S17: Smuggler's Tide!

Unless the wording is weird. I dont see this as a New Faction, just new voyages.
Besides that...no ingame showing. Not much to go off.

We got nothing to go off but please... Don't give us another trading company grind. I would prefer them to be their own small deal, something to do on the side.

@captdirtyoar said in S17: Smuggler's Tide!:

No one is going to force you to do the missions.

When an entire update centered around adding new stuff is just extra keg voyages from a group with literally no lore significance or foreshadowing, you either do them because it's new, or you don't because it's not a good content update that truly adds to the primary game loop.

Streamers say not to carry kegs, so I think a lot of players don't look for them on boats.

They say don't do it because they will look for/find them and blow them up. They want you to challenge them with proper naval and on-deck combat, not give them a free win because your idea of fighting differently is practically self sabotage.

If there are no new tools or challenges with them, that they are just a recolor, then sure not a good season. But I am looking forward to it. My hope is they are a new faction that has unique play styles/commodations centered around that. For instance, stealing items without sending the other crew to the ferry or sinking their ship.

So think about smugglers in pirate pop culture, how the game currently works or could work and give Rare some ideas. Keeping in mind they probably already have ideas, help shape them.