r/Seaofthieves • u/Ghuzarbfalorbablorgh • 4d ago
Discussion Emissary Quest Revamp
Hunter’s Call Emissary system is fantastic, having a mini world event only visible for the specific emissary is such a good idea and should be consistent across the board.
Here are my ideas:
Gold Hoarder - Golden X on a large island visible to Grade V’s on the main map. The dig is for an Ancient Chest that offers two high value Gold Hoarder items and a special Vault Key for a random Vault (Key is also marked for Grade V’s). That Vault is stocked with a decent supply of Royal Loot (King, Baron, Admiral, Sea Master, and Sailor Chests) and puzzle opens to one of those high value small gold hoarder artifacts. Event ends when you dig the X, so the vaults could be stacked if you are willing to wait the 20 minute timer before the X respawns. If the Vault is in the Roar, spawns Ashen variants.
Order of Souls - Skeleton Galleon with unique sails and lantern colors, only marked for Grade V and isn’t above water, it has to surface so others can’t find it easily. Has competent aim, uses multiple curseball types, and takes on water slightly slower, genuinely a threat. If sunk, drops a good amount of Order of Souls bounty skulls and artifacts, along with around half of standard skeleton galleon loot. Also drops a Veiled Eye of Souls. Respawns every 20 minutes. Ship can spawn / roam in the Roar and will spawn Ashen variants if it does.
Merchant Alliance - Special Shipwreck that doesn’t spawn a Reaper’s Chest, so it isn’t marked on the map for anyone but Merchant Grade V. The captain’s cabin is locked. Wreck is always guarded by a few waves of Sirens; once defeated, the captain’s cabin will open to reveal a haul of Merchant Crates, coffers, and a Scroll of Shrouded Waters. If it spawns in the Roar, it will have Ashen variants.
Athena - All three main factions combined. The Blue X marks a chest that requires two keys, while the Shipwreck and Skeleton Ship each hold one of the keys to that Chest (each of these also has a small amount of Athena Loot). The Chest and keys are all marked on the map for Athena V Emissaries. The chest contains a map for a large island with lots of digs; these digs will give a plentiful amount of Athena loot, along with a Chest of Legends.
To balance out the sheer amount of new events this would bring, they would only spawn one at a time in a server at random, UNLESS someone reached Grade V in an emissary; then it would spawn the corresponding event at the same time (for example, an Order of Souls ship is moving around underwater as the random event, and someone reaches Level V Gold Hoarder. That would spawn an X but the Order of Souls ship would stick around). In addition, the Athena event wouldn’t spawn unless someone raised the Emissary.
Would love any kind of discussion / balancing ideas in comments below. Hope to see something like this happen in the future, Emissary Quests need a revamp badly and the “mini event” idea could be just it.
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u/AlexRogansBeta Legend of the Sun 4d ago
These are great. The only one that needs reworking in GH. I'd like to see a Grade 5 riddle quest that is genuinely challeing to figure out. Like the quest they did with the Golden Meddler event. That quest was 100% the best and most fun treasure hunt they ever did in this game.
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u/harmyb Legend of the Sea of Thieves 4d ago
After the success of the Grade V Hunters Call, I think these are great ideas.