While I understand its test I was discouraged after it being shut down for a couple of days and when it came back up nothing seemed to have changed but Big D has been making progress pretty quick since it seems and they are closing often to work on the site so hats off to the Devs. I am betting they are putting in some big hours at work right now and look to be getting stuff done. So when is it coming live? don't know but looks like they are working hard to make it soon.

Um, I HIGHLY doubt that sword is even in the game right now. They didn't say you could "actually" find it from some random ship or enemy. I bet that sword will not be in the game just like another sword. I mean, only one pirate would be getting the sword, so I doubt NO pirate is going to get it. Because it doesn't say, "El Patron's SWORDS". It says "El Patron's SWORD. Unless the game is just going to have 100000000 El Patron Swords, then no pirate is going to get it I'm sure. There is only ONE kind of that sword, and I think if anyone is going to get it, it's going to be Beckett, Jolly Roger, or Captain Walter. And besides, if it would turn you into a ghost, then you wouldn't get hurt. And that just wouldn't be right in the game..... unless Disney makes it so you would still get hurt, but that wouldn't make sense at all now would it? That's just how I see it.

I think it's really important, as Beorn said, that El Patron's sword is tested.

I think they should give the sword to some of the higher level players to test just to make sure it works. We don't want this going live and then having a whole lot of problems.

^ I'm pretty sure the sword is on test, just VERY rare.

I think we (unlimited access people) will be able to have the sword and not just have it for one pirate because that would be like unfair. :(

Yeah, I see what you mean, but if there were more that would mess up the plot! I mean, it doesn't say El Patron had a million of them. Only one. So it would be pretty odd to see everyone having an El Patron's Sword at the same time. "This powerful blade once belonged to the famous conquistador, El Patron himself. According to legend, the blade was cursed with El Patron's last breath and his soul now haunts the blade." Now, I for one see a "this" at the beginning... not a "these". And a "the" in it. Not an "a". So It looks like there would be only one of them. It says he cursed IT with his last breath. Lol. So if more than one can have it, then it should say, "El Patron took all the swords out of his pocket and cursed them all". Am I right? I'm pretty sure no one is getting this sword except for Jolly Roger or some other evil guy or perhaps Capt. Walter. I very well could be wrong, but what Disney was saying about El Patron's Sword a few days ago, looks to be like proof that there is only one.

Buck, you have a really good point.

Now this is just a guess, but I think Disney isn't really going to take that into account, and every player will have the same chance to get the sword.(although it will be really rare, and we should be lucky to even find one.)

I for one hope they don't care about the fact there's only one sword, and we can all get it. Of course it'd be silly to see everyone with the same sword, but if you think about it, they can make the sword as rare as possible. It can be as rare as the clothing drops before the new inventory system. I never once was able to get a clothing drop on open, and if the sword is this rare, it will be worth getting.

Yeah, I don't really see Disney doing that. The ONLY way they could is if they give it to those you mentioned (the main enemies or Capt. Walter). If there is only one item, it wouldn't be fair to make it available to only one player, it must be available to everyone. That being said, just because it should be available doesn't mean it shouldn't be difficult to get. As Mac said, this weapon should be extremely rare.

Not really different from how Live currently is :laughks2:

Here's something I'd like to bring up. The Toontown Test Website is ALSO down for maintenance. Could there be some internal issues that Disney is having, that we OURSELVES don't know about?

As for the weapons, I hadn't come online since the weapons even came on, so I don't know anything. When I found out about it, the Test Server was closed ( Which was yesterday night - lucky me ). My guess is that this might last for some time.

The sword will most likely NOT be one and only one. Look at it from a solo perspective. You play the game as you and its YOUR adventure. therefore to you yeah it is his sword that you found and you wont find another one on that character. Many game developers break story line for the gear it has in play.

My guess is it will be a boss drop or a quest chain. If its a quest chain they could further limit to say Founders only or unlimited & founders only. just some thoughts...

It's very possible but toontown test wasn't down for the whole weekend, was it? I didn't see anything on TTC about it being down this long.

I checked the website about 3 days ago, and it was down for maintenance. It could have been for the whole weekend, but I am not sure. All I know is that as of yet, both Test Servers are down for maintenance this very second. All we can do is wait and hope for the best.

Yeah, at first I thought it would be out Easter weekend, but no I'm predicting the weekend of the tenth, probably Friday the Ninth.

Yes, I could be entirely wrong that the sword wouldn't be on the game for just a regular player. I just don't see Disney giving someone a sword that can turn you into a ghost. Perhaps they will do that, but I thought ghosts can't get hurt, and if they don't get hurt, well, then the person with the sword would be level 30 quickly going to 50 in a few days.

It could be like a break or defence attack. Maybe... :)

OH so it could be something like brawl or taunt, or life drain or shackles, or hex eater, or like a throwing asp to break an attunement. Maybe it could give you time to heal... !!!