I really miss the old Gold Hoarder digs. They were some of my favorite content in the game because you never knew what you were going to get. Small island with 6 digs and one of them is a castaway? That’s my kind of voyage! Now however, there’s no variation in the voyages. You always know the number of chests you’re going to get and what type they’ll be. I know why this change was made, but without any sort of mystery, there’s no fun to be had for me.
My suggestion would be to make a new voyage that’s just the old more random and interesting voyage with a newer loot pool. It picks a random island, it’s a random number of Xs, and the loot is anywhere from a Castaway to a Baron’s chest. I’m not asking for any king’s loot, but a way to both see the 2 new chests that only currently appear (to my knowledge) in Emissary voyages, and all of the older chests as well. An Ashen version of this random dig voyage would be nice as well as I know all the new chests also have ashen versions that are very rarely seen.
Could make a riddle voyage too that gives you a random island, random number of clues with a more random assortment of trinkets that range from Gold valued artifacts to the newer season 11 ones. Could also grace us with a random skeleton bounty voyage that gives from 1-4 captains on a given island with a range of Foul to Vicious bounty skulls.
I find it so odd that half the the loot made for season 11 is so rare to the point that most players don’t even know they exist. Not to mention the 2 cut chest types with the Commander and Lord’s chest, with the candelabra that’s been in the loading screen for season 11 and some promotional pictures. All these pieces of loot can still be found in the Reaper’s Bones Milestones, even though there’s currently no way to get them in game. How about just putting them in these random voyages?
For unlock requirements, maybe put these at 80 or something so newer players don’t get confused on which voyages to use. Especially that high since you could be getting some valuable loot out of these.
Again, I know the faction voyages were changed to be more consistent so you knew how much gold and rep you’d get from your time played, but I didn’t do dig voyages for the gold, I did them for the fun and mystery. And I feel like that’s missing with the current iteration of them. So thanks for reading my post, I hope you have a wonderful day!
