New regions?

@greengrimz it did technically speaking, get expanded out west and south so it’s possible we can see something out there at some point.
Probably not where the TT takes place, but there’s a lot of empty space down there for sure.

I'm sure this has probably been discussed more than once and in more than one place so apologies for any dupe of the topic but I wanted to know if there were any planned additions to the map regions, new environmental challenges etc.

It has, yet here we go. xD

@laughsmaniacaly said in New regions?:

What if we did the old Fortnite approach and simply retextured some of the uppermost islands and landscape.

Basically we could reskin some islands and add in an environmental challenge to make the feeling of new areas but without the impact to map size.

The biggest issue, for me, is that the initial three regions all have the same basic feel to them but with a slightly different colour palette, there are no real environmental hazards specific to those areas like there is with the devil's roar.

It would be a welcomed change to start seeing some regional variation other than just the colour palette. Preferably something that makes each area have it's own challenges.

I disagree. The Devil's Roar is already a pain to be in, IMO, because the environmental hazards are not fun. There's no counterplay to them besides "run and hide on the ship," and generally the only times I see people go there are if they need commendations, if they want to be guaranteed left alone, or if they're grinding Order of Souls thanks to how skeleton voyages can be cheesed with geysers.

And docile penguins. We need docile penguins with succulent penguin meat.

Long Before we get new regions, we need more stuff to do within the existing regions.

Last thing I'd want to see is a different variant to the Roar get introduced and then it just be the same tired GH/OOS/MA voyages we've already seen. It'd be cool to explore for a bit...and then it'd be a sparsely voyaged region like the Roar is today.

The only thing it would stand to do is make it even less likely to see another ship on the horizon...unless they increased the ship count per server along with the introduction...but I think we're at the limit for the OG Xbox One players as it is until they do some much better optimization...or transition play from those old consoles over to XCloud only.

Larger main area of adventure would require raising ship cap to 8-10 otherwise it will start feeling pretty empty. As it is, feels pretty barren some play sessions for me and then I find not one but two ships in the roar.

We just had a new region… well actually kinda a semi small region which are the Sunken kingdoms, The Coral Fortress, Few part of the Sea of the Dammed and expanded open seas over at North, West and South

I would much rather see The Devil Roar get much needed love and maybe even the Shores of gold before we open up new regions.

@laughsmaniacaly said in New regions?:

For example, having the factions give different quest types for the different regions.

Exactly this. The current crop of voyage types for each faction are fine. Stale...but fine.

Introduce a handful of NEW voyage types specific to each region. Have them be more bilge rat / mercenary type voyages that are less faction specific and more adventure based (like Athena voyages try to be).

Maybe a phantom horde boss battle at Old Faithful that speaks to the lore of the Morningstar. Maybe puzzles at Wanderers Refuge that speak to the tales of the Wild Rose that get capped off with a battle against Rooke and her crew in waves. I'd love to see them develop voyages that speak to the original 9 tall tales. The pre-Disney lore is awesome...DO STUFF WITH IT.

What would improve the current regions AND make them feel more unique?

Unique emergent enemies per region would also be cool. Example...make the Shores of Plenty the place for the Ocean Crawlers, Ancient Isles for Phantoms, and the various Skeleton types that you see on OOS voyages in The Wilds.