**Rare killed the Doubloon Shenaningans**

  • For me, the doubloon reset was REALLY cool, it made doubloons go from "Gold but blue" to it's own rare Currency.
    I got into so many cool fights that were all around Reapers Chests, I had so much fun doing the Bildge Rat Challenges, stealing Doubloons Crates like they were the most IMPORTANT treasure in the game (which they were!).

    But, since Rare let us do 5 Doubloon Runs before getting gold as a reward. They just killed the feeling of joy my friends and I used to get each time we earned Doubloons, didn't even mattered the amount of.
    We can get 400 extra doubloons per Bildge Rat Weekender now, that's just past the limit of enough.

    The last BRW, we'd get 600 from Crates, 325 from Challenges, and 300 from Returning Live Event. It was basically 50/50, 600 from crates, 625 from the rest, fair, I get that Doubloon Crate are a WHOLE aspect of the BRW. But now it went from a half/half to 1000 Doubloons against 625.. Im sorry, but getting 65 Doubloons from a Challenge that can be WAY HARDER to do than selling a crate is not Rewarding anymore.

    If you 100% each doubloon weekender. That'd be somewhat enought to buy the whole black market. And you might think that's a good thing. But that'd mean being able to buy EVERYTHING without having the need to steal ANY doubloon crate, or participate in any Reaper Chests shenaningans.

    So for me, the Doubloon currency just got MASSIVELY nerferd.. and so the fun of earning Doubloons.

    What do yall think?

    Quick edit: I forgot to mention that the 600~ doubloons were getting from the new pass are also not satisfying to earn or will even be needed for some players. Doubloons should be a scarce Currency for 90% of players. The Doubloons stores shouldn't be 100% easily, that's not what their core is about.

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  • If you 100% each doubloon weekender. That'd be somewhat enought to buy the whole black market.

    "IF" and by some counts, a lot of players cant even do that. So it balances out.
    Also, who's to say they won't in the future offer other doubloon items for special events? Christmas?

  • @burnbacon I really like this idea of Cosmetics for Special event!
    But about the Doubloons... well, 100%ing each doubloons weekender is indeed something not anyone can do.
    And 100%ing the Doubloon stores is something even less players should be able to do.

    I just don't like the Idea that now, every item in the Doubloons shop has TOTALLY LOST HIS VALUE. Not a SINGLE item in the Doubloon shop is hard to get. Maybe the getting both the Curse and the Sliver Figurehead is "kinda" hard..

    But, I do also get the Idea that, in the Future, the Doubloon Shop Will have a bunch of stuff. So new player could have a chance to get most of the store instead of missing on stuff.. the extra doubloons for me could be what someone really needs before the store reset 🤔

  • Disagree.

    Really appreciate the increased numbers of Doubloon voyages making the cosmetics more achievable to more people and not just those that 'ploit or steal.

    Challenges should be a less significant part of the dubs earnable as they are so poorly designed it needs to be accepted you ain't gonna achieve them on occasion.
    For example, this weekender you need a non-Reaper harpoon rowboat - not seen one in two days of playing.

    Five pirates meeting at an unspecified Bilge Rat Fireworks display that changes locations every 24 minutes - forget it. Not wasting my time.

    If you 100% each doubloon weekender. That'd be somewhat enought to buy the whole black market.

    The biggest gripe of the Weekender is it's short time period and not everyone can play every weekend. Building some 'slack' into the economy seems pretty wise if unable to participate in every one.

  • @pc-monkfish I've accepted that the Doubloon increase is good.
    BUT, you can't say that the Challenges being annoying and bad is ok.

    So now the issue isn't the Doubloon amount anymore, but the balancing on how to earn them still is off. So half of my post is still debatable.

  • @mapk-lli said in **Rare killed the Doubloon Shenaningans**:

    BUT, you can't say that the Challenges being annoying and bad is ok.

    Not saying it's OK but it is a reality.
    They were told in Insiders that not specifying a location was bad game design.
    Maybe it was too late to change.
    We will see if makes a reappearance.

    Personally I would remove all challenges that require another crews participation - some folk just don't like playing like that and specifying a number of players like 5 favours larger crews - make it non-specific 'another crew'.

    I'm happy with the current split.
    65 is still 3 reaper chests sold as a non-Reaper which is still worth doing imo.

    Enough to make worth doing but not too much that you feel aggrieved if you are unable to do it - like the 2 challenges in this Weekender.

  • Wait, all of the doubloon crates are worth doubloons?!

    I thought it was only three! I literally gave one away yesterday! It's fine though, I stole one too. That definitely was more fun.

  • @rare-jumbie said in **Rare killed the Doubloon Shenaningans**:

    Wait, all of the doubloon crates are worth doubloons?!

    I thought it was only three! I literally gave one away yesterday! It's fine though, I stole one too. That definitely was more fun.

    Only one from the Dark Fortress, the first 5 from the lost ship and the first 5 from the smuggler's run

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