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04-21-2008, 06:08 AM
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Im one of the noobs that saw the TV ad and said " cool, play for free", IO started the basic acct and LOVEd it. Went to target and bought a 90 days pass. Granted, Im just now lvl 11 not and lvl 5 sail, but I do like this game. I was playing Star Wars Galaxies, you wanna see a dead game?? Go there and find out. Anyways, I have nothing to add except I saw the tv add and it got me hooked, so yeah, there are new players coming in all the time
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04-21-2008, 03:33 PM
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with only 4 pirate allowed and upgraded not coming out quick enough they will lose a lot of pirates i'm playing my 3rd one and it at 31 already. havin 2 that are max out. unless thing change i will be play out before the year ends, but i guess i enjoy my 3 days off lol.
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04-21-2008, 09:18 PM
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All those arguing on Disneys behalf would have a bit more of a point if the quest they actually have in the game was a bit more than just one grocery list after another. Occupational training to become a "Personal Shopper", just what we all needed! The challenge? Finding what you need.. not much more. No need to use your brain, find it, and hack it with a click click click, then return your groceries to the NPC your gathering them for.
I myself have 3 pirates, 2 with quest finished (lvl 32 & 40), and another level 25 with almost no questing (12% of story quest finished), and is only having fun with the weapons (he wants to be a pirate, not a personal shopper). I think the game has potential simply from its subject matter, and the product line it came from (the POTC movies). I fear disney is complacent due to biased reviews we constantly see. (cmon best game, etc???? do the reviewers actually PLAY the games?) I would like to see more, is POTCO dieing? I think the assessment of the running of TV advertisements, 1000's of signups... not paying, maxing thier basic pirates, and then dropping it, likely does explain a lot. There are several that got tired of the monotony of limited activities once they achived Pirate Mastery, or even simply completed the boss battle which I was happy with, but many were disappointed with. I have not played WOW but have read about it, and have friends that have played it and there is apparently a plethora of content to keep a gamer busy, allowing them to change things up and keep busy even if they've maxed thier character. Quests that require teamwork, etc.. ALL the quests in potco are just grocery lists like I mentioned before. As for the target of the casual gamer, they need to find a happy medium to keep the regular gamers happy to. Unless thier object is to not profit or make money from the venture (I GUARANTEE YOU THEY WANT A PROFIT), they need to accomodate the regular gamers also, because the big dollars... are in this gaming group, not the casuals. Looking forwad to the spring/april updates coming this summer, and the summer updates likely coming this fall/winter (snicker). Zeppers lvl 40 http://pirates.teamofx.us |
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04-22-2008, 02:15 AM
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As one of those "casual gamers" they want to target (albeit a bit older than most) let me say Disney is dropping the ball. I'm not a hard core MMO fan. I've never played Everquest or WoW or any of the others. This was my first ever--supposedly the customer this is geared for.
Forget the easy game play. Forget the rather repetitive lame missions. What is killing this game is the laggy, buggy nature of it. I have died yet again because one second I'm searching a barrel where it is all clear and right out of Star Trek 3 guards teleport in to stop me. They were no where in sight before. Just "poof" and there they are. Same thing at sea. Get into a 1 on 1 scrap with a Frigate in clear waters and BAM I'm suddenly in the middle of the freaking Royal Navy with war Frigates raining fire down on me. I don't mean they caught me unawares. I mean they simply popped into existence. I can't play the game if things are going to suddenly pop into and out of existence. Graphically, the game isn't that intense to justify the extremely poor network coding this game exhibits. I have horsepower with an Nvidia 8800 GT and a Quad Core processor with 4Gig of RAM so it's not my system. I've got 15Meg download and 2 meg upload so it isn't my bandwidth. I thought this might be a good game for my son and I to enjoy together, but not in this condition. They need to seriously fix the truly poor coding in some aspects in this game or all the shiny new weapons and uber quests won't mean a thing. |
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04-24-2008, 10:03 PM
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FINALLY!!!! A MAN WHO GET'S MY POINT!! EXACT ANSWER THAT I WOULD EXPECT FROM SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS!! REPS FOR YOUR ANSWER MY MAN!!!
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04-24-2008, 10:19 PM
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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 |
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04-24-2008, 11:00 PM
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Imatation Is The Highest Form Of Flattery
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 ALOT LIKE LIFE... ISN'T IT
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04-25-2008, 02:38 AM
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Perhaps, is this what people are looking for in their fantasy worlds of online gaming? I get a full dosage of "LIFE" every day.. for FREE. Zeppers Lvl 40 - All mastered but lvl 21 cannons. Groggy McJones lvl 26 - Weapons/TP quests finished, avoiding story quest (12%) |
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04-25-2008, 02:38 PM
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I was making light of the qoute, it is a fairly new game and most these types games are tasks and reward, the designers are still gathering data for the demographic base and planning what direction to go with it , ( i suspect) it was originally an 10+ E MMO so it can't be too daunting or impossible for kids to achieve lvl - it just so happens that it does not have the challenge lvl for many of the more intense gamers ....yet. maybe it will go that way, maybe not. I am fairly new player and would love to see it go in a more progressive and aggressive direction, regardless for the time being i still find it entertaining enough to participate and wait to see what happens with it.
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04-23-2008, 12:47 PM
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So - how about we move this thread towards possible upgrades we would like to see in the game? How about a voice server? I miss not being able to talk when in battle. I used to use TS for my other online game, but the push to talk function doesnt work with potco. Definitely a customise your ship option would be nice.
Along with the bug fixes, and new quests (and something to actually do rather than the personal shopper quests) |
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04-24-2008, 02:01 AM
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Although im all for it, the likelyhood of this seems to be in the "never going to happen" category. Zeppers Lvl 40 http://pirates.teamofx.us |
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04-24-2008, 02:22 AM
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To bring things back to focus here.......
I think we're paying Disney ten bucks a month to be beta testers. I wouldn't be half suprised if the game quietly disappeared one day and we all got emails thanking us for playing. But I'll give it until july first before I end my subscription. |
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04-23-2008, 04:03 PM
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the us army, ur tacks dolers at werk
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04-23-2008, 04:10 PM
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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 |
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04-23-2008, 04:22 PM
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POTCO Dieing?
Hybrid Mode
