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POTCO is my first, and only, foray into the world of MMORPG. Prior to POTCO I was only an online FPS player. Quake, DooM, Command and Conquer, etc, games that required fierce competitiveness and skill to even come close to winning. I still fire those games up occasionally just to get that rush going. And yes, there were glitchers/cheaters in those games as well but most of the time skill won out.
I do not like the PvP portion of POTCO because it feels like Disney is trying to incorporate some FPS gamestyle into an MMORPG. It just doesn't work, for me. I guess if I spent as much time just PvPing as I did learning the physics of Quake 1, 2, 3, & 4 I could get really good at it. but it is not worth it. There are much better games for testing your skill one on one. I don't feel that PvP 'fits' POTCO. It is too much of an attempt to placate players that just want to win at any cost against another player. Not to mention the cheaters.
On the other hand, the SvS portion of the game is exactly what POTCO should have. It matches a pirate's sailing skill, and his/her crew against other ships and crews. It 'fits' the game. Unfortunately, there are so many cheaters in SvS that it is not worth playing. Even though it is a good idea, it is basically worthless at this point because it is not about skill, it is about using exploits/glitches/cheats to win.
So, what it comes down to in the end is either you spend the time to learn the cheats/glitches/exploits of these sub-POTCO games, you play anyway and try to beat the cheat system, or you just play the game without PvP/SvSing.
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