Introduce a year pass collection in the emporium

@arasanpynkflame I just had this conversation there too. But anyway.. musicmee said in POSSIBILITY TO CONTINUE THE PLUNDER PASS OF THE LAST SEASONS:

Cosmetics from previous Seasons and Plunder Passes will be making the way back into the game at some point (minus the season specific rewards) - this was the decision Sea of Thieves took when designing Seasons. However, when they will return no one knows just yet.

The emporium would fit things in the plunder pass. Other items should be locked being certain commendation.

The pirate legend curse could be level 20 Athena and the other cosmetics could be tied to the season.

@wolfmanbush Rare already stated they are interested in introducing the items to the Pirate Emporium. This part is not me, its Rare. This suggestion is merely on the "how". It's the less wild form of my previous suggestion, if you will.

@aribalam said in Introduce a year pass collection in the emporium:

The emporium would fit things in the plunder pass. Other items should be locked being certain commendation.

That is actually not bad at all. It introduces variety, and definitely solves the issue I talked about regarding clothing items. I really like the Pirate Legend thing too; Pirate Legend items indeed can be locked behind Pirate Legend/Athena commendations as well.

@greatfailure82 I repeat, Rare themselves said they are considering doing this. This suggestion is about HOW they should do it. Something they already said they might do.

@d3adst1ck said in Introduce a year pass collection in the emporium:

Items in the Plunder Pass are usually available in the Pirate Emporium after the season ends.

Wait, they already are?? Are you sure?

@d3adst1ck That is definitely good news. It means there is wiggle room for at least some items to be re-introduced.

@d3adst1ck Yes, and I called it good news, and affirmed it to be a suitable solution (that I was unaware of) to my suggestion.

@greatfailure82 It isn't me who suggested this. It is Rare who implicitly did. As D3ADSTICK pointed out, they already did this with the Pegasus costume. I really am trying to communicate to the best of my abilities that what I am suggesting is NOT different from what Rare already wants to do.

I am not suggesting they do this. They already did, and want to do more of it. I am suggesting how. Or more specifically, one possible design for what they ALREADY want to do, for SOME items.

I really hope you understand what I am saying here; I am not suggesting something new. I am suggesting an approach to something old.

@arasanpynkflame @greatfailure82 I think it should be made clear that PAID Plunder Pass items have explicitly been stated to be designed for re-introduction via the Emporium. The same cannot be said about the regular Season items that are free to the community by progressing through the season.

@greatfailure82 Yeah, I get that. You can see from my interaction with D3ADSTICK that I actually wasn't aware of what Rare were already doing, but they informed me that they did that. I didn't know they were already doing it before I made the post.

@sweetsandman That is a fair and interesting point. I agree, and I can see that

Only the 5 "season comsetics" (flag, sails, makeup, tattoo, and scars) will be exclusive items, everything else from a season pass will return. Predictably, Rare has handled the re-release of these cosmetics pretty badly, and with very little communication as to when they will ever come back beyond vague assurances that they eventually will; though the paid items from past plunder passes return almost immediately lol.

I wish the season pass items would return as fast as plunder pass items do, I feel bad for the players who missed them having to wait for so long qq (especially since season cosmetics are like the only new clothing we get that aren't just recolors)

@schwammlgott said in Introduce a year pass collection in the emporium:

I'm still confused about your "they consider it"...it was said from the beginning, that these things come back...why is this still a thing to discuss? Most season stuff will come back and plunder pass items come into the emporium...as far as I remember this has been said from the beginning

I suggested this because, originally, I discussed this with the Sea of Thieves Discord server. Some of them said that there is a possibility that although Rare want to do it (like you said), they might still be unsure of HOW to do it and implement it (i.e. the most effective method). I expressed my idea in chat on one possible way HOW to do it, and they recommended I make a suggestion of it in the forums.

So in conclusion, yes, Rare already said they want to do this, and this is a suggestion on one possible way of HOW to do it, just in case my feedback is helpful in any way!

@NEON-iC0N @Schwammlgott @ArasanPynkFlame

I feel like I've asked this in 100 different threads and nobody ever answers. Where did Rare say that Season items (non-paid) would be coming back?

When seasons were announced, they explicitly said in a couple different videos that the paid Plunder Pass items would return (to the Emporium). I can't find anything where they guaranteed that regular season items would be available after the season. I watched the Mike and Joe interview, the Season intro, and a couple other things, and nothing. I mean I might be wrong but for the life of me I can't find anything...and I usually keep up pretty well on all their media platforms

@sweetsandman check your PMs. Hope this helps :D

Seasonal items mentioned include: Sails, Flags, Tattoos, Scars and titles. Everything else should be back at some point. Some sort of update on the status of these by the devs would be much appreciated.

Also the silent barnacle figurehead.

@d3adst1ck @Ninja-Naranja

Hmm...while pretty vague and not really broadly announced, I guess it gives people some hope that items will return...but, we're about to enter Season 5 and not a single item has been brought back...

As a side, I know that Pirate Legend items that players achieve the seasonal level for, but don't achieve Pirate Legend until after the season DO in fact get those PL items that they achieved the level for. Example: Achieve level 100 in Season 1, but aren't a PL, then get PL the next season, you get the PL curse.

Beyond that, we'll see.

Honestly, I hope they don't bring back items from the Seasons. Maybe do some re-skins of the more prolific items, but it makes the seasons feel way less special if stuff starts coming back.