Add things for legends to do

Legends don't have only other stuff to do, but they miss also the basic thing to have.

For instance we don't have weapon and item skins (legendendary and ghostly), some extra cosmetic maybe? Because the purple outfit and the athena's outfit aren't that awesomeness.

I'm doing Athena's very slowly and with calm because after this there is nothing, I've also diffult to stick my crew togethere, because someone get bored and can't blame for that.

Ship captancy for sure will require another year, so is pointless to talk about "you will have (one day) ship captancy"

I agree with both sides here.

Rare promised more content exclusively for Legends but put that on the backburner for content everyone can enjoy.

I agree that at the moment giving everyone (legends and non legends alike) content is by far the better option. However barely being rewarded for the long grind you've been trough is disheartening.
Let's hope Rare doesnt forget it's promise for legends content and when they add it there will be more people to enjoy it.

I'm generally happy everyone is getting content but cant shake the feeling becoming legend is just something you do as opposed to something you strive for.

https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/59737/proposal-governor-fort

@logansdadtoo, @bloodfrenzy187 Maybe this, it's for all players but only the fiercest will make it

@ath3na-cr33d, there's also an idea for a new costume

Add things for everyone lol

At this point I'd be happy with a damn shirt, but seriously, someone earlier said that if 10% of new content were aimed at legends and 90% were aimed at everyone else that would suffice, and he's right, cos in the fullness of time 100% would be aimed at everyone since they would eventually become legends, current legends would just gain a head start. Helping lower level players is great, something I'm doing right now, but eventually we'll all be legends, then what? Not very legendary if everyone is there...

PL and Athena 10 here...

And like you say i have nothing to do in the game,

But to be honest (the game is what u make it to) normaly me and the crew go for pvp and steal loot, we explore ilands to find message in bottles because we dont buy quests anymore.

If i dont run with them

Then i help new players (thursday) i helped a new player to get the easy thrones so he culd get new cloth

I explane the game and Why i enjoy it even If i have nothing to do, but in this way i meet new cool people and can take part of there journey,

This game is wonderfull when u just role with the Sea and explore

@ath3na-cr33d said in Add things for legends to do:

@logansdadtoo said in Add things for legends to do:

Captaincy is coming for Legends, until then you will unfortunately have to make do with the same as everyone else :p

Key word: Coming. but we don't know when. In the meantime legends are either leaving the game or trolling other players because they have NOTHING to do.

RARE Advertised becoming a Legend as the beginning when in reality when you reach there. there's nothing to do except grind the same voyages again.

IMO EVERY legend has the right to ask for end game content like they were lead to believe they were going to get and non legends should not be saying. "what about us?"

I wholly support this idea. I haven't reached Legend yet because I literally STOPPED at 45+ OoS doing the voyages... I played a couple of Athena's and saw that it was just a chain of the hate I have for fighting piles of skeletons and I literally just STOPPED...

Why? I'd stop reading from here... I go on a rant from hades, sorry habit

Because I will get there eventually and frankly, I agree, if your not doing Athena's voyages there is NOTHING left to do. Considering my absolute hatred of Athena's missions.. I mean seriously what genius thought... lets add MORE skeletons and increase the damage required to kill them as they spawn non-stop and call it "content". Whomever they are need be fired.

Especially since it took Rare a couple of months to 'tighten the rng window' to cut out c**p loot such as castaways and hoarders, which only served (and still isn't good enough a change) to insult players completing tasks with lousy rewards despite incredible efforts.

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I hate segregation of the player base between those who've leveled and those who haven't... at least if it's too wide a gap that is. But it isn't unreasonable to provide actual variety of tasks for everyone, while also being aware that those who have literally done everything still want things to do other than to create their own game.

Which is what currently sucks about the game. For me.. If I am not doing OoS I am not gaining anything beyond value that I personally ascribe to my experiences. Arguably gold... which based on current items in game.. I will NEVER NEED AGAIN.

And I still have a couple of level of OoS to progress! I can only sympathize with those who've capped out or are simply not interested in the Athena's rep (as I would be one who literally has no interest in capping Athena's the rewards are wholly opposite my interest or tastes), because literally the only gain at that point is what one personally applies value to. The player literally has to make their own fun, and since launch that really boils down to PvP or doing things that might be considered griefing by some.

Sure one can always "help the little guy" here's the deal... even that is boring, and frankly often leads to becoming a less valuable team member as the interest might be merely empty hearted doing it because they have nothing else to do mindset.

I'm not some Sea of Thieves fatalist who thinks the game is sinking, nor am I a nay-sayer. I also realize that we're in the perpetual spin of "well it's coming" which.... does insult the integrity of the game. Because it should already be here....

So, no we can't change what's not here by simply wanting it to be here now... but if we must "suck it up buttercup" and wait... I see no harm in asking for actual content deliveries become the primary focus and for end game players who have nothing to advance to gain something worthy of their endless time and lack of gains.

So far... we've gotten a shark and a drum as our major content update.. a few thrones I 'guess' to distract us for a couple of hours....

this isn't content...

We need new enemy types, mermaids seemed popular before...

We need actual quests, even if they use the same model as the voyages (that is are just fetch quests for various garbage), that adds both lore and a PROPERLY scaling value to loot (sure, it'd speed up the legend gaining of players... but lets face it the only reason it's not easier is because Rare didn't want to admit once you hit legend the game ends and it's up to you to create the fun at that point, because they have nothing built in for you). These quests should add proper lore into the game... not just lore that you can buy from their cash grab of a store.

They need bosses that hit you so hard your teeth pop out and have actual AI and require strategy with equally valuable rewards that are truly one of a kind... not just coins for some bilge rat that anyone can get.

They need to make use of the empty skull forts.

They need more than skull forts every 4-5 hours to create interest in action, sadly it's gotten to the point that many skull forts I see remain untouched for hours another clear indication that there are people who just don't care...

PvP rewards for survival need to be implemented. Same for victories through killing.

Reasons to actually explore these wonderfully imagined and beautifully designed locations aside from "that one time during merricks quest...." how about... that one time I was lucky but is often enough that it's not simply impossible... where you find that.... rare quest... rare loot... odd enemy... whatever. After all, when was the last time you had any reason to investigate the tunnels under Mermaids island? I'd say... never... been there once you've seen it all. how about putting a quest boss in there or something guarding a nice loot chest - if anything simply flag the chest as discover-able once per crew/player or some other garbage...

They need factions that are actual FACTIONS and offer more than skins everyone and their other have that are also price gated.... such as faction only events or targets or challenges.... For example "Steal X amount of Skulls from enemy crews today" do that and gain whatever...

The list goes on and on and on....

But the sad truth is "It's all coming"....

Well, last I checked alot of folks paid for a finished game. "Free DLC" is a nice treat as they try to slide into the notion of the game as a service... but I'm no fool, someone telling me to pay $60 today for content that will be here "perpetually tomorrow" without having the integrity to explain the game is Early Access... is actually an insult.

For example the 4-5 million players.... that isn't really that high of a number... look at other major league titles...that's small.... which game might we use to showcase the player count? Hard to say.. I mean WoW has been MUCH higher but in 2015 they were not much different than SoT at 5.56 million PAYING customers... but it's a different game that costs $15 a month just for that game... FORTNITE has marked over 40 million at it's peak... PuB 20.... MINECRAFT has only really marked around 1 million...so maybe SoT is good

Or maybe the numbers are reflective of a short term game pass offering that isn't as concurrent as might be said and reflects those with game pass and a casual or disconnected interest in the game and therefore doesn't mean squat. I'd wager once there is more than State of Decay 2 and Sea of thieves as new titles on Gamepass the number of 4 million will drop DRAMATICALLY... But I could be wrong.

What I do think I am not wrong about is that SoT has one thing going for it... some basic freedom to do what you want and create your own game since it's a sandbox title.

But even then... there is so little functionality what with uh.... cannons... yea we can fire cannons... maybe we need an event where we trim the sails... that's something else we can play with...

Or maybe we need to hold our breath! Yea that'll do it!

I'm not actually saying we should hate SoT.. I still play for the sake of some of my pals..

But the OP is asking for something that we do seriously lack... in game content especially once you've 'done everything'.

I think that the request stands, and tomorrow better get here fast or even I will simply shelve the game until september and hope there's enough reason for me to get off the new games that will be here near years end.