Release Notes - October 17th 2008 - OPEN

[elfinstrider]

I'm sure everyone has already posted a grip of issues about this update, here's mine the ones that might make me stop playing altogether:

1) Micro Bosses in areas that the Lag and the ability for every NPC within 500 yards to hit you with a magic cutlass makes it virtually impossible to enjoy, even if you win.

2) The new ship combat issues. I like the readout on the side with what my talents do as I deploy them. . . I like the new interface and I like the ship controls for people boarding. . . but I'm seeing Galleons at three times the speed as they were, ghosts that do crazy ivans like they had thruster rockets on their bow and I'm unable to gain the weather gauge on ANYTHING as a sailing master . Makes it very hard to work the ship and a lot of the pace that I enjoyed is gone.

3) More pointless quests that don't reveal any new areas or stories, they just keep clustering us to old areas and over packing them with stuff so we lag more. . .


Here's what I'd like

1) Thin some of these areas out again. ( Becketts, Kingshead, LavaGorge). . . Balance them with tough characters that don't lag out the enjoyment.

2) Extend the virtual areas so that players can explore a bit more. Give us more areas to explore and not cluster so much.

3) Clean up the graphics a bit more! Especially the static screen shots. It's time, the game isn't in Beta anymore. You're Disney, give us some impressive pictures to enjoy.

4) Make the interface look a little sleeker, so we don't feel like we're stuck on an SNES interface. Some of those ratty little Gif were fine to begin with, but it's time for an overhaul guys. Compare to WOW or something, get the design quality into this Decade before this decade is over.

5) Some sort of small mail system so we know our friends are still around.

Up until this update, the enjoyment of playing with others and generally sailing about has made the other things a small issue. The interface and design is tolerable and the monotony is broken up with the social aspect we all like. . . but as these things evolve, we want to see the parts we like enhanced and everything else get better.

I feel like they're SOO close, yet SOO far. .. .