Sea Dogs Hideout conversion - Guilds

  • The Sea Dogs hideout basically became abandoned after the leader turned on us during the adventures, but my thought it to convert it to something new, where the Hideout will be opened again, as a Guild space, with merchants to sell items.
    This sacred ground is a neutral zone for all players to meet others, recruit and check Guild statuses and leaderboards ingame and check rewards, along with our known Factions setting up outside to make a profit with the Guilds along with Hunters Call, meaning players can also check statuses and faction rewards or sell items here with Soverign or to NPCs.

    New commedations, such as getting a Guild Tankard for sitting in the Hot tub and a few Hideout oriented ones being replaced for new cosmetics.

    Hour Glass merchants in this space in a section of the hideout for you to check statuses and rewards however for players wanting to check Guild standing for Hourglass.

    Old Sea Dogs photos litter the walls and memorabilia, giving new and old players a small glimse into this place and what it used to hold and tributes to the highest level arena players before it's closure. Along with a book about the history of the Sea Dogs Arena and it's downfall, with old NPCs returning with stories on their adventures and return between the closure.

    You may encounter Sea Dogs Chests in the open world for the memorabilia seller, selling to him or Soverign will give you dabloons and a commedation I-V for more old Sea Dogs themed items, in his shop, and be able to get your items on old Arena items via Dabloons for players, being labeled as "Worn" or "Vintage" with a slight discoloration due to age from the time in storage since it passed to separate them from players who have the legacy items through commendations.
    Tiers go as followed
    I - Measly and Lowly Sea Dog items
    II - Notable Items
    III - Renouned items
    III - Famed items
    IV - Victorious set
    V - Glorious set items
    Time has passed, the items are a bit dusty but will be polished and cleaned to the best of their ability, but slight discoloration from being in Storage for 2-3 years will affect them a bit.

    Any other suggestions?

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  • While I like the idea of the GSD Tavern being repurposed and opened back up (à la the Athena's Fortune hideout), Rare has made it quite clear that all Arena cosmetics were to be retired permanently along with the game mode so that's a non-starter. I'm sure that even includes slightly faded ones with a different qualifier added in front. Plus the whiny Arena stans would lose their minds and revolt if anyone got anything even vaguely similar to Arena cosmetics (even re-skins) without having "earned" them the "right" way. 🙄

    I think the idea of having a centralized guild "headquarters" (for lack of a better term) and storefront could be an interesting idea if implemented, since the trading company shops and both hourglass faction have dedicated storefronts and/or NPCs for emissary ledger checking and cosmetics purchases. Yes, you can view all emissary ledgers through your menus at any time, but having an in-game version too might be cool.

    While I personally like the idea of the GSD Tavern interior remaining largely unchanged and even populated with former Tavern NPCs (Dimetri, Lesedi, Ellis, Tilly & Tessa) to tell tales of the past, I get the feeling based on the lack of love Rare has shown to the history of the Sea Dogs and associated characters, cosmetics, Tavern and Arena mode as a whole that they would rather distance themselves from it going forward rather than highlight it; "hey, new players and people unfamiliar with the game's history thus far, we used to have a whole other mode with associated comms, achievements and cosmetics available that failed and was removed that you'll never get to experience! BTW, play hourglass!! GGs!"

  • My suggestion was to have the option to start at the Sea Dog Tavern when starting the game, if you wanted a social experience, or anyone could travel there mid-game to as a meeting point.
    Hot Tub suggestion

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