Suggestion: Lootbox

Interesting to note that @SweetSandMan and @BurnBacon have gone in opposite directions with this one. @SweetSandMan says the rewards need to be increased to balance out the risk and @BurnBacon says the rewards (at least for reapers) are too much.

I kind of agree with @BurnBacon that it's too much of a convenience for reapers, with very little added risk (as they're already marked on the map for everyone anyway), which is why I mentioned it.

I still think the core idea is good, but definitely needs some tweaking to balance risk and reward. Just not sure how to do that. Maybe items sold from a lootbox give reduced reaper emissary bonus?

@miserenz these are great additions. My original idea was to have them as findable items like chests or rowboats, (i.e. players would have to pick one up when they find it and carry it with them because they might not find another one) but having them purchaseable with a time limit might work better as it you'd be a target as soon as you set sail. Even if they're purchaseable though, I think they would need to have it so you can't dive with them.

I like the idea of making them faction specific, which I think goes some way towards solving the reaper problem.

Not sure about reducing carrying movement speed. I'm not exactly against it. I just feel like players would find ways to get round that limitation with sprint juggling and harpoons.

Aside from a PVP draw, the two things I like about this idea is cutting down on my RSI and reduceing the server load due to stacking. But it can't be too easy to grab loot and run.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there and this is the exact problem I was trying to solve with this. I want to reduce the repetitive activity of ferrying loot backwards and forwards across an island one piece at a time, without reducing the inherent risk that this slow, ferrying activity creates. At the moment, the time it takes to get all the loot onto your ship plays an important part in increasing the risk of completing a world event or voyage, as it's giving other players more time to cotton on to what you're doing and get to you before you move on. But when there are no other players about, this repetition is just repetition. It's not tense or exciting. You're not keeping a beady eye on that ship on the horizon that's a little too close for comfort. You're not having to decide which bits to leave behind because you don't have time to grab it all. You're just doing the same thing over and over again.

I want a way to "put all my eggs in one basket" so to speak. Enjoy the convenience and accept the risks that come with it.

Yes make it non harpoonable, but then you'd also have to make it so you can't be harpooned while carrying it (Not sure how possible that is or if it might have some unwanted knock on effect?) otherwise people will just pick it up and then harpoon each other (providing another disadvantage to playing solo). Maybe instead of just slowing you down when you carry it, it could have a kind of poisonous cloud/ aura so just being in the vicinity of it slows you down? (or makes you drunk? Poisons you? Sets you on fire? Maybe each one could have its own effect?) Maybe just not letting people jump with it would be enough?