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Basil's OP;
Comments in reference to the GM events and Captain Rott quests. One of my major problems with the GM role playing and the Captain Rott quests is that they are limited. Once the Rott quests were removed from the game, now there are an entire new generation of players and pirates who will never get the opportunity to do those quests. Same with the role playing. Once a role playing event happens, it is over. The role playing events are limited in scope, do not happen on all servers, with all players, even when they are prearranged, let alone when they are spurious. Other players will never get the opportunity to ever see these events. Now the entire segment about Constance Sorrow is coming to a close, and any player who may have just joined the game, or who may join the game in the future, will never know what this is all about. Role playing in a game such as this one is not truly viable, unless you can get the role playing to ALL the players. Not just all the current players, but to future generations of players. Having role playing events that can only be attended by some players, or events that leave the game, OR having quests that are limited in time, and then disappear:: These things are not good for the game.
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I 100% disagree here. This is actually good for the game in the end. New players should not be given the chance to attend these events if they joined after the event took place. Just like in our everyday lives, opportunities come and go, if we don't take them when they come, we're just gonna miss out. And with this kind of approach, should Disney just open founder access back up to the rest of the people who join/joined? No. As others have said, the newer people can check the archives to find out what happened. Plus, if Disney took the time to work on reshowing everything to new players, that would more than likely delay them from more important things.
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So much to say here.
I understand that a lot of players consider this as a 'story'. The truth is, it's a game. For Disney to develop new content, making it a part of a story line is perfect. But to put out facets, or parts, of a game that can only be played for a very short period of time, is really something that is going to end up KILLING the game.
People come and go. The players get tired, bored, or move on to other games. New players come in. If Disney continues to put out parts of the game, then shut them down and never play them again, then any new players who join miss out on the experience.
Case in Point.
I have a total of 6 pirates. I have 2 empty spaces yet to be made. All 6 of my existing pirates had the opportunity to do the Rott quests, although one of them wasn't high enough level to get all the parts. Now, if I create my next pirate, he will never be able to do the Rott quests.
If Disney continues along these lines, they will actually LOSE perspective new players. I don't know a single person who would want to join a game once they found out that there were lots of parts of that game that they will never get to see. I wouldn't want to join a game and find out that the only way that I could fully understand where I am and what is going on is if I had to READ a HISTORY BOOK, full of info about the story behind the game. (Remember, the target audience is ages 10 and up. How many 10 to even 16 year olds want to join a game when they have to read pages of History and Lore in order to understand the game? I'm WAAAY older than that, and I wouldn't! I'd go find a game where I could be playing and enjoying myself the very first time I played.)
Example:
Ever since the Port Royal invasions have been released, there hasn't been a single invasion on Tortuga. A lot of people think this is acceptable because that is the development of the storyline. Well, start a new pirate, or introduce a friend to the game and then try to tell them that thier pirate isn't going to be given a lot of the opportunities to progress and grow, to level, the way your pirate was.
Disney HAS TO find a way to let NEW players experience ALL the story line. NOBODY wants to join a game part way through it and find out that they missed out on all the opportunities.
Let me take this one step further.
According to the discussions below; It is perfectly acceptable that Disney takes away the Rott quests and never lets any new players do them, because it was a part of story line that has passed.
So logically, When Disney releases the next story chapter, is it also acceptable that they take away the Pearl Quest? Any new player coming in, or any new pirate one of us creates, doesn't get to do the first chapter, since the second chapter has already been released? They can go read about it in the archives!
I'm just trying to follow the logic a lot of you have already presented. The Pearl Quest is integral to a pirates development. So are all the weapon qusts, and so are the Rott quest, the invasions, and all the other things. A brand new pirate has to experience the entire story, not start in the middle.
Just like the weapons quests, Disney has to 'open' some of this other stuff at certain levels to small pirates as they grow and progress.
If Disney keeps this up, they will continue to lose players just from basic attrition, and never get new players to replace those that are leaving.