What I would really love to see is an area that is for tall tales only. We know it can be done, since parts of the Pirate's Life update are in PVE only areas. Its very aggravating and disheartenting to try to do one of the original tall tales, and be constantly sunk. My friends and I were sunk 4 times by different people while trying to do The Cursed Rogue. We didn't have an emissary or anything for them to steal, but as one of the attacking players said, they attacked just because they didn't like us. Having an area that we can do the tale only, like with the Pirate's life, would make doing the tales much more enjoyable.
Tall Tale Only Area
original tales are built into the environment and intertwined with pve/pvp
People regularly collect loot as they go along because it's all shared. People are still fighting megs and skelly ships and krakens and gathering island loot and supplies. It's simply not a separate part of the game it is still the pve/pvp environment.
Also there needs to remain some sort of standard for achievement and the rewards. Tall tales are MUCH easier now than before check points and when the environment was more hostile with a smaller base but it still requires a lot of effort and survival if people aren't completely cheesing them.
The gold curse represents dedication and perseverance within the pve/pvp environment and it should stay as close to that as possible.
@uniapeg Ahoy, I'll be dropping an anchor on this thread as there is a post about Rare's thoughts on PvPvE (including a link to the most recent Sea of Thieves Podcast that discusses it) here: https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/forums/topic/136693/pvpve-the-team-s-thoughts/1
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