Lets not beat around the bush here, Season 11 ruined how voyages are undertaken. Now sure, the predictability of these voyages having consistent loot within a close proximity of the player is beneficial to those who have limited time to play, but for those engaging in longer sessions, you'll end up repeating the same voyages over and over and over again. I believe a medium should be introduced, one where players with less time on their hands can still engage with Season 11's voyage system WHILST also allowing those engaging in long sessions to experience lengthier, more unpredictable voyages. My idea would be Legacy Voyages.
Legacy Voyages would be very similar to their pre-Season 11 voyage counterparts, however it would also have changes from Season 11's voyage system;
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Legacy Voyages cannot be dived to.
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Legacy Voyages cannot give Kingly or Treasured loot (any loot introduced in Season 11).
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Legacy Voyages will direct you to an island further away (compared to a Season 11 voyage).
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Legacy Voyages are randomized, meaning you could get a Gold Hoarders map with 10 X's, or 4 X's.
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If you cancel 3 Legacy Voyages in a row without completing one, you'll be locked out from voting up another Legacy Voyage for 15min.
Now understandably, players might not want to engage in the Legacy Voyages considering how a Sailors Chest goes for more than a Captains Chest, however this is a issue arising from Sea of Thieves gold-flation problem, and that's a whole can of worms I'm not going to touch, that's something Rare would have to address to balance the game.
Alongside this, changes should be made to how Skeleton Captain digs work. Before Season 11, digging up a Skeleton Captains Order felt fun, it was a gamble on what you would get, nowadays it feels like a 90% chance for a Storage Crate, with a 10% chance of a Stronghold Keg/Reaper Chest or Bounty. Personally, I don't find that fun, it should be returned to the old loot table, as the surprise of wondering what you'll uncover was fun. Also that issue of 'Storage Crate sold!' is still a thing... yeah.
With the Hunter's Call added post Season 11, I envision that they would get Devils Roar variants of the Fishing Map + Meg Hunt voyages as otherwise there is no voyages available for Hunters in the Roar. I also imagine that their Legacy Voyages would take players to islands further away, with the Fishing Map voyage having greater numbers of fish within these shoals, whilst the Meg Hunts would direct the player further away to engage with the Megalodon, however would reward more scales and teeth in return.
For the Reaper's Bones Legacy Voyages, I imagine that, alongside directing the player to a faraway island to engage in the voyage, the loot that the Order of Bone and Blade skeletons dig up would be higher tier (like Shadow, Verdant and Gilded Bones), allowing pirates to more easily complete certain commendations (like Reaper of Master's Offerings)
Additionally, Merchant Delivery Legacy Voyages will contain Gunpowder Kegs, meaning players can now easily get the Merchant of Black Powder commendation and achievement done.
Furthermore, returning these voyages would allow players to obtain Silver and Stone Vault Keys again (as I believe they are unobtainable loot items, correct me if I'm wrong), alongside certain Merchant Manifests.
