made a request in the news post for ideas for new ways to distribute the pirate items. Of course restocking will not go away, but not everyone can dedicate a chunk of time to try to get items that are just flying off the shelves. The news post has let us know that there is a chance of getting items from Carl's quests, and Amber has said she's looking at vending for a way to get pirate items out in to circulation.

I had a thought, and rather than pinging her to the news again, I decided to make a thread where anyone else can post ideas.

PLEASE try to refrain from complaining about how hard RSing is. We know it's hard, it's why we're looking for alternate ideas.

My idea is babysitting the cubs! It could work something like Major Drills, where you'll be asked for some toys or to play a game or take them to the carnival (Thanks, ! Great idea!) with the cubs and be rewarded with a pirate item. Obviously this would have to be pretty limited to keep rarity in tact. Maybe five a day, or put it on a timer like the zapper.

Other ideas

• Dueling (random event a la Boudewijn duels during Masquerade - AKA rock/paper/scissor) (Thanks !)
• "Captain Jacques Quest" (Thanks, !)
• Telling pirate tales (Thanks !)

I have to be honest, I told myself I'd try to think of something, and then was like "But honestly that won't happen" but then I thought of Babette complaining about "Uncle Carl" and I was like wait we can help!!!

Even if toys and games are too soft, maybe taking them to a battle event and making us fight a random challenger (Probably on the lower end, for non-battlers to have a chance)

We're doing some battling stuff for the holiday that won't give out these items, but will have other cool pirate things.

Aww I actually love this idea!

C'mon release them already :P

As for the topic at hand, I'd honestly hate to see the restocking shop go away, I used to love that about events, where event items would restock in specific shops for the duration of the event! I think the idea the OP made was great actually, I honestly think its adorable and perfect for this event!

I love the Babysitting idea so much!! the cubs are so wonderful! I can't wait to see them as an active NPC in the future :D

What about a pirate duel? it's part of the pirates lore, we have the code from the Masq one, so, why not? :P

soon sooOoooN (also restocking won't go away for this event, I will die on this hill).

There's already going to be some fighting / battle related things, so dueling would veer too close to that I think?

Ugh I love this idea

I agree that RSing shouldnt go away, I'd appreciated if the shop would restock more, but if another option is added then I don't see the need for this either

We could also have a special quest? Something like "Captain Jacques Quest" where he only rewards us with pirate items Maybe if this would bring -too- many items in circulation, we could limit the quests or add retired items

I'm super glad to hear it, I was worried when reading the news post about how many people don't appreciate restocking event items! It's basically tradition here, my favourite was the old valentines restockables! They used to be so darn cute!

I thought there was a chance to vend pirate items from the ocean depths? Is that not so?

You could add carnival games onto the babysitting idea! Taking them to different carnival rides and games would be super cute!

Maybe it can be random while doing Carl's quests? like he's inviting you for a duel and then gives you extra items, maybe from this year? This way it can be limited per day and totally random so you can get like 3 a day or 0 a day..

Sounds amazing c: We need another option, not to flood the market Can't wait to see what you guys will do, and thanks a bunch for hearing us Also do you plan on implanting it, whatever it is, this year?

I think is suggesting a rock/paper/scissors thing, like Bedoujin during Masq. I know I butchered his name. But I love this idea as well, just as like a RE

yes exactly, thank you :)

Aww, I love the idea of having quests to do with the cubs for some extra items! :)

I agree that the restocking part shouldn't go away, but this would be nice for people who either can't or are bad at restocking.

Tbh im very glad to hear you'll be doing something this year, with the event already going on Very exciting to see whats comming (in life im the ale stealer cub)

I have a few days off this week I normally wouldn't thanks to the Jewish New Years, so I have time to program up a little thing for the holiday. It won't be anything big, I want to stress that, but it'll be lore-y and cute once I talk to haha.

I like the idea of 'babysitting' quite a bit. How old are they going to be allowed to get, I wonder.

The dueling also sounds great (especially if it were just built on the Masq dueling, because that's kind of fun.) Monkey Island has a thing where you insult your opponent in order to win. Sure, we wouldn't want to just copy that, but it was fun to learn the patterns of what you have to say to advance.

Actually, maybe something like telling a tall tale to the pirates once every 6 hours or once a day? If they like it, you get a random item. You go to docks and there's a random pirate. They want to hear something entertaining because they're bored swabbing this or hauling that. There are three/four parts that you can choose to make a story. Ex: You say: Once I saw a "squid/shark/pirate" so "large/vicious/charming"... Pirate: I'm listening(continues)/This sounds boring.(ends) (but written pirate-y. ha.) You: That was "drinking/looting/gambling" and caused me to "faint/flee/swoon" and... Pirate: Can't wait to tell that to Babette!(get an item!)/Yawn(ends) Then, it's still random whether or not you get one, but it's better for people (like me) with crappy internet and already got the couple of items from questing for Carl.

Might be too much work, may be stupid, I don't think I'm explaining this well. Ok. Like the way the Mind Reader game works, but pirate themed and maybe not as many levels.