POTCO Dieing?

[Maximvs]

Originally Posted by bellablack1978

Ok lets not go there. He is in an ALL VOLENTEER ARMY. He is doing it so u don't have to.

I do not agree with his opinions. But, lets just leave the whole military/war thing alone.......

Bella

Agreed... occupation of any form isn't the issue here - its the game

So many point to consider and way too late for me - I'll have to get back to this thread tomorrow

[Davy]

Thanks, Targ, for serving our the US Army! Guys, please. Look at yourselves - discussing whether a game rated E-12+ should have blood and more violence in it. And, worst of all, it's a Disney game! You'll never get your blood and violence in a Disney game - if you want that, play a playstation game.

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by Davy

Thanks, Targ, for serving our the US Army! Guys, please. Look at yourselves - discussing whether a game rated E-12+ should have blood and more violence in it. And, worst of all, it's a Disney game! You'll never get your blood and violence in a Disney game - if you want that, play a playstation game.

Absolutely, thanks to Targ, and all those that serve our country.

Furthermore, anyone that knows anything about firearms, knows that a bullet hole is much smaller, and likely to bleed much less than a slash to the midsection from a sword, which was what these INTELLIGENT army guys were trying to convey.


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[dangerousden]

Can I just jump in here and say I highly admire how you US people get behind your Armed Forces. I only wish more people in the UK would be so admirable about our Ladies and Gents putting their lives at risk in some country just because they have been asked to.

I hope I did not come across as attacking Targ personally (It doesn't read that way) just disagreeing with his point about guns and no blood. I do agree with his clearing up the fact that guns do less damage than hacking someone with a sword. But it is a game aimed at kids and I see more blood in my Seafight.com game when I harpoon a sea monster.

Enough off topic mumbling - I agree that we may be in the second phases of beta testing. there are still issues. I get a bit fed up of seeing people running out in front of my cannon and jumping on to other boats.

Interesting point about the gambling and drinking. They dont actually show your pirate drinking anything but there are a lot of references to Rum (see Gunner quest lol) and how many times do we have to gamble for someone to finish a quest. Not good training for a new generation.

[PirateMarioJr]

To me the reason why is because they haven't been updating very much now. I see myself not playing very often but I still want ot play it. It came out a few months ago, give it some time.

Originally Posted by Chris

ALL the quests in potco are just grocery lists like I mentioned before.

YES! i hate that all you is people dirty work

Jack needs to get the black pearl back and get a crew but he is to lazy so he asks gibbs

gibbs is still too busy and asks you

various people are also too busy and ask you to do MORE!

so u end up basically like u say grocery shopping for all these people and when i play the quests i dont feel like im part of them i feel just like a mere person doing someone elses work

It may feel like that but hey, those are adventure games. They are giving you something to do. I'd rather be doing them than walking around and doing nothing. That would make the game BORING

[Kate McGrim]

i would have to agree that the game is dying. i've been playing since late jan and the people that i've been friends with are never on anymore. for ex some of the larger guilds are having a hard time keeping members on. but if the issue is that you like the game but you've beat it i would suggest using your imagination and get a little creative by coming up with activities that you can do. For ex my guild does boat racing just starting out with a prize pool of 20k. and then later we plan on racing other guilds for bragging rights. come up with ideas on your own and suggest them. but at the same time the game is farely new compared to WOW has bugs to work out ......though promises should be kept, btw they aren't "new" weapons... having an issue with that. its not "new" its an upgrade... a new weapon would be like a bauonet<--sp (rifle with sword on end) lol bad i know..

[PirateMarioJr]

Barely any of my friends are on too

[Rackat]

Like with most other games, people will leave, but they come back when the expansion pack (or update in this case) comes out. They play it unil they're tired of it again, then leave until the next expansion.

This is the first MMO I've played. And I am finding it surprisingly fun. Most of my gaming has been with FPS games such as Quake 1,2,3, & 4 and Halo. I never got into WoW or B&W. I hope that Disney can keep it interesting enough to keep people playing.

[Calico Jack Rackham]

Being that I have only been playing since mid January (and am quite the casual gamer), maybe I just don't see exactly what people are talking about...

Jan, I have no idea if there were updates, this is when a commercial on TV let me know the game even existed.

Feb. I don't remember any big updates, but I do know that there were some bug fixes and such.

March... They said they were coming out with the clothing/tattoos. And they did. It was the end of March, but it was still March.

April... They are obviously working on more content, and upgraded weapons. Was there are date associated with when this would be released? I assume it is April, and that it will be the end of April. At least it is on the test server.

So, I see a nice updates spread about a month to a month and a half apart. This isn't a terrible production schedule. These games are complicated, and take time to design, code test, and push. This isn't designing web pages...

Additionally, these updates make sense. They are adding functionality one piece at a time. For example: The clothes/tattoos - adding the ability to obtain things that alter the avatar. Soon we get the first new quests. Soon we get the first new items that enhance other items (additional ammo items). All of these things have to be worked out before a major expansion can be developed and pushed. This plan of putting the functionality out there before the major expansion (anticipated this Summer) is a solid one, that will ensure that the new "features" in the expansion work smoothly, and don't fall apart immediately.

As for all of the bugs.... Do you remember the issues trying to play the original EQ when it first came out? THAT game had a LOT of bugs. This game is doing pretty good for a fairly new game. It is evident they are trying to fix stuff. It is clear they are trying to add stuff. How could one possibly think the game is dieing???