[lostmymarbles]

There are so many good points made throughout this thread... and yes I initially thought the Disney announcement was funny.

I haven't seen the rudeness that Davy Gunflint has seen, but I can imagine it happening just as rude behavior and cheating exist in other aspects of the game. Just stand on Abassa when people are challenging each other to PVP.

I have seen lower level pirates in areas I would never have dreamed of taking my lower level toons. And if I accidentally ended up in those places, I learned how to stealthily get my butt outta there. And if I ended up in jail, big deal. It's not like your character really dies and you have to start over, so no real loss.

It is rude of people to demand saving. I have helped strangers if they came to me and said, "Hey, i'm having a problem defeating these guys. Would you help me?" For someone who asks decently... of course, Ill help. People helped me when my pirates were weaklings.

The revive feature is actually a hassle and in a fight, say on a flagship or in tormenta, the enemy is gonna swarm the person doing the reviving. So both people will end up in jail.

Crewmates working together should be using their dolls to heal and cure, proactively. My doll is mastered on one of my lvl 29 pirates (has been since lvl 26), and if my crewmates need healing assist, I can lay on 1117 pts of cure at a time and that's with only 3 pts on that skill.

And for those of us who have been paying and playing since Dec 2007 or earlier, we do have some right to get irritated with these side trips Disney keeps taking.

So do the newbs a favor...teach them not to depend on Revive. Give them some advice on how to level up appropriately.