Hey everyone, I wanted to post some suggestions that I hope RARE sees for improving the Athena's Fortune factions and quests. We know one of the future updates will focus on this content, Rare having said so previously.
Athena Faction Overhaul:
- Current Athena Quests removed
- Replaced with the following 3 options
- All obtained from the Pirate Lord
- Max Faction Level is now 50
- Achievements and Commendations are now available like the other factions
- New corresponding Ghost cosmetics, like Ghost weapons, green glowing blade sword etc
- New corresponding Pirate Legend cosmetics and weapons, that match the purple outfit
- New title at Athena 50 "Legendary Athena Captain"
- Ship Captaincy at 50
- Level 50 your ship Spawns in the Pirate Legend Hideout
- Ability to name ship from a list of curated options at 50
- Exclusive new cosmetic for ships, the nameplate, can customize the look and style at 50
- When encountering another ship/crew, your crew gets an exclusive introduction on screen: " The Legendary Crew of the Black Swan" at 50
Now onto the new and exclusive quests:
Skeleton Ship Battle:
"We have received word that the Skeleton menaces are wreaking havoc, seek them out and send them back to their watery grave"
- Functions similar to how Skeleton ships do in Cursed Sails
- 6-8 ships then sink the Captain Ship
- On quest tab it says go to X area to start battle
- Misc loot dropped like chests/skulls etc
- After the battle is completed you get a map to a Chest of Legends
Sea Monster Hunt:
"The monsters of the deep plague our waters, find them and put and end to their destruction"
- Kraken, Megladon and new Giant Crab are the 3 random monsters you have to hunt down
- Quest tab says go to X location to start the hunt
- Kraken is the new retooled version, has a body, moves around, water is still all black, more dangerous and aggressive.
- Megladon is same as currently, fantastic already
- Giant Crab is a new island/land battle
- At end of fights they drop 3 new chests, Kraken Chest that is dripping in black ink, Megladon Chest that has a bite taken out of it, Crab chest that can move around on its on if not watched
- These chests can be cashed at any Faction except Athena and roll between 2000-3500 gold
- At end of battle you get a map to a Chest of Legends
Mythical Relics
"We thought these were only tales of legend, but they are real, thought lost to the sea, you must reclaim them"
- This is an entirely new quest type, think of an underwater Skull Fort style event where you reclaim the Trident of Poseidon
- Entirely new sunken set piece at the uncharted islands
- Siren mermaids are the new enemy who appear during the event
- 10 waves of enemeies then a boss fight with a Legionnaire Siren
- Sirens swim faster than you, have both ranged and melee attacks
- Boss can debuff 1 random player "Sirens Vengeance" movement speed slowed by 50% for 5 seconds
- After defeating boss, they drop a "Siren Cache Key", which is used to unlock an underwater grotto filled with misc loot and the Trident, you also get a map to a Chest of Legends
- Trident is a new relic weapon, has 5 uses on meter, can 1 hit KO players/skeletons with a ground pound style melee or ranged water firing attack
- Trident is worth 2,500 gold and can be turned into Mysterious Stranger for Athena rep
- Each use of it decreases its value by 500 gold, at 0 it breaks
Some key points, all Sea of Thieves players can experience the new monster boss fights and their new loot but those are random in world, these quests are only way to get them to spawn on demand. Also when activating the Relic Event, a "Green Flash" pulses throughout the entire map, and if another ship/crew sails within a certain radius (an island or 2's length) there will be a green pulse on their map and they see exactly where it is at. Sirens are also a new enemy type that players can encounter randomly like Skeletons in the world, underwater or at sunken ships/grottos. Thoughts? My goals were to have fun unique quests for Athena's Fortune while still being able to include content non Pirate Legends can also enjoy.
