what do you want to see in the following year in 2012?

[Captain Seafarer CO.]

This is SO sad!!! But I voted for BUG FIXES! They are so bad now! Like, new bugs to old stuff that did not have them before.

Fighting flag ships is a certain trip through your deck into the water below, I sometimes freeze when someone else gets KO'd, anywhere from a split second to actually getting defeated and the sudden error message and disconnect feature now upgraded fro your frustrating pleasure.

And the cherry on top was yesterday, man! it really ****ed me off, went out on my War Brig that has a cargo capacity of 25 (Level III upgrade), level 4 costs 120,000 gold that I am saving for.

The very first ship of all was the QAR, after a long drawn battle on her deck, we defeated her and received 9 Royal chests. I d not remember EVER getting so many RC's before.

We then went and sunk a few larger ships and battled larger flag ships, we were well into our single cross bone when the QAR popped close by... hmm!!! let's take her down, with like 16 royals onboard by now, after defeating the QAR we would port and cash out big time, screw the hunters on this run...

POOOFF!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm now looking at my launcher prompting me for my password... ***!?!?!? I frantically logged back in, get back to my server,,, did not ask me to join the crew again which is a bad sign, pressed H for ship status... EMPTY, no crew, no cargo, OMFG!?!? ... I thought that maybe someone took the wheel and ported but no, came to find out as mates started to log back in that the same thing happened to them... NOBODY got squat,,, ALL gone.

Sorry for the long rant, I have lost plenty ship loads before but never, ever with this much good loot, since it now takes a lot of time to get to materials, hunters... and gold is now needed at much higher amounts, it sure was frustrating... I do NOT mind the hard work just don't make it dissappear! And no, this was not the first time, it's happened a lot before but NEVER with this much cargo.

[Mia Lightning]

More storage.

[Dark_Pixie]

Originally Posted by Mia Lightning

More storage.

I couldn't agree more. This year, I ask for three things in particular...

1. More storage, like Mia said. I'm having to trash clothing I like just to make way for new clothes. I wouldn't even mind if there was a bank system where I could store items I'm not using. That would be fantastic.

2. Bookmark totems. I really don't like having to leave an area like Tormenta to get more tonics/ammo, and having to sail or run all the way back. Same with crashing. If we could get a totem quest from Tia Dalma to complete, we could recieve a bookmark totem. Then when we're in an area hard to get to, we can just place the totem there (no other player would see it), so if the player needs ammo or tonics, or gets really unlucky and dies, they can just teleport back. Good for solo looting, bad for other players who try to kill off another one and realise that they have the bookmark totem. The bookmark will reset when the player goes offline for a specific amount of time (so if they crash they have time to get back online before the totem resets). Haven't heard this being suggested before.

3. Better chat filter! A big part of the game for me is chatting, especially since I've joined this site. This has been spoken of time and time again, but I really get angry when I write a message and realise it hasn't gone through when five minutes pass with no answer. It can be pretty bad for the person on the other end too, at least for me, because they might feel like they're being ignored. Believe me, that's happened too many times. Perhaps a message telling you your message didn't go through, or filter the parts of the message that it doesn't like and let it through. I used to play another game where the message always went through, whether it was stars or filtered words. At least I can be assured that it went through.

I expect I could think of more updates I'd like to see, but I'm very happy with the game as it is at the moment. I don't really mind bugs, as most have a way around them anyway. When in doubt, relog!

[Platinum Pirate]

Originally Posted by Dark_Pixie

I couldn't agree more. This year, I ask for three things in particular...

1. More storage

2. Bookmark totems.

3. Better chat filter!

I expect I could think of more updates I'd like to see, but I'm very happy with the game as it is at the moment. I don't really mind bugs, as most have a way around them anyway. When in doubt, relog!

Amen! I like those last two ideas. I have experienced the same thing with chatting. Seems to happen more often lately. Not sure if it's tied in to these special events. Have a strong hunch though, the problem will happen whenever someone in your chat is in a very busy situation. Server loses track or the amount of time it takes to relay the message exceeds their timeout. Thus never informing both conversation partners that the message failed to deliver.

Still, apart from the totem. The idea I forwarded to POTCO as described in my previous post would double our inventory and it would simplify our chat box naturally. Like I said, it has much potential, and it is something they can do fairly easily.

[Crimson Rose]

Originally Posted by Mia Lightning

More storage.

Me, too. I hate throwing out perfectly good clothes, simply because I have no room to store them. It's too much like real life. And now that I am getting into the higher levels of opponents, I'm getting some really nice clothes for free. (Why the monsters have them, I'll never know. Did they really want to look pretty?)

I also wouldn't mind a nice long dress with a hooped skirt to wear in town. As long as I don't have to put it on myself.

This is more fun than playing with a Barbie doll. That's because it's a Barbie doll with attitude. (Sword, gun, extra ammo, throwing knives, voodoo doll, bombs, bomb pouch .... Hmm, what have I forgotten?)

Tight-fitting outfits and not a weapon in sight. I feel like Elizabeth Swann in "At World's End." ("Remove, please!")

Crimson Rose