Pirates of the Burning Sea Subscription Information

Havocide

In all fairness Ive had no major issues with the game, which I know is client based as everyones specs work different.
The only issue I have which isnt that bad anymore is 'rubberbanding' in ports. Its only minor other than that theres no major bugs ive noticed.

Havocide

Were off teh sail teh burning sea!
Thats the life for me!
Were off teh sail teh burning sea!
Lifes a piracy!

**Mithuial**

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves!
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves!

I think this game has corrupted my brain.

Darn fun though.

**Croesis**

No 'Cannon ball' time sequences though... or shades...

Oh well at least I got my personal Sail and flag...

**Hydrazine**

I did the beta, thanks to Tseng, and I thought it was pretty fun but not worth the monthly fee. Its kind of hard to tell the NPC ships from normal players while you are in the open sea but I bet that over time you can instantly tell. It takes a long time to catch up to another ship and it sucks when you almost catch them and then they port at an island... I wish you could change your outfit on the fly though instead of having to go to the seamstress that is only on a few islands and that if you forget the name of it takes forever to find it again... >_<

Overall, the concept is great and it is probably one of the best Pirate games out there. If I ever find myself with more time on my hands I might get a full station pass and play.

Tip: When selecting a name, the last name is what matters most. If you name yourself Captain Jack Sparrow, you will be called Captain Sparrow throughout the game and I know you won't want that! Who the heck is Captain Sparrow?? I think one of my names was Hydra Hydrazine SMILEY

ambros

for the people playing it , is there any land pve or land fighting ? or is it all ship combat ?

**9mmfu**

It has both, Avatar combat (land) isnt as polished as ship combat due to being added very late in the development cycle.

Avatars were only added due to community outcry.

**Vanil**

I'm interested in the game, but not entirely convinced. What are, in the opinions of those who play it, the best and worst aspects of the game?

~V

**9mmfu**

Vanil wrote:

I'm interested in the game, but not entirely convinced. What are, in the opinions of those who play it, the best and worst aspects of the game?

~V

Stengths

Ship combat
Crafting
Ship/Avatar appearance customization is good
Auction House functionality appears solid
Community Service seems good (the couple of times I have needed it they GMs were prompt)

Weaknesses

Avatar combat
Economy is a little shakey but still early as there are few to no 50s on the servers
Mission incompleteness (I have been finding about 15% of the missions have missing or place holder text)
Some server/database instability (though its getting better, you can play but things can go arwy if the server crashes or has to be restarted)
Roll back functionality doesn't appear 100% working correct (On blackbeard the weekend before last I got hit with a nasty bug resulting from a small 2 hour roll back)
Chat interface needs polish

All my opinions of coarse.

**Sentrik**

9mmfu wrote:

Vanil wrote:
I'm interested in the game, but not entirely convinced. What are, in the opinions of those who play it, the best and worst aspects of the game?

~V
Stengths
Ship combat
Crafting
Ship/Avatar appearance customization is good
Auction House functionality appears solid
Community Service seems good (the couple of times I have needed it they GMs were prompt)
Weaknesses
Avatar combat
Economy is a little shakey but still early as there are few to no 50s on the servers
Mission incompleteness (I have been finding about 15% of the missions have missing or place holder text)
Some server/database instability (though its getting better, you can play but things can go arwy if the server crashes or has to be restarted)
Roll back functionality doesn't appear 100% working correct (On blackbeard the weekend before last I got hit with a nasty bug resulting from a small 2 hour roll back)
Chat interface needs polish
All my opinions of coarse.

While it is true the economy is kinda shakey, I believe in the long run, the economy is what will keep people, like me, playing. Similar to EVE's economy, the economy in POTBS is completely player driven.

I've been playing the game off and on since beta, and have been thoroughly enjoying the game lately. Maybe it's just because I haven't played a good pirate game in a long time. And Aether's there!