Heyo Everyone.
So good news is: Philippe Auboyneau will appear in the Armory and will be available for an undecided resource at a future date, so if you do not have the time to receive him through directives there will be opportunity in the future. If you do not have the time to grind him out, you will be able to get him in the future.
We are very understanding that players of different background have different day-to-day responsibilities and thus different time periods to play and work towards rewards and missions. As such, we do try to provide various offerings for players to redeem instead of just one major prize. That is why we have increased the intermediary rewards to include more value such as doubloons. Nevertheless, we do want the top reward to in fact be rewarding for those who put in the effort to obtain it. Nothing good in life is easy after-all.
We do understand there is a concern from players that there may be too many events at the moment, between ranked, clan battles, naval battles, and patch related activities. We are looking into this and considering better distribution of events going forward. Please recall however, participation in events and game modes is optional, prioritize what is important to you for your enjoyment and progression of the game. One of the benefits of having multiple offerings available at any given time is the option of choice, a player who doens't like say Ranked still has activities to do with Clan Battles for example.
Fem,