This would be amazing for enriching both PVE and PVP. I think it would be incredible to develop the ability to open chests ... specifically the Chest of Legends and Ancient Tribute Chest. See below... the mechanics would be similar to Ashen Chests, but the method much more involved.
Opening the Chest of Legends:
With all of the events providing the ability to obtain the Chest of Legends, it is nowhere near as difficult, triumphant, or mystical as it used to be. The concept: once a player has obtained a Chest of Legends, they may go to the Mysterious Stranger (or someone else on the seas) to "register" that chest and purchase a Legendary Key Voyage. A player could not purchase a Legendary Key Voyage without first registering the Chest of Legends; this would be similar to turning it in, but the interaction would be with a different keystroke. They would then continue to have to keep the chest in their possession.
This Legendary Key Voyage would be 4+ chapters, with the last chapter providing the ability to uncover a key. Using the key to open the chest, a player would be able to discover a sum of gold, along with exclusive and rare, high value items only obtainable by opening a Chest of Legends ... it could be the Pirate Lord's private log books, mystical ancient runes, or something along those lines. For the Ashen Chest of Legends, there could be Ashen variants, maybe journals written by Stitcher Jim or Grace Morrow, maybe even the Gold Hoarder himself. You could then deliver all goods to the Mysterious Stranger, and each item would be very valuable, around 10,000 gold each (1.5x for Ashen variants) ... in theory, selling 3 items along with an empty Chest could net a player 35k - 45k Gold total (1.5x for Ashen). This would create incredibly dynamic gameplay and even allow further storyline development. PVP'rs would be put on the defense if the crew opts to do a key voyage to reap the incredibly rare and rich rewards, and PVE'rs would have the opportunity to reap rich rewards with high risk. If players didn't want to bother opening the Chest, they could turn into the Mysterious Stranger as usual.
TLDR: provide ability to open Chest of Legends: higher rewards, higher risk, lots of fun for all.
