Current News - Dec 1, '09

[Sven Niscadae]

Cave Raids with Pirates Online GMs
December 01, 2009
http://piratesonline.go.com/#/news_b...pirates_online



Rumors are flying around the islands that Jolly Roger is rebuilding his army for his next invasions. Join the Pirates Online GMs as they investigate this rumor and attack the skeletons before they attack YOU! See mates, Jolly and his undead minions have not gone away - they are just regrouping for another full-on assault. But where will they attack next?

We're taking the fight to Jolly Roger - join us this weekend!

Don't sit back and wait for it! Take the fight to Jolly by joining the Pirates Online GMs as they raid the caves of Tortuga, looking for all the undead boneheads they can find and sending them to Davy Jones' Locker! Defeating Jolly's ranks is the best way to keep his army from growing too large and powerful. Join in and fight on!

What: Tortuga Cave Raids with Pirates Online GMs

When: Friday, December 4, from 12PM - 1PM and 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Saturday, December 5, from 12PM - 1PM and 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Sunday, December 6, from 12PM - 1PM and 4:30PM - 5:30PM
(All times Pacific/Los Angeles)

Where: Meet the Pirates Online GMs at the entrance to Thieves Den on Tortuga

The Details: This is a role playing event hosted by Pirates Online GMs. Please do not use weapons during this event unless asked to do so by a Pirates Online GM. You should never participate in disruptive behavior or harass players (Pirates Online GMs included) during events or otherwise.

[JM Ohara]

Ok, I'm sorry but I love this info. This is a role playing event to kill skellies but do not use your weapons unless asked? Uh, doesn't this ask?

[Jamesvsthekraken]

ugh so much for getting excited for the update to come to the live game today gosh i hate that disney keeps delaying these updates to later and later... i thought they were coming today -_- and on that news story they didnt say the ocean/server they will be on

[Basil Dreadflint]

Originally Posted by Jamesvsthekraken

ugh so much for getting excited for the update to come to the live game today gosh i hate that disney keeps delaying these updates to later and later... i thought they were coming today -_- and on that news story they didnt say the ocean/server they will be on

Disney never SAID that they were releasing new content today!

[captain facture]

the no updating
and same old stale game play is what has kept me from playing for a year or more
i really wish they would update this dinosaur like they do all the other mmpogs

[JM Ohara]

Originally Posted by Basil Dreadflint

Disney never SAID that they were releasing new content today!

So far as I know the only game with a promised update was the Hollow had a tiny one today and gets a bigger on Thursday. Here in Pirates, there was no exact date promised, like Bas said. When I caught a GM on Friday they mentioned the invasions moving in, "a week or two." But that's not an exact date. We'll just have to wait and see. For me, I'd rather see it bug free first.

[toanuju22]

I feel so... Enraged and Hungry. The week I decide to do a welcome back Raid, and Disney decides to use the same date..... Raids weren't really the Korsairs idea, I know that, but we were one of the first to make raids more often then weekly or monthly.
It just seems too unbalanced, most likely, there will be a sea of lag at the GM raids, and A only few Korsairs raiding elsewhere.

[jason davy]

So the GMs will be making appearances in-game. Weeeee.....

Yeah yeah, wake me up when there's some real news.

[Johnny Storm]

Well dont worry mates im sure those updates will be coming tomorrow

[Eliza Creststeel]

Hey, sour faces... That's enough of groaning. You all whine and moan about content, you get some and get bored in a day of it. You can't program and build new stuff in a day.

There's already been new stuff on Test, which means they are trying to perfect the next update.

And after all this time, I'm starting to understand and enjoy the RP stuff more myself. You don't want to mess with it, then don't. Less folks on the servers during those events will cut down on the lag.

[Jamesvsthekraken]

Originally Posted by Eliza Creststeel

Hey, sour faces... That's enough of groaning. You all whine and moan about content, you get some and get bored in a day of it. You can't program and build new stuff in a day.

There's already been new stuff on Test, which means they are trying to perfect the next update.

And after all this time, I'm starting to understand and enjoy the RP stuff more myself. You don't want to mess with it, then don't. Less folks on the servers during those events will cut down on the lag.

I'm not saying i hate the new content and i get bored when it comes out. im simply saying the clock is ticking and pretty much all eyes are on disney when they decide to release it. Let me ask you this, If you had the same hat or the same ship for a year or two years wouldnt you be kind of tired of it and want a new ship? If so then you are almost on the same page as me. All in all, I love disney's "new content" i just would like things to move a little more quickly, and yes i do understand how long it takes to make/build/design things for the Game.

[MacIronhawk]

I've kept the same type of shirts on toontown since 2003 and I'm not bored.

However, it's taking them TOO long to come out with a second story quest. The longest it took toontown to release a cog HQ was two years, and that was bossbot HQ. I can understand that, because they were working on other things that would help affect gameplay.

POTCO may be doing the same right now, but I think we're all upset that they rushed to be out before POTBS.(burning sea online) They DIDN'T need to do that, but their logic was, "Oh, more money!" If they would have waited a year, we'd probably see the things we see now, and it would be more fun, but it's not because they rushed.

These redone islands, caves, etc... should have been here from the start, not a year and a half later. Toontown has redone nothing, and it's kept the game clean. I guess it's because they don't have to compete against another game as far as theme goes.

All I'm saying is, if POTCO doesn't release something gianormous within the next four months, they've shown us what they can do. And that's not much...

[Jamesvsthekraken]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

I've kept the same type of shirts on toontown since 2003 and I'm not bored.

However, it's taking them TOO long to come out with a second story quest. The longest it took toontown to release a cog HQ was two years, and that was bossbot HQ. I can understand that, because they were working on other things that would help affect gameplay.

POTCO may be doing the same right now, but I think we're all upset that they rushed to be out before POTBS.(burning sea online) They DIDN'T need to do that, but their logic was, "Oh, more money!" If they would have waited a year, we'd probably see the things we see now, and it would be more fun, but it's not because they rushed.

These redone islands, caves, etc... should have been here from the start, not a year and a half later. Toontown has redone nothing, and it's kept the game clean. I guess it's because they don't have to compete against another game as far as theme goes.

All I'm saying is, if POTCO doesn't release something gianormous withing the next four months, they've shown us what they can do. And that's not much...

Aye, i completely Agree with you Mac and that is pretty much my point for the past year, its basically been delete all the old stuff and bring redone stuff in there i don't see that as "new content" that "we" (the players) wanted now correct me if im wrong here but its just been get a broom and clean up for the past year with Disney nothing has come that we actually want besides seeing JR in game. like i said earlier the clock is ticking and all eyes are on Disney for making us something "cool" and worth playing for. Raising the caps and raising the weapons i see are fun yes, but what do you do when you get to level 50 wait another two years for them to release another level cap raise or what?

[JakeTheSnake]

Originally Posted by Jamesvsthekraken

Aye, i completely Agree with you Mac and that is pretty much my point for the past year, its basically been delete all the old stuff and bring redone stuff in there i don't see that as "new content" that "we" (the players) wanted now correct me if im wrong here but its just been get a broom and clean up for the past year with Disney nothing has come that we actually want besides seeing JR in game. like i said earlier the clock is ticking and all eyes are on Disney for making us something "cool" and worth playing for. Raising the caps and raising the weapons i see are fun yes, but what do you do when you get to level 50 wait another two years for them to release another level cap raise or what?

I would hate to have seen invasions take place on the old Port Royal and Tortuga. It seems pretty obvious that they redid Port Royal, Tortuga and Del Fuego so that they could limit sight distances and turn off stuff you couldn't see like buildings, crates, and other things on the other sides of walls. You can see this easy by climbing up the repair shop steps in Port Royal, or by glitching through walls in a lot of places where half the world disappears. With the performance boost that those changes got us we now get cool stuff like the invasions. Yes, the invasions are crazy laggy and can sometimes chug, but that's because of all the people and undead there... imagine if the town itself was also adding to that lagg!!
The recent test notes seem to have a lot of changes with ships and sailing so I wonder if we're going to see more happening on the ocean soon?

Oh, and I can't wait for the cave raids, this looks like fun! I wonder if they're going to have skeleton GMs leading the undead?

[Captain Whale]

Aye Hawke there still be some bugs over on Test mate. Looks like the major ones are fixed though so shouldn't be to much longer. Obviously after this weekend based on the events they have now scheduled.

I am looking forward to joining the GMs this weekend. Should be a lot of fun and who knows what will happen or who will show up. The Elite Thieves will be there in force and ready to whoop some Skellies.

Captain Whale