Is getting Unlimited Access worth it?

[WizardHawk]

The answer to this question depends on your experience and interest. The free version of the game is meant to give you a taste of how the game works. You get to experience most of main game play and can decide whether or not you like the game enough to really get into it. If you like it of course you should pay since full subscription gives you the whole game.

Did you also know that you get a 40% penalty on earning exp in free mode?

There are weapons and skills you cannot get until you pay. There are quests you cannot do unless you pay. Many (including myself) will not make friends with non paying members because you figure many will not stay in the game long. You can't get the decent ships of the game until you pay.

Why on earth if you like the game would you not upgrade to a pay account? If the 9.95/month is a problem then of course you won't pay, but wish you could.

And yes, they do have the ability to pay for 6 months or 1 year at a time. (6 month option makes more sense since you do not know now how long it will take to burn out on this game). Since they haven't added anything for higher level players I will not prepay for a 6 month account because as it is there is only enough in the game to keep me here another month. They do not delete your accounts after you stop paying, they just move it to a free account again and lock out most of your stuff. You can pay again later when they actually add more to the game.

[Jdrid]

Well, I don't think I'll pay for it (mainly just I can't pay it unless gaminglagoon starts working again...). But I'm happy with just playing on the Test Server. I have my beta pirate there, and If I can't even finish the black pearl quest on the pay account, I think I'll just stay on the test server.

But It may be worth it if you really do like this game a lot.

[larkija]

The reason why is because, well, I don't really think I can stand a light sloop anymore, I want to finish more quests, I want to level up better, and I want more freedom from the free play.

[Peggo]

I finally broke down and join the full access server.
Now if only I could find my friends from the test server...

[larkija]

I'm just wondering: How is it a ripoff?

[axel006]

no because i just play unlimited access test for free.

[WizardHawk]

I think one of the top reasons to get a full account is to shut off the ads and be able to play full screen. I had to play in that windowed mode with ads on test for a few days and I HATED it. Full screen is the only way to go.

[Aire Pixie]

I paid just to get rid of the stoopid banners! They were driving me batty and causing major lag. I still have some lag with the paid account but it is so much better.

[AceofSpades]

defenately worth it if u want to stay in the game for the long hull, or atleast till after lvl 5 so u can start getting better weapons/ships.

[Eliza Shipwrecker]

Yeah, sort of. . .

I thought it was well worth it at the time I joined, but I'm definitely glad I'm just on month-to-month for now. There are so many problems, and I don't think the game was truly ready to launch when they did. But it's got a lot of potential, so I'm going to stick with it a while longer.

$4.95 for the first month was worth it just to get rid of the ads. Plus there are so many more weapons/skills/ships/quests available. Will it continue to be worth it??

I've been waiting for weeks for the boss battle to be fixed, leveling up weapons which won't get me anything once I've mastered them (no notoriety or rep). And there's no story chapter to follow the boss battle, so more waiting. If they haven't made some major changes by January, I don't know if I'll stick around.

[larkija]

I think I'm just going to pay the $80 bucks a year. It's the cheapest out of all the others, if you add them up.

[ChromeZX]

I wouldn't personally know what paying for membership is like, but I can only imagine it must be awesome. I've been in large ships, but I can't buy one, I can't buy many cool weapons or do Voodoo. For the love of god I can't even play in full screen! If my pay-pal would let me pay for it I would but until it does i'm playing semi-screen.

So i'm shouting paying for it is worth it.

[larkija]

Originally Posted by ChromeZX

I wouldn't personally know what paying for membership is like, but I can only imagine it must be awesome. I've been in large ships, but I can't buy one, I can't buy many cool weapons or do Voodoo. For the love of god I can't even play in full screen!

So i'm shouting paying for it is worth it.

Diddo!

[Ahz]

I just signed up today because I found that you can max out in the free play. I was at Notoriety level 8 with two levels of the first three skills and the sweep on cutlass and I wasn't earning any more notoriety for my kills. I also found out that even the next ship up from the light sloop is a huge improvement. I did month-to-month for the $4.95 intro price and then am going to see if I can switch up to yearly after the Christmas money rolls in.

[Varmint]

Maxed my free account quickly and the game itself didn't grab me hard enough to make me want to stay/pay. I had the urge to continue to play TT when I took the free trail but don't have the same urge to play Pirates. I vote the Free Account option but could have easliy voted NO.

Even If the lag and other problems are fixed I still don't think I would pay to play.

Originally Posted by Ahz

I just signed up today because I found that you can max out in the free play. I was at Notoriety level 8 with two levels of the first three skills and the sweep on cutlass and I wasn't earning any more notoriety for my kills.

I maxed at Notoriety Level 12 with Cutlass, Pistol, Sailing and Cannon all at level 7. Were you killing small targets?