Merchant emissary voyage

  • Schwammlgott
    Champion

    Before the update we got, after getting emissary rank V with the merchants, 1 voyage for 25 cargo runs...now it's 2 voyages each 10 cargos, not even on the same outpost
    This is a miserable nerf to that voyage...on lvl 50 we get from a regular cargo run 8 cargos to deliver...
    This nerf devalues the whole emissary voyage, as I can get almost the same by running the regular ones
    I don't mind giving us 2 instead of 1, but at least give us 15 each or one of them with Devils Roar cargos please (I'd prefer the 2nd idea)

    What do you think of that?

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  • Stundorn
    Castaway
    Insider
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    Already 75 Merchant, was the first i did after Athena and so i didnt do a Bonus emissary since the patch.
    If it is like this i agree, this is a letdown.
    25 Cargo's were fine, you could split that up and have more islands to deliver in total, but to reduce it to 2 times only 10 cargo's really sounds bad.

  • Schwammlgott
    Champion

    @bugaboo-bill as I said, I'd have no problem with 2 times 10 cargos, if one of the voyages would be Devils Roar cargo...

  • KommodoreYenser
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    Rare was upset a small player base (0.01% to be accurate) jumped to max in the factions. They then decided to nerf stuff to make it take longer but not increase the challenge.

    More players tried to max before the nerfs if they were smart enough to read about them coming (like myself)

    It seems like Rare wants an obligatory grind just for the sake of keeping players engaged longer. The one thing I am upset about was the across the board nerf to Reaper’s before I even got to play the faction.

    These are reasons why progression balancing should never be done based on any less than 25% of the player base because there will always be those small number of diehards who will max things out by grinding 14-20 hrs a day anyway

  • Da German420
    Legend
    Insider
    Founder

    is it even worth lowering flag at rank 5? we get 5k bonus but i think i would make more rep when i just do regular ones on rank 5?what i think ,i hate merchant voyages :D.i did yesterday athene runs for the event with raised merchant flag i thought i level two times to rank 5 and then i get two emissarys for plunder but no i got voyages for 4 different places in two different directions

  • KommodoreYenser
    Lord
    Insider

    @weedstar-deluxe Right now if I still had to reach 75 in Merchant would be to keep the emissary flag raised and just run ashen cargo missions. Try to keep placing them down after picking one mission's cargo up so you can chain pick ups and drop offs as you sail N-S and S-N in the Roar.

  • Stundorn
    Castaway
    Insider
    Founder

    @weedstar-deluxe

    i did no t lower my grade 5 flag, and only did animal missions.
    I got to Merchant 75 some weeks ago already.
    Just did a week of animal hunts and voila done.
    with a week i mean i played around ~3 hours a day doing merchants animals to get to grade V and then did the bonus quest and logged out.

    @KommodoreYenser Rare will go for 100 for Factions and maybe 50 in Athena for sure.
    It cannot bother me, it didnt bother me in year one and wont do for future updates as long as there is nothing gamemechanically changing.

    I do grind this and that to get cosmetics, but mostly i am able to make my own adventure in the Seabox of Thieves. I wouldnt need any progression at all.

    Rare puts stuff into the game to attract all kind of gamers.

  • Schwammlgott
    Champion

    @kommodoreyenser sagte in Merchant emissary voyage:

    Rare was upset a small player base (0.01% to be accurate) jumped to max in the factions. They then decided to nerf stuff to make it take longer but not increase the challenge.

    More players tried to max before the nerfs if they were smart enough to read about them coming (like myself)

    It seems like Rare wants an obligatory grind just for the sake of keeping players engaged longer. The one thing I am upset about was the across the board nerf to Reaper’s before I even got to play the faction.

    These are reasons why progression balancing should never be done based on any less than 25% of the player base because there will always be those small number of diehards who will max things out by grinding 14-20 hrs a day anyway

    This nerf was really an unneccesary one...yesterday I tried to get to rank V by just doing cargos...wow, this goes fast...had to do just 3 cargos, 8 each, picked up 2 green gems and two cannonball crates and got it...not worthit doing animals, try it next time with DR cargo...anyway i stay with doing regular ones if it stays this way

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