As much as I'd love to reiterate all the fantastic points made on this thread, I think I'll just go with "No thanks. It's a waste of my time."

Forget The Kraken, bring out a Second Chapter!

I heard someone say that the Kraken was in the before release testing. So,... put that with the Kraken stuff in the phase files. They obviously took it out (maybe because it made the game not as good? Or bugs?). When people assume that they see parts of an upcoming Kraken in the phase files, they might really just be seeing old files from before the game was released. oh.. and I agree with TSC... Bring out a second chapter! ;)

I just came back after 2 years and there have been changes. However....with all the hype that Disney had going right before I left truly I expected more.

What was all that fluff when the seas turned green and the game was talking about strange sea creatures?? You can read the official Disney web site today and still see comments in the developers section about features that never materialized.

I obviously came back as I enjoy the game regardless. It does get frustrating when you see things in test phase that just seem to get locked up in a chest and dumped overboard. As others have mentioned....many of these things have been talked about for YEARS....not months. I suppose we take the good with the bad and continue to submit feedback.

I agree, the Kraken should be the boss at the end of the third story quest ( raven's cove was the 2nd now ). Instead of having the Kraken be like the Queen Anne's Revenge, because sometimes that ruins plundering if you want the gold. And then it'll get old and people will lose interest in it. One more thing, when there was the Mardi Gras event with the GM's. I was with Thatch Roberts, when we were in the Ratskeller he mentioned there would be a beast coming out soon... and I'm not lying either.

Well, the beast could be anything.....

We need to move on
 

Those developer diaries have been up since 2007 when the game launched and it's been four years.

I can understand why the Kraken would take so long but they promised him by the end of 2009 and he never came. They never should have made the promise in the first place if they couldn't release him.

Last time we saw the Kraken, his model was completely done. I think the developers forgot to mention that the Kraken itself would most likely be a boss battle to a second story quest. If we're going to have a second story quest, we're going to need a few new islands(along with new enemies), new ship enemies, and more unique gameplay aspects. While the Kraken could be done, the second story quest could probably take even longer.

I'm not worried about how long it takes to release the Kraken, as long as he does eventually come out.

Here are the screenshots folks have talked about. They are VERY old. And I'm wondering how real there were any more.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ay/Kraken2.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ay/Kraken4.jpg

You can tell by the play screen that they are very very early. But the player is clearly fight off the tentacles. In the second shot, they've been plucked off the deck and are being flung about.

I don't think you understand the situation very well. Which developer said the game was set inbetween the first two games? Could you please elaborate and provide some links to the POTCO site where a developer mentioned the game being stuck in between two movies?

Many people fail to realize that online games can't be limited by the timeline in order to survive. If the game were stuck in between two movies, why not make a console game? The whole point of online games is being able to play an almost endless amount of content, which means you CAN'T be limited by the storyline.

The Kraken has been promised for some time now but we're talking about a huge update. The Kraken would have to come with a second story quest, making way for Davy Jones and more islands.(there are seven more mysterious islands in the phase files)

Even the model of Davy Jones sits in the phase files with idle animation. I don't understand why so many people become stubborn about the time line. No one ever said we were "stuck" in between two movies. No one has ever said that, it's a complete assumption made by players because they haven't seen the second story quest.

Also, with the addition of Raven Cove's, we see the potential of making NPCs disappear when we "kill" them. Why hasn't will disappeared if he's the captain of the Flying Dutchman? He still sits in a warehouse where you can talk to him. We are NOT stuck in between movies but we ARE stuck in a phase of no new story quest.

Am I the only one to notice how they never said that they would release the kraken?
They were planning on it, but they never got it working properly. Thats why they released call of the kraken, because that kraken is basicly what they designed. The kraken is gone, out the window, poof.... They are now working on new things, and thats that....

Why have people have been fighting for almost 4 years for a giant fish that people will get bored of in a week. I can promise you that as soon as the kraken is released people will get bored of it and ask for more content.

I think it got inflated with the rumors from the GM's, responses from tech support and info from the web site. If they truly don't intend on bringing it to the game all the rumors and info should have come to a halt. Or they could have simply told us it was not currently under consideration to be added but other updates were in the works. Dragging something out only gets Pirates perturbed.....