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I remember the old islands, too. The thing I liked most was that you didn't have to twist and turn so much to get where you were going! I still have to open my map every time I go to Padres or Port Royal now because I get turned around. We pirates have a hard enough time on land lol. I came back to the game about 6 months ago after at least a year away and was shocked by all of the new weapons. Being averse to change, I played with my level 25 fine cutlass for quite a while before even trying anything else. If it was good enough back then, it was good enough now. I miss the simplicity of the weapon choices. They did the job quite well if u ask me. I was surprised to find that my level 40 pirate was no longer mastered. Nor were my weapons.
I remember the days when I would keep as much distance as I could between my little light galleon and those terrifying skeleton ships. I knew I'd be sunk if I got too close. Port Royal and Tortuga were my home. Cuba was a challenge. And the other islands? Well, I'd heard of them, but I knew going there was not going to happen anytime soon.
I remember when we got together the crew for my final boss battle - back when the Black Pearl was the last challenge...and the biggest challenge we had - and a good one. It was a big deal. Everyone stood around and cheered for you when it was over. And we always did it with a big crew. I remember when Goliath was the most massive, most daunting ship we'd ever encountered and I shook in my boots every time we successfully made our way through the drawbridges only to find Goliath waiting for us! It wasn't a sure thing with fury back then. And it wasn't hard to find people who wanted to help out with your "BB". It was a challenge. We all loved it.
I remember when potions were kept along the bottom of the weapons list. Potions were for healing - not for turning blue & running faster. And we needed them, because if we KO'd, we went to jail - no exceptions. We couldn't depend on a nice bystander to just wake us up. And your gold? Well, you could keep your eye on it at all times since it was right near the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. I liked watching it rise ever so slowly toward that seemingly unreachable max of 60,000 coins. I did finally get there when I maxed grenades in the Catacombs on Padres where we'd stand behind and above the lava - literally on nothing - and lob grenades at the unsuspecting raiders and officers below. They could still reach us from time to time, but it was a great spot to hang out with friends and level. Those were some good times.
Thanks for this thread! It was really fun to read and brought back tons of memories for me.
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