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[PoTBS] Ok, its out now, skip the tech info, is it good?
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I am dieing for a good pirate MMO, but this is being put out by SOE, and their track record is rather poor.
I know there is a large PotBS thread going but its mostly prelaunch whatnot and technical respects. I want the opinions of the actual retail people, how is she? I'm not going to ask any silly questions like "Is it a WoW killer" because that is unneeded. But it is fun? Does it work well? Pop to low? Server strength ok? The stuff that makes an MMO run well and smooth.
I know there is a large PotBS thread going but its mostly prelaunch whatnot and technical respects. I want the opinions of the actual retail people, how is she? I'm not going to ask any silly questions like "Is it a WoW killer" because that is unneeded. But it is fun? Does it work well? Pop to low? Server strength ok? The stuff that makes an MMO run well and smooth.
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SOE did not make the game though. SOE is apparently only responsible for publishing, accounts and customer service.
The actual content is from Flying Lab Software, or whatever FLS stands for.
Yeah, I'm cheap. I have no job.
Not afraid of monthly fees and whatnot, and I am far from an MMO new comer, been playin EQ1, than 2 and now WoW.
Just trying to fish some news out of retail owners, seeing if its worth it.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Also, to anyone who picks up the game, roll up a Pirate on Rackham and post your name here, I'll make sure to add you to the guild.
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Thats a good question, are there instances? Are there parties? And heres a little one that came to mind, do you walk around on foot in towns, or is it just a menu when you make port?
Also you said casual friendly, does that mean it simple and easy? I am far from a casual player so that would be a negative for me
And hey, is there such a thing as a friend code to give out for a trial? lol, I will totally take it off your hands!
I haven't seen friend codes yet.
For instances, the early missions I did take you to an instanced area when you talk to the docking guy, for both avatar combat and ship based missions. You run around the town itself, and go to the bar, town hall, church etc.
As for casual friendly, it seems easy enough to get into, but the combat system requires thinking ahead more than most MMO's. It's open to casual players, but it seems like it holds a lot more depth for the more hardcore gamer to delve into.
But then, I haven't had a massive amount of experience with it, this is mainly first impressions.
The game is casual by required time commitment, as opposed to the current state of WoW where you don't accomplish anything unless you are in a group. There are plenty of hardcore mechanics for economy building, ship outfitting, and PvPing. There is rumor that future patches will allow for player built cities.
Several of the people in the PA Society (guild) have past experience in hardcore play of EQ/SWG/WOW and we are all loving this.
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Yeah, really just looking for something new to take up my time till AoC and/or WAR hits. So if it takes till then to get a free trial, it doesn't help much. I'm suprised there were no friend passes though.
Well, technically I have not received the release product yet (comes in the mail today), so I cannot say for certain that I won't get one. I know I did for WoW original release.
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You can be doing that after playing for 1 hour, and it is super fun.
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Yes, it is possible to catch ships (PC and NPC) in the open sea and attack them. Fighting is instanced (to reduce lag) and you are allowed up to 6 players in your party. Of course the defending player can send out a signal flare to bring in his friends, but that's when the game gets fun.
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That is a good point, you can't just snag anyone you want on the open sea. Players can manually set their PvP flags, or nations can throw a port into contention, enabling pirate PvP within like 100 miles or something. There are also several ships that if a pirate steals, will automatically enable your PvP flag.
During beta it felt like there was always a couple ports in contention. They were avoidable if you didn't want to PvP, but they were present if you did.
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Actually most people are British (or at least it looked that way right before launch). Everything else you've said is true. I imagine we will end up with four PA friendly guilds on four different servers. One for each faction.
Although regarding Ships of the Line... port battles are going to be rough for pirates during months 3 - 6 I think. (After Britain/France/Spain can make them easily, but before they are common enough to steal)
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Well, I'm British on Blackbeard if it goes that way, and making ships (or at least components, it depends on how many people I get) will be my main job if anyone comes over that way.
How is death treated in this game?
I have found this is a good game to bang out a couple quests alone or with my friends, and drink a couple beers while watching nation chat ... or rum, if I'm feeling very piratey.
Regarding death: You lose some of the enhancements on the ship and all un-secured cargo. It is easy to unload cargo to a secure location. You lose no advancement on your character.
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There is I just bought my copy today and it came with a free 14 day trial for a friend.
I tried to give it a go during the stress test, but when I download the game it had an error and wouldn't install.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
From the other PotBS thread:
http://www.whitewolfclan.net/pobs/review.htm
Granted, it didn't make me run out and buy the game. I can't really say if what he says is worth anything but it seems like a good write up?
League of Legends (your friendly neighborhood support): PAPRPL8
I hope they have a trial soon. While the game looks interesting enough for me to give it the time to download, I'm not going to pay $50 plus a monthly fee to play an MMO by a company I haven't heard of before.
And it hardly seems like anything resembling unbiased.