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@goldsmen a dit dans a Third Server :

Removing tall tales from a mode and making names not clear doesnt seem like much to justify a 150% gold return. And megs or krakens (or general pve elements) arnt exactly much to challenge players. You want a pvp oriented way to gain large sums of gold, but that already exists. The hourglass gives huge gold rewards if you are very good at pvp, it just desperately needs a little love and care to make it better.
I think trying to retool hourglass to be more fun and diverse would take priority over a mode that removes tall tales and has the most weird and specific entry restriction.

Ahhh, thank you for bringing up the topic! Exactly, Hourglass is not focused enough on PvP matches, (cuz its not balenced enough and IT SHOULD BE). So when that's done, Rough Seas would be a very good alternative and a great way to have a place composed of sweaty players with unpredictable events. It will be challenging but very rewarding. you know what, im a crazy guy ! Let's increase it to 200% gold and rep rewards! And after activating the key, you can only stay there for an hour. What do you think?

Soooo now is the time to keep your cursed balls and 100 chain balls out there, cuz things are going to get intense!

Just thinking about it, I'm already having fun, so Rare , what are you waiting for? :)

I just dont see how this would be balanced or even beneficial for the game as a whole, it seems like a bit of a shoehorn feature to me.

It's not a weird feature, but rather something from other games that works very well. A significant challenge from time to time is what we need in this game, something that is currently lacking. Being prepared for something really dangerous adds a whole new dimension to the adventure.

Balancing isn't an issue, as you know it won't be, so you prepare for it. That's the point of the server. When it's unbalanced but justified and rewarded, there's nothing wrong about it. :)

If they did such a thing I would not focus on the content changes, that could get really expensive to maintain.

I would focus on the sale points, maybe get rid of the NPCs in all but one outpost or something down that line. Maybe have just the Pirate Lord and Reaper and that is it.

Creating a choke point that gives natural conflict.

@spellsword0 a dit dans a Third Server :

But there is one big issue, where is the treasure going to come from? Players have to inevitably do PvE and voyages to gain treasure to even fight over it, and that feels a little odd for a PvP focused, high stakes server type.

World event should be available. I think its fair, just no tall tails, voyages and dive things. The goal would be to encourage people to fight for treasures. Therefore, a world event would indeed help massively with encounters. In my opinion, it should stay in rough seas to maintain the challenge.

Maybe pop up plunder/SoSS like events could be the only form of gaining treasure, giving everyone maps to the same places so they can fight over digging it up and delivering it.

It could be a possibility as well. In fact, it's not just for PvP. it also serves a very challenging sea. I love the idea that you can only sell on the Reaper's Hideout, it would add more encounters between players.

An opt in rougher seas while on the high seas makes more sense imo.

Let us opt into a higher chance of the high sea encounters.

If people want the higher chance of the meg/kraken/skelly spawns on a server they can opt in and it'll be more likely they are the ones that get the spawn

This still keeps it rng but serves the people looking for more activity while also serving those that would prefer the chance for lower activity, depending on the server.

It also doesn't take away anything from anyone and doesn't separate anyone.

Keeping people together while finding ways to deliver chances of more compatible experiences should remain the goal imo

@thegrimpreacher a dit dans a Third Server :

@spellsword0 said in a Third Server:

Congratulations, you just invented Arena. All you need to add is a timer.

It's a place to make a lot of money at once with significant risks. We're not talking about a combat zone with points to earn or winner/looser.

It's really the worst comparison. Add a timer, and you have a wide-open world server with world events and sea monsters that can attack you, and the supplies aren't balanced. You can prepare before entering this server. It's not at all like Arena, and I won't accept such a lousy comparison,

So, this argument is rejected. I no longer want this idea to be compared to Arena.

@thegrimpreacher a dit dans a Third Server :

@littlematjab

Firstly, I was being facetious.

Secondly, I was replying specifically to the adjustments to your original (bad) idea that @SpellSword0 added in their own post that sounded exactly like Arena mode; a relatively accurate comparison they noted themselves in their own follow-up post made right before yours.

I'm just saying that there's no valid comparison on your side. So just saying, "it's like Arena," well, no. And if it is? Explain, find arguments. It's not just about having the best opinions but which ideas stand out the most and what can be done with them. If the idea is bad, find solutions. If the idea doesn't suit you, explain why. How would it harm Sea of Thieves? That's what I want to know. That's what interests the developers who are reading our messages right now. We want something concrete.

Tell me why it's bad, make me change my mind, I want you to change my mind. If you find issues, I'll try to come up with solutions. Together, we can create something. That's how the best ideas turn into success.

If the idea falls through? No problem, at least we've progressed, and we know that this idea won't work. But you'll need to provide me with strong arguments.

So what you suggest is arena. I could see this working but if all the hardcore pvpers go here almost no one would pvp. What a great way to bring safer seas players into a mode that is supposed to have the risk but none at all because no one would pvp. I dont think this would be a good idea because of that.

@ravenclaw214 a dit dans a Third Server :

So what you suggest is arena. I could see this working but if all the hardcore pvpers go here almost no one would pvp. What a great way to bring safer seas players into a mode that is supposed to have the risk but none at all because no one would pvp. I dont think this would be a good idea because of that.

Okay, maybe I expressed myself poorly. It will always be a PvPvE server; it's an extreme server to provide a certain challenge, a place where money is doubled or tripled, with a rare way to enter (finding a key, a talisman, or whatever, one quest per day) to enter with a time limit. So, no, it's not an arena. Explain to me why you think it is??? I want to understand why you say that, lol. Sometimes I really wonder why I bother to write well if the people who respond to me don't read everything. the only PvP thing will be HG.

And the only way to eran money will be World Events and few places to sell our treasures. The goal? To bring pirates together to fight, it remains PvPvE. It will have everything like the high seas but in a HARDCORE version, if you prefer. For me, it would be good to prepare for this. People don't know what to do with their 800 cannonballs, 50 chain shots, and 20 cursed cannonballs. So, it would be a good way to go into this server, well-prepared, to try to bring back as much money as possible.

@thegrimpreacher a dit dans a Third Server :

@littlematjab

Firstly, I was being facetious.

Secondly, I was replying specifically to the adjustments to your original (bad) idea that @SpellSword0 added in their own post that sounded exactly like Arena mode

posted your (still bad) idea in a public forum that allows any- and everybody that reads it the ability to reply with their own opinons, thoughts, ideas and comparisons provided they follow forum rules.

And you, what kind of ideas would you like to share with us? :) You know, it's easy to criticize. At least we are trying to make the game better. How about you tell me something you would like to add as a (bad) feature? Come on, I want to hear what you think. Let's see if your (still ready bad) ideas are as original and good for the game as us.

Thank you.

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@foambreaker said in a Third Server:

If they did such a thing I would not focus on the content changes, that could get really expensive to maintain.

I would focus on the sale points, maybe get rid of the NPCs in all but one outpost or something down that line. Maybe have just the Pirate Lord and Reaper and that is it.

Creating a choke point that gives natural conflict.

There is a problem with this method. Camping the outpost. ...

That's not a problem, that is the point.

OP asked for 150% loot, well it comes with risk.