Why pay full price for this game? I mean really.

[Tiberius Fireskull]

@Leo. I agree 100% about the banning. I'm sick and tired of seeing rude players go around and not get banned even if I report them. I had someone once make threats towards me and my real life. That, IMO, should be an instant Perma/IP ban. Now lets turn to Abassa, where people drop curses like Leo said all the time (maybe with a little dot between the letters or something) and never get banned. And yet people get warnings for saying completely innocent things. POTCO, if you are reading this, which I hope you are, drop everything. FIX THE REPORT SYSTEM! I'm sick and tired of seeing idiots get away with rotten attitudes towards others get reported and be just fine. I'm sorry but if you want to make a great game, start with cleaning up the community. I have a friend who plays Dungeons and Dragons online and the community is AMAZING! Sure, the game is directed to a slightly older audience (teens, mostly) so you can get away with things like cursing, but as for manners and friendliness, the game is amazing. The players are extremely friendly. My brother was playing on his character, not very low of a level, and some nice person he never knew before went out of his way to forge him a really powerful sword. Why? Because he was nice. POTCO has few people like that these days.

I pay for this game for several reasons. The first being that I like to level. I have one pirate mastered and I'm hoping to master my second soon. I find leveling, looting, using weapons, etc. fun. I am not the kind of person who gets bummed out because I don't have something new. I'm perfectly happy using what I have. In NEW ways. I am happy meeting new FRIENDLY people, running my guild, and other things. Plus, giving POTCO my money will be one more person giving them money, so they can release more updates in the future.

Leo, all your other ideas are good. A PvP island would be great not just for fun but it would be great to build infamy points. Ship customization is probably coming soon, based on looking at the bounty hunters and their unique looks to them. Probably new ship classes with them. New skills are needed, 'nuff said. Raids, I'm not completely sure what you mean. Do you mean things like a Treasure Map you could do with your crew that takes you to a separate area, and you have to do something like get to the center of a cave for a reward? If so, I agree. Sort of like a dungeon in other games.

Overall, I do like this game. While others may disagree with me and call me an idiot, I pay for it because I like it. I like the laid back theme, the socialization, the fighting, and my guild. I have enough reason to pay right now. Why pay for this game? Because I want to. I enjoy it, and I feel that, while there are aspects of it that are inferior to other online games, it is something that, if you look in the right places, is worth playing in every way.

[Tyler The Tyrant]

In my experience games that are free-to-play are usually below average. I guess everyone has different likes/opinions.

[tayseth]

Originally Posted by Tyler The Tyrant

In my experience games that are free-to-play are usually below average. I guess everyone has different likes/opinions.

Well then, Potco could fall very easily in that category, then

The games I listed aren't below average. (unless you somehow hate their gameplay) Team Fortress 2 is brought up in every "What is the greatest FPS ever" conversation, and now it's free. Lotro has perplexing depth, as does Potbs.

Also, i'd like everyone to check out Leo's thread... it has some interesting things there.

[tayseth]

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This conversation is how pirates online is NOT above average, or if it is able to warrant payment considering that there are so many games that are actually up to par out there.
heres a link to leos thread.

http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/f...ad.php?t=26313

[Ofury/ Tom]

Have you ever played the games listed? I've played LOTRO and continue to play LOTRO although I play pirates more. This game is F2P all the way to lvl 65 which is just 10 levels below max. Theres at least a thousand quests to do and all are interesting and long not little short go kill this and ur done and get no reward quests like POTCO. Theres raids and all sorts of things to do there for FREE. You even have the chance to earn the turbine points they use.. which you can buy with real currency they let you earn that IN-GAME. You can then purchase all the locks that F2P membership has and you've got a good account there. POTCO has nothing like this at all. They have one strong storyline quest that is pretty short. the LOTRO map is extremely larger there. If it weren't for my guild and the community here at POTCO I would not be spending my money here I'd be there. Then later on I'd be moving to SWTOR.

[tayseth]

Nobody here is complaining. I've read the previous posts completely and thoroughly. Everyone has brought up legitimate, caring responses to this pressing matter. Not everyone on POF is an unequivocal "fan" of this game. If you truly believe otherwise, read everyone's posts in this topic There clearly are some people who care about our "biased all to negative opinions." I don't see any bias in this topic either. Everyone has brought up problems that actually exist in this game, such as unexplained lagging on top-notch computers due to server instability, and insufficient clipping allowing for the ease of glitching. There's nothing all to-negative about that, as they actually exist. We aren't stretching the actual impact that this has on our experiences when we play. It's interesting to hear what people have to say about this topic, as PotcO is seriously lacking in a large amount of gaming requisites that other modern, free to play games have. This is a real issue. It's not about if you like the game or not. Additionally, constructive criticism on this game is nearly useless, as the PotcO team is in the dark to it's community.

Most of us want to like this game. I've really, really tried to come up with excuses to play this game. But Disney is so intent on making it as frustrating as possible to actually play the game correctly, you start to wonder if the money is really going towards this game.

Embracing different opinions is a necessary part of life. In the course of my 3 years at POF (mostly lurking,) i've created a total of 2 topics that addressed PotcO's inherent unplayability. This topic is one of them. The other topic I made a year ago, which brought up the scarce amount of updates to the gameplay, game engine, and the servers that PotcO desperately needed. All of these problems are still present today, ironically.

If you can't express your opinion on a fansite, then what has the POF come to?

[Lilys]

Please remember to debate the TOPIC and not the person.
Thanks..

[leo]

Originally Posted by Davy Fireskull

ore person giving them money, so they can release more updates in the future.

Leo, all your other ideas are good. A PvP island would be great not just for fun but it would be great to build infamy points. Ship customization is probably coming soon, based on looking at the bounty hunters and their unique looks to them. Probably new ship classes with them. New skills are needed, 'nuff said. Raids, I'm not completely sure what you mean. Do you mean things like a Treasure Map you could do with your crew that takes you to a separate area, and you have to do something like get to the center of a cave for a reward? If so, I agree. Sort of like a dungeon in other games.

Raids could be like for guild only.., in another location specific for the raid. Dungeons like in other games also sounds like a good idea for crews only. Raids would be bigger and more difficult than dungeons.

Really i don't think it matters as long it is something that will last a long time instead of getting boring withing a few weeks The game just needs 'game reforms'.