When will potco open?
 

Ahoy! any date yet?

~Cpt.Sea

judging by the new patch... no time soon!! :(

what new patch?

Well, my original sources said the 14th to the 16th of May, but from the looks of it, it probably isn't gonna happen. My guess is around the same time as the movie.

I'm almost certain that it will come out this month, though. The site says it will be released in Spring 2007. Well, it's 2007, and May is the last month of Spring (or is it June? I think that's the first month of Summer, though...).

-War

I won't claim I have insider info, because I don't. When I said "sources" I meant a Disney magazine I read a while back (forgot the title already. XD), which stated that the release date was the 14th of May. Obviously, that magazine isn't too reliable, now is it? :D

I really want to say that it will be released alongside the movie, but I can't. There's no way the game will be ready in 2 weeks, it's so messed up at the moment. I haven't been able to even log in for 3 days now, and the 1 day I was able to, I couldn't get anything done because of the laggy crashing which was a constant mess.

It's a shame, really. The game itself is really good, but the technical issues are really slowing the production AND the testing way down...

-War

who knows i hope it opens this month it probably wont though from what i hear with the bugs and crashes. I don't have a beta key and have waited over 1 or 2 months now lol oh well.

~Cpt.Sea

Yes, it doesn't look like it will be open anytime soon. So much in the game is still unfinished (VooDoo, anyone?).

I really hope they can finish it off soon so everyone can play!

yes that would be nice but don't give your hopes up lol all the bugs i guess will keep it closed for a while but if they fix it and make it better its worth the waitlol

~Cpt.Sea

Well, I don't know if this is right and it is just a guess but, on the POTCO website it says May 2007 "with the launch date approaching soon." So, since the POTC movie is coming out on the 25th, maybe it will come out then?

Yes i agree, its still bug city in there, they are patching regulary and whole thing is getting more stable. They are probs working flat out on it.

But the amount of bugs that still remain are many, and each new patch seems to bring a new bug that seemed to be ok b4.

So don't be surprised is theres another rethink on release date.

I just got this yesterday..

Dear Pirates Online Guest,

Pirates of the Caribbean Online is almost here! You are just weeks
away
from embarking on the journey of a lifetime, as you engage in epic
battles, explore exotic locales in search of buried treasure and set
sail in your own pirate ship to wreak havoc across the Seven Seas!

Be sure to check out www.piratesonline.com often - we will be
announcing
the official launch date any day now!

See you soon on the high seas!

Thank you,

Pat
Pirates of the Caribbean Online

It has to be either today or tommorrow.They said it would open BEFORE the movie.:)


-Colbella

Not quite. Read the previous post above yours. Some beta testers are getting an email from disney saying it is weeks away from launching the game. So we can forget about the game launching the same day or before the movie.

Warioguy, the disney magazine you read could have been correct in it's date, back then. I also read in news articles that the game would be released along with the movie. But it could very well be that disney is pushing back the launch date, to work on the game some more.

So maybe they had a set date months back and have changed it since.

Anywho, the game has come a long way since last month. (Or even the month before :eek:). I am thinking they might just reach a stable release soon. :)

I got that Email 2 weeks ago so I still have a strong feelling about it! :D


-Colbella

well ill keep me eyes open i'm not a beta tester im mad about that but oh well LOL if i make day 1 ill be fine LOL i don't usually get on day 1 something goes wrong with game so i dont LOL

~Cpt.Sea

This is going to take more than a few patches! even if we are playing on sub servers with terrible access time, the whole look is not very clean. The games out for the XBOX 360 and PS3 put this to shame.

They are a few months from live process. I cant see them delivering this to the market, the critics would kill every chance for long term survival

hopefully it wont take that long... arrrrg!

~Cpt.Sea

I was reading the forums, and they were talking about when it will open... someone said" They have probably done more patches than they realeased, so it could open any time!" When I read that I felt the same way! So don't get your hopes down!Lol .Someone also said
"They wouldn't give a realese date (Spring 2007) and not go by it!" So it could open at any second! :) :) :)



-Colbella

well, the problem with that is, there are only two more days after today and well, it doesn't look like it will open anytime soon lol

When they announce a date, it will be in regards to a date further in the future than a day or two. The announcment won't go "hey guys, we just put the game up for download now, hah our bandwitch is going to die!". It will be more like "In 2 weeks time you strange people who genuinely believe you are actually pirates, will be able to play our game"!
And I was a sceptic.... but actually quite looking forward to it! Gonna have to find time to play that and Lord of the Rings Onilne.

ya i dont see the devs hold back on patches at this time, with the problems people are having in game.

i would say its gonna be awhile.

i really think maybe they planned a release around the movie to insure good signups for revenue, but the beta thats happening now would have had to happen awhile ago.

According to a new article in The Hollywood Reporter, the game will have a "summer launch", and it also said that "no launch date has been set".

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/vgames/...esmmo0529.html

ah, I thought so LOL i knew it woudn't be this summer lol~Cpt.Sea

I'm prediting Late-June, Early-July. The game is still bugged up as people are saying.

Most of the testers I have been chatting with and I few Devs I have bumped into in game are estimating early Fall.. but again who knows.. Look back 4 years ago when I beta tested SWG the laucnh was put off 15 times or so almost a whole year.. BUt I can tell u one thing the day that u can run freely around using a cheap computer in boring grahpics mode full screen with out any lag it will be ready.. I am thinking July or august myself, but they havent even designed the log off and logon systems yet.. They have to make it so u dont spwan back where you died. I am like most of you guys who have toons stuck in death loops beacuse of the lag by the time thier servers catch up with my computer i am dead lol.. gotta love beta testing.. :-)

Happy testing everyone..

That's the reporters assumption. They said Disney has not set a launch date.
Right now, I would only keep my eye on www.PiratesOnline.com and wait for them to announce the date.

almost all of us are keeping our eyes out on the actual game site LOL why would we not? lol

~Cpt.Sea

We realy should contact Disney about our thoughts. Maby it will do somthing to get them in gear.

I wish I knew. I have been waiting for awhile now just to be accepted into beta. I can't believe they can't even give us an approximate release date.

they are working on it and really working on it because they are passed their original release date. i don't think its that buggi but if they could get rid of the lag, it would be almost done to be released in my opinion lol. yes there are other bugs but lag seems to drive ppl the most crazy

~Cpt.Sea

They should let all of the site members here into the beta.:D

Why would they? This site isn't owned by disney, they don't all the members and they don't need to do that.

~Cpt.Sea

On the Pirates Online website it says Coming out Spring 2007! It's almost Summer 2007. =/

that was their original or close to, original date lol

~Cpt.Sea

Thats probably what they will do...see the first month people get it free...like toontown...they let them have...forever free....So people need to be in the first month if they want it to be free! :D:D:D

End of June?
 

A BBC News article that came out today says that PotCO will be released "at the end of June".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6745825.stm

Here's the quote:
Later in the article it talks about pricing:

since testing this game since it went live for beta, i have to say that over the last 3 days i have been very happy with what i am seeing finally. I noticed first off that they turned off al the other testing intances and there is now ust one server for us.. and even last night with 213 players on at once the lag was alright.. I have noticed that the binding boxes on the scenery are getting better too I have not "fallen through" the ground this week.. and I also noticed that the dead space between scene loading is much improved.. maybe the Devs are working over time. to get this out.. It would be cool.. I also did notice a new button in DXD that doesnt work yet but it says Subscribe to prirates or something like that.. Has anyone spoken to a DEv in game lately? I am curoius to see what level they will cut out the free players. I am thinking level 3 since at level 4 it gets more interesting.. and Disney cant let people have real fun for free or the game will run like **** without hundreds of us paying to keep it going lol..ok talk to u all later

1. If they say june, with the games curent track record, they probably mean june 2008.

2. NOOOOOOO!!!!! If the game has a fee that can not be payed by phone, I am SCREWED! I thought disney said the game would be free! This is terrible! :eek:

With all the glitches they are definitely going to have to push it back.

FREE???? how do u possibly think that a multi million dollar mmo that over 200,000 adults over the age of 20 are expected to play will be suppoted if its free?? I would hate to see how slow CSR responses in WOW would be if we wernt paying 20 bucks a month to play.. that would suck lol... Dont worry I am sure that the day the game goes live everyone one world wide will be runnign to thier parents and getting thier Credit card numbers to add to thier DXD accounts lol..

Why, and how, do you think this game woudl be free forever??? I hear toontown did that, but I think POCO will be much, much, more popular than ToonTown. I don't like ToonTown to start with lol.

Ad.NoringTon- how do you think this big, big game would be free for everybody? They are spending A LOT of money on this, they wouldn't make a profit lol. But yes there is FREE VERSION, but, you don't get as much lol.

~Cpt.Sea

no,no,no, that is way off, I mean, first they wouldn't say "spring 2007" and then make it in June 2008! that would lose a lot of people, and think about it, how good it is right now! pretty good i would say. So it could still come out this month!

I wouldn't say "good", but I wouldn't say bad lol. It still has lag that needs to be fixed and some quests that they give you.

Ex: Divers Quest, and Tattoo Quest

But it is better than when it first started lol.

~Cpt.Sea

Actually, a lot of lags are being fixed if you read what wildtaz999 said.It is a great game

I hope it comes out this month, but there are no definates(that's for sure)...

The lag issues will mainly be fixed when they connect the servers to a larger pipe to the internet, I'm sure they are just saving the $1000s of dollars a month a 1gbit connection will cost them and are just running it off a 10mbit or 100mbit connection till it goes live.

I think so too, but it's so buggy so they have lots of work to do. Lag is just one of many bugs on there lol.

~Cpt.Sea

Hi I'm new. Anyways, I hear they pushed the date back from July to September due to the bugs. Check Gamespot.com it says the release date is Q3 :(

well you never know it might be but probably wont be before September lol

~Cpt.Sea

I hope it comes out soon! I'm dying from anticipation

Im mad. My parents are crazy when it comes to subscribing to anything with a credit card, so I am confident I will never get to be a full member. Unless you can pay thorough txt msg or phone i hope you can. In what ways can u pay for toontown? u will probably by able to get pirats the same way.

My parents don't mind unless I pay. Luckily, I'm getting 50 bucks today for babysitting :D That's good for about half a year

There is a free version by the way, and the credit card is only to prove you are 18 or older or have permission if your under 18 from a parent or guardien.

~Cpt.Sea

Oh...

I just asked POTCO for a Beta Key. I wanna see if I get one or not lol. I know that they probably gave them all out but whatever.

I am just sitting at my computer staring at the Pirates website. I dun got a life during the Summer :D

*hums and waits*

yea, but the free version will have less then half of the stuff the full version will have :( . I wonder if i can find someone to let my use their card

Good luck with that lol :D

Wait....We might get a release date because every month they update the site right?So who knows could come out tommorow!
!

Love the enthusiasm (or howver you spell it) but, tomorrow? I dun think so. I wish but I highly doubt it. Hopefully this month though :( I REALLY wanna play it!

It could but you never know!

Yes we are! By the way... I already posted in there lol

Hopefully it could come out this week!

This week? You mean like from Sunday to Saturday right? lol If it was now then we only go like 12 hours or so lol. Well, Hopefully soon :( Waiting for it is tearing me apart. I'm so crazy about it I already have my characters name, my ship's name and my guid's name rofl

Like I said could come out anytime ( no, iI mean from this Saturday to next sunday)

lol no, but I always have my hopes up lol

I can't stop thinking about it lol but who knows could come out tommorow

Ya i check it every day

Checking it every day doesn't make us weird lol

Yeah, like Pirate X said "Good Luck With That" LOL

~Cpt.Sea

I saw a mention of the game on TV last night and it said fall 2007. Great..... :(

Fall?!? and they has said 2006! Well, atleast I'm a beta tester... Hope to all that can't play! GL!

~Tokrok

FALL?!?!? Was this the ACTUAL commercial?! Cuz if it was I'm gonna POP! :mad:

A Fall opening sounds right. Still lots of bugs to work out.

:DJack Davenport, one of my favorite British actors! Aye, Coupling was a great show!

I can't wait THAT long!!! :( :mad:

Even if you could play right now, it's so buggy it's not worth playing in some aspects lol. You get so much lag, and you go under buildings and you have to leave, and so much more! lol

~Cpt.Sea

Goodness... I'll wait for the sake of a Great game...

While I certainly enjoy beta testing the game I don't think I'd put it in any category near "Great"...

And as far as it coming out "any time soon"... If Disney values what little reputation it has in the online gaming community, it won't come out for some time. Fall is far more reasonable of an expectation than "soon"...

fall i am thikning christmas at the current build release times

Well i've heard people talking about bugs. Fall is enough for me.

wildtazz999--

I have a dagger but it says I can't use it till I have training. I "trained" for the sword in Will Turner's room; where do I train for the dagger??

its a quest that will pop up at a point

i am made beacuse i got one back beofre there was a quest, and i am lv6 now but i acedently moved my dagger out of my toolbar now i cant put it back it sasys i need training yet i have dagger lv 6 lol

Thanks Wildtaz!

Funny, I have had the dagger in my inventory since I first logged on, lol. Oh well. I also was stupid and purchased a better sword for 200 credits and I am unable to put it in a "F" window. So I have a sword on F1, pistol on F2, and if I select F3 I make fists to fight (I have had all these since I first logged in). Have more in inventory but won't let me move any of them to F4, sigh.

Also, I have looked in various places I thought obvious but with no luck--how do you know your level for swordmanship and such?

I do love the fact that f4 is for heals only but I still think the Devs need to add all 12 keys to out tool bar like all the other MMOs beacue I am sure at some point we will need like a cutlass a pistol a rifle a few dolls some healing drinks and food and what ever else and I do notthis that 3 weapon slots and 1 food slot are enough.. but who knows maybe that is part of the next build.. only time will tell.. anyone remeber the first day Beta opened?? I know i got my key the first week of april but I was just wondering when it first opened beacse every mmo that i have beta tested was in testing for at least 1 year.. have a good one

Fall?!?

Ugh!

~Pink

Yes FALL not 2008 not 2009 FALL 2007! I can wait that long, summer is going by FAST! (:

you can wait or you wouldn't be here right now LOL

~Captain_Sea

We will all have to wait, but i think it will pay off. :ss_wtp-ani:

I dont know.

i think it will pay off too, but any idea when Phas 2 of beta will come out? they said september, but didn't say when in september it would be, or did i miss something

~Cpt.Sea

:skull: Thre is a rumor floating around that the opening date will be September 23, 2007. I hope this is true!

can't wait that long ! ( It is a figure of speech)

I hope it's not true, I hope it's tomorrow rofl!! but 23rd wouldn't be bad either lol

~Cpt.Sea

I read an article and possibly be released by demeber 5th at same time as POTC 3 comes out onto DVD.

The 23 is okay... I'm wondering why they would put it up on Sunday though? It seems more like they would put it up on a saturday or when most people would be likely to come on?

I also think they would put it up on a friday or saturday instead of a sunday, but hey...whatever works for them. As long as I get a beta key for Phase 2, I'm good ^.^

Oh my gosh! 23rd that's tomorrow! I hope I can get into beta phase 2!

OK its Sept 24 8:40 am Eastern time zone. The login page was saying closed .Now I can now enter my password but it says that site is closed for maintenance so maybe it will open back up soon.

It's the 23rd, 12:06 PM and nothing yet...I don't even have a beta key :'(

what is the login page?

im getting mad about this its taking forver:skull::skull::skull::degen::degen::degen:

23rd September. 9:14 AM PST. Site closed for Maintenance. Argggggg.....:pirate7:

EDIT: Earlier than 9:14, my mistake, different time zone 'ere.

I agree! I have been waiting forever to have them open it...!! :forum smiley sword:

im getting exited like heck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pirate41: :pirate.smiley.capta

What site is down for maitenance?

Oh boy! If it opens today, I can no longer be stuck on SWG! Free gaming for meeee!! Yayyyyy! And bug submitting, thats what betas all about right? heh heh....

ive been waiting for this since september 1st:jacksparrowvswillzu

I'm so excited! And even if it doesn't open today, it's going to open at the end of September! Only a little less than a week left to wait :dancetl6:

im thinking how im gonna get starded:confused::plunder:

What is the site that you guys say is down for maitenance?