The Power to Predict The Future of Pirates Online

[Jamesvsthekraken]

Hmm..., something that I am not understanding is why they have not updated the release notes since that "update" a week or so ago, and why have they not fixed the remaining bugs? I know it takes awhile to fix things etc but this is just ridiculous. Maybe they are trying to release this on live the week before Raven's Cove can be accessed on test? I thought they wanted to release this update A.S.A.P.?! :/

[Tiberius Fireskull]

This is where I think everything is going.

Fishing, new daggers, veteran rank, etc should be coming out this month... this week if we get lucky.

The next thing on test is probably Raven's Cove, and probably the Raven's Cove Quest with it. This will hopefully be on test the week after fishing comes out, and if we get lucky, it could be out by the end of September or early October.

Of course, October will bring the Muertos Moon and the zombie dance back, but thats obvious.

After Raven's Cove, I think they will release some new voodoo staffs. If they released new dolls and daggers, staffs are almost certain. Hopefully they shouldnt be on test too long. Hard to say... could be out sometime in November.

After the staffs come out... thats when I think that it gets really hard to predict. Probably some more stuff to do with Jolly Roger and/or Casa de Muertos. That would probably be during the majority of December. Oh, and of course there will be some holiday events.

Now maybe... just maybe if we are very very good boys and girls, Santa will give us a very good Christmas present (or if you celebrate some other holiday, then a very good _____ present) and we might, just might, get the Kraken and the next story chapter at the end of 2010 or the beginning of 2011 ... however I could easily be wrong, trying to predict this far....

[The Skirata Clan]

Mr. ex8404 you hit it right on the money. POTCO is way down that list.

However, I would like to dispute those figures because all of those companies owned by Walt Disney Co. make huge profits on their own and they don't need extra profit money to sustain themselves. If that is not what you meant and I misinterpreted, my apologies.

Money makes money. It's simple, put money in and add developers, make a small to regular advertising campaign, and POTCO will grow more and it will help promote the new film and not the other way around, like many have said.

[ex8404]

TSC, I know that MOST of the companies under the Disney umbrella do quite well. But in this oddball economy we are in, a new holding like Marvel (for example) is a financial burden until the dust settles.

But you are right. Takes money to make money. And Disney has plenty of money. The figures, by the way, are simply for Disney World. And I have NO idea how old they are. The point there was to remind some of us that Disney World did not rise from a swamp as an act of nature. It was built and it costs money to run. To say, "Look. Toy Story 3 made a billion dollars so put it into POTCO" is ridiculous. That money runs PIXAR. Money spent at Disney World runs Disney world. And so on.

But honestly? I get a little miffed over all the anti-Disney talk. I know that we use Disney when we mean Disney Interactive, POTCO Division but it can still irk me. Guess it is because I was raised a Disney kid and I raised my kids as Disney Kids. (If you weren't one or aren't raising one, that last sentence will be meaningless.)

TSC. I am in 99% agreement with you. I might question the power of this game and the importance of the next film. But just 1% worth.

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Well... back on topic, I think that maybe sometime next year we might get some form of ship customization, and hopefully trading. Going that far I dont want to predict months, just saying that maybe sometime during 2011 those may come. Hopefully we can also see a few more islands, and of course the new ship classes.

[Captainhotdog]

-_- idk anymore you know

[Captain Jason]

new weapons are coming out with ravens cove actually

[Captain Sharktooth]

I think i can safely predict Raven's Cove and that new story quest. But what else? I am just going to run a list of what I think could be added. For starters they must incorporate something with the Legendary Abu-Nar Clan because they've already announced something about it but said they might just be a legend. New Staffs should be coming, and then there are my shockers.......

They might do something with Guild Hideout's or Private Forts for Pirates. Which would make a great expanded loot system...

trading should come to hopefuly and i envision it as something like those meat and deli stands on all the islands were you can walk up and see what people put up for trade

Maybe new guild ranks but that isnt too important

There should be more interaction between the Marceline and The Black Guard with Pirates, and I would like to see Captain Walter back, maybe as a ghost on Raven's Cove???

My final thing is the Kraken Boss Battle and this could be how it would go... (after you complete everything)

You take out the Black Pearl and locate the Flying Dutchman with your crew. You take out its sails and grapple it and then you board the ship, then you and your crew fight a couple waves of Davy Jones crew, and then you see Davy Jones walk out and you flee back to your ship you hear him call the Kraken and then the Kraken comes and you must shoot down its tentacles, then you ,well, win and you should get some sort of reward.

[Sven Ironwalker]

Parrots --- I know it sounds stupid but I remember a couple years back having a discussion on what to add to POTC back when it was only about a year old and the idea of the Kraken first came about. I remember more of the board discussions centered around Parrots that would sit on your should .... the problem was that no one could come up with something for them to do. I think because of some of the other on-line games that are out there in competing markets pirates need some kind of pet like a parrot or dog that follows them around. Other things that need to be added are already discussed... some form of trading... more ships that can be customized and then trading. Oh and of course some kind of room of our own so to speak. With those features added it would contain all the features of its competitors for the most part.

[Midhav]

Pets are coming Sven... they're most likely amongst the pets.

[Jack Shipsteel]

To predict the future of Pirates Online.. heh, I'll try.

Raven's Cove- Mid to late October, to celebrate the 3 years of POTCO!

And after that.. well, I think the rest of the year will be pretty quiet actually. The GM events run every year, Muertos Moon, Founder's Feast, etc. Staffs will probably be released around November as well.

And then 2011... I think that New ships will be released in January, including Ship of the Lines. Then Ship Customization, which has been on everybody's agenda. Then we'll be getting a weapon ovehaul. There's been a lot of reports of New kind of weapons, like Boarding Axes. Also, they'll release more weapons in each class.

And on everybody's mind.. the Kraken. The Kraken is something not easily added, because what do you put it as? Do you add it as a New Story Chapter? Do you put in it as a new Boss Battle that doesn't require any questing? Or as a new event similar to Fleets? In my opinion, it will be added as a story chapter, in December of 2011. If they take the other routes, it could be released at the end of summer or beginning of fall.

Just a guess, but I don't think next year will be a great year of updates. This year.. we got a lot. New mini-games.. Fleets.. Inventory and weapons... and soon enough, Raven's Cove. Disney hasn't disappointed this year, in my opinion, they've been working a million miles a minute. Hopefully, they continue with this trend of continuous updates on test and live.