I feel there needs to be more piracy related commendations for adventure mode. Give players more reason to make attempts to steal items. I know a few of the mercenary voyages have theft commendations, but there needs to be more.
Maybe add theft commendations that are vendor specific:
Gold Hoarder Privateer: Grades I-V
Order of Souls Privateer: Grades I-V
Merchant Alliance Privateer: Grades I-V
Hunters Call Privateer: Grades I-V
Athena's Fortune Privateer: Grades I-V
Maybe add special daily voyages that require the reapers mark. Make the reward good, but risky.
As far as how much should be stolen via value in gold I'm not sure, but as a whole its an idea.
Yes obviously there will also be necessary activities to encourage people to actually collect items. With this obviously we need more gold sinks via cosmetics, or other things...
Ideas:
*Ship trade ins
-Allow players to maintain their place in a server and use the shipwright to scuttle their current ship in favor of spawning a different ship class, up or down. Make the cost significant in gold.
*Buy storage crates
-Allow players the option to buy a storage crate from a vendor at an outpost. Have this crate come loaded with 40 cannonballs, 15 planks, and 16 bananas. Have the cost be high, but reasonable. I feel this would help to not only make a player feel that their gold has more value and reduce the labor needed to collect items from barrels at islands. A storage crate is very handy when taking the stock off an island.