Why is Reaper's Bones Impossibly difficult to level up?

I have heard from others that the grind is more harsh with Reapers. I think a good move would be to make stolen loot worth more XP in that faction than discovered/PVE loot. It would encourage more reapers to PVP than continually PVE world events such as Flameheart which would be more in line with the factions purpose.

@diligentauto1

The point of the Reaper's Bones is to encourage being a pirate. Robbing, pillaging, and stealing loot from other players is what gives you the most emissary rep. GH, MA, HC, OOS, and AF are all made in a way that you can grind it with relative ease. Reaper's bones was made with the idea that selling stolen loot will level you up faster.

Thats absurd. Why the hell is reaching max level as reaper impossible for anyone other than the grindiest of players? Give us the chance to represent our Emissary just like everyone else does- all reaper cosmetics should be unlockable by 50, or the rep rewards need to be seriously reworked.

If you are worried that you won't be able to get level 50+ in reaper's bones, start stealing loot. You can easily get grade 5 by sinking someone's ship if they had a bit of loot on them. It takes a long time to PvE your way to grade 5 RB, but it's meant to be like that. RB is the only trading company where you can't PvE your way to the top very quickly, and it heavily incentives killing other pirates and stealing their treasure. If you want Reaper's Bones reputation quickly, start sinking ships and stealing loot.

@kaijoi Unfortunately this is incorrect. Currently stolen loot nets you the same as found loot.

@satanicnemesis

Yes, for gold and reputation it nets you the same amount. But stealing loot gives you more reputation when you have an emissary equipped than when you PvE the loot.

@kaijoi Yes, it gets you to Grade V quickly but this doesn't speed up the levelling progress which is OP's main issue. I believe it should be worth more XP towards the level itself when turned in loot is soul bound to another crew.

@satanicnemesis

I agree.

Not impossible. That mean nobody should be able to do it, yet many have.

Don't try to rush anything, Reapers included.

Do not rush to the top of the mountain, as the only thing you will see up there is the path you took to get there. Make that path memorable, so you have something to show for when you get there.

Once you hit Reapers 75, every single piece of loot you turn into Reapers will make you wish you weren't 75, so you could gain something out of it.

Go slow. Trust me, I have learned the hard way.

Focus on emissary flags, stolen athena items, and reaper's chests (both types) You could also sell any doubloon items for bonus doubloons.

Rare nerf'd both stolen and found loot to the ground by making faction rep gain 1/4 of what it originally was. This was partially needed because of people farming to get Reaper 75 extremely quickly. However, I believe stolen loot rep should of remained where it was.

If you also are being revenge-hounded too much and are running low on supplies, get those items in that I mentioned first, lower your Reaper 5 flag for the rep gain there, and then sail the rest of the loot (garbage for Reaper's) into the red. It's what Rare wants apparently.

@callmebackdraft said in Why is Reaper's Bones Impossibly difficult to level up?:

But if you think that is a grind wait until you have to get to 20 athena... now thats a grind

Don't even pretend like it was. It probably is now, haven't had a reason to test if the grade 5 voyage loop is broken since I hit 20 months ago, but looping athena emissary voyages, even up to a couple months ago, made it super easy. 10-20 was infinitely easier for me as a solo than 1-10 back before the emissary system.

OP, unless they change the rep for stolen loot back to original, your best bet currently is hopping until you find a server with at least two emissary ships on it.

MY tactic as of this update: With the vaults being fresh content, gold hoarders are especially popular right now. Raise the Reaper emissary flag and sail around to each vault island in a circle path and try to catch one at that point. Grab their flag and chest of ancient fortune and forget the rest as it is just a distraction and waste of time rep-wise. Grab any Reaper's chest that is in the path to and from doing this. Sell at Reaper's hideout and rinse/repeat with more hopping.

@satanicnemesis said in Why is Reaper's Bones Impossibly difficult to level up?:

@kaijoi Unfortunately this is incorrect. Currently stolen loot nets you the same as found loot.

Yes, they nerfed it to brutally (stolen loot dosen't give more XP/Cash either, sure it gives better grade rep but that's it)....i was almost done with reapers at the time when that happend but it's hell to grind it up now.
They decreased the XP but the cash stayed the same, cuz lord knows we need more of that garbage.

@subzombie92 This isn't your average "Don't shoot and you're suddenly friends with an enemy" game. If you consider quitting after something I consider a common happenstance, then maybe you should quit. This will not be the last time that happens to you, and rightfully so.

The game is centered around shifty encounters than can go horrible at any moment. You can adapt, or you can complain.

Pirate game... sorry.

Players were able to reach lvl 75 in Reapers in 24 hours after the Emissary update. I personally did it the next day (a guy got to sleep right?). But yes, it was broken and way to rewarding. So they nerfed it to the ground. And the thing is, you can turn in everything (almost) to the Reapers, hence why it's more of a grind compared to, lets say Order of Souls which only accepts skulls, see my point?

Just enjoy the grind. You don't want to be stuck in a situation where money or loot doesn't matter anymore, it's dark down that rabbit hole. I don't encourage you to join us. Appreciate the grind for loot and gold while it lasts. Especially when Rare gave us nothing for reaching max level in all factions, I repeat; nothing!.

@fakegam3rtom said in Why is Reaper's Bones Impossibly difficult to level up?:
Where is the comparison of a solo player against a whole crew or several crews working together?

Umm, I have sank plenty of brigs and galleons solo...several in fact at the world events, especially forts. Some I have even had to wipe their crew twice before they sank... Don't get it twisted, I sink to them at times too but you gotta risk it if you want their stuff.

There are MANY others out there that have done the same. Just because they are more in number does not make them better and almost impossible to be more organized than a solo player. I can almost guarantee 90% of brigs and galleons are less organized then a duo sloop hence why I have sank way more galleons on a duo sloop than I have sloops on a galleon.

To address the multiple ships at a time, this is a bad idea for any ship size. You want to manage the battle so you are only dealing with one ship at a time. Even two sloops as a galleon can be deadly.

@diligentauto1 said in Why is Reaper's Bones Impossibly difficult to level up?:

I'm level 65 in Reapers right now and I haven't been playing as much lately due to other life things.

If you are sinking Emissary ships as your main form of progression, then it's pretty balanced. Of course doing PvE will not level you up much, it's the PvP trading company so that makes sense.

My qualm is that they need to do more to encourage emissary play so that there are more Emissaries to try and sink, and less server hopping for servers with Emissaries.

@fakegam3rtom No. You're simply wrong. The Pirate Code is a set of guidelines to tell people to not be openly judgemental, toxic, and to respect other players, even if you are in combat.

Nowhere does it say you must give other players a "get outta jail free card" in combat. That is part of the game., like I said. It's not something you can change, but you can avoid it if you're clever.