Breaking News: BIG Update coming! Next Update to Test Will be...
 

According to the Official Pirates of the Caribbean Online YouTube page, the next update to test will be New Ships and most likely Ship Customization!! :) :D xD (finally) Here's the comment that Pirates Online posted on their YouTube page:



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piratesonline (1 hour ago)
@ahhhhhbobba1234 & MrDaggersteel - We've got A LOT of new stuff in the works. I can't divulge what they are right now ... but expect an announcement real soon, perhaps in the next week or two. Both Basic and Unlimited Members won't be disappointed. There's a little something for everyone coming soon! I'd really love to say but can't spoil the surprise ... happy hunting Pirates! Oh and by the way, what kind of armor did you want on your new ship? Ummm ... I've said too much ... nevermind, I'll let you decide.


Are you guys excited or what?! :) :D xD :bookishfj7: :piratewheelgo2:

Please excuse me for a moment.

WWWWOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!!!

My thoat hurts now...

Wait........ What....???!!

awwwwwsoooooomeeee :D

Awesome, finally they say something about the next test update.

However, even if we'll be able to customize our ship's armor to reinforce it's strength, they should also release tougher, stronger, and faster ship enemies for us to battle at sea.

The current ships right now in the game are so easy to take down. Makes people think you don't need a crew to take down large ships.

I really hope they add new challenges along with these upgrades to our ships......

Easy, pirates, easy.

Before we all jump up on to Cloud 9, as much as I hate being the weight around here, somebody just needs to be the voice of reason for a moment.

An announcement by Disney's standards never means the confirmation of a Test Update. At the least we may see a new developer diary or an "Insider," and then at the most there may be an update. There really is no real way of saying what it could be.

This could be either a reference to the different kinds of armor that you find on the "new" ships, like the Ship of the Line and such, or it could be a reference to actually getting to modify your hull via customization.

So while the possibilities are high, just keep these thoughts in the back of your mind.

Finally at least something good

Well from what I remember, the 6 ships that popped up on Test weren't blocked to Basic Access members - or so I thought.
But that's not to say it won't change.

And as for that armor thing, hmm... Sounds interesting. My guess is maybe you'll be able to buy hull panel upgrades? Whatever this armor thing is, I just want my 9 seperate War Frigate panels that break out in massive flames.

/shrug
I see people running around on Test on rare occasions who are Basic Access. I had a friend who went basic access for a little bit and could still log on. I guess you need UA to gain access, but not to keep it?

"What kind of armor do you want on your new ship? "On your new ship?" "Your new ship? "New. Ship." @_@

Can't wait for this! Hopefully they'll upload a preview video soon.

I went basic for about a week or two and didn't lose my Test access, so it's possible.

Maybe they meant the scoundrel hat? Both basics and unlimited are happy... Or at least, in theory, they should be.
If ship customization does come out, I'm sure basics would get something too, kinda like weapons. Crude = basics, common-legendary = unlimited.

Well, in theory, you need unlimited to both sign up and keep the access.
Gotta love bugs though. :D

I can still get onto test when I'm basic. The person you saw was probably me. :laugh8:

I've seen more than one person.


Anyway, if the new ships are up next, then if any of them would have to be Basic Access only, I'd say the Kingfisher would be, because of her Chainshot broadsides and 1200 HP hull.

I know this is day dreaming here, but it may be a possibility that with the release of the new ships, which will be accessed solely by UA players, Basics will then recieve access to regular ships (i.e. the Medium-sized Galleons, Sloops, and Frigates?)

Yay!!!! Update sounds good!!!!

I don't believe a word they are saying. I have seen too many of those "something's coming soon" type announcements. Until I see them hitting Test then I will be slightly happier.
And why keep it a "secret", I mean, just say "this is what we are doing and we are working on it". Saying what actually is coming out will attract players back before the release and not after the release.
Which brings me to release times.
I would rather hear them say "we don't know when" than to hear "soon". The first option says to me that they are taking the time to work out the kinks to have a good product to put out on Test, then after all proper testing is done (not just bragging about who has played with the product first) they can release a perfect product. The second option means "we really don't know but will try to rush it out" and it also means a week at most on Test.

I am glad they are doing things to improve the game, whatever those things may be, as long as they are done right and without any rush. And without the vague info.

I do not think POTCO administrators and developers are going to reveal any sort of information besides "something is coming soon". That's their job. They'll tell you just that.
Eh, POTCO developers are strange like that. We shall never understand them. They're their own species, I guess :D

"What kind of armor do you want on your new ship?"

I think armor is extremely likely, as there are bronze and gold cannons in the phase files and they've been there for some time now. I believe there's another cannon type but I can't remember.

Anyways, along with the new ships, I think this will be a good update, providing we do get it. I wouldn't expect this too soon because they've promised things before and we haven't gotten them.

If I do remember correctly from lurking on those old Phase File threads, was that cannon a kind of undead-ish cannon?

And yeah, armor will clearly be an update for ships. How it'll work, I know not, but I am quite excited!

...The Dark Cobra needs no armor anyway.

How do I get to the official POTCO you tube page for this info? Can't find it. Thanks.

What's probably going to happen is Disney will announce the big update, but say they don't know when it will be put on test and that it could take months. I could be wrong though.

The Pirates Online YouTube is pretty legit. They did say "coming soon" with Infamy as well. :bookishfj7: :piratewheelgo2:

Complete ship custimization + new ships = pwnage.

ok... I can explain my emotions in 0 words, O.O

Maybe the big new ships will be UA only...and the basics get more of the ships that already exist.

I bet there will be new slots so we can own more ships.

I could definitely see them adding in three to six new ship classes and making the original three accessible for all members, whether basic or unlimited. It would be a treat for all members, actually.

I just hope that if they plan on releasing ship customization with this update, it's big. I really don't want something small like only differnet color sails.

While I remain positive this could be good news, I also remember that we were promised Chapter 2 and the Kraken and Davy Jones nearly 4 years ago...

Please Disney, this Amazon wants this to happen - don' t lead us on if ain't so.

They just had to realize it at the end of the summer :(
Oh well its still going to be epic. Also I trust the youtube page because they said a lot of stuff about infamy and Scoundrels and it happened so :)

I can't remember exactly what they said, but i do remember everyone thinking it was ship customization when repair minigames came out, then later when scoundrel of the seas comes out.
And... big disappointment in both places.
Hopefully the pattern doesn't comtinue....

There was a video were an effects guy was showing off animations and weapon effects, etc...

As a Developer they have access to codes that allow them to get any weapon in the game without having to loot. When said Developer used said codes in the chat it said "Yarr! Ye Trade Worked!" Too confirm that his Dev Code worked.

Unfortunately some people jumped to conclusions and took this as a hint that Trading was coming, when it wasn't.
As far as when Repair Mini-Games, The Developers didn’t say anything, and the only reason people thought ‘Ship Customization’ when Scoundrel of the Seas came out was because the Bounty Hunters had different Sails & Hulls.

If Ship Customization started out small, then it wouldn't be a surprise. All things start out small, no?

I can see the sloop getting basic.

Remember the Light Frigate? I ca also see that becoming basic in the next year.

What I don't understand is why the Pirates Online developers don't have a link on their website that directs new/seasoned players to their official YouTube page, as further news/hints/stories/videos/etc.

Like, it should be on the home page, connected with the blog or something, or even attached as a tab to the left side of the page, where the other tabs reside that hide sub-categories.

Players need to be aware that Pirates Online has a YouTube page.

I agree with Ice.Not many players know about their youtube page.
Now.If this is true then: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
'Nuff said.

Good work Disney. Make up for yourself after something as awful as Scoundrels was pitched as a big update. I sincerely hope that you don't let us all down by making this a mediocre update. Now you just need to fix your timing. Seeing as it is already late in the summer, a large amount of your players won't be able to play as much, with their break ending. Ironically, Disney always seems to appeal to kids with their update content, but release the updates right after their breaks. This happened with fishing and the new daggers last year.

Come on, John, don't be hard on Disney. They do all they can, and do you know how much coding it takes for even one small update? They work hard, so we shouldn't be criticizing them, we should be using constructive criticism and send them suggestions.

I'm assuming this will be launcher in the beginning of September to keep their players throughuot school whom would normally quit like they did when they raised the notoriety cap (IF THEY RAISE THE CAP I WILL BE SO ANGRY). This will be great, I will definetly extend my unlimited access for this though and play through September.

Update from the Official Pirates of the Caribbean Online YouTube Page:

piratesonline (5 hours ago)
@masteryodaman111: Our goal is to have to to Test within the next 30 days but hopefully sooner. The last thing we want to do is rush it out.

piratesonline (5 hours ago)
@CallicoJackracham: It will not be the same ships you saw a year ago. SOTL was never intended to be released ... that was a mishap and instead of taking them away from Pirates we received them why not just let them keep it. What will be coming with our next content are a ship you've never seen before.

piratesonline (5 hours ago)
@MrAngler00: Perhaps ... :) @UndeadDefeaters: It will definitely take us longer than 1 week for our next content to go to Test. Apologies for being very tight lipped about it all but we don't want to make any more promises we can't keep. Lessons learned. However, I can say with confidence the wait is well worth it.

piratesonline (5 hours ago)
@PalomaThePirate - No, that is not part of any update. Please contact our Help services on the official website: http://piratesonline.go.com/#/*help/contact_us.html for Technical Support.

Darn, I was hoping it was the old set of ships. I had my eye on the Revenant! I am curious what this new ship will look like. Hopefully, it will live up to our expectations.

This makes me a little annoyed. I kind of expected more than one new ship. However, one new ship is fine with me. It just depends on what this new ship is and whether or not it'll be more useful than a War Sloop.

But still, I'm glad there's at least ONE new ship. I was afraid all we were getting was armor. Pfff, I don't need that stuff.
/flex

The one new ship is probably a base model that you could add a bunch of features to. Like a Mr. Potato Head. Start out with the tater and add whatever you want.

Yeah, that could be true. I wouldn't be surprised if you were right about that, either.

I can't wait for the new ship, although a month is quite long, considering summer break will be over in 2 weeks. :sadmh9:

Proving some of the other posters' points perfectly.

From the developer's blog, circa October 23, 2008 (the blog isn't dated, but I was redirected to the blog from a news archive of that date):

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...logheading.jpg

I don't mean to harp on it, but that was nearly 3 years ago.

That's why I take this latest announcement with a grain of salt, and will wait to see what it is, whenever it's released, before I get excited.

So we are not getting the new ships that were released earlier on. Now I'll never know what would happen if one were to buy a Cerberus. Funny thing is, when I asked them, they said they had every intention of releasing those new ships. I guess they changed their minds. That is disappointing.

And that's what gets to me.
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/...edNewShips.jpg
Here, they clearly said this feature is not ready and needs further development. Now, in their comment, they only said the Ship of the Line was not intended for release, so there's still a possibility that the other 5 will show up one day, as a seperate feature (according to the above image).

I sent in a support ticket when the ships were first removed and they actually explicitly stated they would release the ships. I do hope you are right about the other ships. Still, should be interesting to see the new feature. I'd really love a cool, intimidating looking ship. With explosive broadsides.

There are all kinds of questions being posted there as we speak and they are responding:

@********: It will not be the same ships you saw a year ago. SOTL was never intended to be released ... that was a mishap and instead of taking them away from Pirates we received them why not just let them keep it. What will be coming with our next content are a ship you've never seen before.

Go check the Official youtube pirates site to catch up on the details.

It's not on the site yet, it's on the official Pirates of the Caribbean Online YouTube page. :) :bookishfj7: :piratewheelgo2:

I really hope this is a good update because with Disney you can never know. Like the whole Scoundrel of the Seas thing, it was totally random and unexpected. I would have rather them just put harder ships than the four different levels of raiding. Then it took Disney for ever to somewhat update us on the next update. That got my hopes up when they said it would be like a week or two. Now they are saying that it could be another month and for only one new ship class with a couple of customizations. I am really tired of waiting and what makes it worse is that i barely know what i am waiting for. I hope Disney doesn't disappoint with the next update.

Ah, let's just wait and see. :) I'm excited to find out what happens.

Ukebec, that was my point exactly.

I looked on the youtube page and there is nothing about ships...lastest thing is about scoundrel hats.

I'll PM you the info.

Yes......it would be nice to be able to own 1 of everything if you wanted to. Just my 2 cents. :xxxk0:

I guess this was right. Theres a video out now and 2 places in this forum to go to. Looks exciting. But you never know if we pirates guess wrong.

Speaking of those threads... where did they go anyway?
Both are nowhere to be found...

Video:

I have been telling my guildmates to save their gold up and soon they will know why.

The Brig resembles the Black Pearl and the QAR. I hope there are more ship types than just the Brig, though.

As far as customization, the only thing I see are sail colors, hull colors and rigging colors. I do hope that there's more than just that when the update comes, although I won't be upset if that's all we get.

If I can't have a card table on my ship this update is a bust. rofl

Oh and Can't wait!

You can apparently buy upgrades to certain sailing skills as well.

Well. I'm just happy we are getting something finally for sailing. I believe that was the only thing that didn't change when everything else did. I can't wait! The video was cool, but as Mac said, it wouldn't be as cool if they only allow us to color the hull, rigging, and sails. I mean thats ok, but I would like maybe just a bit more. Bit I would be fine with this. Its time to show off proud pirate style and be unique!

Just a thought, but would the timing be right for this to come out for the next anniversary celebrations?

I think it'd make sense to keep your upgrades if you go basic. Wouldn't want all that money to go to waste...

If Light-class vessels can be customized, that is. Look at this screenshot taken from the video:


The War Frigate is able to be customized, but the Light Sloop is "unfit." Since the developer who made this video is obviously not Basic, this isn't a Basic Access limitation. Ship customization may be restricted to Merchant and War-class vessels, and not available to Light-class ships... or, it may just be War-class exclusive. Or, alternatively, there could be some unseen requirement needed to customize Light-class ships.

I think they didn't have enough time to implement customization features for light-class ships because they wanted to show us some small details about the upcoming update.

Just in time for the video. But since it hasn't reached the test server yet, those changes were probably not final. We may be able to customization light ships but they don't want to show us it yet............

Anyone notice in the video that it requires certain materials to upgrade the skills?

Aye, I believe it's 125 Iron and 125 Canvas for an Open Fire upgrade. I'm thinking that we'll be able to get materials like this from plundering.

So... They are going to make get and manage resources too? I hope not, I hope that all of this is gold based.

Hard to say..... But the video hints at gathering items in relation to the upgrades. I just hope it hits test by the end of the month.

I hope that this update makes use of the items we get while at sea. I've grown tired of sailing only to come back with all these items and nothing to do with them. This gives the developers a chance to make use of the useless items we've had for years.

Really, really, really looking forward to this update!!!

I just hope they don't make us farm and stuff.

Yea. Wood. Cloth. So i guess we buy those or plunder those.

Oh jeez... please no more mini-games... :degen:

MiniGame!!! How about we get this through the build your ship proccess. Or fishing?

I think the game is a bit too far behind other MMOs to even think about something such as farming. The developers should really focus on some more "pirate" related content.

I'm looking forward to this update but I don't know how long it'll keep me entertained. It'll definitely give us something to spend our money on but unless there are a lot of items and decorations which come with ship customization, it probably won't keep most players entertained for very long.

Does Unfit mean you can't upgrade or that you can sell off or store upgrades from a ship that you plan to sell off or change.

I was wondering the same exact thing. Hmmmm.........

As for the materials needed to upgrade things or customize the ship, I always see them when sailing and I port like the iron,cotton, and who knows what else lol

I have enough materials to open a Trading Post.

The site will most likely be updated to include Brigs; but probably not until after the update is released, so that icons (like http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/f.../War_Sloop.png) can be added as well.

Another video has been released:



Also, Test has updated (for over three minutes) but it wouldn't let me on. Apparently, this also happened the night the Queen Anne's Revenge was added to Test.

This it it then mates!! Woot! :D I can't wait to test this out this weekend!! woot! :D

38% loading = the boot

Can't even get to the character screen...

Ya 38% before the pick a pirate :psmiley27:

It just says it's closed for me.

same here, downloaded twice then boot at 38%