Currently Siren Song is a bit dead, with most of them turning it on just for the fast respawn it provides. Most of the action that came from this voyage was only active during the first few months of its release before people stopped playing it completely.
Don't get me wrong - this voyage is fun when people were actively fighting for it, but nowadays this becomes an glorified digging up your first chest voyage.
I can see two reasons why it is currently the way it is:
- Siren Song Voyage resets far too quickly. once you completed or failed the voyage, it only takes a few seconds or a minute before it is activated again. This makes completing commendations related to the siren song way much faster.
- The payout for completing the voyage is far too low. The initial amount of 50 thousand gold for just the skull might sound a lot but the effort required to get them isn't worth it. It is also not affected by emissary grades so 50 thousand is its highest value, and many other world events could net you way more than 50 thousand.
As a solution to this problem, I suggest a couple of tweaks, as well as an update:
TWEAKS
- Siren song should be active at a set time (ie. The voyage pops up at 12 AM, then 3 PM, 6 PM, etc...)once every 3 hours. This is mainly to provide scarcity and making the voyage into something they do not want to miss. Moreover, this will minimize the amount of player quickly completing all the commendation and possibly extending the lifespan of the voyage commendations.
- The payout given on selling the skull needs to be changed - from 50 thousand into 350 thousand gold and 100 Doubloons, as well as a boost in rank of any faction while their emissary flag is raised (This is partly to balance the scarcity of the voyage while also giving players a huge incentive to join in even after they have completed all the commendations tied up to it). The amount being given out can also be compared to clearing out and selling high-priority world event treasures such as the Fort of Fortune while having a grade 5 emissary.
- This one will relate to Hourglass factions: If you raise your hourglass before you vote for the siren song voyage, the invasion system will be disabled, you won't be able to dive, and you will be able to receive tremendous boost in allegiance levels for your chosen faction of either the Servants of the Flame or the Guardians of Fortune if you emerge victorious in the voyage, as well as the usual ellegiance boosts upon sinking another ship that have their hourglass raised.
PS: There will also be a huge risk in activating the hourglass - if another crew was able to win and sell the skull regardless if they have their hourglass raised, your ship will EXPLODE and sink, losing your entire progress and transferring your crew into a new server.
If you also sink while the hourglass is up, standard penalty of starting over in a new server also applies.
PSS: you CANNOT raise hourglass if you have activated the siren song voyage beforehand.
UPDATES
- New commendations for completing the Siren Song voyage whilst having pledged allegiance into either the Servants of the Flame or the Guardians of Fortune with two versions, a few before and after unlocking each factions' respective curses. This is to incentivice playing while their hourglass is being raised.
- New commendations on regular siren song voyage - preferably to extend past the last commendation that rewards the crew with briggsy's mask.
- New commendations related to clearing the voyage while having an emissary flag up for a specific trading company.
Thank you to everyone that bothers to read this entire suggestion post and providing some constructive feedback. This solution might not be perfect, but I hope you guys could chip in and provide some solutions to any possible problem that might arise.
