Pirates Keep to the Code - August 29, 2011

[Dark_Pixie]

Most players already know the things they're sending out, but this could prove pretty useful to newer players. I'm positive that writing something up to put on the site is not stopping them from working on updates. I agree, they are probably trying to keep the site fresh with new announcements often, but they've already said they're working on something. Hurrying them will not make the finished piece fantastic as many are expecting. My advice is to be patient, because Disney were rushed in making the Ship Of The Line, and we all know how that turned out.

Disney do need to fix the chat filter. Messages, especially the long ones, are being blocked when there is no offensive content in them. Sometimes the game won't even let me say the word 'who' in my message! The first time it happened, I was asking who wanted to drive in my Black Pearl Boss Battle. I'm sure worse things have happened to other players.

The problem with players saying words that are allowed in the chat to mean more offensive ones is getting far too out of hand. It isn't so bad with SpeedChat Plus, which is a good thing, but nothing can really be done to stop the players doing it in Open Chat. And when they are reported, the player isn't usually banned. And the thing is, when I got a warning once, it was a complete mistake because I put two words together that the chat filter didn't like. I hadn't said anything offensive at all.

I too noticed that the reports are chat based. When you report someone for doing something inappropriate to you without sending any messages, chances are that you'll get a violation for 'false reporting'. I'm not sure what Disney can do about this.

I've noticed that two words are allowed in the SpeedChat Plus dictionary that have been there since the start of the game. 'Noob' and 'crud'. 'Crud' speaks for itself, and 'noob' may be used often to say something unoffensive, like 'I'm going to switch to my noob.', but it is used much more as an insult. Using that word like that has been going on for a long time, so why haven't Disney picked up on it yet?

About the stalling again, I think it's nice of Disney to keep thinking about their players and regularly posting things that we may already know, but it's good to know that they're still making an effort to keep the front page fresh for us while they're working on the next update.

Patience is a virtue.