Public Event Idea Nine Pieces Of Eight

@jack-littleshoe I feel that event wouldn't work because of one single mechanics reason. There aren't enough map slots (9) to do this without SEVERELY disrupting progression for people that don't want to do it. Many voyages give off multiple maps, and trying to automatically add 8 new maps to a player's inventory could break either the event or their voyages.

@glacefrostclaw yea, i know thats why i said at #1 if anyone had any other suggestions on how to get people the maps :/ maybe it should just be one map at a time ? but that would cause ALOT of fighting... maybe it should be some kind of cloud over a certain outpost letting you know the Gold Hoarder merchant has this voyage for sell? i really don't know...

@jack-littleshoe ah sorry I missed the parentheses somehow. I'm not sure how you'd implement them other than making it a special map inventory.

@glacefrostclaw yea... ah well i still think this idea could work, with some tweaking :P

@jack-littleshoe it's an interesting idea. Though... I'd expect 9 maps with a title of "Nine Pieces of Eight".

@glacefrostclaw yea!! in fancy swirling writing maybe even golden ink xD

@tone-tzu yea i thought about that too, the problem is that leaves everyone who is taking part in this event heading to one island, i can just imagine the blood bath that would ensue, but who knows, maybe thats a good thing? theres alot of ways they COULD do it, i'm just not sure which ones would work best.

@wwjam1nnww yea, i hear ya, the one man sloop is definitely getting left out of certain things, but then again you can't really solo a raid in an mmo so maybe thats okay? but you did bring up a issue i hadn't though of, ya if there is that ONE trollish person who steals one of the keys and dosn't show up? thats a BIG problem, but then again you can do that currently with the skeleton fort keys so maybe it would be okay?

@wwjam1nnww i'm not really sure how you want that to work, could you lay it out in steps?
like
1-do this
2- do that
just so i have a clear idea on what you're suggesting?

@wwjam1nnww so you're saying we would get a total of 9 riddles but only get one at a time? and the first to complete all 9 would get a key? and a new map would spawn leading to the door? or would it be some sort of signal over the island in question? idk man it sounds a bit to simple to be a public event, but maybe i'm just overcomplicating my idea, or not understanding yours.

I like the idea of more public events but this doesn't sound feasible.

The immediate issue is that it would clog the inventory of unwilling players.

Another is that it is not something immediately obvious, like a giant skull in the clouds. Keeping with the theme, it's possible to have a treasure shaped cloud or raining gold instead of rain in a given direction to have indicators of where this event is taking place.

This collecting of what sound like puzzle pieces can and will be entirely impossible if someone decides to hoard it for themselves. If 2 separate crews get one of these pieces each, congratulations, it is now unwinnable. You absolutely would need one item only, much like the stronghold key, lest it becomes unwinnable and impossible to achieve otherwise.

You're potentially forcing unwilling participants into the foray as they can have a quest on one of these marked islands. The reason skull forts work so well is that nothing happens at forts outside of, well, skull forts.

Lastly, it's entirely possible to circumvent all of that and for some random noob to accidentally dig on the wrong spot on an island they happen to have quest on and take the loot for themselves. Then what?

So I like the idea of faction-related public events but this is not the one.

@lizardheart i made an edit to the orginal post just now, maybe that idea would be to your liking? idk though.

@blam320 same as the post above ^