Back when Klei added the Curse of Moon Quay they added in a secret unlockable character named Wonkey, who in its Original Format- Worked Pretty GREAT. You unlocked this character by attacking and Killing Pirate Raid Monkey and Obtaining their Cursed Necklaces.
This concept was hated by everyone who can’t handle some actual Uncompromising in their survival game & it Was Nerfed to heck and back- First off, the Raids themselves are now Near non-existent unless your super close to the Moon Quay Island.
Secondly.. now to get rid of your Accursed Trinkets it’s as simple as just Intentionally Dying, rather than the harsher penalty of needing to give the monkey queen bananas so she reverts you back to normal.
This was done for the players who felt the curse was too punishing to the point Klei made it a laughable afterthought.. however- there’s a MASSIVE Flaw in this I’m not sure anyone has caught onto yet.
in the ORIGINAL Form I could’ve stayed as Wonkey for as long as I wanted to until I decided to go give Banana to Moon Quay Queen and Revert back this was GREAT for People who just wanted to unlock and play as an adorable Monkey.
In it’s BABY REMAKE Form- Now if you happen to “Die” as Wonkey (whom you actually think is cute and fun to play as) you Revert back to being a filthy Human/Plant/Spider/Robot/Fish or Whatever non-Monkey thing you once were. Meaning every time you want to be Wonkey you now need to go seek out pirates (which are now near non-existent) and kill even more Monkeys, just to obtain the “Curse” (Aka secret unlockable character) again.
This is Dumb and it makes me lose a lot of faith in Klei to not only deliver fun survival based challenges… but it also makes even playing as Wonkey an absolute Chore to “Keep” as opposed to its original implementation.
I can think of several Reasons why I would WANT to Be Wonkey- #1 I’m playing as Wes so Wonkey would actually be a Buff, 2- I want the Pirate Monkeys to see me as a friend so they don’t attack and rob me blind while trying to bring resources to/take resources off Moon Quay. 3- I just like playing as an adorable Fluffy Monkey
Klei should add a way to pick to Spawn into the game as Wonkey from Day 1 after you’ve unlocked him/her for the first time. Treat them as any other playable character.
And give us an OPTION to choose if we want to Reverse the Curse after dying. An on screen prompt that says “You’ve died- Would you like to reverse the curse or continue with too much monkey business?”
BOOM I just made it so unlocking, and more importantly continuing to enjoy being the secret playable Monkey character is no longer such a complete pain in the Tail to do.
Please please PLEASE consider this…
I spent many hours with my Buddy playing as Wes to help him unlock Wonkey, only to loose his buff the moment he died as Wonkey.
Its Annoying… and the original way was much Better. Please find a better way to “Keep” Wonkey.