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I'm going to agree with everything stated here in the main post. For ten dollars a month it is practically a rip off. Now don't get me wrong I fully understand that it is pocket change I personally get a 90 card for 25 dollars. Because I don't want the game charging me every month for 10 bucks to my card and I forget I'm paying for it.
Now do you know why 10 dollars is to much people? Here's why.
Level 1 quest: I need crab claws you can find them on Rumrunners!
Level 29 quest: Okay we need some nails to repair this ship before I join you and Jack, you can get nails from crabs here on Driftwood.
Notice the trend? I'm doing the same thing over and over and over. So! Why should I pay ten dollars to do the rest of the quests with in the game when I did them for free already? Regardless of how it is explained to you. I could be getting claws, legs, eyes, nails, shells at the end of the day what am I doing? Killing crabs.
Now yes I know some of you will argue, oh well sometimes you gotta search a fort, or sink ships or get skeletons, or flies!
Guess what doing all of that over and over and over for each quest is the same thing as killing crabs it's repetitive there is no individualism to each quest. In other words a quest that a unlimited member is doing should not be doable by a basic access member. Yet pretty much a basic access member can do all of those quests given the ability to level up, and even if they can't level if they have a friend or two who pays at level 40 their level doesn't even matter anymore. So why pay less then 10 for the game?
Because like I said it's the same thing over and over, if the game had more of a unique value to it I would love to pay 10 a month. For instance, I need to get something off a ship well how about instead of only raiding flag ships you can do that with all flag ships. Then what you do next is run inside the ship go to the hold. Search their crates and barrels for all you need. If your lucky one ship can do it if not you need another ship. Fight your way through it.
That right there makes the battle for plundering any item from a ship unique every time! If you have let's say 10 ship deck settings for each kind of ship and each side, the changing of where enemies may appear is always different that you can never be sure where to run to to not trigger them to follow you. It keeps you on edge and ready! That is more fun then up I sank a ship yay rum barrels I need eight more!
I think the problem with these threads is this, someone comes up with what is wrong with the game. Most of the players who are very you know big on this game don't play other games that are MMO's or they don't understand the idea of an MMO. Now I'm not trying to bad mouth anyone because if you don't understand it then of course you would think this game is great. This is my first MMO and I loved it, I'm even one with the golden founders title I even like I said pay every few months for a card. So now why do I have so many issues with the game, because no game not one, not even games that aren't MMO's I'm talking about all games even board games sometimes! Are not the same thing over and over. Boardgames for instance, the dice roles are different one person won't always win, and depending on that game I.E. Monopoly there is a lot of room for change with in each game. Console games give you better challenges to meet as you get further and further in the game. MMO's have VAST VAST VAST worlds and area's to travel across finding new enemies new valuables and other such things that make you want to see what's around the corner.
THAT is what Pirates Online is lacking, and for the record Pirates of the Burning Seas (ten dollars a month) and has 1,000 things more then this game has. Now for those of you who are going to say well yea this game is going to improve and have more added to it, yes so will Pirates of the Burning Seas and what you have to think about is that is another pirate MMO so it is a direct competitor to this game. Because of that, they will add to their game just like this will add to it's game. So how does Pirates Online do better? They need to add more faster! Look at the forums see what the people want and add it.
Using City of Hero's for instance they add EVERYTHING the people want. Their threads will have new suggestions every day, and by the end of the year everything people suggested that year is in the game. That's what it takes to keep your players just give them what they want even if only 3 players want it. You know why? Because those 3 players can each bring in 3 players and all those bring in 3 of their own do you see the trend? You pull in more gamers to come on in by giving them what they want.
That's what this game is lacking and it was well stated by Mr. Seagull he gave direct reasons and short and to the point. I gave a novel I know but I was trying to back him up because many seem to take it as an attack on the game. That and they aren't understanding the problems that need to be fixed. At the end of the day those problems when they are fixed you will have a better game, much more fun with the game and more players to form crews with, so here's my question. What is the problem with that?
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