This implies on the off chance that you miss an Adventure you can in any case experience the substance, open the honors, acquire the selective titles AND be granted the Doubloons. Our Cosmetic Rewards will keep on the best cardiologist near me being time-constrained so you'll have to play amid the Adventure to open these elite things.

@mrlemm exactly mate and we all have responsibilities. 27th tomorrow, can't wait :-)

@prvt-newb-killa yea I have since had a change of heart about this. I get why they are doing this, and I can understand not being able to play, as during exploding skeletons I was on holiday with my family the entire first week and my crew pretty much finished up while I was gone. So I had to rush to finish and did some solo.

@mrlemm I play between 3/7 times a week and like you I try to get all the commendations during the event window. I've not reached legendary status yet as whilst I might play literally as often as I can this is limited by work, family and other responsibilities. If I play 7 days a week this may be as little as 7 hours or as much as 20. I generally agree with you that if you don't make the effort to play during the event you shouldn't be rewarded with the same commendations as those who do but.... Not always the players choice to not play no matter how bigger fan they are. Myself as an example... The final week of curesd sails was during a week I had booked off to take family on holiday, it was then extended by a week and I thought "great I can get the last Captain when back!".... I then shattered my heel, spent 11 days in hospital, had surgery and returned home. When I was home I was either in too much pain or too wiped out from morphiene to play. So.... After waffling on... Whilst I generally agree with you, there are genuine times when even the biggest fans of players can't get on the game and it's for this reason I think allowing people to earn bildge rats commendations outside of events is for the greater good :)

This is a fantastic idea !
It allows us to play the game differently (more exploration).
Plus, we won't feel exploring the Sea of Thieves is a lost of time as we will be able to earn levels in the 3 factions with the commendation letters.

@superpac
I think this is not a bad thing to allow players to reach PL doing Bigle Rat adventures.
This is just an other way to earn xp.
Instead of completing voyages, you can explore the world and search for skelletons thrones, cursed mermaid statues (that are pretty rare now).

Lame I guess ill just sink every ship on a server every day for fun. Since if I was questing I'd run into mermaids hoping one day I'd get rewarded for all those i won't have anything but PvP left cause I have enough gold for new stuff on drop and over 235 doubloons and nothing to spend it on. PvP is all that's left because I have all the other commendations

@green-giant-530 The mermaid statues being left in is good for those completionists out there, that wants to see the perfect tile/commendation score.

I know its not perfect, but going forward this will be a very good change indeed.

@musicmee boooooooooo. So there is no reason to leave mermaid statues in cause that makes me not want to do them and just sink ships instead because I'm pirate legend Athena 10

@green-giant-530 Ahoy matey!

The changes to doubloons being rewarded will only apply to the current event and all future events but will not be retroactively rewarded for any previously completed commendations.

Ok so what about doubloons for commendations that were completed outside the event will we get rewards for ones already completed?

I say I have limited time because of my kids, but I still try to get on daily. I'm not complaining about the change, is great for those who can't get on daily, but us legends are gonna need more incentive. I'm slowing up on my grind, as once I hit Athena 10, then it's just bilge rat, which I can normally knock out in the first few days of an event releasing.

@mrlemm I agree with this. I am not currently a PL, but I would hate to see all the Legends only come on during the events. There are a lot more PL coming up so they will have to address it soon.

Haven't checked in game yet but is this also true for the previous events?
(e.g. skeleton and statue commendations)?

Would advise on a change in the amount of the reward (over time).
Meaning; 100% during event (e.g. 10 dubles)
First month 80% reward (e.g. 8 dubles)
second/third month 60% (e.g. 6 dubles)
Up from 3 months 50% (e.g. 5 dubles)

p.s. this list is also made because it enabled me to use the word dubles a lot... ;-)

@beardfaceyo I agree

This change is great as I can't always convince my kids to put down whatever other game is sapping their time to come crew up with me to get their own doubloons for the current content. Knowing that they can earn them at their own pace and spend them when they are ready is a welcome change.

I like the changes. That's cool.

I don't agree with this change, but also understand I'm in the minority, but what are you doing for those of us who are not casual players? I have limited time to play, yet manage to get all my commendations and dubloons in the time window. So what are you doing for us? Why keep making changes just for those new and casual players?

Rare needs to do something to keep us dedicated players coming back. Now that I'm PL, I'm mainly focused on bilge rat events when they release, and slowly doing Athena. I say slowly because once I finish Athena I'll only be back for bilge rat. Please Rare, give us dedicated PLs something else to do.

@tw-dizzy said in Bilge Rat Adventures – Doubloon Changes:

I have a quick question if any of the Rare employees are still reading this string.

Has there been any discussion about leaving in the quests (Campaigns) from the events? I understand removing the rewards. But it feels like the game is lacking content and we keep getting bits that end up going away after a couple of weeks.

I'd like to go back and follow Merrick's journals again with new players and summon the meg, or search for Wanda with someone who missed that event.

I don't need the rewards from it, but it would be nice to see the additional characters and story stay in the game. Instead of them just becoming stories we tell.

I think that part of what makes the events so special is that they’re time-limited and that the stories live on in the world. You can still find the journals. Wanda’s lab on wanderer’s refuge still holds surprises for explorers. But we become part of the story, able to tell it to players who didn’t experience it for themselves. We even get scars and tattoos to help tell them. It makes it feel more like a living, changing world.

I have a quick question if any of the Rare employees are still reading this string.

Has there been any discussion about leaving in the quests (Campaigns) from the events? I understand removing the rewards. But it feels like the game is lacking content and we keep getting bits that end up going away after a couple of weeks.

I'd like to go back and follow Merrick's journals again with new players and summon the meg, or search for Wanda with someone who missed that event.

I don't need the rewards from it, but it would be nice to see the additional characters and story stay in the game. Instead of them just becoming stories we tell.

This is a great idea that is perfect for beginners or pirates who have missed an event or have not finished in time. This will surely bring some more life into the game and help keep this beautiful game alive.

@sonicbobjr so going forward the doubloons will still be obtainable. What about retroactively? Can you reward those who completed them after the adventure as well as still offering the doubloons for the old commendations? because from the sounds of this post its simply all new bilge rat adventures will have this change. No mention of old ones.

For some like myself I literally was losing sleep over some of the commendations and forced myself to grind away at them as fast as I could in case I got busy with other games and didnt log back in. But for the sake of others who have taken a break from the game as well as new players I think all old commendations should still reward the appropriate amount as those like myself who had done every commendation have made well over 1000 doubloons (im not subtracting what ive spent) pretty sure weve broken 1000 since the implementation of doubloons anyway

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Thank you! I feel this is a great balance between keeping the adventures relevant and encouraging more adventuring and still having some exclusivity with time framed rewards. Great job!