Guild Lobby honestly, and with some updates could facilitate various levels of customization of the space (which offers a potential Gold Sink, extra bonus). Guilds need that social facet that they lack a little bit right now, and this could be a great use for it.
People shouldn't eat up server slots while there, though Guilds could opt to Form a Crew with an available Ship (Ships in Bottles anyone), and then be sent into a server like normal.
@redeyesith I honestly hope they make guild halls separate. I want a a lobby to interact with people and find new crews and hang out and chill, but I want a different area for our guilds that would be a little more sizeable. Having guild halls that are the size of seaforts would be awesome.
@pro7098223 all good, and I agree there is some real potential for it. I could probably yammer on for awhile about it, and it would be very cool to see that little area make a comeback with some use.
