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Originally Posted by Developer Diary #15
You told us in surveys that the game's performance wasn't as good as you thought it should be, so we immediately set the development team on fixing the foundation of the game before adding more stuff to it. For instance, we redesigned the major islands and made other graphics changes (like avatars) to improve players' game performance.
We also wanted to improve the early player experience and open the game up to lots more players. For that, we created better quest lines, added new Tutorial hints and improved the Ray of Light. And, since so many players were frustrated that they couldn't reach other islands without a teleport totem, we added Stowaway as a transportation option.
Now that we're done with these improvements, we're back to creating awesome content.
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Well, guess I'll weigh in on this
I've been silent the past few months simply because I've been much busier in real life - and repeating myself from discussions in many threads over time I found was just not going anywhere...
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First, though I understand the need to fix major bugs within the game (such as the gold glitch not too long ago - fun - yes - realistic - no...) I don't believe the town re-makes and the character re-dos have improved performance to any great degree. The areas which needed fixing are still the most neglected - PvP and SvS. These two areas could of been HUGE areas to spend countless hours in yet are so full of bugs and issues even today that everyone just wants new story content because no one is entertained by these bugged but what could of been huge draws for players. Otheh 'bugs' players cared less about which didn't hurt the overall gameplay goals they hunted down relentlessly while ignoring valid player affected bugs...
Score: 3/10
Pros: For those 10yr olds using their parents hand-me-down computers maybe some improvement
Cons: Many play on decent computers - and never did resolve the big issues of PvP, SvS, and basically large pirate gatherings.
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Second, though I'm sure there has been some improvement to the 'quest lines' - many a pirate made it through the 'orginal' lines without issue - and the addition of side quests was only a waste for those who have been sitting mastered for over a year or longer. Though the addition of a few new side quests would of been understandable - the need to create the amount they did with no reward (both in getting no REP for them and in getting useless weapons which only hurt your ability to get more REP later... when it ever arrives) only continued to show the lack of understanding between players wants (New Story Quest, Fix PvP and SvS, and increase options such as gold, clothing, ships, REP, the REAL useful things) and the developers need to focus on useless items. Add the REP first - so the side quests would mean something (?!? not THAT hard to do the math).
In fact, now with 'stoways' - the need to level up will actually become skewed as pirates do not get the needed experience or REP required at younger levels when they need it later on.
Score: 3/10
Pros: Sure, the Ray of Light is nice...
Cons: Useless Quests Earning No REP, Inflicting Skewed Levelling (On An Already Backwards REP Levelling System of Weaker = Better???)
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Finally, almost two years.... TWO YEARS... and now we may see some 'new content' before the 'end of summer'. When others arrive and wonder why are the graphics so shotty yet we (and by 'we' I mean 'they' and their other games) got new content in 8 Months - when others have left the game long ago to persue other games which actually have a content schedule and expand at least more than once every TWO YEARS - when content ran out so long ago that guilds, who once worked together on quests in groups to try and accomplish goals are at each other throats due to lack of something to do - when the bordem of others from no content actually allows them to cook up mind games and destroy guilds from the inside out happens, destroying what few players have stayed - and for TWO YEARS many players have been posting and giving them ideas yet they NOW want us to post them again?!?!
Score 2/10
Pros: Not much for two years, but I'm sure a few exist
Cons: What? The Thousands Of Pirates saying NEW CONTENT over TWO YEARS was not clear enough?!?
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Summary:
Will the new content come? Yes. Will it be soon? I think so. Will it be exciting? Sure
Will we play on? You betcha...
But so much has been lost, so much as been ignored, so much... could have been done SO MUCH BETTER than where we are today. If D really wants to start improving the game - they had better stop sticking their heads in the sand ignoring players, start reading and listening to what they want, and start delivering...
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Originally Posted by POTCO
Ship Customization. The Kraken. Loot & Inventory. Pirate Lairs. New Islands. New Quests. We have gotten a lot of good ideas from you, our players. Now which of these are you looking forward to the most?
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ALL OF IT, and ya better be snappy 'cause your WAY BEHIND!