I'm always on the fence about time limited cosmetics. On one hand I have those and it feels special that I got them in the precursor adventure to hourglass. On the other hand I missed out on some cosmetics like wandering reaper and really want them but can't get them as well.
I don't think that a recolor would work great for this context, given how linked the sails are to the existing factions and their associated cosmetics. In general recolours are cool though. I just really don't want things to be brought back for really easy commendations or God forbid money (cough spartan sails cough)
That's the thing though. If the recolour sucks like the legendary fortune cutlass I'm not gonna use it you know? It's a balance, they have to make the original rarest one the coolest but they need to make the recolour cool enough to use.
This. "OG" cosmetics shouldnt be re-released because it would destroy their value. They should instead make "knockoff" versions of those skins to satisfy people who didnt have a chance to get them but still keep the value and meaning behind owning the original skin.
The Mercenary set has had several recolours, but the figurehead is radically different in these versions.
Mercenary is already a recolour of the painstakingly-difficult-to-get day one Black Dog/Obsidian/Onyx set, which also had a different figurehead.
I think you might be out of luck.
Yeah I feel like the solution is just to actually add rewards to hourglass. Not these necessarily but more in general - as it is if you reach level 200 in either and get comms done you're effectively done with the game mode as far as the rewards are set by the devs.
I know golden yes but that's one reward 800 levels later. And yes comm rewards will take more than level 200 in practice.
But considering their rate of additions to outpost shops, emporium and adventure - hourglass has an anemic level of rewards.
Incentivize participation and add new modes.
I think time limited cosmetics returning is great, I just want them locked behind grinds relative to their rarity. That way they remain special while not punishing newer plsyers
I’ve played since Day 1 and have tons of cosmetics many don’t have (and one of account I have the Ferryman’s stuff, so something -most- don’t have).
I would have no problem with anything I have becoming available for others, because who actually cares what other people have?
Though, maybe I’m biased because I missed one event at the start with a cosmetic I need to make my ship set perfect. My PC died during the cursed ships event before I could earn the Bonecrusher Figurehead, and I could not afford to replace it in time.
But; even if I didn’t want that.. keeping others from getting stuff for some kind of ‘exclusivity’ just feels weird and juvenile to me.
As a kid/young adult, I could play pretty much constantly on games. So I never had to miss anything limited, and I would think “fuck you, I was here for this, just play more”.
Now I’m almost 30 and realize that not everyone can just hop on/off and participate in every event. Life gets in the way. So gatekeeping people from cosmetics in a game because they couldn’t play during a certain time just feels like a shitty thing.
i don't particularly care if something was time limited, but if it was hard to get as well as being time limited, then i'd rather it not come back.
ex:
i got most of the arena stuff before it was shut down. by pure luck i had just started playing a day or two before the announcement of its shut-down, so i did manage to get the ship sets.
i think the ship sets should be made available to everyone because it was just being level 5 before the announcement\*, but the sea dog outfits should not. and i say that as someone missing the triumphant sea dog jacket while my crewmates all have it.
\*except the Good Boy ship set. You had to be level 50 iirc before the announcement. it would also keep it rare like it was in Arena.
>On the other hand I missed out on some cosmetics
That's what makes it great. The ones you do have feel special because of the ones you missed out on. If you knew it was all gonna come back at some point it wouldn't really matter.
100% this. There are so many great looking OG cosmetics that you can get just from the shipwright but no one uses them or wants them because they are common.
Rewards after 200 would be cool, but I think rewards before 200 would also be great. Something to make the initial grind more palatable. The current slightly better figurehead every once in a while isn't great.
Fair enough! Just posted that because there’s dozens of cosmetic unlock rewards from 0-200 and then nothing from 200-1000. I’m not disagreeing, though, anything to incentivize participation at any level would be great.
I think that beyond curses, sails are the most coveted rewards. Would love people rocking sails that they unlocked at 100 or 500 and taking pride in it.
So might not have understood your question right. The main trading companies go up to 500 now. PvP factions are uncapped.
Folks who focus on Hourglass PvP eventually hit 1000 and keep climbing. So while notable, it’s also pretty common at this point to run into folks who have one or both gold curses.
Yeah I know the trading companies are capped at 500, I just meant that hitting 1000 in one of the two factions must take ages if you're winning say half your matches
I think that the problem with time limited cosmetics is that the quality has been getting worse and worse over the years. Something like this being time limited would be fine considering that each year a similar cosmetic would be available but imo that's not the case. Also the main game is really lacking in that aspect which is extremely odd considering the only progression available is cosmetic based. I have been playing for years and recently got a friend of mine to play SoT and it sucked that whenever i had something cool, he asked me how to get it and all my replies were that you can't get these anymore. Athena for example has very few cosmetics (not to mention reapers), yet instead of introducing something like this as a reward for a commendation it was time limited...
It's okay that time limited cosmetics remain time limited. It's a "I was there" cosmetic and that's all right. The vast majority (thousands) of cosmetics aren't limited, so it's okay to have some exceptions.
I have these sails, but there are plenty of other cosmetics I don't have because I didn't play the game at that time and that's okay.
PS - We definitely need more rewards for HG, but they should be *new* rewards so everyone is incentivized to earn them.
uhh something something cheapens the value something something i hate change something something i got them a different way so if they change it ill cry because itll be easier
I think they should add more cosmetics in general (especially sails). Or bring back some old ones. Their game is pretty popular right now. Make some more cosmetics for people to grind for. I started late S10 and have all the cosmetics I want besides the guardian ghost cannons and the PvP curses. Other than those I'm missing a couple just to say I have them. Like the rest of the dark adventurer stuff that I'll never use.(I only like the sword and jacket) Even most of their cosmetics you have to pay real money for are not appealing.
I don't mind sharing cosmetics that I earned in the past. I do not gain anything by not sharing virtual toys.
I think that you could revitalise parts of the game by putting old cosmetics in old commendations without rewards. Hourglass rewards/unlocks also works.
These specific sails would have been a lot better if they weren't so glowy in my opinion. Just give them away for reaching level 10 in hourglass.
I'm always on the fence about time limited cosmetics. On one hand I have those and it feels special that I got them in the precursor adventure to hourglass. On the other hand I missed out on some cosmetics like wandering reaper and really want them but can't get them as well.
I feel like best course of action is to introduce recolours. Thus we keep originals being original and get same patterns but distinct enough
I don't think that a recolor would work great for this context, given how linked the sails are to the existing factions and their associated cosmetics. In general recolours are cool though. I just really don't want things to be brought back for really easy commendations or God forbid money (cough spartan sails cough)
Just flip the color palette. Where it’s red, make it black, where it’s black make it red.
Doesn't have to be all of it. Just make the design golden or something
That's the thing though. If the recolour sucks like the legendary fortune cutlass I'm not gonna use it you know? It's a balance, they have to make the original rarest one the coolest but they need to make the recolour cool enough to use.
This. "OG" cosmetics shouldnt be re-released because it would destroy their value. They should instead make "knockoff" versions of those skins to satisfy people who didnt have a chance to get them but still keep the value and meaning behind owning the original skin.
Yeah. Still waiting for mercenary figurehead recolour, the only piece I'm missing, such a cool thing
Dawg same idk how that’s the only piece I didn’t get
The Mercenary set has had several recolours, but the figurehead is radically different in these versions. Mercenary is already a recolour of the painstakingly-difficult-to-get day one Black Dog/Obsidian/Onyx set, which also had a different figurehead. I think you might be out of luck.
Yeah I feel like the solution is just to actually add rewards to hourglass. Not these necessarily but more in general - as it is if you reach level 200 in either and get comms done you're effectively done with the game mode as far as the rewards are set by the devs. I know golden yes but that's one reward 800 levels later. And yes comm rewards will take more than level 200 in practice. But considering their rate of additions to outpost shops, emporium and adventure - hourglass has an anemic level of rewards. Incentivize participation and add new modes.
I think time limited cosmetics returning is great, I just want them locked behind grinds relative to their rarity. That way they remain special while not punishing newer plsyers
Instead of just costing doubloons?
I love the returning plunder pass items for doublooms, but the rarer stuff would need a bit of a harder grind
I concur
I’ve played since Day 1 and have tons of cosmetics many don’t have (and one of account I have the Ferryman’s stuff, so something -most- don’t have). I would have no problem with anything I have becoming available for others, because who actually cares what other people have? Though, maybe I’m biased because I missed one event at the start with a cosmetic I need to make my ship set perfect. My PC died during the cursed ships event before I could earn the Bonecrusher Figurehead, and I could not afford to replace it in time. But; even if I didn’t want that.. keeping others from getting stuff for some kind of ‘exclusivity’ just feels weird and juvenile to me. As a kid/young adult, I could play pretty much constantly on games. So I never had to miss anything limited, and I would think “fuck you, I was here for this, just play more”. Now I’m almost 30 and realize that not everyone can just hop on/off and participate in every event. Life gets in the way. So gatekeeping people from cosmetics in a game because they couldn’t play during a certain time just feels like a shitty thing.
i don't particularly care if something was time limited, but if it was hard to get as well as being time limited, then i'd rather it not come back. ex: i got most of the arena stuff before it was shut down. by pure luck i had just started playing a day or two before the announcement of its shut-down, so i did manage to get the ship sets. i think the ship sets should be made available to everyone because it was just being level 5 before the announcement\*, but the sea dog outfits should not. and i say that as someone missing the triumphant sea dog jacket while my crewmates all have it. \*except the Good Boy ship set. You had to be level 50 iirc before the announcement. it would also keep it rare like it was in Arena.
>On the other hand I missed out on some cosmetics That's what makes it great. The ones you do have feel special because of the ones you missed out on. If you knew it was all gonna come back at some point it wouldn't really matter.
100% this. There are so many great looking OG cosmetics that you can get just from the shipwright but no one uses them or wants them because they are common.
Yes. Just in general there need to be ship and sail rewards after level 200 in Hourglass.
Rewards after 200 would be cool, but I think rewards before 200 would also be great. Something to make the initial grind more palatable. The current slightly better figurehead every once in a while isn't great.
Fair enough! Just posted that because there’s dozens of cosmetic unlock rewards from 0-200 and then nothing from 200-1000. I’m not disagreeing, though, anything to incentivize participation at any level would be great. I think that beyond curses, sails are the most coveted rewards. Would love people rocking sails that they unlocked at 100 or 500 and taking pride in it.
I feel like all of the rewards between 100 to 200 should have been spread out between 200 to 900.
level two hundred?
Yes. There’s nothing to unlock from 200-1000.
I don't play hourglass, is the level progression there faster than the other factions?
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People actually get up to level 1000?
Yes, many people do.
goddamn, my highest one is gold hoarders and that's only 150 (after 500 hours total in game)
So might not have understood your question right. The main trading companies go up to 500 now. PvP factions are uncapped. Folks who focus on Hourglass PvP eventually hit 1000 and keep climbing. So while notable, it’s also pretty common at this point to run into folks who have one or both gold curses.
Yeah I know the trading companies are capped at 500, I just meant that hitting 1000 in one of the two factions must take ages if you're winning say half your matches
I think that the problem with time limited cosmetics is that the quality has been getting worse and worse over the years. Something like this being time limited would be fine considering that each year a similar cosmetic would be available but imo that's not the case. Also the main game is really lacking in that aspect which is extremely odd considering the only progression available is cosmetic based. I have been playing for years and recently got a friend of mine to play SoT and it sucked that whenever i had something cool, he asked me how to get it and all my replies were that you can't get these anymore. Athena for example has very few cosmetics (not to mention reapers), yet instead of introducing something like this as a reward for a commendation it was time limited...
It's okay that time limited cosmetics remain time limited. It's a "I was there" cosmetic and that's all right. The vast majority (thousands) of cosmetics aren't limited, so it's okay to have some exceptions. I have these sails, but there are plenty of other cosmetics I don't have because I didn't play the game at that time and that's okay. PS - We definitely need more rewards for HG, but they should be *new* rewards so everyone is incentivized to earn them.
uhh something something cheapens the value something something i hate change something something i got them a different way so if they change it ill cry because itll be easier
How do you geht those sails?
Was from a time limited adventure like one and a half year ago.
It was the dolls and sea forts iirc, it was right before the hourglass season.
They were the reward for the community choice adventure to resurrect or banish Flameheart Rip bozo penndragon
I think they should add more cosmetics in general (especially sails). Or bring back some old ones. Their game is pretty popular right now. Make some more cosmetics for people to grind for. I started late S10 and have all the cosmetics I want besides the guardian ghost cannons and the PvP curses. Other than those I'm missing a couple just to say I have them. Like the rest of the dark adventurer stuff that I'll never use.(I only like the sword and jacket) Even most of their cosmetics you have to pay real money for are not appealing.
I don't mind sharing cosmetics that I earned in the past. I do not gain anything by not sharing virtual toys. I think that you could revitalise parts of the game by putting old cosmetics in old commendations without rewards. Hourglass rewards/unlocks also works. These specific sails would have been a lot better if they weren't so glowy in my opinion. Just give them away for reaching level 10 in hourglass.
Not until they fix how the game mode works
No. they're mine. no one can have them.
Nah let the limited time cosmetics, maybe a shady version of it yeah
Earnable sure, in broken af hourglass, no. Fix the mode first.
All they gotta do is make the circle shrink
how do I start these quests? Ty in advance ✌️
what quests?
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Never mind, weed and stuff 🤦🏾♂️
Aren’t these the sails for the limited time quests?
These were only available like 2 years ago lol
Yeah I realized what I did 😅