Ship Of The Line Coming To Potco???
 

There has been many rumors...
but will the success of ship of the line rly come to potco???
only time will tell...

but until them who knows???

It was released on test but later removed for purchase. They are still being sailed on the test seas though.

So yes, I believe it will eventually go live.

From what i've heard its coming soon.

ghostlyotto. i do agree with u bc all my friends have even told me, so i agree. also i have a friend on test called eric redsilver. he has been on 1 so it most likely yes. but who knows?

Well they have been released on test and some people have it, I'm pretty sure that we know for sure it's coming, mate. Isn't there already a thread about this?

Not sure but i want it.....

There was. Am I the only one who thinks adding Ships of the Line will only degrade the game?

I am not sure it would degrade the game but I kind of get why you might think so...So many things have been added to POTCO in the past year that have made pirates into super-pirates. Wonder-weapons and potions and revives have completely changed the face of the game. I know that my level 50 test pirate hasn't been knocked-out in nearly 6 months. I spent my last log-in taking out Colossus Flag ships solo with my light sloop. I couldn't have done this a couple of years ago but between my rare cannon ram and my attack level 79 broadsword, it was almost too easy.

To me, a Ship Of The Line is just another way to tilt the advantage back toward the pirates.

And now that I have said that, I still think they're pretty cool and would buy one in a second if they can work out the bugs. :pirate_flag:

The game is way to easy now, with El's weapons, and will be even easier with the SOTL.

NPCs need some sorta advantage of themselfs.... who agrees?

First, My own test charcter has been on, and crewed for some time, The Record Breaking SOTL.

Second, currently guys, you guys think it will become easier, but who knows, enemies also get 'em and become stronger? Just time can tell, mates.

I believe it will eventually be released. But I believe Disney is currently working on trading right now.

It will be released. Not soon. But it will be released. There are just too many bugs in it. Such as running through the door to the captains quarters and falling through the floor ( this happened to me and I sent in a report ).

Well it seems to have been better last I have been on it. Just needs repair spots. Maybe the broadside aim could be improved. But it does have a long wait before it hits live.

Keep in mind that it hasn't technally even hit test yet, so it is still a while before it makes it to live.

The Ship of the Line, in my opinion, needs not repair points. It has strong-enough hull panels to withstand enemy fire for a while, and its 20,000 HP adds to its defense. Plus, it would take an eternity to repair the hull panels.

I do believe it will come eventually. There have already been many changes since its first appearance - from the removal of the Navy colors, to the moving of the cannons that were hard to view from. There are only a few things that need tweaking (such as the broken wall) before it will be high time tom release it and the other 5 ships.

we need more then current on the sotl guys, I mean the holes in which cannons should be in, we use them, and then the wall becomes invisible for US, the cannoners. Still We need repair Slots, if not the hull, we need to repair the HP, many times on outlaw's sotl, the hp is veery low but the hull is nearly full.

First of all, adding a Ship of the line would not down grade sailing (I've driven one on test and it was fun) and if they do add a sotl, they will most likely add tougher ships for us more experienced pirates, why there might even be roaming sotl

Im sure the SOTL will come in due time.

My GM in test has one, I have had the privelage to crew it and even drive it, but it needs some tweaking.

The broadside aim was horrible. A ship can be next to you and only two cannon-balls will hit it. I also think that they should move cannons back into the spots in the wall, to fix the problem with the view, they can turn the wall invisible for cannoneers, like they do on the front sails on a frigate.

I also reckon the cargo and crew and maybe even the amount of broadside should be increased, at the moment it is nothing more than a War Galleon with ALOT of armour.

And to add to the list of stuff they need, we need stronger enemies now with the SOTL. Maybe more SOTLs that have a permenant route on the ocean, they can also have more armour than the normal SOTLs to make it a challenge to kill.

But apart from some of the glitches (mentioned and unmentioned), im sure we will see it on test in the near future.

I've been on one, I even got to Drive it, it's really cool and I hope it comes out soon.

We destroyed the QAR with one on Test. We had, like, twenty pirates on board. ;)

The ship of the line is coming. I was on it the day it was released as well as a day closer to now. There were many changes making it more piratey and allowing you to cannon in palces that you couldn't before. There was a wall in the way.. At first it was red and white like a Navy Ship. So we all thought it was a bug because EVERY enemy ship you could buy. Of course nobody went after the others they wanted the biggest. I was there for the leak unfortunately i am only lvl 6 there so I could not afford me one. I do have friends with the ship of course. They have allowed me to crew it many times and teh changes it has gotten do not suggest an enemy ship. It has the colors of our pirate ships.:piratewheelgo2:




I hope you are wrong. Disney better not release trade. That just opens up the door for more greifing. You all know it to be true. A little lvl 23 getting El Patron's Lost Sword. Some lvl 50 tricking him saying his privateering cutlass is even better so they trade and the lvl 23 lost the rarest sword around. If they release this I will not be happy but sad at what will come out of some pirates nowadays.

I do not like the thought of trading either. There are no enough items in POTCO for trading to be fun. This would allow players to gain hold of every famed weapon there is in the game easily (which is not a lot, compared to other games), and make the game boring.

I do hope they are working on staff tho, I am running out of motivation to loot. :sadmh9:

lol, I can't wait to see the SOTL vs one of those light sloops in svs which have powerful fury gunners that can can destroy a war frigate in seconds. :)

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We can only hope they keep their word.
(Yes, this message has been out for over a week, and there's already been a thread about it)

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This says otherwise. Only thing anyone ever got.

I could have gotten the Cerberus if I had sold my Warships - because at the time, I had 80k gold and a War Sloop, War Galleon and War Frigate - but I never did so for whatever reason. Stupid me, I could've had Explosive broadsides...

Ok i stand corrected. Apartently some did. Not many though.. Then again the leak only lasted what 2 hours?

They MIGHT of released it by accident with no intention of ever releasing it... as of the ships we fight dont have repair slots

It lasted over a day. I remember I had plenty of time to buy something, but I wasted it all being on a Ship of the Line for gold.

:mybadki6:

Still, at least there's a Kingfisher that I can occasionally have fun with :D

Edit:
The Buyable Kingfisher does have repair spots. It also has Chainshot Broadsides, which is not what a regular NPC Kingfisher has, which is Round Shot.

Im only talking about the ship of the line...
i have NO IDEA why they released the navy and undead ships...

What other 5 ships do you speak of???

Earlier in the year six ships were accidentally released to the test server which weren't fully complete, the ship of the line being one of them. Because the Ship of the line was already released as an enemy ship, many players bought it. However, there were five other ships that most people didn't buy.

Note: The screenshots you are about to see are not confirmed ships that will be released. This is all speculation but it's very likely these ships will enter the game sometime in the future.

Here are the modified(barely) player versions of some enemy ships which may or may not be released in the future.

Phantom:
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...9-2011-631.jpg

Ghost War Sloop:
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...-2011-1008.jpg

El Patron's Ship: (Notice the player blue/red markings on this ship. This is what distinguishes our player ships from the enemies, at least for now)
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...1-2011-399.jpg

Player Version of the Black Pearl:
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...6-2011-529.jpg
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...-2011-1178.jpg
There hard to see but you'll notice on the back of the ship there are the player ship markings.

Ship of the Line:
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...6-2011-399.jpg

Again I note that these pictures are actually models currently from the phase files, however these have NOT been confirmed by POTCO as ships to be released in the future. Until the next update, enjoy these to keep you thinking.

P.S. Every ship has three classes. There have not been any indications in the phase files which point to any different classes of any of these ships.

EDIT: I apologize for a mistake I made. El Patron's ship type does NOT have any player markings on it, although at first glance you may think it looks like an average player ship.

Nice find, mate!

Nice finds mate! The ghost ships don't really look like they do in game (lack of textures applied) but anyway, good finds! Here is just a little ship of the line I made using panda 3D. Not that good, but it was for fun...

http://www.eternalwarlordz.spruz.com...3119384093.jpg

Still though, nice finds mate... I hope the SOTL is released.

Also, the player version of the Black Pearl, I believe it may be an upcoming player ship even though it wasn't released with the original six.

The Queen Anne's Revenge is already the same ship model as the BP, only a lower class, which leads me to believe all classes of the Black Pearl are done. If that's true, then an update like this may be closer that we think.

Nice ships

I wonder if they are releasing ships from both Pirate teaman and Navy/EITC/Jolly Roger that now the might be releasing good and "bad" side? Like when you make your pirate it works for Jack or it works for Beckett/Jolly Roger? :D

It was on test for not that long, but then later removed. It has though been seen on test in some YouTube videos. If you look up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNSB21cmBLw you'll see it there. And all copyright goes to gmjyuir2.

I hope these whips will be released for the live game, they all seem very interesting. Also this may mean we could be getting stronger enemy ships to face, which would mean more content for higher level pirates :3

Those hull types look pretty cool, Mac. I wonder if, had I bought the Cerberus, it would look like that Undead War Sloop. If it did, that wouldn't be so bad.

I was hoping we could make our ships Flag ships too.

I hope so to, I thought that more so when the Bounty Hunter NPC ships came out. They seem to be customized as far as hull and sails go, so hopefully the game devs will release similar customization options for us. Though I don't think player customization will be anything major, probably we will only be able to change ship paint color, sail color and design, and possibly the cannon types on the ship deck since someone found different cannons in the game files some time ago. Just remember Im only guessing here, even if we do get these additions it probably wont be for a long time.

Ship customization is probably going to have to start off small.

I see flag, hull, mast, colors being a key aspect of it, along with flags obtained through quests. We can't forget ship decorations like lanterns and possibly different doors on the ship.

I don't think the physics will be an immediate thing we see with it. Mast placement would affect ship performance so that would take a while but once the developers get used to it, designing ship flags and different colors would be similar to our clothing.

But wouldn't it be awesome on flagships, once you kill everyone on the ship you take over the ship. No paying for it, just half to kill it. But when you take over part of the crew splits, then you have two ships.

I see great potential with flagships in the future.

*Being able to sink flagships or sell them when defeating them. After sinking a certain amount, you can choose one to keep. The "best" flagships would have to be aquired through about one hundred or more ships.
*Paying a shipwright to make yourself a flagship at sea, that way if you're sunk, you have a chance to live if you can fight off the enemy crew. Every time this happens, though, you'd need to pay the shipwright again in order to become a flagship. The more you have to do this, the more money it costs, the max amount of pay being 5,000 coins.
*More extensive flagship battles, specifically flagship battles which take you below deck.
*Quests which involve you becoming a flag ship and disguising yourself to attack enemy ships.

P.S. After looking at the Ship of the line on the wiki, I noticed it's basically complete. The ship of the line is one of six ships that were to be released, so if the other five ships are as far into development as the SOTL, then I think we can expect new ship releases by the end of the summer, at the very least. This is only a prediction, though.

If the player version of the black pearl is released, though, I'd get that over any other.

Well, I could be wrong, but there's still that one wall you can walk through. Other than that, yes, it does seem fine. I can see it coming soon. Hopefully...

I don't know whether the Black Pearl will have a player version for sure but there are two different models of them in the files, one being the one we know and lover and the other being a player version. I already said that the QAR is a smaller version of the BP, so I think it's likely we'll see it as a player available ship sometime in the future.

And don't worry, if any new ships are coming in the future, the SOTL is definitely at the top of the list. For one, the model in the phase files has player ship textures and the flags are white. Besides the invisible hole in the ship, it really is ready to enter test to be... well, tested.(I know it's on test now, but it's not officially released)

I think the developers would like to release six new ships, though, so while the SOTL might be close to release, the other ships may not be. I hope, though, that these ships are introduced WITH Ship Customization. There's no doubt ship customization is possible but it's just a matter of when.

Looking forward to any new ships......it's been to long with the same line we currently have.


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Still hoping.. to see those big ships in that lil liston the " Buying ships part ! " LOL ok come on it should come out to potco..

New ship/s .....customization.....something.......we are all looking forward to it.....it being the thing that we don't know or yet have. Making waiting for "it" all the more painful......lol

I hope this does come to POTCO along with some other ships, I agree with CarribeanThunder that it doesn't require repairs as it has a lot of HP. The only problem is that I wouldn't use this in privateering, after all the broadsides will most likely to go right over the other smaller ships like a light sloop and also the SOTL is also like "big" making it a very easy target in privateering. I would only use this to show off wealth and to help the newer players get gold :D.

The game designers have taken a very long time on the new ship classes and i believe that they will be out shortly. I have had maxed gold since April and am tired of having my invatory being filled. Hopefully since they have taken so long they will release something else with the ships. Maybe a continueation of the story or ship custimization or trading. I am sick and tired of waiting though and hope they release new updates soon.

I've heard rumers there coming out in mid augest -September. I think it will be out before the anniversury of POTCO.

Interesting......where did those rumors come from? Curious......... :piratealt:

If I could choose one thing to customize, it would be ships. That is definitely more realistic.

Along with whatever updates are coming, it would be great if we can own more than 3 ships. Sometimes I'd like to own a light sloop to zip between islands .....but I'm not giving up any of my war ships.

I just sell my warships and get a light sloop, then get the war back after i finish. :laughks2:
Darkhart provides the necessary funding for my ships. :D

I hope they also release El Patron's ship. The model is already there, so it seems like a waste not to make it useable. They can call the ship class something uncreative like "remodeled Galleon", but as long as we get to use it, I'm happy. Quantity beats quality in POTCO.. lol

Its called a carrack.

I'm wondering if you will be able to loot new things for said ships like you can in 'Cannons of the Deep' (Mobile POTCO ) There are different hulls, figureheads, cannons etc. to make your ship stronger or have more firepower.

That would rock.......we shall see......I'd still the the option to dump cargo so you can come in with all Royals.

You can - when you sail, lesser cargo crates and chests get dropped when you get higher level plunder. The only thing that can't be exchanged is loot - and THAT'S what I would like :laughks2:

I also second Polly's idea of being able to loot customization pieces, on top of the run of the mill items that you could perhaps get at a shipwright.

If you could sort through it while sailing it would be nice. Even with Max Treasure Sense it seems some loot runs are not so desirable.