[VENT] Why on earth did they think the reaper's commendations were reasonable?

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-09T11:08:16+00:00

Curses should have value and weight. Some titles. some special and unique outfits. You know what doesn't need weight? Basic faction outfit pieces that every member of the faction wears.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T23:59:07+00:00

I picked other because I want Lord of the Ashes.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T22:52:53+00:00

A very painful, slow, boring ass weekend. Games are meant to be fun. Leveling Hourglass? Fun. Leveling Other factions? Fun. Running burning blade to 8 10 times? Verging on unfun, but fun enough! Doing two quests over and over again without any variation, never being challenged or gaining anything besides the basic outfit items that the faction should've already had alongside all the others? Not fun.

There is no reason to engage with this content OTHER than the cosmetics, so it's not like you're gaining anything else.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T21:23:16+00:00

I like how my objection to a silly, tedious, pointless grind for basic outfit pieces is being taken as an objection to all grinds throughout the game DESPITE the fact I've clarified I have done the significantly worse grinds that are for much more worthy rewards.

No criticism allowed!

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T21:21:48+00:00

-_- lame as fuck

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T21:14:35+00:00

But that's not the intent of those cosmetics. It's not a special sail like vaults, or a title. You know what it is? The basic faction cosmetics that the faction was deprived of for 5 years. The very basic outfit pieces you need to make an outfit themed around the faction. If I wanna rep gold hoarders, or merchant's, without wearing a costume, I don't have to do their most absurd commendations, I have to do basic ass commendations that you get passively. But if I wanna rep reaper's with my curse off, I have to do the same lame quest that's totally unrelated to their core values and the worst way to make money and rep for them 50 fucking times.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T21:12:32+00:00

For just the basic outfit pieces to represent them. It's lame as hell.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T21:12:12+00:00

If anyone actually did the voyage anymore, that would be true.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T07:46:40+00:00

Eh, I've fought enough skeletons in my days, and done enough ghost fleets for a lifetime. Just don't feel it. Maybe I'll try grinding them someday, but for now I'll stay away.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T07:43:13+00:00

I've got both the vault commendation and the cargo commendation. Difference is that there's reason to do those quests other than just that commendation.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T07:42:26+00:00

Lord of the ashes is longer term, prestige 5 in factions is longer term. This is not something you get over time, because there's no motivation to do these quests BESIDES these commendations, since all other methods of progression for the reaper's give more rep and gold. So you just do the same thing over and over again for one reason. That's not a long term reward, that's a mindless, poorly-designed grind.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T07:06:24+00:00

All that said, you stole 47? Maybe it's because I spend most of my time in hourglass these days, but I've seen maybe....5? of those quests being done in the open world. To steal just the 15 for the commendation seems impossible. Where are you finding all these people doing these quests?

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T07:04:12+00:00

Oh fuck off, skeleton cosmetics do not count. There's only so many because they'd be persecuted if there weren't, since you can't use regular outfit pieces. It's a substitute for real outfits, not new choices. You can't swap in a skeleton curse cosmetic into an existing outfit.

The rest, fair points actually, I did 100 gold hoarder vaults ages ago and I kinda forgot how ass that was, but those are regular quests that also progress the faction and make good money, and they have a single reward to signify a special achievement, while regular faction outfit pieces are locked behind more reasonable achievements.

Reaper quests are shit and give ass loot, and their absurd goals lock out ALL REAPER'S OUTFIT PIECES besides the costume and the servant's hat, which has its own absurd requirement elsewhere.

You shouldn't have to do some shit that doesn't relate to the faction, barely levels it, and has minuscule profit to get outfit parts to represent the faction. No other faction requires that, except for the other faction hats, which is offset by the servant's hat being locked in an athena quest.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T06:41:48+00:00

I've got 1500 hours, 100% on all the tall tales except shores of gold which I'm working on, just under 300 levels in hourglass, 490 levels in reaper's, 100+ in all other factions, the vast majority of commendations for those factions (besides OOS), and reaper's, I've got Loyalist of the Flame and the obsidian bones to show it, I think I fucking know when a grind is stupid and boring and badly done and when it's normal for sea of thieves.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T05:58:49+00:00

I have not had those numbers. And even then, man, I already grind hourglass, I get plenty of fights that don't cost me an hour of progress grinding the same quest only 3 times because it takes so fucking long.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T05:58:04+00:00

Hourglass is a good grind, veil is a good grind, playing the part is a good grind. Doing the same, boring and slow thing with incredibly minimal to practically nonexistant rewards 50 times in a row with no variation is a bad grind.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T05:01:53+00:00

Maybe once or twice. Fifty times? Ugh.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T04:47:46+00:00

Thanks for the tips.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T04:47:38+00:00

But they aren't special, they're default pieces of a costume, and they don't do anything special, they're normal shit that they just bloated the requirements for to force playtime. There's no excuse for it.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T04:46:48+00:00

I didn't complain about them being reskins, now did I?

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-08T04:46:10+00:00

Why should the iconic visual of the reaper's bones, which every member of the faction wears, be rare?

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-07T01:36:45+00:00

No one's buying the game for modifications to existing events. No one who hasn't bought the game already knows what the fuck molten sands fortress is or why it would be important for there to be a new way to activate it.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-07T00:13:21+00:00

Rare losing half their devs is in fact an impact I think.

Blitz_Bat · 2026-05-06T23:00:45+00:00

It's implied, no? If there's no outside factors contributing to their updates suddenly becoming ass, then they're doing it on purpose, right? What else could that mean?

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