For those looking for random variety and/or a way to get more doubloons, what if Rare introduced "contracts"?
Each day, we could have 3 free, easy contracts that appear in our contract journal. Examples would be extremely simple, like dig up 3 pieces of treasure, sell 20k worth of loot, etc.
If we want, we can purchase up to 3 more PvE and 3 more PvP contracts. An Npc from the Bilge Rats and Sea Dogs would each be sitting in the Taverns drinking grog and you simply interact with them to purchase new contracts for gold. PvE contracts would include completing voyages, world events, etc. and PvP contracts would be geared towards HG and sinking/handing in emissary flags via adventure or hg. Yes, we have daily deeds, but they don't offer doubloons and I would wager most of the player base rarely uses the daily deeds to plan their session. Especially considering how difficult it was to find the daily deeds, behind the plethora of clicks and sub menus.
Reasons why this might be a good update: If a new black market is ever added back into SoT with old cosmetics being purchasable for doubloons, it would be great to have a better way to obtain those doubloons without just farming existing niche content that only rewards doubloons. It would also be a great way to get doubloons for all of the existing cosmetics already in the outposts for players who do not currently have large stockpiles of the currency.
This update would also add variety for players who might start a session and not really know what they want to do. Having random contracts to complete each day might help them do content they did not think of doing before or allow them to revisit content they have not done for some time. A section in the Adventures at Sea can be dedicated to completing X amount of contracts to unlock rewards and titles.
Lastly, I think having a way to keep Bilge Rats and Sea Dogs in the game where they can still offer meaningful content would be better than just axing them both outright.
**The contract journal could take up a space on the radial where a current instrument is. All instruments should reside in one space on the radial menu and when you select it, all instruments show up in the drop down. Otherwise Rare could just add a third page on the radial wheel.
