@boxcar-squidy said in Been a landlubber too long, what's new on the Seas?:
@realstyli
Ah, good to see you matey!
Veil of Shadows? Mix and match voyages? Sounds marvelous.
Legend of the Veil. Basically a 3 step voyage, with the last one being a sort of world event that the whole server can see, but it gives a lot of Athena Rep - which you'll need as the cap has risen to 30 for Athena's Fortune.
Yeah, you can get a "mix and match" voyage from the Shipwrights as a Captain. It combines a vault voyage, ghost fleet, and lost shipment into one voyage.
What's been happening lorewise? Last I heard, some idiots, possibly us, had released Flameheart back onto the Seas. Is that all still happening? Who are these Sovereigns? What's become of the Reapers? Did they ever finish building that hideout thing? What was all that about?
The Reaper's Hideout is as it was. Flameheart's fleet have retreated but he's still a threat. As are the Dark Brethren (Wanda, Duke, Amaranta). So there's really 3 factions in the "war". I know you're not interested in Tall Tales for now, but A Pirate's Life is a good place to catch up on the Dark Brethren.
We also recently battled for the fate of Golden Sands and saved it - it's now renamed New Golden Sands Outpost. Adventures are now a thing. They are limited time story events that progress what's going on, and occasionally there will be choices for the community to make (such as saving Golden Sands).
I can see from the map that things seem to have shifted about, and there's sea forts now? Not skeleton ones, but stone forts?
Sea Forts are populated by phantoms. They're a really easy encounter, good for a short session and good for getting supplies from. The loot is decent for the time put in - about 20K-25K base value for everything.
Also, there's a bunch of new buildings on the outposts. It really does feel like coming back to a place after a long absence to find that your favourite restaurant has changed into a pub (better that than a boutique hotel!)
It looks like there's a lot to take in.
They just added the Sovereigns to outposts. They will take all loot you'd sell at an outpost, as long as you're a Captain. A little OP in my opinion, but they are new and I expect they'll be tweaked.