After experiencing new season for a a month, here is mine feedback.
I’m playing SoT since season 1 was introduced, i have 2k+ hours in this game and I would call myself casual. Per week I normally play 2-3days as Solo/Open crew and one day with friends on a Brig.
As of writing this mine level with Servant is 45, done on solo sloop with little over 50% win ratio and bout 60 sunken ships.With Guardian level 5, working on guardian only with friends on a brig with win ration of only 20%, both of them have 500 hours in game each.
I would like to share experience when playing with friends. So only after a month they don’t want to play PvP anymore.
Reason is that after a month they see how little progress we made and would take us over a year to get first curse. So on that limited time we have together (1day per week) they would rather play PvE or some other game.
For myself i don’t have a problem waiting 3 months to get first course. And half a year to get Guardian as well. Already decided that lvl 1000 curses are out of mine reach and won’t be even going for them.
I think that majority of players are having experience of mine friends who only after a month gave up on playing new PvP. Reason slow progress or matchmaking, I don't want to go into matchmaking I’m sure they are working on fixing that.
I was thinking how to increase leveling to get to lvl 100 curse, and keep even players who are casual to work on it.
SUGGESTION:
We already have a system when completing a commendation gives a small exp to reputation level.
So for Guardians/Servants factions increase exp so that completing a commendations gives enough exp to give levels in faction.
We have 2 kind of commendations. Commendations with I-V levels and one time commendation.
Commendations with 5 levels should give as much levels as current step is
I. step gives 1 level in reputation,
II. gives 2 levels,
III. gives 3 levels,
IV. gives 4 levels,
V. step gives 5 levels.
For one time commendations you can have different values how much they are worth.
Example: Joined forces with Guardians/Servants a simple ones gives 1 level
Allegiance Streak of 5 gives 5 levels.
Or you can make it simpler for development so you don’t have extra table with values for each cementation and make it so that checkmark on commendations gives 5 levels.
Now most commendations are locked and are only available after acquiring first curse of faction.
So there are only few commendations that will help get players to lvl 100 it would take about 60-70 enemy sinks to do that with this system.
I also think that this will keep players play faction longer after they get first curse they will have tons of commendations to play for to help them keep playing that faction longer.
There are only finite numbers of levels you can get from commendations and getting advance lvl 1000 curses will still be a grind accessible to only hardcore players.
When system is implemented it should also give levels to all players who already have acquire commendations.
