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First off, we need to consider the fact your post contains a strong bias.
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Did I say it wasn't?
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Your pirate here on POTCO is level 10, while I assume that you have a pirate on POTBS that is much closer to the max than on here.
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Who knew GMs could stoop so low. "LOL, your character is level 10 so you know nothing about the game. I have nothing better to insult than your level." How mature.
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As such, I don't think you could make a fair judgement, when you've barely experienced this game.
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I have but the game doesn't give me much to experience. I've had both Basic and Unlimited. I clearly know the difference between the two as i've experienced both.
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I'd also like to note the fact that the direction of your post is not a question, but an answer to the question.
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Where should I put this nonsense in my thread?
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You're like a lawyer that goes "Did you kill him?" and before the witness can say anything, you pretty much said "YES YOU DID!"
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Oh, I gave you a big chance to say something and clearly you sure did.
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This by the fact you failed to list any positives of the game, which must link back to your origins from POTBS, and your level 10 standing.
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I know I didn't list the positives. I made that obvious from the start.
And here we go again: "I have nothing else to retort with! So let's insult his level!"
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Now, on to the actual subject at hand.
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Oh? We were never on the subject of this thread? What are you doing posting in here if you're going to do such a thing?
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I played POTBS through it's free trial, and I won't deny, it's pretty impressive. It's quests are very diverse, and it's enviroment is very unique.
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That's sure saying something of how bad this game is made.
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Game play gets very dry, very quickly.
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I could say the same about POTCO. Oh wait...I did...look at the comparison. That's under the "Repetitive" category.
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As much as I love the realistic combat, I don't like the fact it takes over half an hour to sink three ships, and that's with mindless and nearly unhelpful ally ships.
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That's the point of realistic combat: Instead of taking 5 seconds to destroy a ship, it takes a rather long time due to you having to destroy the hull, its crew, and or it's masts.
But come on now, that's not realistic! It's in no way POTCO where you can only see the ship go through a few damage stages! Heck, POTCO is more realistic! /Sarcasm
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Also, when battling ships on the open sea, I basically had to spend five minutes sailing around, trying to get to it at a safe speed of about 2 miles per hour. By the time I got up to it, I was about ready to shoot my own ship.
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Where you have no water currents or wind to really determine the speed of the ship in Pirates Online. It's more of a "just for show" sort of thing. Right?
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Very, very complicated. Let's face it
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I did face it. I mentioned a big learning curve in my OP. Care to actually read before attacking?
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the game is no cake walk. Learning about the market, the economy, the land claims, how to do what, it felt like that if I wanted to play that game,
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With the economy, you can create your own ship. With your warehouse, you can get resources. I think it's beneficial if you knew what an MMO is and what makes one it.
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I might as well just go manage my taxes. Honestly, I really like how diverse and different it is, but it took me at least an hour to get a vague idea of the auction house. And by that time, my advil was just starting to kick in for my headache.
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It took me like 5 minutes to learn the AH. You have a local and regional auctionhouse. Regional auctionhouses give you one free warehouse and warehouses are very helpful for the economy.
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Not too friendly. I remember the first day I got in that game, the only thing I was in the land AND sea chatboxes was people yelling and screaming at each other.
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Expected of Antigua but Roberts is more mellow.
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Yeah, ok, that's here too. But at least this game has some pretty nice censors, that keep insults at most laughable. The language I saw there made we want to cringe a bit.
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Yes, the community knows about the censor problem. That's why they're trying to get FLS to fix the censor and add more words.
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Also, you say that POTBS has a larger community than POTCO.
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It sure would but you'd have a moderate game community due to you using the Pirate movie trilogy as a means of advertising for your game. Yet, I fail to see how your game is much of a display of the Caribbean. It's so tiny. It takes 1 minute to go from one area to another.
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I find that very, very unlikely, on the grounds that POTCO is a self-sufficent game that is still able to make such progress on it's own two feet.
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What progress would that be? *looks for something unique compared to other MMOs* Nope, I can't see anything from my lookout on my ship.
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Not to mention, in POTCO, as you stated, there are more servers here, which is better at explaining how expansive this game can become.
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Well, you need full ports on POTBS for it to be very much of a good game. Though, the more servers you have, the more widespread the playerbase is. Sometimes, the lack of servers is good for a game.
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And, of course, POTCO is definately popular on the basis of the POTC movies, Disney being it's parent, and the fact that, overall, it is more child friendly.
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And children is a majority of the fanbase which you mindlessly rob money from. I can't wait until they learn what a true MMO is!
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Next, in terms of subscription fees, I noticed that POTBS only has monthly fees, which are the same as WoW ($15.) And, in all honestly, if I wanted to pay for something that is worth the price of a usual WoW subscription, I'd play WoW!
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They have monthly fees if you want VIP(Captains Club), and they still allow you content after you're done subscribing.
Doesn't POTCO charge the same as well? OOPS!
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Oh, and one last thing. My old Guildmaster and her friend (my closest in-game friend) went to POTBS because they felt it had better content... for about three weeks.
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Do I smell a bias, afoot?
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They then came back, saying "POTBS is fun, but it'll never be Pirates Online."
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Personal bias. It does nothing to really defeat my arguments.
POTBS vs. POTCO
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