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Basil, I think I agree with you more than just about any other pirate. And I admire your use of paragraphs. Others need to give it a try. : )
The question is content. Some say that content is anything Disney adds to the game. Others, myself included, feel that "content" is PLAYABLE. By my definition, there has been no serious content added to this game since I started playing almost 2 years ago.
I really liked the new islands at first. Then I realized just how little they added to the gaming experience. Didn't hurt it but it didn't help either. And, quite honestly, my machine has run worse since the additions. And I hate the fact that I can't swim to the back beach at Padres anymore.
The caves are pretty and were fun to explore...for about half an hour. Then they became claustrophobic and the idea of fighting all the way through a crowded hallway got silly. Until they lowered the aggression. Then it became pointless. And I really miss the Quarry as a great place for solo leveling.
Your take on the GM events is the same as mine. I am glad they are there for those who like them but they are not my cup of grog. I attended one the other day with Constance and John. I thought it was a little weird and a waste of half an hour. Between fawning adoration and trying to be annoying, very little was accomplished.
I have to say that the invasions were great fun for a while. A little laggy (OK, a total lag-fest) but on quiet servers they could be a great time. But after a while, it was just a little too "Space-Invaders" for me. I like the RPG part of MMORPG.
Sounds like I am hating on POTCO doesn't it. But I am really not. I play as much as I can. And as soon as I get my cable internet company to quit acting like it is a joint venture between Jolly Roger and the EITC, I will play even more. But I want some new content.
CONTENT. We have been given a lot of frosting but almost no cake. Leveling is fine but I am kind of a weird gamer. I want my leveling to come with a purpose. I get bored just grinding away, undead raider after undead raider... Content is what goes in your Journal. If it doesn't end up there, it isn't content.
All of what we have seen in 2009 is leading up to something big. It HAS to be. If it isn't then the great POTCO experiment is a failure. Sell it to a third party developer and let them fix it. But if 2009 ends or 2010 begins with a bright, shiny, thrilling, fun, dangerous, exciting, difficult brand-spanking-new storyline? I will give 2009 a B+ or an A-. If there is no new storyline in January? Disney gets a D-. The game is still fun but my guild is dead and I miss some of them. I just might join them in the role call of the missing in action.
Until then...Semper fidelis.
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