Bring back all limited time items

I think the time limited cosmetics as they are currently implemented are a great way to incentivise players to keep playing the game regularly. It also distinguishes those players who have been around more often and longer. Also there really aren't that many time limited cosmetics in each release and they are around for a reasonable period of time to allow them to be easily obtained (in fact with doubloon cosmetics I can usually buy them all on day 1).

@denisowator

I see you recently joined the forums. Welcome mate! Do not worry about the eye rolling and comments that this subject has been talked about before. Everyone has a right to come here and have a voice. To ask questions, give suggestions, or just share tales of their adventures of the sea. Not everyone has been able to be part of every conversation.

You feelings are important. Like you said most games have some form and flavor of limited content. Most have a means to get most, if not all such content at a later date. So far Sea of Thieves has no repeating content yet. Perhaps one day it may. Having reasons to play and goals to work towards is important. I am sure Rare will find a way to constantly make great content enjoyable and obtainable by everyone in the best way possible. Till then be happy you are here now to enjoy a lot of great things still coming our way. Happy sailing!

@denisowator said in Bring back all limited time items:

@salvasian-au I think my main problem with SoT specifically, is that they released all the different Wailing Barnacle stuff at different times. I'm stuck with just a ship, while others have the full set, just because they wanted to play a more shallow game. (Apparently there weren't even any enemies at sea before the cursed sails update, and no cannon customization).

You lost my sympathy right there. Those who chose to play Sea of Thieves during the various events earned the time limited gear. You chose to play something else. We all make our choices. I suspect Rare might reintroduce some items in the future, but if they do I’m sure it will be time limited again. Or maybe you’ll be around for some even cooler time-limited stuff that you can collect and enjoy. Rare things have value because they’re rare. If anyone can get them, they lose their value. That’s the way it goes.

@denisowator said in Bring back all limited time items:

(i'm fine with stuff like the day one patch, as it shows a player's love and support for the game)

So, why is it OK for that item, but not for others?

The Time Limited items are always available for a timely fashion and there is always more than you need to be earned. They are ways to show during which periods you supported the game and actually played. So, why do you believe to be entitled to buying it at a later date?

Giving people unique items that show that they played the game since the start, early months, year in, etc. It is a great way to feel a bit unique in a game that focuses on providing people with all the same game play options from day one. In a couple of months you as well will have items that not everyone has.

The player base evolves, people leave and people come. Their items will represent their story on the seas. That is what time limited cosmetics give people.

However, at some point usually items tend to be rycycled and be available during another time limited event... or for purchase. I personally hope if they do that, that they give it a slightly different colour pallet or something - just to provide a new wardrobe option for the people that already have it (maybe even opens up new combinations with other sets, as I for one like to find unique combinations).

@denisowator said in Bring back all limited time items:

@salvasian-au I think my main problem with SoT specifically, is that they released all the different Wailing Barnacle stuff at different times. I'm stuck with just a ship, while others have the full set, just because they wanted to play a more shallow game.

How do you know it was a shallow game that we wanted to play?

Some of these items are from a time recently gone and never to return. They mark an evolution of the game.

I'm a rather casual player, only able to play three or four sessions a week for a couple hours at a time.
I didn't grind to PL, or even care to look at my levels as I played. I played mostly with random crews or solo.
I played for the time limited items. All the ones I wanted, and most of the ones I didn't.
Because in a game where there is nothing but cosmetics, this is where the high value items are. The Rareness

The swag that generates envy.

I've been sailing the Sea of Thieves for ten months now, mate. I got the scars and the memories.

What gives you the right to devalue my efforts?

@genuine-heather I agree in principle with what you are saying, but I also agree with @Denisowator response to me about the set being split up. It is a shame that the entire set was not able to be obtained at a single period of time, personally I would have been a lot more interested in the Wailing Barnacle clothes (which I only partially collected as I wasn't that enamored with the clothes, other than the jacket which I got) if I had known that the set would also include ship items (which I love). Thankfully though that is not usually the case as normally they all come out at once for the major updates.

I remember that Wailing Barnacle hat and jacket were among the first time limited items available. I didn't like them, but they were time limited so I figured I better get them. Turns out they looked awesome in game.

i have everything except the sails for playing beta/preordering, i figured who needs to preorder a game nowadays its online digital copy not like the shops gonna run out of copies. i like those sails more than any other in game other than maybe the plain coloured sails

also missing the weapons u get from buying controller and other accessories (which happen to be some of the more unique/cool looking). i would be happy for them to bring back stuff either way whether i get the sails i want or not, i dont mind if other people can get the time limited stuff i have, now that bilge rat is permanent they can go back and do the same quests we had to do to get them but with more difficulty.
day 1 patch and 1month eye glass excluded

the more stuff there is to buy the more people have to work for in the game, im sitting on a stupid pile of gold with nothing to spend it on, i wish i was a new player again couild look in the shop and think how am i going to buy all this, im hoping they can some day just double the size of the current shops and increase prices back to what they were/more. when i first started the game it maybe took close to a week to buy my first ship piece, my friend would get another piece and together we had a half decent looking ship, now i could earn enough money in a day to buy a full set of ship customizations

@knifelife

Since the game [is] primarily cosmetic progression...

No. The game is primarily play, adventures, exploration of the world, combat and fun! The cosmetics are just decoration. If you don't enjoy the game for the PLAY, go find something else to do.

I posted something similar in another thread, and another thread, but it should fit here as well...

@archangel-timmy said in Sea of thieves hurts itself by making content limted time and then gone forever.....:

I posted something similar in another thread, but it should fit here as well...
Event Exclusive items - Possibility to obtain after event:

I have mixed feelings about this.
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New players have no way of completing the Bone Crusher or Wailing Barnacle, which kind of sucks. However, I was here during the battle against the Warsmith and her fellow captains to defend the Sea of Thieves while the new players weren't.
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Now that the Skelleons roam the sea's, I could see the possibility of these coming back in some variation for defeating the Skeleton Fleets or many of the individual Skeleton Crews. These variations would match the other items in the set but still be distinct from the original.
I also like they idea of them appearing randomly in a Seapost and locked until you have the specific commendations, and if the original cost doubloons, so should the variant.

People who were here during these events deserve the unique stuff that comes with it, but I think variants would be a good idea to allow for set completion. With the Skeleton Fleets defeated in the Cursed Sails event, perhaps a more tattered form of Bone Crusher livery can become available for defeating the remnants that currently sail around? A more patched up sail, the figurehead could have a cannonball hole with the jaw hanging down or gone completely while the hull also looks more worn. It would match the Bone Crusher Theme, but be different than the original reward.

Something similar could be done for the Wailing Barnacle livery. The outfits are a bit more challenging aside from making them available again straight away.

I am fine with cosmetics being locked away after events. If I didn't play during the allotted time, its on me. However, what Rare could do is take a lesson from TF2, when it comes to the Gibus.

Background, the gibus is a slightly broken top hat that came out during the earlier Halloween events. Every year players can get that first gibus every Halloween, BUT every year that first gibus in your inventory evolves into a slightly more complex version. So on top of having the hat (Gibus) you get a Ghastlier Gibus as well. The old players still get to keep that unique item and new players aren't left out as much.

So lets take the Wailing Barnacle set as an example. New players get the Wailing barnacle on their first time during the event, but old players set in their inventory become the Screeching Barnacle. Its the standard Wailing Barnacle set but with gold mermaid like embroidery. New players get the set, but old players get a better set.

I see the timed exclusives have done their work.

You clearly want them and because you don't want to miss them now you're going to play the game at the times the cosmetics are going to be active right?? No?? Then you're just not getting the point of timed exclusive items.

I've not played at launch day I've not pre-ordered. I'm also not mad that I don't have the black dog set. I wasn't there to pre-order because I didn't set aside the money at that time so I won't get it. I also don't have or get the founders sails, too bad.

I do have all the items I could get from events because I did them and I rarely use them because I personally don't like them (aside from the ship cosmetics)

So my advice for you is to learn from your mistakes, either keep playing regularly if you don't want to miss out at all or if you don't want to keep some dubloons handy and check up on the game's cosmetics every now and then and you won't miss the ones you want.

@ajm123 said in Bring back all limited time items:

How would that be fair to people who got the launch crew sniper or day one eyepatch

Absolutely. On that point, though...I've always kicked myself over that green-bottle Eye of Reach. It was there when I joined the game, but I didn't realize it was something special so I didn't buy it right away. Then it was gone. I so regret not buying that item when I had the chance! Drat!

The only other thing I've really missed was the original Throne Event outfit, the skeleton bone hat and dress. They didn't appeal to me at the time, so I passed on them and saved my doubloons. I didn't realize they'd kick off a whole line of bone-themed cosmetics. I've never been hurting for doubloons, so I missed out big time. Hindsight is 20/20, but I learned my lesson and have purchased every Bilge Rat Adventure limited-time cosmetic ever since.

It just goes to show, you can't win them all. Time-limited means time-limited. Having unique/limited cosmetics is a great reward in a game like this. Taking away the exclusivity of such items would hurt all of us in the long run.

@genuine-heather Have you tried making a ticket for getting the launch crew EOR with Rare? They have been quite leniant about these kinds of things and they can see that you have played and who knows not everyone checks twitter to see if items will dissapear.

The point of all the time limited items is to tell a story about what your pirate has seen and done. They are a visual representation of your accomplishments and contribution to the world.