Production Director Drew is back with a fresh Developer Update, covering a range of topics including tweaks to Doubloons and the Black Market following Insiders feedback, news on upcoming quality of life fixes and a big change to how the Pirate Emporium is stocking its shelves.

>going through 100 emporium pages is hard >remove content instead of adding a search bar due to spaghetti code outstanding

Rotating emporium shop sucks. Why not just add what people have been wanting for years now, a simple search bar.

Maybe it's time to talk about the game size. 130GB bruh 😂

To be honest the new emporium system rubs me the wrong way. Introducing a FOMO element to a paid currency store this late into the game is such a weird move. Surely there's a way to solve this differently is there not?

FOMO Grab it before it leaves the store Limited-time event For a limited time, you will Will be removed at Exclusive event rewards Available this week only Last chance to claim Event-only items Claim before reset Ends soon I'm tired boss... no more FOMO

"Pirate Emporium got too big and hard to navigate..." Legit complaint. Finally an overhaul to the UI... "...so we add more FOMO!" IS THAT YOUR ANSWER TO EVERYTHING?? THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SOLVE IT 😭

Rare: I love your game… but a search bar for the emporium and the commendation tab would be the most quality of life update I’ve ever seen. Please don’t soft time limit cosmetics, just add a search tab and that will be fine!

Don't know why team need to redesign Emporium again, we just got an overhaul, just add a search bar... I was waiting for Community Direct, now I know there is nothing really to wait for. Hope there will be way more bullet points then is mentioned here and less about S19 topics.

Love the merchant cargo voyage fix coming! Huge W!

this is, without a doubt, one of the worst update videos ever. by any major live service title. how anyone, at any level, thought any of these decisions were good, is beyond me.

HELL YES, DUUUUDE!!!! Looking forward to all of these changes!

can we expect a similar quality of life to chests and outpost stores?

Can we just all appreciate how handsome Drew is 🙏 Looking forward to more game health updates!

W video today. Fixing the green bottle spawn to me was huge. It allows more organic choices which is the joy of the game. I saw improvements with the diving near ships. Made 2 new friends and we sailed together for the first time yesterday cause we spawned near one another.

Capping doubloons is the dumbest topic to open with

@CaptMcGuffin when your friend flexing a cool new fun emote or outfit then you go in the emporium to pick it up and join the fun, its no where to be found and who knows when it will rotate back in, who is complaining about too many options? sounds like a marketing strategy to me

Okay but why is Duke's market open if the opportunity for earning doubloons is restricted to one weekend a month? If you can't purchase Duke Item A that weekend, it doesn't matter if it's available for the whole month if you can't afford it until next month.

Can people who have completed the merchant crate contracts in their current state get something a little extra for the mad grind, if you're going to make them easier? :p

You don't need to rotate emporium items. Just have a special features front page that shows off what sets you think need more attention. Also add a search bar.

Wonder what’s the bad news this time around….

There’s a much bigger hot topic in Insiders you conventionally decided to ignore in this video Relating to the Emporium you talked about

So when will actual progression be added?

Yeah how about you guys add a search bar instead of fomo. Don't let greed take over this company more than it already has.

Wtf are we doing guys… Just add a sort functionality and a search bar and filters, removing half the cosmetics doesn’t solve the fact it’s awful to look at the emporium. Rockstar tried the same thing with vehicle purchasing and everyone hated it.

I would love to see some snowy islands would be awesome

Are you serious with the emporium? If someone wants to buy something surely they'll browse through it, it's not that exhausting. It's more frustrating trying to remember to check the emporium every now and then if you want an item that's out of the rotation, nonsense.

Here me out Sea of thieves/ Page Master cross over

TLDR: We are adding little to nothing again

For fuck sakes you guys still don’t listen to your players no one wants cosmetics anymore we want the adventure that was promised where are the tall tales? Stop focusing on cosmetics and gane health and bring some content or just admit your game is dying and it’s not worth playin

Can Drew be time limited too please?

They original dubloom way was the best during bildge rat updates, do commendations gain dublooms earn enough to purchase all things from dukes shop

Emporium changes are awesome. now it feels more like actually shops in other games, well done Rare👍

If the in-client Emporium needs to be streamlined, at least make everything available on the website. Adding them to a time limited rotation is a psychological tactic to create artificial scarcity. I've stopped buying emporium sets ages ago until I have savable cosmetic slots.