A World of Pirates Q&A

[skadog]

Ahoy you lubbers!

A World of Pirates MMO Q&A @ gamerswithjobs.com

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[William]

Thanks for the heads up mate.

I wish they'd get passed BETA though. The resets are killing my character!!!! It takes HOURS upon HOURS to get to a Level 4 navigator!!!!!

 

[Fred Bob]

Arr, William! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

Fred Bob done jus' registered an' now be a `full-fledged` `Super-D`-Duper Beta Tester! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />

Problem be thar server be full de first time Fred Bob be tryin' tew connect! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

 

[William]

Yeah, I don't think they were expecting the rush. Hopefully the problem will resolve. However, it ought to make the game really good by having more than a dozen humans on at a time and a billion computer ships without motive!

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

Heh, you broke it before you even got into the game, Fred Bob! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

 

[William]

SWEET! How many people do we have testing now!!!!???

We can create our own TEAM! w00t! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />

 

[sampow]

There's a server limit of 250 people since there was too much lag with the relatively large numbers.

Initially connection was fine; if you clicked "connect" 10 times in a row, you almost got through, but that wasn't good enough for a whole bunch of selfish people and now they sit onthe server and do not log off when they are finished so that they don't have to wait a minute or less to log back on.

What that means is you can just about forget about logging in now. I expect the Developers will resolve that soon, but it'd be nice if those people ruining it for everyone else got permanently banned from the beta test. I completely dispise such selfish people.

 

[Fred Bob]

Aye, dat fo'um o'er thar ain't exactly a friendly, happy, helpin' place either! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Folks be a bit miffed fer sure, but thar really ain't no need fer dem tew be rude... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> Best plan be tew ignore dis scene tell thangs settle down a bit, Fred Bob be supposin'! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

 

[sampow]

My biggest gripe (once you actually get into the game) is that there is no illusion. Everyone's talking l337 speak and it's all, "how do I increase this skill" etc. Just a bunch of `level-whoring`, boring people. Not a single sailor among them. All whining for other players to give them money and ships. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />

 

[Fred Bob]

Fred Bob actually got in tew de game last night. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /> Finally jus' kept pressin' de login button 15 or 20 times an' eventually got connected! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_eek.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="icon_eek.gif" /> Played fer about an' hour till bedtime. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

De constant chat dribble be bizarre fer sure, matey, but mebbe dat window kin be closed, don't know. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

Sailed all de way 'round de main island, got attacked 2 or 3 times but not much damage be done. Ne'er did figure out how tew shoot me cannons. Found ye kin lose many o' dem attackin' n00b ships by tackin' into de wind! De conrols be a mystery at dis time fer Fred Bob, jus' fakin' me way through it! Looks like it might be purty fun onct me larns de controls! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

 

[William]

You know it wasn't like that so much in the initial beta concept.

Here's what we had to deal with initially:

Pirates!
You could get WORKED easy in the beginning by pirates sailing off the coasts of where you started. The trick was to blast them with grapeshot until no sailor was left, hijack the vessel and sell it for gold.

Spanish War Galleons!
The galleons sailed in packs of FOUR. That used to SUCK!!!! Imagine sailing your sloop to Port Royale and all of a sudden WHAM! A hundred cannon balls come flying at your boat!!!

The players were a little bit more hardened. Part of the problem lies in the fact that you HAVE to be a level whore in the beginning to really do much. The sloop only holds 10 men and 4 cannons (they added two thank goodness). In order to pilot bigger vessels you have to boost yours kills up ... They took out on major advantage from the initial BETA ... The ability to level up navigation sailing on a raft!!!! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blah:" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

 

[sampow]

Heh, I'd be a true vet if I got navigational experience on a raft! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

They've upped the cap now to 350 players at a time, and it doesn't seem to be full anymore.

 

[sampow]

I'm quite getting to enjoy this game, however there is little chance that I will be paying for it once it goes commercial. What it does do, however, is give me a fairly good insight as to what to expect for PotBS (the concepts of the gameplay). And if PotBS graphics and `battle-gameplay` are what they boast to be, I'm still fairly sure I'll be subscribing to that one. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="8)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />

 

[John Moldor]

I heard a lot of people and read that its like pirates! but after testing it, the only things i saw that is close to pirates! are the the ships <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" /> , the towns and their shops, the choice of weapon for the duel, the rest seems a bit weird for me, like the the amount of shots need to sink a sloop !! the fact that there is only BIG FREAKIN' SHIP in the Noob zone, the price changing too fast, the attack of player of your own country (that, if you win, kill your rep with your nation), the wind seems a bit of problem for some but i guess its like real wind changing very often, oh and the fact that some people fart higher than their ass or attack new comers (they tell you all the time the game is excelent and how good they are and when they lose stuff because of a bug or the balancing of the game they just whine...) ...

The fencing system makes the fencing skill hard to increase by that i mean to be better you must board ship (and lose..) but the only problem is that your money isnt infinite so you end up most of the time broke and its not the jobs that will help you make some money, hell, for new comer its better to be on a raft and doing work on other ship than take a job ...

Except that this is kinda addictive, has great potencial but like a lot of people i wonder if they are really gonna make this game a montly paying type game and if they do how much will it be ? because lets be realistic, do you see yourself paying more than 10 bucks/a month for this ? i even bet that some wont give more than 5$ for this game when you compare that to POTBS...

BUt then again maybe POTBS wont be as addictive as WOP we cant say yet ...